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Came across this and I am very very excited. It looks like some quality scifi and I am especially encourage as it is by Apple and they have an excellent track record with series like For All Mankind and See. It starts in September and will feature on the new Fall TV Schedule in a couple of weeks.

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I've been wanting someone to try to film it for a very long time. I've only read the first book (though I've recently got a pile of the others to rectify that) but it's always stuck with me.

It is the sort of story that may be difficult to make though. I'm glad it's TV, it'll probably suit it more than the short running time of film.

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The Foundation books are great and then they sort of merge into Azimov's other series. It's the subtleties rather than the big showy bits that make it so interesting but that is likely of less appeal.

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Well it certainly looks good, time will tell.

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It is things like that that make all the difference and put that magical touch on a series. The more detail and depth there is to the characters and story then the more believable and realistic they are.

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Watched this the other day. It's certainly looking epic, film level looks and yet it seems to have got the complexity and detail based on what's seen.

Currently reading Foundation And Empire and so far loving it as much as the original book all those years ago.

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I am really looking forward to it. It is going to be good having another proper quality scifi series to watch when The Expanse ends.

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I expect I'll never see that, so will have to read the books.

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You should bump straight to the top of your list of things to do, it is penomenal.

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I've got the quite the book backlog, and some of those are Foundation series, so I'll be sticking with those for a wee while yet. I'll probably have to see of the Library has them, I can't justify the money currently.

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I was talking about being less sophisticated and watching it on tv instead.

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Amazon's in my bad books and that's unlikely to change any time soon, so unless it's on DVD or Blu-ray that's off the cards...and rather similarly to books I have a fair few TV series I'm already working my way through.

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The first two episodes seemed just fine to me, looking forward to E03.

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Amazon? This series is on Apple+.

I’ve watched most of the first episode - quite impressed so far!

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There's also other means of watching it.:D

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The first one certainly gets quite spectacularly towards the end :)

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Old Boy I was replying in the context of The Expanse which General Maximus mentioned and I said I'd likely never see that because The Expanse is on Amazon in UK.

I'm going to watch Foundation this week sometime, probably when I've finished Dickenson, also on Apple TV+.

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Renewed for a second season alredy.

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Good. Any indication how many books they are doing per series? Is S1 book 1 in its entirety?

Only watched first episode so far. Very impressed, though the galaxy isn't the way I pictured it, then or now (currently on Book 3). All the various factions are more varied and more colourful. In my head it was more Buck Rogers/Battlestar Reboot/Caprica, with a certain uniformity of worlds and their peoples (and I read the first book before the latter two shows I mentioned existed), and maybe a smattering of Dune film (1984).

Probably for the best though, it makes it visually different than the usual look of space epics TV and Film audiences are used to. If it looked generic, those unfamiliar with the books would probably dismiss it straight away and not sample the show.

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I’ve seen the first programme of season one. It’s got my attention!

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fantastic. We are only 3 eps in but I love it; proper pure quality scifi.

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I'm just glad it's "big idea" sci-fi, not so much of that getting made. Hopefully it gets a chance to complete the "original trilogy" at least.

I'm trying to be as unspecific as possible in the following bit so not to spoil anything.

Based on what the showrunner said in the S2 announcement they clearly aren't finishing Book 1 in S1 but will hit Book 2 in S2 (as they mentioned a particular character). Though I get impression they'll only do the first time period of B2 based on pace of S1 and the character mentioned.

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Episode 3 was a bit dull, not seen 4 yet.

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Not really a Finale Trailer, its all just bits from previous episodes.

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Ah good. I didnt watch it because i didnt want any spoilers. I love this series.

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Finished. More please

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Season 2 was confirmed a while back, for late 2022 I believe. :)

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yup, what a superb series. It makes you wish the entire series had aired so we could have the luxury of binge watching it.

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Season 2 trailer.

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Looking forward to it. Really enjoyed the first series as I read the books when younger.

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Roll on Summer. :)

Half that trailer is a recap on Season 1, with a little bit of Season 2 at the end.

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Really looking forward to this, though the trailer, while very beautiful to look at, really didn’t give anything away!

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Really looking forward to this.

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Season 2 (10 episodes) begins airing weekly on Friday July 14th. :D

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Superb.

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Read the books but a long time ago. How close to the books is this series?

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Never read the books, so I dont know, but the internet(!) says timelines are compressed in them.

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From what I've seen so far, pretty close to the books.

New trailer posted by AppleTV 6 hrs ago..