Creation Myths

I enjoyed the first season of foundation. Even halfway through the second season, I felt this is alright sci-fi provided you accept that it has a little to do with the source material apart from the name. However, this episode took the biscuit. It's all in your head! It was all a dream! Everybody is safe in the magic flying box! Even by its own internal logic, this makes no sense. On a bonus note, one character that made little sense bit the dust. She'll probably step out of the shower in s3e1. Oh - it looks very pretty so sci-fi buffs will probably like that. I don't think season 3 will really matter tbh.

The only reason I persevered with season 1 is the fine visual design and the story of the Cleons. The rest seemed rather flat and poorly thought out.

Season 2 felt like it was going even further downhill, but the final 3 episodes really had some true quality in the story, script and characters. If they can keep to this last part of the season's quality, in the next season then I'll definitely be watching. There was some real emotional gravity, especially in the character of Demerzel and the true nature of her relationship with Empire. It's not quite Asimov's story but it could finally start living up to it.

Great Season 2 and a little more faithful to the books (excluding of course the empire and Gaal/Salvor arcs), having a mix of the books arcs of Bel Riose in secound Novel and Foundation arc of Hober Mallow of Book one.

The Foundation arc story it´s some more faithful to the book than first season;because like the books, the structure of galactic spirit and religion created by the foundation in peripheral worlds exists in the books, and the clergyman Poly Verisof it´s an important religious character in the first book in this religious part created by foundation and like the books the Foundation is growing much in power and confronting the empire. And i Liked of the portrayal of Hober Mallow and Bel Riose and your storylines in season 2 ; Similar to the book,Mallow is as an astute merchant and a little rascal like Han Solo (but Mallow himself was the inspiration for the creation of Han Solo in Star Wars by George Lucas) and Bel Riose unlike the book it´s not young, but Ben Daniels (a Very Underrated actor from shows also underrated like The Exorcist) make a very human portrayal of Riose and at the same time a very vingative and rebel general against the empire like in the books. I Know that the fate of the two are very different from the first two books, but the live actions versions of the two have more charisma and personality than the book versions.

Overall, season 2 it´s better than season 1 that´s was only ok, but because of empire arc that even dont´exist in the books, because the other two arcs are weak (Salvor and Gaal), but i feel that foundation arc, Gaal Dornick & Salvor Hardin and empire arc are balanced in quality this season, especially the part of Mallow and Terminus against the Empire.

And for the last i praise the entire cast and the characters who even exists in the novels, like Brother Constant (a female priest of the religion of foundation with Poly Verisof) and specially the all cast of Genetic Dinasty arc, because meanwhile don´t exist in the books this arc it´s very very good and saved season one from being bad but actors like Terrence Mann (brother Dusk), Laura Birn (the android Demerzel) and of course Lee Pace as the menacing and charismatic emperor Brother Day/Cleon were the peak of season1 and i agree that he was the best character and acting of season 1 and now in season 2 meanwhile Day(Pace) it´s again one the best characters of season 2, the same season have also great portrayals and characters in much more numbers that season 1.

I Think David Goyer (The Solo Showrunner) evolved very much from season 1 to 2 but i think that lke in many shows the season 1 was only to introduce the things, concepts, universe and the characters and the real thing was to happen in season 2 and i was right, season 2 delivers.

I can´t wait for season 3 (show renewed) for the Long awaited Mule Arc with Bayta Darrel, her husband Toran Darrell, the scientist Ebling Miss and The Clown of street Called Magnificus and the fans of Foundation consider the Mule Arc ´´The Empire Strikes Back´´of the Foundation saga, both in Quality both in tragedy in story.

And for the final note: Isaac Asimov would liked the apple show(especially secound season), even with the changes and i think that he also liked the idea of a genetic dinasty.

Something old: one of the great works of SF, woven together and reimagined over nearly 50 years and, essentially, unfilmable.

Something new: Film it anyway. Make bold changes where needed to make the story drive on in a modern way, but never forget that the source was about, in the end, what was possible, what was inevitable and what is all-too-mutable. Merge characters when needed (Gaal and Wanda, say), reorder events for pacing (Mallow and Bel, say), but never forget that, by the time he had finished, Asimov had created two of the great characters of SF in entirely different story series and made them into a whole.

Something blew my mind: And so we have sacrifices noble and most definitely ignoble, misdirections played out to their full and - even when you were pretty sure a thing might happen - still managing to surprise. We have people still not knowing what is possible, what is inevitable and what is mutable - not sure, that is, if they are free or not. And we have a story of truly epic sweep, not just at a Galactic scale, but - at its heart - about the huge question of what it means to be free: what it means to have choices.

And then You Know Who turns up.

Come on Apple. Make a separate peace with the Writers Union and get on with this.

Firstly, the bad bit. The very final scene of this episode is a bit... cringe. We know the Mule is due an appearance, but still, that bit was a little off, at least from how I remember the Mule being depicted in the books.

The rest, though? Superb. Utterly, simply, wonderful Sci-Fi.

The Three Laws of Robotics is nicely, cleverly played out through the conflict Demerzel experiences, having been tampered with by an earlier version of Cleon. A wonderful adaptation of Asimov's stories. Brilliant, in fact.

Our version of Brother Day, and the episode generally, continues a theme introduced in the previous episode. The empire's aristocracy is the empire's weakness. For Brother Day, one such member of the never-ending aristocratic dynasty, his wanton acts of desperation are one of the motivations for the Foundation. He is not the outlier who can change destiny, in Seldon's terms, he would like to think he is, A point brought home in a scene where Demerzel defrosts some spare Cleons. And here the TV adaptation again takes the spirit of the book and portrays is wonderfully.

Still no news on Brother Constant, she is around but still hasn't developed her story arc. And Seldon's second Foundation at Stars End is nowhere to be seen, unless I've missed an important detail.

So, yes, there are departures from the book. But I am becoming very impressed with the way they are adapting Asmiov's work. If they continue into Season 3 in the manner they have ended Season 2, this could become one of the great Sci-Fi shows.