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What is the actual worst TV series you've ever tried to seriously engage with? (piefed.social)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/television@piefed.social
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I don't mean stuff that was obviously bad on sight (to you) and so you didn't bother with, or even necessarily content you just checked out of before the first episode was done. But a series that you ultimately felt wasted your time and abandoned due to its total lack of quality.

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[–] 12 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Foundation. holy shit. what a trash heap.

the visuals are great though. maybe i'll cut out all closups of actors and use it as animated wallpaper or something.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    You didn't even like the Empire Plot? How far did you get?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (2 children)

    No. I was out the second a robot murdered someone.

    I, Robot was a better adaptation of Asimov.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    The show is only good for the Empire plot. I mean.. rebellion poison-cloning Dawn and getting close to him to get him on their side, and then Day figuring it out, and ruthlessly squashing all of it! Totally new, and very well crafted, with great character. I suspect Day actor chop is holding the show on his shoulder. In last season, when they dude-fied him, I was thinking it was over.. and then he make it work somehow.

    The foundation side is indeed very bad character, and serviceable plot.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Oh my gosh, yes! As a fan of the books, I was so excited for the series. I was determined not to be put off by the changes to the story the producers made, so it took me a while to realize that the changed story lacked something. Like, being good? I should've just stopped after the terrorist attack that killed nobody, or tens of millions of people maybe, in the first episode just to advance the plot. Great visual effects, no emotional resonance. Why should I care? Nobody on-screen seemed to. I stuck it out until the episode that ended with the one character getting surrounded by the Anacreon landing party, but the show never established why I should care about her. So I didn't, and never bothered with the next episode to resolve the cliff-hanger.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    I used to feel the same way when it came out. Big fan of the books and was immediately put off by how much was changed in the first few episodes. But my wife got curious and we watched it again together a few months ago, finishing the three seasons and loved it all.

    Yes things are different, but those things work if you let em. It's less an adaptation of the books and more of a musician of a different genre doing a cover song. You do you, but maybe give it another shot. I'm glad I did.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It's a remix of the foundation, understand why they did it because otherwise they'd have to switch of the cast every few episodes. The series is set up to make people that didn't read the books like it and I personally think a lot of what they did makes sense. Some of the changes are good, some are bad, all unfaithful but given how hard it is to put this book on screen I can see why.

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