I think the only "accurate" adaptation would have been a Ken Burns style documentary of mostly someone reading out Encyclopedia Galactica articles, personal let

I think the only "accurate" adaptation would have been a Ken Burns style documentary of mostly someone reading out Encyclopedia Galactica articles, personal letters, and long slow pans of paintings of events because any "footage" was lost. There's probably an audience for that. It's probably a smaller niche audience than the adaptation we are getting.