That episode with the middle emperor proving himself. Fucking amazing TV

I've read the whole series and absolutely love it, but I know that a direct adaptation would have been a failure.

I really enjoyed S1, they've taken some ideas from other Asimov universe series (Empire and Robots) and combined it into a pretty fascinating alternate take on the foundation universe.

It's visually stunning, has some great acting and direction and I'm really looking forward to S2

I really tried, but I definitely gave up on S01 when I burst into laughter during the scene where the people find the commander of the crashed ship crawling away. Good grief.

So much of that show is like written by a 6yo. Or a very primitive AI.

Oh and relation to Foundation? Zero. I believe the first few books are difficult to adapt, but not even try?

I have to admit I didn't enjoy the first series and didn't finish it. I found the series overwritten with a convoluted plot, and barely recognisable as an adaptation of the book series.

I'm also not a fan of a series that turns books that are grounded in science and believability into a story featuring people with magic abilities like precognition and magic powers. It rather misses the whole point of the books, and just felt silly.

Having said that I'm going to rewatch it and try and finish it, hoping I've misjudged it.

Ya it was student from the books but I think the changes were necessary. In the books, we get a whole new set of characters every 30 pages or so. It wouldn't work for tv where shows are often character driven. As someone who lives the books, I enjoyed the show adaptation and the changes made.

Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the 1st season, just like other commenters here. A preliminary reason could be that the story is very different from the book, which is one of my most favourite sci-fi books ever. But even simply seeing this series as something different from the book, if found it too cheap: the characters are half-stereotypes, the events are what you'd expect, usual blood and sex to attract viewers...

Should go without saying, just my personal opinion and tastes. I'm happy that others enjoyed the series and I hope it'll made them curious to read the books.

I've been waiting for this for what feels like years.

I can’t believe how bad season 1 is. The only reason I didn’t stop watching was the emperor story line. Lee Pace killed it. Most of the actors are TERRIBLE. It was like watching wooden planks act. Instead of developing the story in any meaningful way, the directors chose to focus on disparate and dream-like sequences which appear to have little connection to each other.

This is science fiction of the worst kind. The source material is absolutely butchered. The dialogue is atrocious. The CGI is laughable. The accents are ridiculous. I don't know how I made it through the first season. What an absolute joke.

I'm surprised by the pushback (although I haven't read the books and thus did not have any preconceived notions). I loved season 1 and have watched it multiple times. I love shows that builds a world, and this one does so epically. I also am intrigued by the immense time scales involved. I also thought the pacing of the mysteries introduced was very good (I've been a bit disappointed in Silo for that reason). Anyway, I can't wait for season 2!

I’ll wait to see feedback before watching season 2. The empire storyline was fantastic, the scenery incredible and adding diversity and changing genders absolutely needed to happen to make it work for tv. But the whole magic thing, everyone being special and dull storylines killed it. The whole point of Mayor Hardin was that “violence is the last refuge of the incompetent”. So for tv they decide to have her wield a gun for nearly every scene and when that doesn’t work it isn’t intelligence that gets her through its magic precognition. They even reference the quote specifically as if to mock anyone who has read the book.

So instead of having a strong, intelligent, nuanced female lead that would have been incredible viewing (particularly given current events with Ukraine and how intelligence can overcome violence), we have a dull, monotone magician who gets by on girl and gun power. The character and actor deserved so much more than what was delivered.