Summary: Salvor begins to question the Mentalics’ motives. Hober Mallow’s proposal to the Spacers meets resistance. Brothers Constant and Poly stand trial.

This thread can contain TV spoilers up to season 2 episode 7.

Air Date: August 25th 2023

  • fakeman_pretendname
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    1 year ago

    Sorry, is this a TV programme based on the Asimov Foundation books? How have I not even heard of it?

    • Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It’s on Apple TV+. Not a super popular streaming service, at least among my peers and family

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        Ah, I didn’t actually realise Apple TV was even a streaming TV channel thing, I just sort of assumed it was a physical TV that Apple made and paid no further attention.

        Still, I guess it’ll eventually be shown on normal TV or at least some other TV service thing.

    • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world
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      Well, it’s based on the books to about the same degree as “Starship Troopers” was based on its book. Not that this should stop you from enjoying it.

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        I quite liked the Starship Troopers film, though I only read the book years later - but I remember people being cross about it not being like the book.

        The Foundation books I’ve read a few times each over the years, but I suppose it depends on the extent of changes - the books cover a huge period of time, and from such a “macro” view, so there’s plenty of stories that can fit in those universes without contradicting the original material.

        I liked the recent Handmaid’s tale TV series, having read the book at school (and for fun, some years later) - that totally did its own thing after the end of the book, but I thought it followed a pretty realistic path, and carried the spirit of the original.

        I’ll definitely give the Foundation series a try if they show it on something else at some point :)