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ThOneCleanHippyNov 3, 2021

This "adaptation" is Foundation in name only. The only things it has in common with the source material is the names. They padded everything out significantly and basically wrote everything from scratch. The performances are great, specialThis "adaptation" is Foundation in name only. The only things it has in common with the source material is the names. They padded everything out significantly and basically wrote everything from scratch. The performances are great, special effects are stunning, changing characters to be women and/or people of color is a good thing. But the writing is awful. Characters motivations don't make any sense, events are totally different. Why adapt a beloved novel if you're going to completely ignore it?… Expand

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AlesikiSep 26, 2021

This is a spit on the grave of Isaac Asimov.
It is huge disappointment in ci-fi future.
What a shame (((
Its look like script writers event didnt read the books.

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plountSep 24, 2021

This review, like almost all negative reviews, was deleted from imdb after being approved. It's not vulgar, personal or even politic. Let's see if it stays here:

The Anti-Foundation This movie doesn’t have much to do with Asimov’s book.This review, like almost all negative reviews, was deleted from imdb after being approved. It's not vulgar, personal or even politic. Let's see if it stays here:

The Anti-Foundation

This movie doesn’t have much to do with Asimov’s book. Foundation is arguably one of the best, if not the best SF. It describes a science irrelevant now, psychohistory, while touching themes of sociology, psychology, epistemology etc. It’s as far as it can be from a teen melodrama. And complex philosophical stories can be presented in a TV Series. It was done in the first season of Westworld. So no excuse there.

I knew from the explosive trailer that it was going to be bad, but it was way beyond my expectations. The very first words uttered by the main character were idiotic (she wanted to know the name of millions of planets for no reason at all), while also telling us the screenwriters don’t care about the book (the Star’s End reference).

The main character of this series, Gaal Dornick, is just a plot device in the book. There are other characters in Asimov’s book, some interesting like Salvor Hardin, but ok. Still even the small background that Asimov gave to Gaal is changed in the series, by making her/him came from a backward planet, which is again absurd.

Two things to finish this text. One is the interesting concept proposed by this show of radical mathematics written between the lines. It made me puke a little in my mouth.

The second is about the dissolution of a specific civilization. Do you know the fictional movie “Ass” from “Idiocracy”? Yeah, we’re past that. This is worse.… Expand

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BitashDec 4, 2021

I didn’t even read the book but I love Sci-fi, Sad that i lost complete interest. You think Disney writers wrote the script or re-wrote it . Forcing more Woke values down our throats to fit political narratives of today. Writers tried soooI didn’t even read the book but I love Sci-fi, Sad that i lost complete interest. You think Disney writers wrote the script or re-wrote it . Forcing more Woke values down our throats to fit political narratives of today. Writers tried sooo hard to cram in their political views AGAIN and again, that they lost the plot and ruined the story. The main black female characters are not even believable, yay to women power again.… Expand

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Pech_SOGNov 19, 2021

Zero understanding of Asimov's writing. Lazy writing, plot, character development, and a waste of huge budget. An abomination of a tv show. Waste of a great cast. Every episode, as they strayed more and more from any connection to sourceZero understanding of Asimov's writing. Lazy writing, plot, character development, and a waste of huge budget. An abomination of a tv show. Waste of a great cast. Every episode, as they strayed more and more from any connection to source material got worse...… Expand

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andreadavidedNov 21, 2021

Woke & has nothing to do with foundation by Asimov. I really don't need 75 characters to **** on this.

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Justin-bauceOct 12, 2021

I wish I could have liked it. I had been anticipating this show for a long time.
The actors/writer/showrunners have spoken in interviews and hinted that it would not be based on the books at all. I wish they would have said that in the firstI wish I could have liked it. I had been anticipating this show for a long time.
The actors/writer/showrunners have spoken in interviews and hinted that it would not be based on the books at all. I wish they would have said that in the first place to lower my expectations significantly.

If you loved the books and wanted to see a visual adaptation. Well then I'm very sorry to disappoint. They've been massacred. Unfortunately the title "Foundation" being used in this case, is almost at the point of being nothing more than clickbait.

If you like generic modern "sci-fi" that are actually just dramas, that try to be relevant by referencing current events/politics. Then go for it, you'll like this show.

But I can't give it a good review when it claims to be an adaptation of the books. The characters are not only different people, they have different histories, different roles, different personalities. In most cases they share barely more than the same name.

I pained myself to get through the first 4 episodes. But it was hard to enjoy anything they did well, with the constant distractions from all the "liberties" the writers took in the process of mutilating a timeless Asimov story.… Expand

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jigsaw586Oct 25, 2021

Did show runner even read the book?

I have to recover my account just so I can give it a 0 rating. The show simply doesn't know how to make a story engaging, yet it is still trying to look cleaver and epic in scale by introducing multipleDid show runner even read the book?

I have to recover my account just so I can give it a 0 rating.

The show simply doesn't know how to make a story engaging, yet it is still trying to look cleaver and epic in scale by introducing multiple stories on different planets in different timelines. The end result is a confusing and boring mess jumping all over the place.

60% of the show is a tour of the set and Sci-Fi settings. You don't know what they are doing nor its relevance to the plot. Sci-Fi concepts such as cloning and robot are introduced, but never used in an interesting way. They are mostly just there to read scripts to make the show sound like a Sci-Fi-y. There are no character decisions, and things they do have no effects whatsoever on other plot lines. Most of the plot are just people going somewhere, reacting to something, then cut away. The show consists of independent plot lines that constantly switch from one to another, and cut away before tension is built up. So the show has no tension! You don't care about any character, and there's no clear main plot if you haven't read the book.

The new characters are horrible. This is where you know the writing is bad. Idiotic writing 101 level bad. Writers of this show have no idea how to build a character. They rely on backstory, narration, music and reaffirmation from other characters to tell you that this character is strong, instead of SHOWING you that they are strong. Most of their actions are just reactions, none of them ever made any hard choices, acting and dialogue is bad too. Tension and story flow is constantly interrupted by cutting away from important things. A cliffhanger is set up in episode 2! You don't know what's going on, things just happen. Then cliffhanger and you won't see main character until episode 5. Episode 3 just begins with a new main character, which just follows the same template. Overlong backstory, tell but never show, strong female who is the key to everything trope. You already lost the plot at this point because the plot is left at cliffhanger, and half of the time the show cut to totally irrelevant tour of the empire and some boring subplots like a clone having problems with his sexual orientation. So you don't care any of these characters, nothing is explained, no build up and tension for anything. Cliffhanger just to subvert your expectations. The show is just one big "oh we need to cover this and that, so we have actors read scripts here and there". The writing is so bad it's hard to believe they are professionals.

Good writing is the foundation of any show. Apple's Foundation will fall, because it couldn't bother to hire good writers. I hope this review can shorten the dark ages that follow.… Expand

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SharphoreCageNov 8, 2021

I haven't read the original, but the process of watching the movie always gives me a strange feeling of "the original is not written like that"; the awkward language of the camera; the line of love that clearly has plenty of time but isI haven't read the original, but the process of watching the movie always gives me a strange feeling of "the original is not written like that"; the awkward language of the camera; the line of love that clearly has plenty of time but is unprepared; the weird rhythm and narrative preference. Perhaps the only advantage of this film is the special effects. Distressed for those who have read the original. Second set abandoned.… Expand

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QuadrapoleDec 8, 2021

Loved the foundation series by Isaac Asimov. The book is deep and thoughtful. The TV series is like a reflection of modern society, it's a graphical good looking, but hollow and superficial imitation of the beloved book. Absolute waste ofLoved the foundation series by Isaac Asimov. The book is deep and thoughtful. The TV series is like a reflection of modern society, it's a graphical good looking, but hollow and superficial imitation of the beloved book. Absolute waste of time unless you just like shiny graphics while having your mind rot. Another good series ruined by progressive politics. Get woke, go broke.… Expand

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sinusgammaNov 19, 2021

This series is a rape, and should be punished as rape, but novels and dead writers don't have rights.

First I was very generous, in 2021 my score was 4. But after watching s02e01 I have to give it 0. On its own this could be a stupid scifiThis series is a rape, and should be punished as rape, but novels and dead writers don't have rights.

First I was very generous, in 2021 my score was 4. But after watching s02e01 I have to give it 0. On its own this could be a stupid scifi with every required content of the average 2023 series. But this whole story isn't in the novels, except the names. Behind the names are different things or different people with different roles in different places.

My 2021 review:"In most of the episodes, it has good moments, could be a good series. I started to like the clones, they can pull in really interesting complications, and I don't mind if this is different in the books. But the title shouldn't be Foundation, this is misleading, only bait. Visuals are 5/5.
BUT: I don't like the fantasy elements, Asimov wrote science fiction, and I hate that it is watered down with mystery cliché, so this isn't an Asimov sci-fi. The plot is written very badly, the reactions, behavior, and motivations of the characters are sometimes forced, they would be dull even in high school essays from engineers. Yes, some parts are childish. During the last years, I started to feel that lots of popular series come from the same soap opera school. Same glances from heroes, same high moments, same rotation of feelings, disasters, resolutions. Seems they follow a kind of receipt, which is boring after a while. Still better than Star Trek Discovery (which is one of the most stupid series you can watch), but the plot building often is similar. So everybody feels what she/he/it should do, and these intuitions are better than an atomic clock, and oxygen percent is still above two percent, so if you don't expect some sophisticated series, then give it a try."… Expand

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Marcy90Oct 26, 2021

Only socialists, Americans and users of apple can like this abomination, clearly the writers of the script did not read the book, they stollen the characters and planets names only. This is a rape to the original story that could be improvedOnly socialists, Americans and users of apple can like this abomination, clearly the writers of the script did not read the book, they stollen the characters and planets names only. This is a rape to the original story that could be improved but not made a shadow of the original, the production can't save it, this female black Salvor Harding that shot anyone that meets is an insult. If this show was out April first could be seen as the joke it is.… Expand

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poppingbluesNov 21, 2021

It is godawful. God. Awful. As has been said it has nothing to do with the books, and I mean not a thing besides the character names, places. Not only that it directly contravenes concepts, technology, events specified in the books. I guessIt is godawful. God. Awful. As has been said it has nothing to do with the books, and I mean not a thing besides the character names, places. Not only that it directly contravenes concepts, technology, events specified in the books. I guess David Goyer was too lazy to write a proper adaptation so he just started making things up to further his story/business.

But maybe my love for the books has made me biased against this turd. So I asked my coworkers who hadn't read the books what they thought and most didn't get past epsiode 3 or 4.… Expand

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BeaklesAug 23, 2023

looks like another hijack of an originally good story in order to push modern political agenda. no shortage of this these days.

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Shadowmoon24Nov 25, 2021

It’s annoying that the two main character have been replaced by black women who are both bad actors and annoying.

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kaosz42Dec 4, 2021

An insult to the spirituality of Asimov and pure left-wing propaganda. Except for a few rare moments it is boring uninteresting and illogical.

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sunnrocks82Jan 23, 2023

Disrespectful and meaningless nonsense. SciFi shows in general have become almost unwatchable under the the recent "we have to write what our marketing analyst told us" mania that has broken out within the studios, but this filth is beyondDisrespectful and meaningless nonsense. SciFi shows in general have become almost unwatchable under the the recent "we have to write what our marketing analyst told us" mania that has broken out within the studios, but this filth is beyond all dimensions.… Expand

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Saul2021Oct 6, 2021

The TV shows leaves you wondering if there's any point to this futuristic story other than selling woke narratives of today.
To me it seems like producers used Foundation franchise as a proxy to promote their beliefs.
Has nothing to do withThe TV shows leaves you wondering if there's any point to this futuristic story other than selling woke narratives of today.
To me it seems like producers used Foundation franchise as a proxy to promote their beliefs.
Has nothing to do with actual Foundation. I've never seen so many gender and race swapping thus far. This one certainly sets the record.
Visuals are ok, but the design is cliched. Acting, I guess ok. Screenplay and story, nothing special really. If not for the woke bs, I'd give it 5, at best 6. But injecting politics into adaptation of any kind is a red line for me. Thus, zero.… Expand

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Nethrez1mSep 26, 2021

A complete and utter **** right from the beginning, this series will undoubtedly stay high in the list of the modern media. From an original story about philosophy and sociology it contains only names. I can't explain to myself why so manyA complete and utter **** right from the beginning, this series will undoubtedly stay high in the list of the modern media. From an original story about philosophy and sociology it contains only names. I can't explain to myself why so many butcherings were made.… Expand

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DamodreddSep 26, 2021

This may come as a shock to see such a low rating given to something with such a high production value but it is entirely justified. At best, this is fan-fiction written by people who have not read or respect the source material. It's notThis may come as a shock to see such a low rating given to something with such a high production value but it is entirely justified. At best, this is fan-fiction written by people who have not read or respect the source material. It's not even a "foundation inspired" story - it's just a whole different sci-fi with the name of Foundation and with a couple characters with the same names as some in the actual Foundation series.

It's not even just a "deviation" of some characters back stories or features of which, they changed absolutely every character's origin, personality, motivations, every aspect of them both relevant to the plotline and not; it's a complete abandonment of the central driving technical (sci-fi) themes and spirit of the original story's plot-line. What may appear to a viewer in an early scene as 'just a technical detail' or 'just the reason a character exists' turn out to have extremely plot-centric story arcs that the plot of the entire series of the books is completed reliant upon.

This is part of the reasoning for their dramatic and jarring abandonment of the actual Foundation story in favor of this new story they're desperately trying to convince us can compete with Asimov's masterpiece, from the show-runner:

"The first thing I said to the Asimov Estate is that Asimov crafted Foundation to be a mirror so I need to write about what's happening now. I need to write about Brexit, MeToo, the ascent of nationalism again. I need to write about climate change."

We have yet another series trampled by someone who ignores the core features of the original to shoe-horn in their own feelings about current events. They try to claim that they're echoing Asimov's great "mirror" telling of world events but they failed to indicate that Asmiov's mirror was pointed at the fall of Rome, not some trendy temporary trends popularized by television magazine websites such as Vox, Fox, CNN, or Teen Vogue. The rating of 2 is me being cognizant of the high production value and effort put in by the actors. For people who like to put meaningless background movies on for their kids during the day that have colorful scenes, go ahead, because that's going to be the primary consumer of this irrelevant show that will be forgotten in 2 months tops. Referring to this new series as a "Foundation" sci-fi is about the same as taking a silly summer blockbuster like "Transformers" and simply slapping the name "Star Trek" on it, then marketing it to Star Trek fans as if it's going to be this complex plotline with huge political intrigue even though you are just planning on delivering the same **** you delivered last year. The throwing around of established IP's like this ultimately will send this franchise to the grave with the likes of the last 2 seasons of Game of Thrones (recognized world-wide as the some of the worst show-running decisions in history).… Expand

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thesadpunkSep 29, 2021

If you haven't read the books this could be a good sci-fi drama show. It's graphical impressive. But if you have read the Foundation series, this doesn't do any good to the books. It's more like an expensive fanfiction, the only Asimov inIf you haven't read the books this could be a good sci-fi drama show. It's graphical impressive. But if you have read the Foundation series, this doesn't do any good to the books. It's more like an expensive fanfiction, the only Asimov in this are the names.… Expand

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marchezOct 28, 2021

seriously... "Foundation" ?
was it to hard to read the novels before write this abomination?

very disapponting...

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Parkaboy82Nov 7, 2021

This is an absolute piece of garbage series. It has nothing to do with the books, they use some of the names of the characters and invented everything else.
If you're interested in the Foundation series just read the books, skip this Apple crap.

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DrakanysNov 24, 2021

One of the nastiest adaptations I've ever seen. It just goes to show that budgeting isn't everything.

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vasylsimonovithDec 19, 2021

This is a very bad series, I hardly watched 3 episodes and could no longer watch it, my rating is 0.

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NeonSaintNov 18, 2021

Gender and raceswapping characters to fit current political narrative at the expense of the original work of author is cultural vandalism. And that is what this series is, a woke insult to the works of Asimov. Why all those woke writers andGender and raceswapping characters to fit current political narrative at the expense of the original work of author is cultural vandalism. And that is what this series is, a woke insult to the works of Asimov. Why all those woke writers and directors don't create their own worlds and write their stories in them instead of vandalizing established works of other authors ?… Expand

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acehawkNov 19, 2021

Unfortunately this is a terrible and faithless adaptation of a classic sci-fi novel series. This show COMPLETELY misses the entire scientific and philosophical point of the novels (that human civilization is largely driven by macro forcesUnfortunately this is a terrible and faithless adaptation of a classic sci-fi novel series. This show COMPLETELY misses the entire scientific and philosophical point of the novels (that human civilization is largely driven by macro forces such as economics, religion, and culture, and NOT by random, emotional individuals) and instead does the opposite (invents tedious character "drama" and special powers in characters that are completely not in the books and make no sense). Avoid sadly.… Expand

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GlroarkNov 21, 2021

Apple should be ashamed of this garbage. Absolutely ignored the original story, shoved woke bs down viewers throats, and neglected to provide even a modicum of entertainment. How do these producers and writers even have jobs?! Can I put aApple should be ashamed of this garbage. Absolutely ignored the original story, shoved woke bs down viewers throats, and neglected to provide even a modicum of entertainment. How do these producers and writers even have jobs?! Can I put a score below 0???
And critic / media reviewers swallowed this? How can they give such a high score???… Expand

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humus_iterationFeb 20, 2022

clearly the writers of this show don't know how to read, hopefully they can count to 0.

quote from one of the episodes, said by the main character: "i think i can feel the future". that is all.

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MobileumJul 6, 2023

Sounds cliche to say shows were better before, but it's the case, simply because the woke virus is spreading everywhere. Authors don't care about delivering a good story, they will just cannibalize anything they can and then push their agendaSounds cliche to say shows were better before, but it's the case, simply because the woke virus is spreading everywhere. Authors don't care about delivering a good story, they will just cannibalize anything they can and then push their agenda into it.… Expand

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Broker2022Aug 14, 2023

You can't watch any SF/Fantasy movie or series these days without the following:
1. Modification of the original artwork according to today's political agenda in Hollywood.
2. All white male characters are either mean, stupid, or are patheticYou can't watch any SF/Fantasy movie or series these days without the following:
1. Modification of the original artwork according to today's political agenda in Hollywood.
2. All white male characters are either mean, stupid, or are pathetic wimps.
3. All "good" roles were replaced by black (female) actors, almost all leading roles were replaced by black females. All "bad" roles are filled by straight white males.
4. Gays and lesbians, even transvestites are always there.
5. Sentimental touchy-feeling is always involved somewhere.

Above all, this is extremely focused in the SF and fantasy section.
Here, too, was unfortunately messed around again. One of the best SF novels out there has been messed up by the above contaminants.
Unfortunately, you can no longer watch modern films or series, which is a pity. Maybe it will get better when the current politics in Hollywood changes at some point.

Now to the actual topic, the series:

The first season started out promising, but became more and more flat and boring with each episode. The focus was too much on the "brilliant" black girl and not on the actual story. Incidentally, as a side note, Gaal Dornick is a white man in the novel. The second season, almost exactly the same, starts well, but becomes unbearable very early on, from season 2 episode 2, the gender madness has "finally" found its way. I turned it off in frustration after the second episode. I was particularly struck by the fact that almost all of Apple TV+'s in-house productions have given in to gender madness and the woke mob. A pity! So much good material, so many incredible possibilities and huge amounts of money totally wasted! Zero quality, only political madness everywhere.… Expand

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GrizmanJul 28, 2023

Such a disrespect for the author's work, it's shocking. Woke Hollywood at its worst.

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