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

Whack-a-Mole
Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:28:04 +0000
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Note: OPEN SPOILERS in this thread

Yesterday Apple TV+ released the first two episodes “Foundation” based on the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov.

For this thread open spoilers are allowed (although you can spoiler tag to be nice if you saw a recent episode and you think others may have not yet). Also, feel free to compare to the books. While it has been ages since I read the series I have already noted some differences (as is to be expected).

So far I like it. It was a little slow and the characters (except for Brother Day/Cleon XII who was great) are a little meh so far but the casting and acting have been great. Not bad but neither am feeling much for any character (except Brother Day as mentioned…already learning to love to hate him). I think it is just the nature of trying to introduce a complex universe to the audience. I hope this will improve and certainly believe it can.

That said, Asimov was never really big on character development so the directors will need to take some creative license, I think.

The show looks fantastic. The filming and editing are top notch and the sci-fi aspects/world building, visually, is outstanding.

Overall I am happy with the result. Cautiously optimistic for the future and I look forward to future episodes.

Foundation — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

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