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by squarefoot
843 days ago
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Not the PP, however it seems Foundation is one of those series both the audience and the actors themselves must sort of adapt to. I didn't read the Asimov original books (well I started like 40 years ago but gave up after finding them boring in contrast to short and non SF stories by him) so I didn't have any expectations, and was mostly satisfied with the series that appears getting better and better with time. Definitely not a masterpiece, but quite good. |
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It does have some clever plot reveals, but at some point the "Ha! Little did you know this was the plan all along" becomes rote.
The failure in adaptations I see is not understanding why people liked the source and leaning into that.
It's not the window dressing / surface-level stuff that's too often mimicked: it's a more core, simple... thing.
To me, Foundation was about 'epicness across time'
But, if I wanted a better written version of that, I'd read the first 3 Dune novels.