Foundation Season 3 Episode 1 Was fantastic!
I have no doubt it will suck by the end of the season but this episode was a must watch even if you don't follow the series.
It stands on its own.
How do you see the mule? In episode 1 after taking over Kalgan I think he is going be a big threat to Hari seldons whole plan...His powers of manipulation make him nearly impossible to predict, which completely breaks the psychohistory model. If the show does him right, he is going to flip everything upside down
Luckily I could never get through the book when I was younger so I don't know the story but He reminds me of the character in Dune that the spice or some such thing gave those mind powers to. I don't remember anything about last season and lost complete interest in it so i'll probably watch one of those youtube videos that recap the season so I can catch back up on the story line. I cant even remember what Harry's goal was on a global scale but he gives a interesting bit of info in this episode that I don't want to ruin. Is he a mind saved in a computer matrix or something, I cant really remember but I do remember the Empires make clones of themselfs so I'm assuming that's what he does?
Hari Seldon is a kind of a digital ghost like a preserved mind in a system (like a computer matrix). He died early in the story but left behind an AI version of himself to guide the foundation, which he created to help shorten the collapse of the galactic empire and the dark age that follows.
So basically,the foundation was meant to preserve knowledge and rebuild civilization faster, but over time, it is growing in ways Hari didnt fully plan like mixing in religion and politics.... While the empire is ruled by cloned emperors which are the Cleon1 copies in three forms,dawn (young), day (middle), and dusk (old). They are supposed to be identical, but now they are starting to change emotionally and act unpredictably.
Now there is also a rising threat called the Mule a powerful figure who could completely break Haris psychohistory predictions.
So yeah it is empires falling, clones glitching, a digital ghost trying to guide humanity, and a mysterious supervillain looming in the background. Season 3 is setting all of that up for chaos.....
Man fr, this is something else.
Hari really thought he had it all figured out, but now everything is just going sideways. It is mad how one guy like the Mule can throw off the whole plan, like all that math and prediction can not handle real life chaos.
And those Cleons? Watching them start to act different even though they are meant to be the same is crazy. You can see the cracks showing, and it is only getting worse.
Foundation turning into a full blown mess in the best way lol, empires crumbling, people going off script, and Hari ghost just trying to hold it all together. I didnt think I would be this into it, but yeah, I am fully hooked now. Haha
