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He's also extraordinary in Apple's Foundation, some say he carries the show. I treasure The Fall and every frame of it, in this he's uniquely blended with other
by telesilla 8mo ago
He's also extraordinary in Apple's Foundation, some say he carries the show. I treasure The Fall and every frame of it, in this he's uniquely blended with other great actors and images.
- raffael_de 8mo agoApparently part of The Fall's magic stems from the fact that the girl playing Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) somehow didn't really understand that she was playing in a movie. The director, as well as Pace, received some criticism for this manipulation. She also didn't really continue acting afterwards. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942458/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942458/
- rbanffy 8mo agoLast season's Brother Dude was awesome. I really felt sad for him. I have to say, however, my tolerance for manipulative sociopaths is very low - I'd totally punch McMillen in the face. I was only aware of The Fall for its brilliant photography.
- raffael_de 8mo agoThe Fall is a great movie but still more style than substance imo.
- rbanffy 8mo agoIt's forgivable, as long as it has A LOT of style.
- anon84873628 8mo agoIMO the plot of Apple's "The Foundation" is an infuriating insult to the original series. However, the production is great and Lee Pace is awesome as usual.
- paulryanrogers 8mo agoI kind of love it when movies/TV don't follow the books too closely. It means more content in a world I enjoy without repeating too much.
- b112 8mo agoI generally agree, and also that it's impossible to take a book to video without change. I tend to try to think of it like this, imagine Bob and Jim watched a battle scene, but one from the west, the other from the east side. Bob wrote the book, Jim the movie. Naturally, although it was the same battle, they'll have seen different things up close, and have different views on the battle overall. Having said that... It's like someone wrote the Foundation movie three generations after the book was written, turned into a play, and then told over the campfire for decades. It literally has no more connection with Asimov's works, than Star Wars is like Star Trek. All of the technology is different, the size of the Empire is wildly different, literally almost nothing maps. Is it good? Yes, sorta. But it's not Foundation, by any stretch. It's not even remotely in the same "world".
- anon84873628 8mo agoMy problem is that the show essentially "says" the opposite of the novels. For compelling TV you need recurring characters for the audience to become invested in. But the whole point of Foundation was that the individuals don't matter (mostly). The show had to jump through all these hoops to keep the same actors around and make them heroes. And it expanded/emphasized the metaphysical element in a way that undermined the psychohistory. And IMO makes/will make (honestly don't know where they're at now) the series ending reveal far less interesting and thought provoking.
- jjk166 8mo agoI think it's best appreciated as an original space opera that just happens to have the same name, especially given that so much of the show is genuinely original.