Apple+ has done a good job of adapting Isaac Asimov's Foundation series which was thought to be unadaptable. The invention of the genetic dynasty seems to be most responsible for this success. Over its first two seasons the show has been enjoyable and gorgeous but I did not think it had really hits its stride. Season 3, in just its first few episodes, seems to be where it is hitting its stride.
I may need to give it a second look. I loved the books and read them all in High School. I tried to watch the series but just couldn't get into it. I'll add it to my list of possible shows and see if I can get past my initial perceptions on it.
-Txec R
Quote from: King Txec on August 03, 2025, 10:29:12 AMI may need to give it a second look. I loved the books and read them all in High School. I tried to watch the series but just couldn't get into it. I'll add it to my list of possible shows and see if I can get past my initial perceptions on it.
-Txec R
Yes, definitely take another gander. The first two seasons were inconsistent but the threads seem to be coming together very nicely in the third season. In the second season there is a quite stirring use of the Bhagavad Gita.
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 03, 2025, 10:59:40 AMYes, definitely take another gander. The first two seasons were inconsistent but the threads seem to be coming together very nicely in the third season. In the second season there is a quite stirring use of the Bhagavad Gita.
I was aware they had made a show of the Foundation series, but am hesitant to watch it. I recall reading the original trilogy when I was still pretty young, because I remember being excited when Foundations Edge came out. (My memories have to be faulty. Foundations Edge came out in 1982. I wasn't even ten yet. No way I read the Foundation trilogy before I was ten. Maybe I did, tho, because I do remember when Foundations Edge came out, and remember being excited to read it. It was big news in the SF world.) Regardless, I've read all the Foundation books now (even the ones that continued the saga after Asimov's death.) (Which I recall got me some negative comments from other members of this group. I mentioned once that I had procured volumes of the non-Asimov Foundation books, and asked if anyone else had read them, or something. I remember Ian Anglatzara making some kind of comment that kind of offended me. He said something like "I'm aware these books exist, but I'd read something else instead." Well, good for him, I guess. I'm sure I could make equal statements on a variety of his choices in things. That turned me off this group for a long time. Seemed like snobbery. Whisky snobbery and high brow SF snobbery. "This foolish fellow drinks lowly bourbon and still thinks highly of Asimov. I still shudder when in his low class ignorance, he dare equated his American whiskey with our fine, e-less whisky." Well, I almost thought of starting a beer and space opera group.
Quote from: Iason Taiwos on August 05, 2025, 05:47:07 PMI remember Ian Anglatzara making some kind of comment that kind of offended me. He said something like "I'm aware these books exist, but I'd read something else instead." Well, good for him, I guess. I'm sure I could make equal statements on a variety of his choices in things. That turned me off this group for a long time. Seemed like snobbery. Whisky snobbery and high brow SF snobbery.
Your response made me think of The Dude from The Big Lebowski*. Particularly the "Well, good for him, I guess."
*Intended as a compliment. I would definitely join the Beer and Sci-Fi Hall. Or maybe Cerveza & Sci-Fi? We have a brewery up here called Strangefellows which makes a tropical-flavored Pale Ale which has made a fan of me.
I hope you end up checking out Foundation. Season 3 has ramped up the stakes and Apple+ has spared no budget for the production. Cherry Jones, Jared Harris, and Lee Pace appear at the top of their acting game as well.