# Foundation: TV series discussion (open spoilers; comparison to the books allowed)

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**Created:** [September 25, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundation-tv-series-discussion-open-spoilers-comparison-to-the-books-allowed/951328 "2021-09-25T13:28:04Z")\
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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Are we happy now?

Not really. It still doesn’t explain why he killed the Baron and thousands of soldiers. And they’ve ruined Toran & Bayta. The Foundation books were literally one of if not the the first science fiction books I ever read. I’m gonna complain over stupid deviations from the source. I do think the Empire storyline is excellent though (even if they did create a Death Star).

And I’m getting worried this prediction I made 16 years ago when a Foundation movie was in the works is going to come true:

> [@Isaac Asimov, I Prostrate Myself Before You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-asimov-i-prostrate-myself-before-you/482259/26):
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> I can’t wait for the climactic hand-to-hand and mind-to-mind battle scene between the reincarnated Hari Seldon and the Mule in the ruins of Old Trantor.

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