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'Foundation' Is Fixing The Trickiest Thing About the Asimov Books (www.inverse.com)

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The title comes from the article, but I agree with some of these changes. It's making for an engaging show that also feels modern.

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[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I liked the books back when I read them. But sometimes it was tough work keeping on reading, because p.e. tech references would not translate well to nowadays, and from the social structure depicted they really showed their age. Which for me works with p.e. Heinlein, but not with Asimov and Foundation.

I try to see the series not as adaption of the books, but completely apart from them. And then I have to agree with the author and with OP, its modern, engaging and really well made.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Old school scifi always has issues with weird tech hangups just throwing wrenches into huge foundational aspects of highly advanced civilizations. Thankfully most of them can be handwaved away.

Anyone expecting a very internal monologue driven book series to be translated well into the screen is just green though lol.

Remember when everyone complained about Ender's Game which was so similar with blatant storytelling in character thought? Versus the reality of what's being show in universe to a 3rd party observer? I can name very few internal monologue driven movies, let alone tv series that did well. I can't name a single one off the top of my head. Maybe Sin City and that's stretching.

[–] Bilbo@hobbit.world 3 points 2 years ago

I never thought of Sin City being different in that way. But it is. Whole sections are just the current character talking to themselves.

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