Foundation was the first sci-fi I remember reading but I don’t understand what people want when they ask for a faithful adaptation. The individual characters weren’t especially well written, the dialog is very rooted in the 50s/60s that Asimov was writing in and the constant reference to atomics was also a function of the time.
To me Foundation is about grand space opera and the rise and fall of empires. I think the TV show captures that pretty well. The narrative hacks to introduce recurring characters across the seasons never really bothered me. The inventions and embellishments of the “lore” basically modernise the story and that is fine.
Foundation was the first sci-fi I remember reading but I don’t understand what people want when they ask for a faithful adaptation. The individual characters weren’t especially well written, the dialog is very rooted in the 50s/60s that Asimov was writing in and the constant reference to atomics was also a function of the time.
To me Foundation is about grand space opera and the rise and fall of empires. I think the TV show captures that pretty well. The narrative hacks to introduce recurring characters across the seasons never really bothered me. The inventions and embellishments of the “lore” basically modernise the story and that is fine.