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Live for Films
07-29-2008, 07:02 AM
Apparantly the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov is going to be made into a film and possibly a trilogy (http://liveforfilm.blogspot.com/2008/07/asimovs-foundation-to-be-movified.html)

Anyone else think that this could be a tricky thing to get right? Been a few years since I've read any of it but they covered masses amount of time and numerous planets. This could turn out to be a great big mess.
Libaax
07-29-2008, 09:04 AM
They will destroy it royally....


Anyone remember I, Robot.....
the goddamn batman
07-29-2008, 04:14 PM
Of course it'll be a trilogy. Everything is a trilogy. Trilogies are teh awesomes!!!11!!1ONE

But yeah, I ahve no faith in anyone's ability to adapt Foundation.

Now I must go read Foundation again.
Julusnc
07-29-2008, 05:11 PM
Mr Asmov will be turning in his grave again after this Hollywood blunder.
Dr Cthulwho
07-29-2008, 07:52 PM
I'm not surprised that they'd go with a trilogy - aside from the more movies more money thing (I'm cynical) there is no way they could make it work in a single movie.

Or work well, I should say. In fact I can't imagine it working all that well in a trilogy either, or on film at all, the scope just feels to large.
Donald M.
07-29-2008, 08:07 PM
Rather than go along with the usual fanboy Chicken Little routine, I'll reserve judgment at least until we have something more than an announcement to go on.
mattx110
07-29-2008, 08:09 PM
I think the words "Standalone film that could be made into a trilogy" just goes in every pitch no matter what it is by now.
Michael P
07-29-2008, 09:06 PM
They will destroy it royally....


Anyone remember I, Robot.....

Well, Akiva Goldsman doesn't seem to be involved this time. Yet, anyway.

I suppose this means I'll have to break down and buy the series before they put out the new editions with the actors' faces on.
Howard Allan
07-30-2008, 05:29 AM
I would rather they had done Caves of Steel or Some of the stories in The Rest of The Robots. I always liked the one about the 3 robots sent down to the surface of Jupiter that accidently intimidated the jovians so much that they gave up plans to conquer the solar system. That was a fun little story.