I have read Foundation by Isaac Asimov several times, as well as the Robot series. I am a huge fan of Asimov's work and when I heard last year that Foundation was going to be made into a movie, I decided to re-read the entire series.
I do believe that you should judge a TV adaptation based on the format, in other words, I will not judge this series by the letter of the book, is every detail correct? Is the storyline the same as the book? Those questions are not my main focus. With that, I would only illustrate that I do not understand the difference between books and television or film. That is why this series is also "based" on Asimov's Foundation and not a one-to-one film adaptation.
So I don't think it's a problem that the series would deviate from the book, just like the trilogy adaptation of JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The gender switch doesn't concern my either, in the book series almost all important roles are played by men. In short, for me as a film freak, the following criteria that are important for film and TV series are: a good story, good acting, cinematography, sound design, and film score as well as camera work. And in the case of a book adaptation, I would like to see the common thread of the story return.
Does the above apply? Yes!
Adding all these factors up, I can only conclude that Foundation has been an excellently well-crafted SciFi TV series so far. It cannot be compared with Star Wars or Star Trek. In my opinion, it goes much deeper in terms of content. The common thread of Asimov's Foundation is indeed followed, but there are also things incorporated in this series that I have my doubts about.
I, therefore, think it is still too early for a final verdict, but based on what I have seen so far I give the series a 10/10.
- very entertaining *check*
- extremely beautiful cinematography *check*
- the film score is top-notch *check*
- the acting is of high quality *check*
- the main theme of the book is followed *check*
Looking forward to see episode three.
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