There's so much stuff happening at the same time in Foundation, it's almost impossible to wrap your head around. But you managed to cover and tie up the most important bits. Great job!
@@Matisaro It looks more like they took a Cliff-Notes Outline of the Foundation Trilogy, fed it through an Executive-Meddling Filter, then spat out something focus-group-friendly. The strength of the books was the fact that the Galactic Emperor was _completely irrelevant._ There was no "telepathy" [not in the original trilogy]; the "mentalics" of the Second Foundation was one of subtle non-telepathic psychological manipulation and non-verbal communication. Terminus was a scrappy little colony out in the middle of nowhere. All they had of the Seldon Plan was a vault of holographic messages. The real drama of the Foundation trilogy was in (1) The threats to the Terminus colony every few generations, who the players were on both sides, and how they were resolved; (2) The drama around the collapse of the Empire into warring barbarian kingdoms; (3) The attempt to reunify the Empire by the General-Belisarius-equivalent. Both that character and the historical Byzantine/Roman general, Belisarius, were unwaveringly loyal to the Empire, what it stood for, and what it had once been, and did not seek personal power. While that's rare, and is pooh-poohed these days, I find a figure like that inspiring and a much-needed role-model for our messed-up times. There's plenty of room for space-battle scenes, room for filling in the characterization of some flatter characters yet key-players. And, one of my favorite scenes in the books [which I read back in the 1980s, BTW] is the one where the first breakaway barbarian kingdom tries to conquer Terminus. The mayor of Terminus resolves it by manipulating the king into vaporizing his own head off in a fit of rage, frustration, and despair. "Violence is the 'Last Resort' of the Incompetent," is a recurring phrase of the first trilogy, one that few people truly understand, and one that could be well-portrayed, explained, and explored in the hands of a good writer [like, say, JMS].
@@thesipsaga They'll change the Mule from a nerdy, weedy man into a hot woman who becomes the Love Interest of one of the Clone Emperors, of course! And they'll do it in the present timeline instead of a couple of centuries into the future. And they'll probably give the Mule superpowers beyond basic mentalics (like in the books).
Absolutely true. I watched the official recap and was left no wiser than I started. THIS recap actually jogged my poor old memory, though to be fair it was a show I watched while doing other things once I realised it was hand-wavey sci-fi and nothing like the books.
Sheesh that's confusing after a year of not watching and few beers deep lol great video tho, the timeline and showing of episode changes sure was a good idea
I have been missing/SuperEager to watch the story ahead of the Foundation series, I kept checking release date of season 2 since last March, today I saw this video and it made me realize that Season 1 is like a game, me being a gamer in the past, its what addicted me to this series, maybe I also am too much into leaving this planet as a gamer :P Now I see the light out of this, I realized this series is like any other scifi series with the timeline and all story presented neatly, I am at peace, let the season come out this June-August I will watch being restful, great work BingeBot
Thank you so much for this. I am about to start season 2 and I just don't remember enough... This recap was excellent. I still rewatched episode 10 of season 1 in further preparation and your recap helped me even place that all in context.
Very slight correction: Cleon I was not the first emperor, he was simply the one to build the Star Bridge and begin the Genetic Dynasty. The Empire is 12,000 years old, Cleon I was merely one of a very very long line of emperors, but he enacted Imperial Cloning so that his reign would continue indefinitely.
The books are about the ebb and flow of humanity. When you have a character that can "feel" the future, it kind of defeats the entire point of the books.
Bingo! Seldon, in the original trilogy, died quietly on Trantor of old age, with no fanfare, no drama, just a footnote made in the Encyclopedia Galactica by the researchers on Terminus. Terminus was an outpost/colony populated by scientists and scholars on an undesirable world. It didn't come under threat until a few generations after its founding, once the Empire started fragmenting. The whole thing sounds like a complete mess.
@@Fender5621 From the sound of it, they've made this … thing … more about these Clone Emperors than about the actual Foundation. The Galactic Emperor was never even seen in the books. _Which was the entire point:_ much like the Emperor of China or the (Western) Roman Emperor towards the end of those empires, the empire was being ruled indirectly by minions and bureaucrats, running on momentum, this leaving the emperor _mostly irrelevant._ And that is why Asimov made the Galactic Emperor mostly irrelevant.
I was so afraid that this would be terrible but I really enjoyed it for once. So many movies and series that could have been great have been a disaster.
Make take on it, is that Cleon the First, was aware of a common occurrence in history, where a powerful and capable leader, is succeeded by their far less capable descendants and thus everything the leader built or achieved crumbles away. He felt he couldn't trust anyone else with the throne, so he finds away to remain on the throne forever
@@humbertochavez6572 Oh it's still a sign that Cleon the first was a neurotic egotist, so convinced that he was the one and only ruler who could guide mankind into the future. He did not trust ANYONE else to take the throne and thus created a line of clones, so that he could rule forever as some kind of immortal God-King figure. Just because there is a reasonable logic behind it, doesn't mean it isn't completely insane
@@humbertochavez6572 My take is that Cleon the first was a truly great leader, who achieved incredible things in his life time and was aware of this. But he was still human and as a human was a flawed being and in his hubris, decided he would rule for eternity. This DID initially have the positive effect of avoiding any possible succession crisis and made the Empire stable. After all, the Cleon "Brothers" do generally seem capable and kept things on an even keel for generations. But in time it also led to stagnation, since every Cleon, is an exact copy of the previous ones. They can't think differently or come up with anything new, so they didn't notice things were changing in the galaxy until the Sky was Falling on Trantor. Ironically, the "Corrupted" Cleon clones, could have potentially been something that could have saved the empire, since they are subtly different from all the others that went before and could potentially be able to think differently, be able to break out of the box they have been stuck in for centuries. But sadly, they almost certainly won't. The current Brother Day, is almost certainly going to be the Last Cleon and now the instability that Cleon the First so feared, is going to come to the fore and the empire won't be resilient enough to resist the shocks.
This is my 4th or 5th time to watch the first series, before watching series 2, coming this month, it is incredible! I wish I had read it, I could do that too
I was hoping a recap of season 1 would help to explain some of the inconsistencies with my memory of the 2nd season premiere. Nope. It's like the people making season 2 only watched a recap of season 1 and are making even more stuff up as they go along.
If you wanna know the real Foundation, read the original books. These films aren't the real foundation... They changed the original story at least 75%... Even some main characters (Gaal Dornick) was changed... he's male for example. Take your time and READ THE BOOKS!
What has history told us is the reason empires fall. Why kings and queens are killed off and so on. Its infighting between those who have power and those who dont. The genetic dynasty stopped that with the help of demerzel who acted as the constant. And acted as the enforcer as we see later. I think theres more too her but we will see.
Great recap BUT without it this show is impossible to follow. I'm 70 and have read this story many many times, but while watching I realized that I need Cliffs notes to follow and understand. This may be a great "just a Sci-Fi story" but to others than loved this series , it was a waste of good material.
Sure, but there's always another version possible. Look at "Dune." People make movies. They don't have to be the same as the book. That movie you own. It's in your head right?
I stopped watching the series at about episode 3 since it is complete crap and this confirms it. I'm a big fan of the books and I didn't expect a perfect adaptation, but this plot is nonsense. The characters are bland, forgettable, among many other problems. Still I wanted to see if the series somehow miraclously it started to improve so I came for the recap, but nope, still crap. Thanks for the recap anyway.
There are indeed to many privileged whites in this show, but it is still important to highlight the evil of their privilege. Hopefully by the end of the series they will all be dust and the good people can start a new beginning.
Well it’s called Foundation but is virtually unrecognisable from the original Asimov books. Each to their own however I much prefer the Original story telling.
Yea, I'll give season 2 a second chance but season 1 did not impress me at all. Someone below said that reason the plot and genders were changed is that the book, as written is unfilmable. I tend to agree but the answer was not to mess with the entire plot and characters' gender, but to never film it in the first place. I've read the entire saga 4 times in my lifetime and in hindsight, it would have been better leave it to our imaginations. Season 1 was nearly unwatchable. Forget the series people and read the books. They are richer than any series or FX can portray.
Thanks for the Recap, really helped me to save lots of time. This opinion is just about TV show and probably books too. The three emperors have me intrigued, but the foundation thing really sucks, it feels too cheesy, too convient and just way too cheap. Poor work.
Read the original trilogy, instead. It was based on the breakup of the Roman Empire. The Foundation was, in the original books, the _Encyclopedia Galactica_ Foundation, located on Terminus, a colony in the middle-of-nowhere and populated by scientists and scholars. Seldon wasn't a main character except in the first few chapters, his death _of old age_ being noted in the Encyclopedia. The important plot-points in the original Trilogy were the crises faced by Terminus every few centuries, and how they cleverly overcame them. Without an army. "Violence is the 'Last Resort' of the Incompetent," is an important saying of Seldon's, the Foundation's, and the overarching plot. It's something misunderstood yet illustrated indirectly by Asimov throughout the Trilogy. Lastly, just as the Eastern Roman [Byzantine] Empire had General Belisarius in the 6th Century, Asimov gave the crumbling Galactic Empire similar "General-Belisarius-figure". The historical Belisarius was a loyal servant of the Empire and of his emperor, Justinian the Great. He was a brilliant General who retook the lost North-African provinces and the south of Italy[!]. And what did Belisarius want out of it? The Restoration of the Empire. There are, in history, every once in a while, Admirable Figures who Do the Right Thing. And I remember, from when I read it decades ago, that you _wanted_ to root for this General who was trying to hold the Galactic Empire together, while also wanting him to fail because he was a threat to The Foundation. The fact that the show has made The Clone Emperors the Main Characters and relegated The Foundation to Cheesy Irrelevance says everything I need to know about this … "adaptation."
Asimov was a privileged white male, and that's the most important thing that should be highlighted in this show. The privileged must be put to an end and reparations must be paid in full. I'm just disappointed there aren't many gender-neutral characters.
It’s hard to follow when one have read it. I miss the underground Trantor with all the layers with different cultures. And the when they got lost on the steel surface and much more. Ray are from a Gypsy like culture equal to the Gypsy’s that always carry a knife on them. I guess they kept the knife thing. It’s weird that the timeline is so compressed and different
Good recap. The show, unfortunately, has far too (over) complicated a plot for me, but I just wanted to reinforce my own impressions. Won't be watching season 2.
Okay , new to apple tv so new to the show .. promo pics looked good , Really was hoping to like but from the trailer cud tell .. this show a nonsensical mish mash of already used materials in attempt to give the effect of / Appear creative .. no clear storyline .. they just speaking bunch of mumbo jumbo .. no interest in follwing .. brain hurts like stuck a fork n twirled into spaghetti 🤪🤨😐😵😵💫🤯😶🌫️
There are so many things out of context that the whole recap makes no sense. Many important things are mentioned but not explained and just thrown in. I hate to be so negative but as a recap to fully comprehend season one this is totally useless...
My god, they completely mangled the original books … and completely unnecessarily, at that. The original Foundation Trilogy was more than ready for a show, would require very, very few tweaks to the original plot, and _still_ had space in its plot to insert action and intrigue in the form of the first 2 centuries of the breakup of the Empire. Well, this saves me from wasting time watching what isn't even an adaptation, but an idea based on a summary written on a dirty paper-napkin of Isaac Asimov's actual Foundation series.
What a mess. This recap reaffirms to me that this show has very good ideas (the Cleons, making some characters female, the visuals), but is a mess of lazy plots. Seldon resurrected?? Gtfo.
This show is real good especially that guy Lee but that woman they pick come on man wrong person for the partall I see is like woke agenda in this it's happening in almost in every show come on is Nicki played out by now😅
What the hell was Asimov thinking ? Talk about complicating a thin-as-gruel tale with ridiculous names and ideas. I think stories like the Three Body Problem are much better.
People creating recaps so we don't feel completely lost in new seasons, you're my heroes
This was way better and far more helpful than Apple's official recap vid 👍
This is a lot of stuff to remember. I feel like I need a recap of this recap.
This is the best recap out there.
This is the only way I was able to get ready for season 2. Thanks so much!!!
I love this visual timeline, makes it easier to follow.
Very poorly explained and narrated. Avoid.
There's so much stuff happening at the same time in Foundation, it's almost impossible to wrap your head around.
But you managed to cover and tie up the most important bits. Great job!
GREAT video. Now i don't have to pretend like i remember all this stuff
It seems the show is not at all about the book’s plot, but just takes its characters and does whatever it wants with them. Great review! Thank you!
I know. It looks like crap.
@@John_Weiss The show is great, it takes the overarching plot and tells personal stories set within it. The book as written is unfilmable.
@@Matisaro It looks more like they took a Cliff-Notes Outline of the Foundation Trilogy, fed it through an Executive-Meddling Filter, then spat out something focus-group-friendly.
The strength of the books was the fact that the Galactic Emperor was _completely irrelevant._ There was no "telepathy" [not in the original trilogy]; the "mentalics" of the Second Foundation was one of subtle non-telepathic psychological manipulation and non-verbal communication. Terminus was a scrappy little colony out in the middle of nowhere. All they had of the Seldon Plan was a vault of holographic messages.
The real drama of the Foundation trilogy was in (1) The threats to the Terminus colony every few generations, who the players were on both sides, and how they were resolved; (2) The drama around the collapse of the Empire into warring barbarian kingdoms; (3) The attempt to reunify the Empire by the General-Belisarius-equivalent. Both that character and the historical Byzantine/Roman general, Belisarius, were unwaveringly loyal to the Empire, what it stood for, and what it had once been, and did not seek personal power. While that's rare, and is pooh-poohed these days, I find a figure like that inspiring and a much-needed role-model for our messed-up times.
There's plenty of room for space-battle scenes, room for filling in the characterization of some flatter characters yet key-players.
And, one of my favorite scenes in the books [which I read back in the 1980s, BTW] is the one where the first breakaway barbarian kingdom tries to conquer Terminus. The mayor of Terminus resolves it by manipulating the king into vaporizing his own head off in a fit of rage, frustration, and despair. "Violence is the 'Last Resort' of the Incompetent," is a recurring phrase of the first trilogy, one that few people truly understand, and one that could be well-portrayed, explained, and explored in the hands of a good writer [like, say, JMS].
@@John_WeissI dread to think what they will do with the Mule.
@@thesipsaga They'll change the Mule from a nerdy, weedy man into a hot woman who becomes the Love Interest of one of the Clone Emperors, of course! And they'll do it in the present timeline instead of a couple of centuries into the future. And they'll probably give the Mule superpowers beyond basic mentalics (like in the books).
Now THAT's how you recap! 👏👏👏👏👏
One of the best recaps I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much! Loved having the time line on the bottom. Much thanks! 🙏✨❤️
Absolutely true. I watched the official recap and was left no wiser than I started. THIS recap actually jogged my poor old memory, though to be fair it was a show I watched while doing other things once I realised it was hand-wavey sci-fi and nothing like the books.
@@AntonGully haha true.
Thanks very much for making this recap.
Wow, really good job. The timeline at the bottom was perfect. Let's go season 2!
Great work! Thank you very much!
Thank you for compiling this recap - it is so well-made!
Sheesh that's confusing after a year of not watching and few beers deep lol great video tho, the timeline and showing of episode changes sure was a good idea
Wellllllll done man, great recap
Thanks for the recap. The timeline graphic makes it very easy to follow. 👍
I’ve watched several recaps of this show from other channels and this was the best, thank you
Happy to hear that. Thank you!
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@@ProToStyleeCoD Yet still correct. lol.
It really isn't
Thank you very much
Thank you for a great recap!
Thank you so much. I was really surprised there wasn’t a recap on Apple, but you did a much better job anyway! 😊
One of the best recaps I‘ve seen, cheers
I have been missing/SuperEager to watch the story ahead of the Foundation series, I kept checking release date of season 2 since last March, today I saw this video and it made me realize that Season 1 is like a game, me being a gamer in the past, its what addicted me to this series, maybe I also am too much into leaving this planet as a gamer :P
Now I see the light out of this, I realized this series is like any other scifi series with the timeline and all story presented neatly, I am at peace, let the season come out this June-August I will watch being restful, great work BingeBot
very nice recap, thanks!
Wow I forgot a LOT of information from season 1. That was a lot to take in. Thank you
The scene in the garden is one of the best things I've seen movie or tv in years.
which?
Great recap!
This was good - Thank you
Amazing dude. Thank you
Great recap
AmAzing!! Finally
thanks bro, exactly what I was looking for. Godbless!
Watched the whole recap… still lost. Gotta watch the season again… Dang it!!!
good job. ty.
Thanks for the brain workout, now I need a smoke.
much more better recaps
Thank you so much for this. I am about to start season 2 and I just don't remember enough... This recap was excellent. I still rewatched episode 10 of season 1 in further preparation and your recap helped me even place that all in context.
WHAT AN AWESOME RECAP OF THE MOST COMPLICATED SHOW EVER
Very slight correction: Cleon I was not the first emperor, he was simply the one to build the Star Bridge and begin the Genetic Dynasty. The Empire is 12,000 years old, Cleon I was merely one of a very very long line of emperors, but he enacted Imperial Cloning so that his reign would continue indefinitely.
Cleon was a privileged white male that never paid the reparations he owed. That is the most important thing we can draw from this.
@@jesses5463Surely this somehow a satiric comment
thank you much appreciated
great 👍👍👍
The books are about the ebb and flow of humanity.
When you have a character that can "feel" the future, it kind of defeats the entire point of the books.
Bingo!
Seldon, in the original trilogy, died quietly on Trantor of old age, with no fanfare, no drama, just a footnote made in the Encyclopedia Galactica by the researchers on Terminus. Terminus was an outpost/colony populated by scientists and scholars on an undesirable world. It didn't come under threat until a few generations after its founding, once the Empire started fragmenting.
The whole thing sounds like a complete mess.
@@John_Weiss Yes! Hollywood has destroyed another one!
@@Fender5621 From the sound of it, they've made this … thing … more about these Clone Emperors than about the actual Foundation.
The Galactic Emperor was never even seen in the books. _Which was the entire point:_ much like the Emperor of China or the (Western) Roman Emperor towards the end of those empires, the empire was being ruled indirectly by minions and bureaucrats, running on momentum, this leaving the emperor _mostly irrelevant._
And that is why Asimov made the Galactic Emperor mostly irrelevant.
What a great Sci-fi show.. wow!
who else watched s2e01 only to realize they didn't remember most of s1?
7:16 snap back to reality, ope there goes gravitiy…. Okei im gonna go now.. 😂😂
I was so afraid that this would be terrible but I really enjoyed it for once. So many movies and series that could have been great have been a disaster.
Cleon-I had such insecurities that he prolonged them throughout ages and clones instead of seeking therapy…?
Make take on it, is that Cleon the First, was aware of a common occurrence in history, where a powerful and capable leader, is succeeded by their far less capable descendants and thus everything the leader built or achieved crumbles away. He felt he couldn't trust anyone else with the throne, so he finds away to remain on the throne forever
@@weldonwin cool! very optimistic
@@humbertochavez6572 Oh it's still a sign that Cleon the first was a neurotic egotist, so convinced that he was the one and only ruler who could guide mankind into the future. He did not trust ANYONE else to take the throne and thus created a line of clones, so that he could rule forever as some kind of immortal God-King figure. Just because there is a reasonable logic behind it, doesn't mean it isn't completely insane
@@weldonwin wait a second- you had just convinced me the other way
@@humbertochavez6572 My take is that Cleon the first was a truly great leader, who achieved incredible things in his life time and was aware of this. But he was still human and as a human was a flawed being and in his hubris, decided he would rule for eternity.
This DID initially have the positive effect of avoiding any possible succession crisis and made the Empire stable. After all, the Cleon "Brothers" do generally seem capable and kept things on an even keel for generations. But in time it also led to stagnation, since every Cleon, is an exact copy of the previous ones. They can't think differently or come up with anything new, so they didn't notice things were changing in the galaxy until the Sky was Falling on Trantor.
Ironically, the "Corrupted" Cleon clones, could have potentially been something that could have saved the empire, since they are subtly different from all the others that went before and could potentially be able to think differently, be able to break out of the box they have been stuck in for centuries. But sadly, they almost certainly won't.
The current Brother Day, is almost certainly going to be the Last Cleon and now the instability that Cleon the First so feared, is going to come to the fore and the empire won't be resilient enough to resist the shocks.
THX!!!!!!
Thank you, but dang, it's very convoluted and may take several times reviewing.
I just watch these instead of watching the whole series. Not gonna waste my time.
perfect was a lil fuzzy on details before watching this season
This is my 4th or 5th time to watch the first series, before watching series 2, coming this month, it is incredible! I wish I had read it, I could do that too
Why read bro watch it 10 more times. U got infinite lifespan and nothing better to do
this show is addicting asf
So mom and daughter meet ? And both are young ?
I was hoping a recap of season 1 would help to explain some of the inconsistencies with my memory of the 2nd season premiere. Nope. It's like the people making season 2 only watched a recap of season 1 and are making even more stuff up as they go along.
What? Is this from the Asimov book?
Flash graphics and some good acting but nothing like the books. Still waiting for a proper rendition of Asimovs story.
If you wanna know the real Foundation, read the original books. These films aren't the real foundation... They changed the original story at least 75%... Even some main characters (Gaal Dornick) was changed... he's male for example. Take your time and READ THE BOOKS!
I agree. The changes they have made to Asimov's story are well beyond creative license.
What has history told us is the reason empires fall. Why kings and queens are killed off and so on. Its infighting between those who have power and those who dont. The genetic dynasty stopped that with the help of demerzel who acted as the constant. And acted as the enforcer as we see later. I think theres more too her but we will see.
This movie feels like maths I struggle to get the timeline a lot
Great recap BUT without it this show is impossible to follow. I'm 70 and have read this story many many times, but while watching I realized that I need Cliffs notes to follow and understand. This may be a great "just a Sci-Fi story" but to others than loved this series , it was a waste of good material.
Sure, but there's always another version possible. Look at "Dune." People make movies. They don't have to be the same as the book. That movie you own. It's in your head right?
Ashes to ashes, Dusk to dust
The ending was to fast , they had to do that in the second season. was a better option with less time between thing
I loved the books but this is a completely different story.
This sounds like planet Tamriel aka Nern where hybrids were grafted from
Thank you BingeBOT
You’re very welcome!
Asimov is rolling in his grave! Thanks for the recap.
Asimov was a privileged white male that never paid the reparations he owed. This series brings to light his atrocities and those of his people.
Ronan The Accuser Post-Guardians of the Galaxy
I haven't watched the full series, but 10,000 years into the future and we haven't figured out how to murder someone without the gory mess?
They literally murder people in the show without a gory mess.
We have discovered in 10000 years that there are things worst than death. Lets just say never take a walk with an emperor to a garden
So, it seems foundation is the prequel to warhammer 40k..
I stopped watching the series at about episode 3 since it is complete crap and this confirms it. I'm a big fan of the books and I didn't expect a perfect adaptation, but this plot is nonsense. The characters are bland, forgettable, among many other problems. Still I wanted to see if the series somehow miraclously it started to improve so I came for the recap, but nope, still crap. Thanks for the recap anyway.
Shame that you didn’t like the adaptation, but thanks for watching the recap haha
Same
thanks for sharing this perspective.
The same happened to me... on it own might be a good story but it's completely different from the books.
There are indeed to many privileged whites in this show, but it is still important to highlight the evil of their privilege. Hopefully by the end of the series they will all be dust and the good people can start a new beginning.
War and confusing the concept 😂
Well it’s called Foundation but is virtually unrecognisable from the original Asimov books. Each to their own however I much prefer the Original story telling.
Yea, I'll give season 2 a second chance but season 1 did not impress me at all. Someone below said that reason the plot and genders were changed is that the book, as written is unfilmable. I tend to agree but the answer was not to mess with the entire plot and characters' gender, but to never film it in the first place. I've read the entire saga 4 times in my lifetime and in hindsight, it would have been better leave it to our imaginations. Season 1 was nearly unwatchable. Forget the series people and read the books. They are richer than any series or FX can portray.
Thanks for the Recap, really helped me to save lots of time. This opinion is just about TV show and probably books too. The three emperors have me intrigued, but the foundation thing really sucks, it feels too cheesy, too convient and just way too cheap. Poor work.
Read the original trilogy, instead.
It was based on the breakup of the Roman Empire.
The Foundation was, in the original books, the _Encyclopedia Galactica_ Foundation, located on Terminus, a colony in the middle-of-nowhere and populated by scientists and scholars. Seldon wasn't a main character except in the first few chapters, his death _of old age_ being noted in the Encyclopedia.
The important plot-points in the original Trilogy were the crises faced by Terminus every few centuries, and how they cleverly overcame them. Without an army. "Violence is the 'Last Resort' of the Incompetent," is an important saying of Seldon's, the Foundation's, and the overarching plot. It's something misunderstood yet illustrated indirectly by Asimov throughout the Trilogy.
Lastly, just as the Eastern Roman [Byzantine] Empire had General Belisarius in the 6th Century, Asimov gave the crumbling Galactic Empire similar "General-Belisarius-figure". The historical Belisarius was a loyal servant of the Empire and of his emperor, Justinian the Great. He was a brilliant General who retook the lost North-African provinces and the south of Italy[!]. And what did Belisarius want out of it? The Restoration of the Empire. There are, in history, every once in a while, Admirable Figures who Do the Right Thing.
And I remember, from when I read it decades ago, that you _wanted_ to root for this General who was trying to hold the Galactic Empire together, while also wanting him to fail because he was a threat to The Foundation.
The fact that the show has made The Clone Emperors the Main Characters and relegated The Foundation to Cheesy Irrelevance says everything I need to know about this … "adaptation."
@@John_Weiss Glad they changed it
This has almost nothing in common with Asimov's Foundation. It's a hot mess!😡
Yep!
Still enjoyed it.
Asimov was a privileged white male, and that's the most important thing that should be highlighted in this show. The privileged must be put to an end and reparations must be paid in full.
I'm just disappointed there aren't many gender-neutral characters.
It’s hard to follow when one have read it. I miss the underground Trantor with all the layers with different cultures. And the when they got lost on the steel surface and much more. Ray are from a Gypsy like culture equal to the Gypsy’s that always carry a knife on them. I guess they kept the knife thing. It’s weird that the timeline is so compressed and different
@@jesses5463Homo buuh!
Good recap. The show, unfortunately, has far too (over) complicated a plot for me, but I just wanted to reinforce my own impressions. Won't be watching season 2.
hritik wat r u doing here😂
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Worst adaptation of a classic... *ever!* These people should not be allowed near another one ever again.
This show is FOUNDATION and ISAAC ASIMOV in name only. I don’t know who wrote this but it’s pure crap.
what?
Okay , new to apple tv so new to the show .. promo pics looked good , Really was hoping to like but from the trailer cud tell .. this show a nonsensical mish mash of already used materials in attempt to give the effect of / Appear creative .. no clear storyline .. they just speaking bunch of mumbo jumbo .. no interest in follwing .. brain hurts like stuck a fork n twirled into spaghetti 🤪🤨😐😵😵💫🤯😶🌫️
There are so many things out of context that the whole recap makes no sense. Many important things are mentioned but not explained and just thrown in. I hate to be so negative but as a recap to fully comprehend season one this is totally useless...
More writers that didn't read the source material, I suppose. meh...
My god, they completely mangled the original books … and completely unnecessarily, at that.
The original Foundation Trilogy was more than ready for a show, would require very, very few tweaks to the original plot, and _still_ had space in its plot to insert action and intrigue in the form of the first 2 centuries of the breakup of the Empire.
Well, this saves me from wasting time watching what isn't even an adaptation, but an idea based on a summary written on a dirty paper-napkin of Isaac Asimov's actual Foundation series.
What a mess. This recap reaffirms to me that this show has very good ideas (the Cleons, making some characters female, the visuals), but is a mess of lazy plots. Seldon resurrected?? Gtfo.
This show is real good especially that guy Lee but that woman they pick come on man wrong person for the partall I see is like woke agenda in this it's happening in almost in every show come on is Nicki played out by now😅
I read the books many years ago. Great books. WTF IS ALL THIS BS???
Thanks
still impress how woke garbage is everywhere... did the show runner read the books!!! another classic ruinned for the modern audience.
Glad I watched this - saved me a ton of wasted time and lame wokeness.
wtf
What the hell was Asimov thinking ? Talk about complicating a thin-as-gruel tale with ridiculous names and ideas. I think stories like the Three Body Problem are much better.
Boring.
Too bad dune and foundation is a woke
Another thing style rings of power style dune! Asimov remove in its tombv! The progre propaganda go on!
Hh