r/videogames • u/AlmightyLoaf54 • Aug 12 '26

Image / Video This is so damn true

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u/lucidity5 Aug 12 '26

CoughFOUNDATIONCough

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u/willinaustin Aug 12 '26

CoughWHEELOFTIMECough

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u/Dry_Departure_7813 Aug 12 '26

Its really funny that both foundation and wheel of time were mentioned, because the "real" answer is "Rings of slop" but its so shit everyone just sort of forgets it exists

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u/willinaustin Aug 12 '26

Gah. Don't remind me.

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u/Nerhtal Aug 13 '26

It was honestly starting to feel like the direction WoT show was taking in s3 was shaping up to be quite an enjoyable show if they finished it. I just wanted to see Dumais Well! Well... ok quite a bit more but just that battle alone would have been glorious.

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u/wakeupwill Aug 12 '26

Still banned from wot subreddits for not liking the changes they made.

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u/epharian Aug 12 '26

You're better off being banned. The show was not good, and if the sub likes it, there's really no reason to go there

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u/Dazvsemir Aug 12 '26

I can't believe how badly they're massacring Foundation. Its such a wonderful book series.

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u/ChronicBuzz187 Aug 12 '26

I think Foundation isn't really a good example tho.

A bunch of old men, scheming and banging their chest about maths wouldn't have made for great TV and replacing your entire cast every couple episodes is obviously a big no-no in TV :D

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u/lucidity5 Aug 12 '26

I don't mind that they made changes to the story in general, obviously Foundation would be a horrendous page-to-screen adaptation. It's the opposite of character focused, after all. I don't hate that they keep characters from era to era, but I think it would have been cool to showcase a ton of good actors as time went on.

What I do find incredibly annoying, is that 80% of the show is just shit they straight up added. Exactly what the post I replied to was talking about. Fucking clone emperors? Spacers? Multidimensional magic devices? Black hole weapons? Those aren't changes to foundation, those are a different story altogether.

As soon as I realized the majority of the producers efforts were being spent on the clone emperor story, I realized this was yet another case of someone who was fucking desperate to tell their story, not the story they've been hired to adapt to screen.

It's not that the clone stuff is a bad story, it's quite compelling. It's just not... Foundation. The thing I actually wanted to watch.

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u/weaponizedtoddlers Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

And Lee Pace and Laura Birn are excellent.

Also to the point of switching out actors, Netflix did that with Altered Carbon where they replaced the lead actor with another as it's how the sci-fi tech in the series works and the show immediately imploded.

Some plot points are not adaptable to an enjoyable watch for most people. Sure, the hardcore fans might understand, but the vast majority of viewership would leave.