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really excited at the prospect of the new Foundation series. Launches on 24 September apparently
‘Foundation’: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date & Teaser For Jared Harris, Lee Pace Sci-Fi Series
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new teaser and premiere date for its upcoming sci-fi series 'Foundation,' starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace.
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@jc said in TV Serieseseses:
really excited at the prospect of the new Foundation series. Launches on 24 September apparently
‘Foundation’: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date & Teaser For Jared Harris, Lee Pace Sci-Fi Series
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new teaser and premiere date for its upcoming sci-fi series 'Foundation,' starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace.
Does look good
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@kirwan said in TV Serieseseses:
@jc said in TV Serieseseses:
really excited at the prospect of the new Foundation series. Launches on 24 September apparently
‘Foundation’: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date & Teaser For Jared Harris, Lee Pace Sci-Fi Series
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new teaser and premiere date for its upcoming sci-fi series 'Foundation,' starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace.
Does look good
Splooge
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@jc said in TV Serieseseses:
really excited at the prospect of the new Foundation series. Launches on 24 September apparently
‘Foundation’: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date & Teaser For Jared Harris, Lee Pace Sci-Fi Series
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new teaser and premiere date for its upcoming sci-fi series 'Foundation,' starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace.
I can't remember if I've read all the books.
I remember reading one about "The Mule" - some guy with psychic powers, who therefore fucks up the predictions, or something?
How many are there - is it a trilogy, then some sequels, and prequels, written later? Are they all worth reading, or just the original trilogy? Are they all Asimov, or what? Come on people, help me out here - I could have googled all this in the time it took to ask these questions here. -
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@jc said in TV Serieseseses:
really excited at the prospect of the new Foundation series. Launches on 24 September apparently
‘Foundation’: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date & Teaser For Jared Harris, Lee Pace Sci-Fi Series
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new teaser and premiere date for its upcoming sci-fi series 'Foundation,' starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace.
I can't remember if I've read all the books.
I remember reading one about "The Mule" - some guy with psychic powers, who therefore fucks up the predictions, or something?
How many are there - is it a trilogy, then some sequels, and prequels, written later? Are they all worth reading, or just the original trilogy? Are they all Asimov, or what? Come on people, help me out here - I could have googled all this in the time it took to ask these questions here.There’s seven of them, all written by Asimov himself. The original 3 have prequels and sequels. If you remember the Mule you’ve read at least the 2nd in the trilogy, maybe the 3rd. He was the mutant who fucked with people’s heads. At least, unlike GoT, you know the writers actually have a complete story arc to use. They aren’t exactly hard to read, but they are pretty uncompromising. Asimov doesn’t do McGuffins or dei ex machina, he has thought all of it through and expects you to be able to make the links that are needed in series with a huge cast and scope.
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@jc said in TV Serieseseses:
@kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@jc said in TV Serieseseses:
really excited at the prospect of the new Foundation series. Launches on 24 September apparently
‘Foundation’: Apple TV+ Sets Premiere Date & Teaser For Jared Harris, Lee Pace Sci-Fi Series
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new teaser and premiere date for its upcoming sci-fi series 'Foundation,' starring Jared Harris and Lee Pace.
I can't remember if I've read all the books.
I remember reading one about "The Mule" - some guy with psychic powers, who therefore fucks up the predictions, or something?
How many are there - is it a trilogy, then some sequels, and prequels, written later? Are they all worth reading, or just the original trilogy? Are they all Asimov, or what? Come on people, help me out here - I could have googled all this in the time it took to ask these questions here.There’s seven of them, all written by Asimov himself. The original 3 have prequels and sequels. If you remember the Mule you’ve read at least the 2nd in the trilogy, maybe the 3rd. He was the mutant who fucked with people’s heads. At least, unlike GoT, you know the writers actually have a complete story arc to use. They aren’t exactly hard to read, but they are pretty uncompromising. Asimov doesn’t do McGuffins or dei ex machina, he has thought all of it through and expects you to be able to make the links that are needed in series with a huge cast and scope.
Cheers. I think it was the 2nd one I read - as a kid. I remember realising after I'd started that it wasn't the first in a series. And maybe reading some of the later ones?
I've downloaded the whole series now, and might give it another go.
I seem to recall that yeah - Asimov is never exactly "spell it all out for you" kinda guy - but a teenage me was able to follow the concepts, and do I have a vague recollection that maybe in the later ones - even cringe a little bit at some preachiness?
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So ive stumbled across this neat little show that i dont think many would have heard of, The Office...
US one i mean...apparently theres another version over in the UK (they always steal the good ideas from the States)I thought maybe it was new but a quick look on wiki and it first aired in 2005!...cant have been popular if its been around that long and no one told me about it...
Anyways just a couple episodes in, quite funny...the fact i work in an office on my own means i dont relate to it at all...
Id give anything to have a Pam here alongside me though, shes cute...i could be wrong but i think she and Jim have a thing going...Will give it a crack and see if it continues to grow on me. The diversity episode was piss funny..
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@virgil said in TV Serieseseses:
So ive stumbled across this neat little show that i dont think many would have heard of, The Office...
US one i mean...apparently theres another version over in the UK (they always steal the good ideas from the States)I thought maybe it was new but a quick look on wiki and it first aired in 2005!...cant have been popular if its been around that long and no one told me about it...
Anyways just a couple episodes in, quite funny...the fact i work in an office on my own means i dont relate to it at all...
Id give anything to have a Pam here alongside me though, shes cute...i could be wrong but i think she and Jim have a thing going...Will give it a crack and see if it continues to grow on me. The diversity episode was piss funny..
I just recently did an entire series watch for the first time. Oddly I had never seen it considering I've watched pretty much everything that stemmed from it - Parks n Rec, B99, The Good Place, Master of None, Upload ....
I think it got better once it moved away from the UK office storylines and characterisations in S2. I think they better suit an American show.
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i never watched it originally but we worked through them all during COVID
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@virgil never fails to make me laugh.. So many good episodes.
Agree with Neps, it definitely got better when it came into it's own.
Michael Scott just has to be one of my all time favourite characters in any comedy show, and Dwight.
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@r-l said in TV Serieseseses:
@virgil never fails to make me laugh.. So many good episodes.
Agree with Neps, it definitely got better when it came into it's own.
Michael Scott just has to be one of my all time favourite characters in any comedy show, and Dwight.
still my fave...That gif is giving me a seizure..
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Given that my attention spell at the moment isn't that long and that I tend to relax to watch fairly late I have been getting into some shows with short running times that are light on the need to concentrate.
Kominsky Method - Don't let the fact that it is a Chuck Lorre show put you off. Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are a brilliantly performed take on a GOM couple. Ignore the odd schmultzy bit and enjoy the repartee.
Huge in France - came out a couple of years ago as well. I think it has come back to the front Netflix page as a second series may drop soon. Light funny fish out of water show with some big name cameos.
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@nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
I'm two episodes into the Amazon show Patriot. I'm actually not sure WTF I'm watching. I'm liking it so far but it appears to be offbeat merely to be offbeat.
Still worthy of persisting with through both seasons IMO. Better than watching master-reno-dating show...
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@nepia said in TV Serieseseses:
I'm two episodes into the Amazon show Patriot. I'm actually not sure WTF I'm watching. I'm liking it so far but it appears to be offbeat merely to be offbeat.
Still worthy of persisting with through both seasons IMO. Better than watching master-reno-dating show...
I assume you mean reality tv? I don't have a wife so don't watch any reality tv.
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There is only one truly great reality tv show - Forged In Fire!
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@stockcar86 said in TV Serieseseses:
There is only one truly great reality tv show - Forged In Fire!
You mean Takeshi's Castle?
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@stockcar86 said in TV Serieseseses:
There is only one truly great reality tv show - Forged In Fire!
i mate pointed me towards that, i haven't watched whole episodes but "followed" the highlights....and so started getting targets for the forging vidoes that are fascinating....and now im looking around for a course, found a couple of one day course where you make our own kitchen knife! think it could be fun
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Anyone here watched Clarkson's Farm? New one on Amazon Prime. Just tore through all eight episodes.
It's a doco that follows Jeremy Clarkson's attempt to actually run the farm he's owned for about a decade (but paid for others to manage). It's a pretty sizeable property in the Cotswalds.
I'm not a massive Clarkson fan, but I really enjoyed this show. I found it engrossing. I'm not a farmer but always been fascinated with how farms work, so this was right in my wheelhouse. The farmhands and assistants steal the show.
It was pretty serious in nature, obviously light-hearted moments but Clarkson shelved his Top Gear persona for the most part.
I'd recommend. I think it's one of those shows that you'd know within the first 15 minutes if it was for you or not.
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@barbarian Have watched it, and as someone who grew up on a farm, enjoyed it a lot. He doesn't dodge the fact it is a hard slog in the physical, mental and financial sense.
A couple of farmers i know commented favourably on social media, and I tend to agree: while still retaining a bit of that Clarkson pigheadedness, it is very well crafted and Kaleb and Gerald are the highlights for me.
