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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Is Foundation any good?

I didn’t like I Robot because Will Smith annoys me.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    The movie has almost nothing in common with the original story.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    But is the tv series Foundation worth watching?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    I believe so. It's some solid sci-fi. I've heard grievances from a lot of fans of the book because it is not a very faithful adaptation in the slightest, but I think they managed to put together something that works better for TV and manages to tell an interesting story in its own right.

    Some parts of the narrative fall a bit more flat than others, but the highs of the series have (so far) done more than enough to make up for the lows for me.

    And I'm just thankful to have more space sci-fi that isn't trying to be another Star Wars.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    The books are awesome. The concept of being able to (more or less) predict the future and trying to shepherd humanity through various crises that will alter the timeline and trying to rescue us from our own nature is a fun one.

    The nature of the story doesn't lend itself well to adaptation in a visual medium but the show is decent (it does deviate some from the books and mess around with the timeline some to make it work better for TV). Can't speak to the movie.

    The Foundation Trilogy also was published 1951-1953 and you see a lot of ideas that became mainstay scifi tropes in their early form. For example, it's easy to see the influence Foundation had on Dune.

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