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A comment on David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Foundation for TV. Parent comment

Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by marktangotango on Thursday June 29, 2017 @01:40PM (#14665240)
Everyone really hated Will Smith and "I Robot" but I've always maintained it at least captured the spirit of the robot stories, three laws, and the problems that can arise. I ask myself, what is the spirit of the Foundation series that could be captured in a similar way? I personally come up empty handed, hopefully these people can do better!
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Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by phonon on Monday July 03, 2017 @12:33PM (#14689519)
The movie started off as a completely unrelated (to the Asimov series) script.

http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/article/d19127d8

Interestingly, the article discusses how the same scriptwriter was involved in a Foundation adaptation, (that didn't seem to go anywhere.)

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Re:David Goyer and Josh Friedman Adapting Isaac Asimov's Fou... by dep_b on Thursday June 29, 2017 @09:50PM (#14668175)
It wasn't bad at all, but maybe some people are put off by certain characters in roles that are not associated with them, like Stallone in Copland.
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