A Song for the End of Everything

Still truly a pointless, nonsensical mess. Just why? I understand one will redo original source material to better fit different times and different medium than originally intended, and original books while entertaining also had a bunch of shortcomings, but this show, while looks good, really does not make any sense, is just dumb, the characters are heavily overdramatizing weak story, the interesting threads from the books have been utterly lost and season three seems to desperately try to jam the poor choices of the earlier seasons into a new cgi fueled mess that will convince no one that those responsible for this show have ever been in the same room as one of the books much less read as much the back cover, just why?

The Best Sci-Fi show of my lifetime continues to impress! I have been waiting years for this season and almost thought it might not happen .They didn't open with the most climactic theatrics you might expect, but enough foreshadowing to leave counting the days until the next episode. I admit I am biased, but this Sci-Fi Epic appeals to die hard nerds and action buffs alike without doubt. I do think the first 2 Seasons are very hard to beat, but with this being Apple's Most well made and successful show anything is possible. If you want to know what happens you'll have to watch it yourself, but I expect this to end up being the lowest rated of the season (hopefully).

I have watched every episode at least two times and several three times. I am familiar with Asimov's Foundation books and I accept that this is different, but it is still compelling television.

Season three opens up with quite different versions of Brothers Dawn, Day, and Dusk, which takes awhile to get used to, but it is one of the aspects of this series that I love. Each incarnation of the Cleons is unique. Though they are alike genetically, their personalities are distinctive. I love this hippie, nature loving version of Brother Day, while Dawn is more assertive and confident.

I understand there are people who being loyal to Asimov's books are very critical of the television series, but what I don't understand is why after 20+ episodes they are STILL watching the show and complaining. One viewer gave every episode they reviewed 1 star. I can't imagine watching anything I disliked so much for over two seasons.

While season 1 was the set up and necessary for the foundation of the universe, season 2 really got going and delivered some of the best Sci Fi Tv I have seen. Season 3's introduction of the Mule is incredible and it is clear to me that the writers know what they're doing. The Cleons are once again suiting up for some interesting dynamics and it is marvellous how the writers make the 3 Cleons (Dawn, Day, Dusk) characters feel different every time we see them. The foundation plotline is also really interesting and I'm enjoying the development we're seeing. Now all that's missing are Gaal and Hari.

As a fan of Asimov's Foundation series, I have to state from the outset that this show gave up any pretence of caring about the source material from the very first episode. In this regard, it suffers from the same narcissistic writer brain rot that so many Hollywood products do today: talentless nepo babies who think they can write better than Tolkien and Asimov. Of course they can't. Not even close. This show has been mired by strange casting decisions, awful dialog, terrible acting, bad pacing, and some odd set design.

That said, this episode is surprisingly fun science fiction. Very creative. Great CGI. They leaned into the Emperor plot line, which is easily the one redeeming character arc in this series. One might be so hopeful as to believe they listened to viewer feedback. Let us hope we see as little of Lou Llobell's atrocious acting as possible.