AppleTV “Foundation” production paused
AppleTV “Foundation” production paused
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'Foundation' cast and crew sent home as production delayed
Not a good sign.
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Finish the story damnit.
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Damn. I just finished season 2.
It definitely had some confusing moments early on as the main characters panicked over events I couldn't recall from S1. Until I realized these were future events. The psychic abilities and prognostications were all pretty clunky, though I feel like those tropes always are.
But somehow it all came together pretty well in the end. The story buildup and the way the characters' worlds collided mostly worked. And the production values were great. I'd say my score jumped from like a 4 to almost 8 across the season.
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For decades I've been a big fan of Asimov in general and Foundation in particular, and when it came to the TV adaption I kinda liked it, to be honest.
There's a reason why Asimovs works are so rarely adapted to the screen: They don't work well in a series or movie format as they stand. That's probably why I gave the series a lot of room from a personal standpoint, not being too critical from a purist point of view.
When hearing about the TV adaption I was worried that each episode would be a whole new cast due to the timespan involved. While I don't agree with every plot device they used to circumvent this, I enjoyed some of them, such as the cloned emperors, although I think too kuch of the story revolved around them.
But yes, it definitely did not measure up to the books. But TV adoptions rarely do. And Foundation is an especially challenging one.
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Foundation is one of the few adaptations that I think benefits from it's lack of fidelity to the source material.
I think they actually made these changes more in an attempt to make it good than poor writing or lack of respect for the source material.
I'll be more pissed at apple not finishing the series than the writing or accuracy.
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They don't work well in a series or movie format as they stand.
Ironically they were initially serialized in magazines IIRC. But I get your point.
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I really liked the show, but then they added the stupid psychic space witch part.
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I’m very much enjoying it; however it is absolutely wild that the most engaging part of the story isn’t even in the books — the Genetic Dynasty.
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You get Lee Pace, then you gotta give him room to strut.
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say what you will about the rest of the show but this is a loss if just because of Lee Pace as Empire, and Demerzel and her interactions with him.
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Meh, I love the foundation series by Asimov, but this tv adaptation does not get my heart pumping. Especially how they interpreted the role of Salvor Hardin is just so stupid that I couldn't care less. I did like Lee Pace as the emperor though.
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They spent $40+ million per episode of Masters of the Air, but can’t stomach $5 million per episode for proven material. Where are their priorities?
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Maaaan, come on.
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God damnit, I was just starting to get into this. Why does it always feel like the production accountants use the niche fan boys to justify cancelling an expensive show that actually has a chance....
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Good. Maybe they can make the plot interesting. Only The Empire had an interesting storyline.
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I didn't realize how much hate this show would get on lemmy. I really enjoyed it from the very beginning. I truly hope this show keeps going.
From what I'm hearing, the production halt is not because Apple is getting cold feet but the budget for season 3 was set last year before the strikes and the inflation in the Czech Republic has gone up a lot since last spring. They need to figure out how to rebudget the show or find a new location that fits the current budget.
I have a high hopes things will be fine.
Eh I'm a book reading snob and foundation is one of my favs. So of course I'm gonna be a curmudgeon about the show. Not gonna piss in your cheerios tho. If you like the show then that's great.
I have some coworkers who talk about it all the time at the office. I assumed that though it may not be as popular as Game of Thrones, there are lots of people that liked it.
I think it has potential to stick the landing, unlike GoT. The showrunner Goyer is a huge fan of the source material and has the blessing of the the Asimov estate.