[DISCUSSION] Foundation S02E08 - The Last Empress (Spoilers) - eviltoast

Summary: Enjoiner Rue confides in Dusk about her distrust of Demerzel. Hober Mallow pulls a daring move. Day sets course for Terminus and the Foundation.

This thread can contain TV spoilers up to season 2 episode 8.

Air Date: September 1, 2023

  • Axiochus@lemmy.world
    101·
    1 year ago

    I personally dropped it, since it suffers from committee-approved writing: there must be random action scenes, love interests and personal stories of exceptionalism. If you don’t mind the plot sometimes taking second place in favor of illogical standard Hollywood fare, it’s well shot, with okay acting, and an overall nice aesthetic.

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      it suffers from committee-approved writing: there must be random action scenes, love interests and personal stories of exceptionalism

      You’ve just described literally every piece of genre television made since the beginning of the medium.

      • Axiochus@lemmy.world
        31·
        1 year ago

        Eh, I’d say that this one is fairly blatant about it. You can tick boxes without sacrificing plot coherence and world building.

        • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Idunno, this one ticks those plot and worldbuilding boxes pretty hard for me. It’s just a different sort of plot and the worldbuilding is necessarily shifting, both owing to the fact that the story spans a great deal of distance and time.

    • agedbeef@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I agree with you somewhat, but I’ll just say in my opinion, it wasn’t as disruptive to my watching.