It’s been a helluva long time since I read Foundation, or tried to. I vaguely recall it being a bit… unfocussed. Or didactic. Or something.
Anyway, I don’t have fond memories of the first book, but I do recognise it earned its chops as a cultural touchstone.
So I’m totally amped for this adaptation from Apple. It looks gorgeous, of course, as you’d expect from a company with all the money in the world. But it also strikes me that the formless blobbiness of Asimov’s sprawling and epic mess (and I mean that as a complement, sort of) is an almost perfect source material if you’re looking to make the next Game of Thrones.
This thing is vast.
Hundreds of characters, thousands of years. The highest of stakes.
I'll fess up - I've got about 400 Asimov titles. Obviously love Foundation, and fascinated to see how they manage to bring it to the screen, given how much dialogue vs action there is. And whether they go into the prequel novels at any stage. Torn between re-reading again, or just waiting to watch and not being annoyed by discrepancies!
I saw the trailer today and was THERE right up until the 2021 release date, and then I was sad. But at least we have something to look forward to next year 😊
I think this is a great choice to use the books as an inspired by, rather than a faithful adaptation, plenty of stuff in there to deploy without slavishly following every character and subplot. I remember enjoying reading it immensely as a teen but haven't gone back to reread because like much of the golden age science fiction most of the themes it tackles have been visited by later authors in a way that resonates better with a reader in a contemporary age.
I'll fess up - I've got about 400 Asimov titles. Obviously love Foundation, and fascinated to see how they manage to bring it to the screen, given how much dialogue vs action there is. And whether they go into the prequel novels at any stage. Torn between re-reading again, or just waiting to watch and not being annoyed by discrepancies!
I re-read it a few weeks ago after many years. I used to like the first book the best, now I like the last two. Four decades does that.
I saw the trailer today and was THERE right up until the 2021 release date, and then I was sad. But at least we have something to look forward to next year 😊
Not as much as I am looking forward to WW3.1
M Queensberry rules?....Oh I am soo liking this
looks like David Goyer's tattoos have improved. Be cool if there is a Blade reference tucked in there somewhere.
I think this is a great choice to use the books as an inspired by, rather than a faithful adaptation, plenty of stuff in there to deploy without slavishly following every character and subplot. I remember enjoying reading it immensely as a teen but haven't gone back to reread because like much of the golden age science fiction most of the themes it tackles have been visited by later authors in a way that resonates better with a reader in a contemporary age.
I read the Foundation series as a kid, with yellowing paperbacks found in a bag at a yard sale.