#foundationseries

Update on "Foundation" from AppleTV, with characters and situations created by Isaac Asimov. Look, I know the original was dialog heavy and somewhat cerebral, but I'd assumed the producers and writers knew that going in. Well, maybe they did, but that didn't matter, because they knew just what to do to tighten that baby up. Things like: ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Underground resistance movements ☑️ Huge ginormous explosions! ☑️ Gritty brow-furrowed lone-wolf outliers ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Unnecessary religious woo-woo ☑️ Mysterious monoliths ☑️ Unnecessary psionic woo-woo ☑️ Vaguely Middle Eastern terrorists ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Unnecessary time-travel woo-woo ☑️ Lots of running and screaming ☑️ Inexplicable character interactions ☑️ Token wokeness ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Everything's a whited sepulcher ☑️ Gotcha! character arcs that no one saw coming a mile away ☑️ Ordinary people don't make history, only messiahs ☑️ If you throw enough moons in the sky, it'll look awesome ☑️ Guns guns guns! There's more, much more, but Instagram actually does have a character limit. I will say, the cast is working hammer and tongs to make sense of this mess, but there's only so much they can do. So, we basically have a latter-day off-the-shelf paint-by-numbers "SCI FI EXTRAVAGANZA" with names and places lifted wholesale from a legacy property with limited mass appeal. This expression on Leah Harvey's face kinda sums up my reaction to her Salvor Hardin facing a scene and situation that's about as far from the original characterization and intent as it's possible to get: what the actual fuck? I know, Salvor. I know. #foundation #asimovfoundation #foundationseries #isaacasimov https://www.instagram.com/p/CXqjyNUrU4_/?utm_medium=tumblr

Update on "Foundation" from AppleTV, with characters and situations created by Isaac Asimov. Look, I know the original was dialog heavy and somewhat cerebral, but I'd assumed the producers and writers knew that going in. Well, maybe they did, but that didn't matter, because they knew just what to do to tighten that baby up. Things like: ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Underground resistance movements ☑️ Huge ginormous explosions! ☑️ Gritty brow-furrowed lone-wolf outliers ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Unnecessary religious woo-woo ☑️ Mysterious monoliths ☑️ Unnecessary psionic woo-woo ☑️ Vaguely Middle Eastern terrorists ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Unnecessary time-travel woo-woo ☑️ Lots of running and screaming ☑️ Inexplicable character interactions ☑️ Token wokeness ☑️ Guns guns guns! ☑️ Everything's a whited sepulcher ☑️ Gotcha! character arcs that no one saw coming a mile away ☑️ Ordinary people don't make history, only messiahs ☑️ If you throw enough moons in the sky, it'll look awesome ☑️ Guns guns guns! There's more, much more, but Instagram actually does have a character limit. I will say, the cast is working hammer and tongs to make sense of this mess, but there's only so much they can do. So, we basically have a latter-day off-the-shelf paint-by-numbers "SCI FI EXTRAVAGANZA" with names and places lifted wholesale from a legacy property with limited mass appeal. This expression on Leah Harvey's face kinda sums up my reaction to her Salvor Hardin facing a scene and situation that's about as far from the original characterization and intent as it's possible to get: what the actual fuck? I know, Salvor. I know. #foundation #asimovfoundation #foundationseries #isaacasimov https://www.instagram.com/p/CXqjr3LrCQ3/?utm_medium=tumblr

I gave it the ol' junior high try, there was a lot to like in the art direction, and I approved of updating the cast to the 21st century from a very white bread 50s look... but after 5 eps I don't know if I can continue. My main beef: the whole fucking point of Asimov's psychohistory trope was that humans en masse can be modeled like an ideal gas, and the "great men" of history were lucky guessers, right-person-right-time accidents, and (more often than not) colorless committees and bureaucrats. The big names of the first novel -- Gaal Dornick, Salvor Hardin, Hober Mallow -- were normal people in abnormal times, maybe a little more perceptive than most. They were *most definitely* not momentous paradigm-shattering math prodigies or monolith-communing probability-defying I-dunno-what-the-writers-were-smoking "outliers". The only "outlier" in the original books was the Mule, who serves as a pointed example that it takes a fundamental change in human interaction -- control of other's emotional responses by a mutation that could not have been predicted or adjusted for -- to change the statistical unfolding of history. The Mule fucked up the Seldon Plan because he wasn't baseline human. In this particular version of the story, both the characters Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin are Mule-level disruptors. One could also make the case that the cloned Emperor lineage is another fundamental modification of human nature. Which puts paid to everything Asimov was trying to say. One of the supporting characters said it best: the nascent Foundation is following Salvor Hardin's lead *because* she's a woo-woo magical savior -- not because she's a savvy, politically-adept student of history and human interaction, as the original characterization held. I guess people just crave the messiah view of history, with God-appointed (or, in this case, floating null-field-generating sci-fi Maguffin-appointed) saviors leading the blinkered sheep because nobliesse oblige and reasons. It's a shame. An actual honest-to-God conceptual theme hiding in what looks like a run-of-the-mill galactic empire space opera -- dumbed down to a Chosen One cliché. #foundationseries #applefoundation https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZxJ65LqmT/?utm_medium=tumblr

I gave it the ol' junior high try, there was a lot to like in the art direction, and I approved of updating the cast to the 21st century from a very white bread 50s look... but after 5 eps I don't know if I can continue. My main beef: the whole fucking point of Asimov's psychohistory trope was that humans en masse can be modeled like an ideal gas, and the "great men" of history were lucky guessers, right-person-right-time accidents, and (more often than not) colorless committees and bureaucrats. The big names of the first novel -- Gaal Dornick, Salvor Hardin, Hober Mallow -- were normal people in abnormal times, maybe a little more perceptive than most. They were *most definitely* not momentous paradigm-shattering math prodigies or monolith-communing probability-defying I-dunno-what-the-writers-were-smoking "outliers". The only "outlier" in the original books was the Mule, who serves as a pointed example that it takes a fundamental change in human interaction -- control of other's emotional responses by a mutation that could not have been predicted or adjusted for -- to change the statistical unfolding of history. The Mule fucked up the Seldon Plan because he wasn't baseline human. In this particular version of the story, both the characters Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin are Mule-level disruptors. One could also make the case that the cloned Emperor lineage is another fundamental modification of human nature. Which puts paid to everything Asimov was trying to say. One of the supporting characters said it best: the nascent Foundation is following Salvor Hardin's lead *because* she's a woo-woo magical savior -- not because she's a savvy, politically-adept student of history and human interaction, as the original characterization held. I guess people just crave the messiah view of history, with God-appointed (or, in this case, floating null-field-generating sci-fi Maguffin-appointed) saviors leading the blinkered sheep because nobliesse oblige and reasons. It's a shame. An actual honest-to-God conceptual theme hiding in what looks like a run-of-the-mill galactic empire space opera -- dumbed down to a Chosen One cliché. #foundationseries #applefoundation https://www.instagram.com/mindhue/p/CXZwyj6lNn1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Since I still have books to read on my shelves, I thought buying new ones would be a good idea. 👍🏻 #book #books #foundation #foundationasimov #foundationseries #isaacasimov #asimov #thewayofkings #thestormlightarchive #brandonsanderson #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #morebooks #evenmorebooks (at Brandenburg, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUIO3ZuNs9_/?utm_medium=tumblr

We have the #blackhawkfoundationseries #chestrigs and placards in stock. These are definitely worth looking into and priced to move. Link in profile and use the search bar. #foundationseries (at Billings, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTvhrowLjZc/?utm_medium=tumblr

We have the #blackhawk #foundationseries first responder placard in stock and shipping. It includes a mini #ifak get yours at https://megiddotacticalgroup.com/product/blackhawk-foundation-first-responder-placard/ (at Billings, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTR3DFDrgoz/?utm_medium=tumblr

We have the new #blackhawkfoundationseries gear available!! #battlebelts, pouches and chest rigs! We also have the #firstresponder panel that has a built in mini #ifak on the front. Check out our #foundationseries page here https://megiddotacticalgroup.com/blackhawk-foundation-series-gear/ or use the link in our profile. (at Billings, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTE94Bhrf4Q/?utm_medium=tumblr