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This article contains spoil For season 3 of “Foundation”, episode 8.
We are in the midst of a great moment for science fiction on television, with great programs such as “Alien: Earth”, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and “Foundation” that transmit new episodes every week that illustrates the variety of the genre and its ability to tell incredible stories that speak with our past, present and future.
“Foundation” is not only one of the best Apple TV+programs, but a really impressive adaptation of an incredibly influential literary classic that for a long time was considered maladaptable. As created by David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman, the adaptation of the Isaac Asimov book series of the same name maintains the complex philosophy of the source material, as well as its quite dense plot and its expansive scope. However, it is also an adaptation that makes so many changes that it is easy to think about it as a separate entity of Asimov’s books, almost more inspired than totally based on novels. Among other things, the program introduced the incredible idea of clone emperors who perpetuate the idea of an unstoppable, immutable and endless empire; He greatly changed the history of Demerzel and turned it into a convincing mystery and without finishing; and introduced romance and action to the world of “Foundation”.
This last bit is important because there is a lot of action that happens in the books: the entire planets are conquered, an empire falls apart and wars are fought. Even so, most of the action on the page occurs very far, and only inform us later. However, in the television program, the action is explicitly and prominently shown on the screen, with “Foundation” becoming more an entertainment of four squares with a great show, such as the version of Denis Villeneuve in “Dune”.
Season 3 continues with this approach, increasing the bet and expanding the action at every step. We saw the surface of the entire surface of a planet, and even the presentation of a real death star. Now, the Foundation comes to an end (again) when another planet with Terminus in its name falls into a great battle. In episode 8, we obtain the total scope of the mule attack against the new term, its complete frontal assault and its conquest of the native planet of the Foundation. It is great, it is impressive and is more real than you think.
The largest battle of the Foundation so far
The episode begins with the battle above and in New Terminus, with the mule taking control of half of the forces of the Foundation, as well as many of its leaders and forcing them to kill each other. The previous battle is an impressive VFX exhibition, with a very great sequence of space dog fights. In the field, however, we obtain a war zone as we had never seen in “Foundation”. There are people who die to the left and the right, large open sets and a surprising amount of blood for this show.
Cody Fern, who plays Toran Mallow in “Foundation” season 3, said /film in an exclusive interview in which this was an “extremely physical” episode to work. “There are many practical effects on the program, so you are dealing with hundreds of extras. You are dealing with multiple stunts. There was a real person on fire,” said Fern, and that is before reaching the fact that he also carried a person of acrobatics playing Toran’s wife, Bayta, during most of the episode. It can be surprising for fans to learn that much of the episode was real and practical, considering how much the VFX program is based to create fantastic alien worlds and magnificently impossible views. And yet, practical sets and commitment to reality make a difference when it comes to capturing the scale and tragedy of these scenes. “It was hot, I was sweaty, it was a lot of physical work, and then, in addition to that, you have to put yourself in tail, especially when it reaches the ship, that there is all this emotional work that comes with that,” Fern explained.
The “Foundation” series of Isaac Asimov is not really about space battles or war areas. Most of the action is carried out in several forms of meeting rooms, with characters that talk about events that change the galaxy that happen outside of view. The adaptation of Apple TV+of “Foundation” not only has the time to make a dense, complicated and exciting exploration of the history of robotics and the war of robots, but also finds a way of giving the audiences an sandy and heavy battle episode where we previously thought of so little more than a rich in a battlefield to save his wife while experiencing an absolute horror. Moments like these are what makes this an essential series.
