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  • MikM Offline
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    Mik
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    Both Dune and Foundation were largely about politics and religion. Both classic. Been decades since I read them. I should probably revisit.

    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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      Paraphrasing Time Magazine's review of "Catch-22"

      Apple TV's version of Foundation is not a bad series. Perhaps one day they'll make a series of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation."

      Once you accept it for what it is - just taking Asimov's ideas and running with them - it's not bad. It's visually glorious, and the plots are mostly OK (though getting weird). Still fun.

      Check out Silo. It's VERY good, and faithful to Hugh Howey's book so far.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Foundation as it is written would not make great TV. I listened to it on the way to Las Vegas last year. It’s really several cautionary tales with a common theme of intelligence defeating force. The Apple series is quite good tv despite its deviations.

        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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        • MikM Mik

          Foundation as it is written would not make great TV. I listened to it on the way to Las Vegas last year. It’s really several cautionary tales with a common theme of intelligence defeating force. The Apple series is quite good tv despite its deviations.

          George KG Offline
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          @Mik said in Dune:

          Foundation as it is written would not make great TV.

          I see your point. It's not great entertainment.

          But, they said that Dune is unfilmable.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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