Will be giving it a watch later. Can't wait.
Foundation - TV Series (2021)
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Man of Honour
High production values, initial scenes reminded me of The Mandalorian for cinematography and vibe. Not read of this before in the books etc so was initially a bit confused but it opens up a better understanding later in ep1. Characters are pretty well acted too and there's an underlying serious tone to everything.
Permabanned
wow ... get a very good feeling just watched ep 1 .. brilliant everything just runs so smooth. well acted
Commissario
I've never read any of the Foundation stuff and it took quite a while to actually work out what this was all about.
It was OK.
It was OK.
Soldato
I’ve been starved of decent sci-fi so I’ll forgive the slightly rushed ‘get everything set-up’ and the score feeling a bit generic. Very nice to look at. It’s been literally a couple of decades since I read the original series so I’m not going to froth at changes etc since I can barely remember half of what happens.
Soldato
First episode watched and so far so good. Still not my mind up about Demerzel but time will tell.
Soldato
Oh LOL I forgot this is 2021 and I can watch more episodes. Onwards..
Soldato
Ok this is nothing like the books now, I remember even that much.
EDIT - and I don’t like it.
EDIT - and I don’t like it.
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Soldato
I know nothing about the books and lore, but hugely enjoyed this. Eps2 left me with a WTF look on my face I must admit.
Oh and also - pretty much me thanks to my QLED panel at night.
Oh and also - pretty much me thanks to my QLED panel at night.
I know nothing of the books jon snow.
But the production value in Ep1 is through the roof.
Watching ep 2 now.
But the production value in Ep1 is through the roof.
Watching ep 2 now.
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Any where else to watch this apart from Apple TV ?
Caporegime
Just there, unless you get it through nefarious means.
Apple TV is £4.99 a month, you can always just wait for them all to air and sub for a month. Ever even a week as they give you 1 weeks free, watch and cancel, will cost you nothing.
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This is a sound plan. I'll wait for the season to air. The days of sailing the seas are behind me.
Yea, enjoying this. Probably helps not knowing the books as this kind of story can easy and often has to deviate from a book to make for decent TV.
Caporegime
Indeed it's already hugely diverted.... Lol
Man of Honour
Critic reviews in the usual news media are saying the show has already fallen apart based on the fact that they've had to compress the first few tens of pages of the novels into a couple of episodes and since the entire saga in writing spans several hundred years with characters coming and going all the time, it poses a difficulty in keeping viewers rooting for any particular character in a TV adaptation.
It also seems for the TV series they've plugged a loophole for some of the above by having the "Empire" controlled by clones of the same person. Maybe I've not fully understood so far from 2 episodes but to me as a newbie to Foundation, it makes sense and so far I've found it quite gripping and wanting to know where things head.
Seems viewers however do like it, regardless of critics opinions!
It also seems for the TV series they've plugged a loophole for some of the above by having the "Empire" controlled by clones of the same person. Maybe I've not fully understood so far from 2 episodes but to me as a newbie to Foundation, it makes sense and so far I've found it quite gripping and wanting to know where things head.
Seems viewers however do like it, regardless of critics opinions!
Soldato
Never read the books but seems very rushed with the amount of story and character progression over just 2 episodes 
I read somewhere that they worked the script so that six characters stay around for the whole series. You can tell that the Emperor, being a clone dinasty, is going to be one. I'm betting that Demerzel and some version of Hari Seldon are also going to stay around (a good guess if you read the books). Gaal seems the central character, so I'm guessing she's going to be another. Not sure about who may be the other two. Any guesses?