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I was tempted to start a post on this *obscure* work of fiction, thanks OP! As a fan of the book and good adaptations in general, I'm cautiously optimistic about this show. The cast is stacked, the showrunners are experienced and apple+ has been on fire lately with it's new offerings. While the purist in me wishes for a straight adaptation, the realist knows that the medium forces some compromises in terms of structure and pacing. Simply put, the book doesn't allow for many developed character arcs and modern TV kind of depends on them. There are loads of new characters in the short trailer we've seen, and it will be interesting to see how they develop as the story rushes through centuries at a breakneck speed. Whatever gets Lee Pace's shirt off.
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etalian posted:I'm hoping Jared Harris does his Belter accent from the Expanse randomly in one the episodes. HAR BUNES WER CHOLK Can't wait to crack the first episode tonight. Since the Expanse shat the bed there's been a Boötes sized void for mature TV science fiction. My head-cannon always cast Seldon as an Arthur C Clarke figure, but Jarred Harris is perfect casting. Absolutely hope we get to the point in the book this season where Seldon is long dead but appears in scheduled holograms. His foundation is facing peril and he appears one last time. People hope he delivers some prophecy or solution, instead he pops in and says basically, "You're on your own, fuckers!".
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I'm not going to get into the weeds here, but as a book fan the show blew my expectations out of the water and left me thirsty for more. I'm usually very stingy when it comes to padding sacred material for a different medium, but all the changes so far have been very well done. The clone emperors show an interesting dynamic and the space elevator scenes were a wild ride. Asimov had mastered the art of writing polite dialogue between two educated, middle aged men and saw no use in included women or children. Changes needed to be happen and I can see they were clearly made with respect and love for the source material. There were multiple times in episode 2 where I'd flash to the new Zola movie They started loving. It was gross. but the intimacy just went on, and on like a trainwreck I was a passenger on. Too much sex in my Asimov was never a complaint I thought possible, but it's 2021 and here we are. Show has taken the torch from The Expanse. Show good.
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Sep 29, 2021 16:04
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Foundation: The Folly of Centralized Government
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Season 2 can be nothing but Hologram Hari looking directly at the camera while he scolds the audience and at this point, I'd eat it right up. This is good news.
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The casting in the show is really on point. True Trantor mathematics for true Trantors.
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Oct 10, 2021 13:05
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Whole lot of hot and cold takes in this thread. Me during the last episode- "The slow blade penetrates the shield." 
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Threadkiller Dog posted:Maybe they will just throw Will Smith in there in a cryopod as a season end cliffhanger. Uncle Phil is going to have one hell of a time getting the Fresh Prince out of that one!
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