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What TV show were you highly excited for, but ended up quickly disappointing you? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/Television@lemm.ee
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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Foundation. It's gorgeous, and the first episode is fairly close to the beginning of the book. It very quickly deviates from the source material in ways that totally undermine the themes of the book. It's not necessarily a bad show, I just can't enjoy it because it deviates so much.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It's funny, I did decide to read the books before watching the show. I'm about 6 episodes in and think it's very good. I think they actually improved the books in many ways.

    I don't know if people just have a nostalgia for something they haven't read in a long time (sorry not having a go at you!) or they genuinely like some really not-great aspects of the books that are a victim of their time.

    The fact they changed a bunch of characters genders actually works - too many crusty old white (assuming) dudes that doesn't work nowadays. Making Gaal a more rounded character to tell a story they apparently write in the book makes a lot more sense.

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