Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy Headed to the Big Screen..

zod

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/01/asimovs_foundation_movie_will_be_worse_than_you_ca.php

Sony just snagged the rights to Isaac Asimov's beloved Foundation series, which most of us agree would make a terrible movie no matter what because it's mostly talking and planning and the hero is an old guy named Hari Seldon who dies in the first ten minutes. However, Sony is making sure that the original book will be desecrated in every way, as they've hired Roland Emmerich to direct.

Roland Emmerich has directed these incredibly dumb, awful movies, some of which have admittedly made money: 10000 BC, The day After Tomorrow, The Patriot (which actually features Mel Gibson stabbing an evil British man to death seriously with the American flag after The Simpsons did it as a joke) and the American Godzilla, which managed to utterly **** up a concept much, much simpler than Foundation. Also, he directed Independence Day, which I know some of you love but was still an incredibly stupid movie, thanks to the aliens' spaceships running on Mac OS.

There is no one in Hollywood less equipped to handle the Foundation series than Emmerich, who specializes in imbecility. This is going to make I, Robot look like a faithful adaptation. It's going to make Bicentennial Man look sharp and nuanced. And it's going to make a steaming pile of **** look pretty damn good in comparison.

TaxiManMartin

Ive always wanted to see this make it to the big screen.

Wait for all the people whos inability to separate a reading experience from a movie experience, to automatically hate this movie - even before it is made.

"The book was better."

bnt

I can be near-certain, this far ahead, that the movies will not live up to the books. I can live with that, because even a bad movie takes nothing away from the book it's based on, and can even pull people back to read the book.

I'm one of those people who liked the Lord of the Rings movies (and still do), and that's the kind of standard I demand of this Foundation project as a minimum. The LotR films have their critics, but it's wrong to expect a movie to be a totally faithful recreation of a book. When you're dealing with a classic book that has a strong following, you had better be able to explain and justify any deviation from the book: I thought that Jackson, Boyens & co. were mostly successful in doing so, and I hope Emmerich and co. don't pull another I, Robot. :rolleyes:

madrab

initially i thought cool, then i saw who is at the helm..booo!!!!

MayoForSam

Roland Emmerich <<<< Peter Jackson. Not looking forward to this adaptation.

lostexpectation

****ing crap directors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! argh

nyarlothothep

If they gave this to Cameron or Aaranofsky I would be quietly optimistic. Why do they give great projects to directors who have no comprehension of them?! TS to McG, someone whos never had an interest in sci fi based on his credentials, the Foundation series to this guy who has no understanding of subtlety, nuance or philosophical themes. The mind boggles.

The only way this film would work is if it were given to a solemn Russian director with a big budget, spaced over 12 hours.

zod

TaxiManMartin wrote: »

Ive always wanted to see this make it to the big screen.

Wait for all the people whos inability to separate a reading experience from a movie experience, to automatically hate this movie - even before it is made.

"The book was better."

errm .. I thought Blade runner was better than "Do androids dream of electric sheep" and I don't paticularly like Arthur C Clarkes writing (spends chapters describing stuff ) but liked the movie 2001