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I liked it!
Me too. It's been long enough since I read the books that "no book spoilers" is pretty moot as a caution for me, but I get the impression that the show might also be diverging pretty far from the books too at this point? It's got the same themes and stuff but there was a development in this episode that made me sit up and go "wait, that didn't happen."
But if so, I actually like this new development compared to how I remembered it go in the original books.
That's good to hear.
I've been delaying watching it for a while, in part due to how critical people were.
Perhaps that's silly, given my expectations aren't that high. I just want a fun show to fall asleep to. Every show doesn't need to be The Expanse or Counterpart.
Yeah. It's only been two episodes so far, but even though there are currently three unconnected storylines going on (the castaways on the water planet, the activities of the Foundation on and around Terminus, and what Cleons are up to on Trantor) they still feel more "united" than the separate storylines in the first season did. Seems like they may have listened to critiques of the first season and adapted to some of it.
I checked and they've started filming a third season. Hopefully the strike doesn't kill it.
Hell has no fury like a sci-fi fan whose source material has been scorned.
And to be fair, I can completely understand that perspective, and maybe it is a cynical ploy by greedy studios and ambitious writers who want their own thing put on screen, but if you're among the millions who are either not familiar with or not invested in the source material (coughHalocough), you can take these shows for what they are.
Foundation is nowhere near as tight as the Expanse was, and it's undoubtedly just letting sufficiently advanced math be a byword for magic, but it's well enough performed and there are a few compelling ideas floating around, and the narrative threads are finally beginning to come together. As someone who is not an Asimov reader, I like it quite a bit but don't love it.