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I watched Season 1 of Foundation.
As a long time Isaac Asimov reader and owner of most of his sci-fi books, I was appalled at the series. It manages to completely negate the scope of the Foundation book series by ignoring the time constraints on a human lifetime, mashing in a completely different storyline involving Hari Seldon and completely murdering the whole intentions of the book series.
This was not why I think that Apple TV+ is poor value for money. It does however speak to the cultural values that Apple represents.
what cultural values does Apple represent? I for one thoroughly enjoyed watching a sci-fi show for once where Black people are more than background characters
It's a gorgeously produced narrative wreck. I really wanted to like it and there were certainly interesting parts like the clones that were fascinating. It's been a while but I remember feeling insulted like too many episodes have Harry or someone show up at the end to deliver a five minute exposition explaining what was happening.
Lots and lots of tell don't show ruins the fun for me which is why I'm loving Severance right now, they're soo good at showing not telling.
The thing about Severance is that from a sci-fi perspective it's a horrifically believable story that has more than shades of Stephen King about it.
I am not a fan of horror and never have been.
In this case as an experienced sci-fi reader and technology professional, it's ringing a little too close to home.
Can you spell Neuralink?
I was where you were back when S1 aired. Gave S2 a chance and am positively surprised. It’s its own take on the material but given the later books it’s not that inconsistent.
When I next subscribe for a month so my partner can binge watch the latest season of Severance I'll take a look, but the disappointment with the first season of Foundation was not something I will soon forget.