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I have a philosophy here. I read a book, and see it on another medium? Well, I pretend it's an account by another person who was there. If 5 people are in a room during a big event, and you interview them, you will get 5 different accounts. Where they were looking when the event happened, what their allegiances are, who their friends are, their background, etc etc all results in a different takeaway. So I'm OK with change. I can live with it. Yet, Foundation IMO was well beyond this degree of change. And very very important things were left out, and could have been told. For example, Asimov constantly described a broken culture of innovation. How many no longer even understood how the machines around them worked, and maintained them by rote. How scientists would merely read old books and papers, and debate that, instead of engaging in new research. This was a strong theme, and a massive reason for the Empire to fall, yet there were only hints of it in the TV series. This could easily have been in the series, but I really don't think many people on staff even read all the books, and it shows. |