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[-] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Maybe its because i'm not a fan of the books, but I really like Foundation, it has weak points, but overall I'm enjoying it.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago

I went into it expecting it to have nothing to do with the books. I found all the characters' behaviors irrational and frustrating, with the exception of the emperor.

And I'm getting really sick of incompetent protagonists and impossibly flawless antagonists. I think that's just a reflection of the zeitgeist of the world's masses, but that's another discussion. Suffice to say I'm tired of it being the only trope used in SciFi TV anymore.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

From what I've heard, it literally flips the premise of the novels.

[-] Jagermo@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

I like both. The novels are good, but would not work today - they have been writen in the 50s and it Shows.

The series might have slow points, but I really like the emperors and the genetic dynasty, great storytelling device.

[-] r_se_random@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I don't think the novels would've worked regardless of time. The whole point of Foundation as a series was that there's no real protagonist in the series; the society as an aggregate works in a certain way as dictated by the rules of psychohistory. The concept wouldn't have translated into a good TV show.

The show that we got is more of a generic space action, which has some interesting parts, but meh for most of it.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think it's just easier to write the hero's journey instead of systems. GoT was good at the latter.

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I like both. The novels are good, but would not work today - they have been writen in the 50s and it Shows.

"Her breasts were a smaller version of the woman herself -- massive, firm, and overpoweringly impressive." -Isaac Asimov

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

TIL making fun of writers for talking about women as sexual objects is 'sex bad.'

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I love the show. The best part of the show, far and away, is the part that isn’t in the books — the Genetic Dynasty.

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