Foundation [Drama, Sci-Fi] (Page 2 of 8)

Every time a character dies, I always say "Well, they won't be in the next one".

It's from the closing credits out-take of Rush Hour 2 when Chris Tucker says "Damn, well he ain't gonna' be in Rush Hour 3" and Jackie Chan cracks up laughing.

on another matter do you have an explanation why

Well, let's do some math.  Foundation, season 1, has a total of 10 episodes.

According to IMDb, Jared Harris (Harry Seldon), Lou Llobell (Gaal Dornick), and Alfred Enoch (Raych Foss), are each in (drum roll....)

10 episodes (of season 1.)

Of course, it could amount to a series of flashbacks going to have to wait and see I guess.

It was actually harder to get through the first two Eps of this show than it was to get through the Flash... Sadly though I've read every Foundation book, I don't think this show is for me.

I think merc put it well when they wrote, "very glossy but rather empty" earlier in this string. I was so bored that I almost fell asleep twice and I was watching it at high speed...  I mean, sure it had great production that's all it had... I was completely uninterested in everything going on, I cared about no one, had very little understanding where the show was going and kind of turned off by the sex and violence... Also it seems the creators of this series wanted to 'show not tell' us the book's famous quote, “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”

On the plus side we do not live in a time when, due solely the the limited number of SF series, fans of the genre feel obligated to support all SF shows... indeed, for most of my life I've been lucky enough to be able to be choosy with what I watch (however it might look on the outside) and to that end it's time to use that freedom once again, I'm dropping the show!

Hope it works out satisfactory for the rest of y'all

Oddly enough, I've liked what I've watched so far. I thought this would be a snooze fest as well, but good going so far.

how do you make that out?

I have to agree with you merc.  A lot of unanswered questions.

After watching 103, it's the teleplay that sucks, that is, their approach to the timeline and series of events has played out so far in a way that unfortunately hides, not just the big reveals in the development of the plot (as it should), but the character development along with it that's necessary to hook an otherwise accepting and respondent audience.  AKA Cloud Atlas.  Is it a mess or is it ingenious?

I should probably stop, because this is going to continue to be my argument throughout episodes 104-110;

"They should've started the story from the beginning of 'Prelude to Foundation' and continued in chronological order."

They should've at least done Prelude to Foundation as a two part feature length movie to set the hook with the audience, like BSG, then moved in chronological order.  That would've been my pitch to Apple.

Great special effects.  Much better music for the scene, but I care less about these new characters they've introduced.

Why 10 episodes/season?  Why not 20, with 10 bottle episodes?  It's not like they don't have the cash, the sets, or the writers.

Not wanting to commit.  Could very well be.  Or it just takes so much more work to produce the quality of episode they're going for now, with shows like Foundation, to maintain an audience, that they can't manage more than 10 per year?  So, high standards of viewers, perhaps, that creates more visually driven media at the detriment of story?  I think there's a ton more greed in there too, that is, in terms of return on investment being far more short term return, and not long term return.

Star Trek The Next Generation is a great example of what I'd want to see again, that is, build massive elaborate sets for the pilot, then use those sets as the backdrop for 25+ episodes per season, where, because of advertising dollars from commercials, they could make their money back on volume of episodes, and syndication, which, unfortunately, totally doesn't work in our current system, it's too splintered with too much competition for eyeballs.

This show is wonderful and everyone who disagrees is just wrong.

Maybe you just like a different kind of show? Yes, some things could have been better, but the discussion about the appropriateness of using the decimal system alone... was just great! <3

I think the writers are floundering