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I’ve read 5 of the books, I’m fine with the adaptation. The books all but make it impossible to have continuity of characters in any real way, which would make
by prpl 3y ago
I’ve read 5 of the books, I’m fine with the adaptation. The books all but make it impossible to have continuity of characters in any real way, which would make for a weird show, IMO. This is fundamentally different than LOTR which does have continuity (and even the hobbit), so I feel like that explains the character smearing (Gaal, Hari, Cletus) and time compression.
The original books are great but honestly the characters aren’t even in the books long enough to really develop them beyond the crises at hand, it’s more like a collection of short stories (and I love short stories, but beyond Black Mirror I can’t think of any other sort of short stories series I like much).
- jjtheblunt 3y agoRoald Dahl short stories are very fun, purposefully dark humor in several.
- themadturk 3y agoI'm with you here. I read the books so long ago I barely remember them, and I'm not that fond of Asimov as writer. But I've enjoyed the series so far.
- rfarley04 3y agoOh man, I would've loved an anthology version of Foundation. Each episode covering one of Asimov's airtight Foundation vignettes. Or, maybe, just don't try to adapt things that don't work for TV? There's plenty of other incredible stuff waiting to be written. Someone needs to hurry up and film Hyperion, it would be hard but more doable than Foundation.
- Apocryphon 3y agoBradley Cooper is behind Hyperion, which he is supposedly an avid fan of and has been seeking to adapt since the 2010s. Hopefully with the success of Dune: Part Two and him wrapping up work with Maestro he can buckle down and finally make it.
- spacemadness 3y agoYes, Hyperion could be an amazing adaptation. So many of these execs making strange decisions when good shows are already written for them to be adapted.
- jhbadger 3y agoI can’t think of any other sort of short stories series I like much Not even the original The Twilight Zone (which Black Mirror basically is a copy of except with cell phones and social media)?
- prpl 3y agoAh yeah, I did love twilight zone. I was thinking more contemporary though. I tried to watch a few, like this PKD series on amazon, Oats studios things, some others.
- sohkamyung 3y ago> The original books are great but honestly the characters aren’t even in the books long enough to really develop them beyond the crises at hand, it’s more like a collection of short stories The original three Foundation books are collections of short stories that Asimov originally wrote for magazines.