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Foundation is Apple’s first (flawed) TV masterpiece

• nabla9 5y ago
  >In typical Asimov fashion (he was always accused of being an “incurable explainaholic”), the show relishes in delving into the gritty detail of the countless worlds it explores. From intricate sociologies and histories of different home planets to the attention to specifics on the science of space travel and colonisation, the detail and lore of the universe is endless. And this is where it also fails. Detailed word-building that sucks you in is missing. It's sacrificed into aesthetically pleasing grand scenes. Trantor architecture, life in the city, and rest of the detail are not working together to create illusion of a living world. It's very easy to build grandiose and imposing structures in CGI. To make it live, you need to plan all the small details, casual and random interactions. George Lucas is master of this, much cinematic world building than directing. Other Apple TV series like See and For All Mankind (Ronald D. Moore) are better at this.