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AppleTV “Foundation” production paused (appleinsider.com)

submitted 10 months ago by reddig33 to c/television

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving botched adaptation, an insult to Asimov's philosophy: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Don't worry, they've got their hands on Dark Matter now, I'm sure that will go great for them.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

For decades I've been a big fan of Asimov in general and Foundation in particular, and when it came to the TV adaption I kinda liked it, to be honest.

There's a reason why Asimovs works are so rarely adapted to the screen: They don't work well in a series or movie format as they stand. That's probably why I gave the series a lot of room from a personal standpoint, not being too critical from a purist point of view.

When hearing about the TV adaption I was worried that each episode would be a whole new cast due to the timespan involved. While I don't agree with every plot device they used to circumvent this, I enjoyed some of them, such as the cloned emperors, although I think too kuch of the story revolved around them.

But yes, it definitely did not measure up to the books. But TV adoptions rarely do. And Foundation is an especially challenging one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Foundation is one of the few adaptations that I think benefits from it's lack of fidelity to the source material.

I think they actually made these changes more in an attempt to make it good than poor writing or lack of respect for the source material.

I'll be more pissed at apple not finishing the series than the writing or accuracy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll agree that the clone emperors in concept, and maybe 70-80% in execution, was actually pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus, Mr That-guy-who-played-in-Chernobyl was perfect for the role as Hari

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Jared Harris. He was also great in the first series of The Terror. I haven't seen season 2 of Foundation yet but felt his talents were a little wasted in the first season. Season 1 was definitely carried by Lee Pace and the emperor's storyline.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They don't work well in a series or movie format as they stand.

Ironically they were initially serialized in magazines IIRC. But I get your point.