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I didn't read this series when I was a kid, but I finally got around to reading Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber.

Given it's an older series, I wasn't sure how much I'd like it (some of those older series age horribly), but it was actually REALLY good still, and the few minor things that'd aged too much wouldn't be hard to update for a modern audience.

But the concept of Amber is fantastic, Corwin's behavior and arc perfect, and I think a TV series could do it justice nowadays. Man, some CGI artists could do some beautiful work depicting a hellride through shadow.

I also would really, really love to see Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern adapted...but there's a few parts that have aged pretty badly, so it'd need careful handling of things like Lessa and F'lar's relationship and such. And maybe, you know, keep Jaxom the hell away from Corana.

But I think the whole idea of threadfall, and Impressing dragons, could be done beautifully on the screen. I think a run from Dragonflight to All The Weyrs of Pern (including the Harper Hall Trilogy) could be done. (Then leave the later books out, they don't really add much, lol.)

The series would need a top-notch composer scoring it, though. I'd vote for Natalie Holt. She did wonderfully with Loki, and it'd be a nice touch having a woman score the series that'd have the Harper Hall Trilogy included in it.

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[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A real adaptation of the Foundation Series. Not the abomination we are getting from Apple.

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I didn't watch it until second season was out, I just didn't see how they could possibly do it justice... look at how Altered Carbon floundered, I expected (and was proven right) the same problems.

People need to attach to characters and plot. It's very hard to do that when the characters (or actor in the case of AC) change every chapter, and the plot arches over 10s of 1000s of years!

I have to say once I was able to let go of preconceptions based on the books and just enjoy it for what it is, I really enjoyed Foundation series.

[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved the books, and I loved season one on Apple TV. But then it lost me. I didn’t recognize any storyline anymore

[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

season 1 I thought was S tier, really good. Season 2 was horrible

[–] eu@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I love the books and would like to see a 1:1 adaptation so I have no interest in the Apple show, but I've been told the show is good if you pretend the books do not exist.