ErebeonJul 5, 2023

Foundation Season 2 draws near, starts 14 July

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Foundation Season 2 draws near, starts 14 July - Lemmy.world

Personally I kinda liked the first season. It’s better if you forget the original Asimov story and just watch it as its own thing because it diverges from it quite a bit. Season 2 Full Trailer - Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t0BGkVQMuQ] Looking forward to see where they go after that ballsy season 1 ending. Lee Pace will continue to kill it no doubt. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/67223164-0487-45de-8d41-3dc92038173c.jpeg]

Show threadpglpmJul 5, 2023

Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy the 1st season, just like other commenters here. A preliminary reason could be that the story is very different from the book, which is one of my most favourite sci-fi books ever. But even simply seeing this series as something different from the book, if found it too cheap: the characters are half-stereotypes, the events are what you’d expect, usual blood and sex to attract viewers…

Should go without saying, just my personal opinion and tastes. I’m happy that others enjoyed the series and I hope it’ll made them curious to read the books.

Show threadniktemadur

I love the books. I’ve read the original trilogy three times, as well as heard the BBC radio dramatization (from the 1970s). My anticipation for this series was sky-high.

Halfway through Season One I stopped watching, baffled in an uninterested way about how they dropped everything that had the original Foundation spirit, I recognized the names of most characters and some planets, but everything in between was crammed with Goyer’s self-important posturing, insistence on mystery boxes and artificial cliffhangers.

The books will live on, they are immortal. The series, not so much, it will age quickly and badly.
Thank God we also have Villeneuve and Dune right now.

Jul 5, 2023 at 9:23amWeb
Show threadpglpmJul 5, 2023
Agree 200%!