The First Crisis

Well anyone interested in has long since given up on any relation to Asimov. The Emperors are still interesting enough to watch. Salvor Hardin and the Foundation is continuing to be contradictory and silly. Just the visuals make it watchable. This whole thing is just expensive rubbish .

Its beginning to have the look and feel of an epic Sci-Fi series. The writers have come up with some good twists and turns and some very clever ways of keeping characters going. Anyone who has read the books should know that characters don't, in the main, stay around long. The Cleon genetic dynasty as a case in point. Clever. There does seem some constant negativity about not being Azimov's foundation. But Azimov's foundation was strongly routed in late 40's early 50's Americana. It would never translate directly to a modern audience.

I quote off the top of my head 'You already have a 100,000 followers on Terminus', 'Yes but not all are scientist, some are women and children'!

Really !

I've read the books and I've seen the show, and I think the books are great (well the original trilogy, less so the sequels and prequels) and I'm very much enjoying the show. I'll be bereft after the season finishes, so long to wait!

Reading the comments it's interesting that someone can write a long post explaining in some detail why they like the show, and get a majorly 'unhelpful' rating, while someone can write something to the effect of 'this show sucks' and somehow this pithy response is rated very helpful indeed.

Clearly there are a lot of people on here with axes to grind. I'd say to anyone looking in who hasn't seen the show yet - don't let 'em grind their axes on you, watch the show and make your own mind up.

It's not perfect, some of the dialogue is a bit clunky, some of the action scenes are a bit rushed and maybe overcomplicated, and there are a few points where you think, well that wouldn't happen. Grist for a nitpicker's guide mill perhaps, but there's a sweep, an overarching story, and some great imagination at work to realise this. And Asimov's story is always there behind everything.

At least give it a chance. This is series one. I'd say as season ones go, this is a pretty good one.

So I thought I'd venture to the very end as the VFX and costume department truly deserve the recognition, not forgetting Lee Pace and Jared Harris. However the rest is just awful, the acting from Harvey and Llobell is just horrible, the writing is incoherent and woeful, anything that needs a narrator usually means struggling badly. So who does give theses 10/10 scores?

This episode was amazing. Not 1 but 2 huge twists. There were things that were total surprise. A lot of action too. If you ignore the crying from the book readers, the story telling is really great.