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Not sure this works with the show.

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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 15 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Wait they made a Foundation show?

IDK why I'm surprised lol

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 40 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If you just accept that the book was impossible to make into a TV show it's actually pretty great. Lee Pace is astounding, the story is great, and Bear McCreary did a lot of the music. You may know Bear's beats from Battlestar Galactica.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah lee pace fucking slays in it. Honestly best part of the show and worth the ticket price.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jared Harris is great in it too, although he's kind of under-utilized I think.

[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I had no idea he was dumbledore son, Richard Harris

[–] simplecyphers@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I tried to watch it and kinda gave up. I tried to accept that it would be at most a reference to the book, but i still, just, couldnt.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

It's actually pretty good if you leave your book baggage at the door.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

yeah, like others have been saying. it's exciting, even though the actual plot is very different. to me, they kept its soul and even modernized the science.

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They did. It's on AppleTV or your local "sailing ship dock".

It's a pretty decent show and I enjoyed it, although if you're a purist about the original books It's not faithful to them in the slightest.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It's a heretical adaptation of the book.

[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I loved it, but a bunch of book readers seemed split. Seems like its based on the books but not the plot like it takes a whole different direction.

Honestly one of my favorite shows this year. Every character/actor was switched on the entire time.

Also I learned that Jarid Harris is not Charlie Brooker.

I learned this after confidently telling my wife that he's the guy that made black mirror after I saw him on the screen. She said 'really' and I said less confidently 'I'm not sure'

[–] Sharmat@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yup, there is one.

It’s pretty decent, however the story is completely different from the books aside from the basic motifs and character names.

[–] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it's on Apple TV, so...

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

The first season is great. The second is great in action but the story lacks logic. We have plottwists only for the viewer to confuse. There was no need to decept the empire about sth. They didn't knew in the first hand.

[–] TheWorstMailman@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Foundation and Empire? Foundation's Edge‽

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I, Robot, obviously 😏