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“I am enjoying the show. It is very different than the books and this podcast helps explain why. The podcast is well produced with no fluff and the host is exceptionally well prepared.
The mixed feelings are because the showrunner and some writers come across as very self involved. But this does help explain why they created a show so different from
Asimov’s books.
Asimov’s books were a cautionary tale about the fall of empires, written in the 50s, when the US was at peak-empire. They were about how the nature of humanity and historical forces cause societies to follow the same patterns of growth and decline, and that we should ask, what are the inflection points?
The showrunners and Apple decided to tell a different story, not about the rise and fall of nations, but about the conflict between individual human agency and forces we can’t control.
Every major character in this show struggles with how do I do what I want to do in the context of big scary power (Empire, Psychohistory, religion, genetics/programming) controlling everything? Do I matter? Do I have a soul or am I a machine/clone/cog in the wheel?
This is a particular obsession of our times. Not about what happens to the world, but about what happens to me, when everything is controlled by powers bigger than me, real and imagined (govt, god, deep state, Google, secret patriarchal control structures, Qanon, whatever).
So if you can accept that this is what the show is about it is interesting. If you are interested in what Asimov wrote bout, there is little of that in this show.”
Tjjjjtj via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/13/21
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“I listened to a few episodes and the insight into the making of the show and the plot development is great. But they sure do spend a lot of time congratulating each other for what they themselves made. It gets tiring.
Also, for an official Apple podcast I’d expect some better post production...”Read full review »
Lickd via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/21/21
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United States of America ·
11/13/21
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“I loved the podcast, the show runners and the host make it extremely enjoyable. And I loved the Empire portion of the show, but I tuned in to figure out what went wrong on with the Terminus plot. I’m extremely disappointed they chose to degrade the character of Salvor and the overall Foundation...”Read full review »
Dr. Strangelove! via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/16/21
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