I'm enjoying the show as interesting-looking space opera, although agree I wish they'd have stuck closer to the books. The main effect to me, it has made me go back & read all 7 books again, and inspired me to write fan fiction about all the parts Asimov didn't write. Frinstance, the history of the Second Foundation. See you all on Archive of our Own (archiveofourown.org/foundation)
I would prefer if the writers continue following roughly along the lines of the novels, though, I don't know if I'll be watching the second season. Between Randy0 and Thorn, you two managed to irritate me enough to make the chapter 10 look rather predictable, and I'd prefer to have had a bit more suspense. And since the second season probably is going to have a lot of religion (it's the first phase of the Foundation, after all), I don't know if I would enjoy the second season. You two seem to be big into religion, maybe you'll enjoy it more.
I really like that there is a modern TV show version of Foundation, but I trust the good judgement of Asimov more than the good judgement of modern writers, because, as you have well pointed out, they are getting really predictable in a way and have a lot of illogical leaps. My opinion is that more stuff from the original source would make it a better show. At least it would encourage more people to read the books.
Anyway, the first season is all that was needed to make Hari Seldon a pretty unforgettable character from now on, don't you think?
I think the show should completely break with Asimov & Foundation and stop with the pretense.
In effect, sure, we have a galaxy, an Imperium, a capital planet, a group of scientists, a rock of a world, two psychics, and a professor but that's kinda where it ends.
The show should have started with 'Inspired by Foundation' and then, started the world building and not create so many cheap plots that it looks like 'The Manifest' team meets the writers of 'Lost' who discovered 'BSG' & 'The Expanse' scripts and tried to write their own based upon them.
I'm enjoying the show as interesting-looking space opera, although agree I wish they'd have stuck closer to the books. The main effect to me, it has made me go back & read all 7 books again, and inspired me to write fan fiction about all the parts Asimov didn't write. Frinstance, the history of the Second Foundation. See you all on Archive of our Own (archiveofourown.org/foundation)
Shades of “Luke, I am your father!”
I would prefer if the writers continue following roughly along the lines of the novels, though, I don't know if I'll be watching the second season. Between Randy0 and Thorn, you two managed to irritate me enough to make the chapter 10 look rather predictable, and I'd prefer to have had a bit more suspense. And since the second season probably is going to have a lot of religion (it's the first phase of the Foundation, after all), I don't know if I would enjoy the second season. You two seem to be big into religion, maybe you'll enjoy it more.
I really like that there is a modern TV show version of Foundation, but I trust the good judgement of Asimov more than the good judgement of modern writers, because, as you have well pointed out, they are getting really predictable in a way and have a lot of illogical leaps. My opinion is that more stuff from the original source would make it a better show. At least it would encourage more people to read the books.
Anyway, the first season is all that was needed to make Hari Seldon a pretty unforgettable character from now on, don't you think?
I think the show should completely break with Asimov & Foundation and stop with the pretense.
In effect, sure, we have a galaxy, an Imperium, a capital planet, a group of scientists, a rock of a world, two psychics, and a professor but that's kinda where it ends.
The show should have started with 'Inspired by Foundation' and then, started the world building and not create so many cheap plots that it looks like 'The Manifest' team meets the writers of 'Lost' who discovered 'BSG' & 'The Expanse' scripts and tried to write their own based upon them.