And the thing is that I love Waiting for Godot, so I could make a strong pitch.
I've just read an interview with the writer, David Goyer:
https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/foundation-apple-adapta...
It's frustrating and I'm not sure why. I think it's because Goyer didn't realize that the 80's books were fan fiction.
Isaac Asimov was always his own biggest fan.
If you write an adaptation of the Foundation series that focuses on Gaal Dornick you're working with a prequel.
The only good prequel ever made is Godfather II, right?
Because a good story starts as late as it possibly can.
So in this case, self-referential or not, Goyer was doomed. He's basing the series on some very bad books.
Casino Royale is considered a prequel because Bond just gets his double-0 in it, while all the other ones he already had it.
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly is a prequel as well: it is set in the US Civil War, while the others are set after it.
And the thing is that I love Waiting for Godot, so I could make a strong pitch.
I've just read an interview with the writer, David Goyer:
https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/foundation-apple-adapta...
It's frustrating and I'm not sure why. I think it's because Goyer didn't realize that the 80's books were fan fiction.
Isaac Asimov was always his own biggest fan.
If you write an adaptation of the Foundation series that focuses on Gaal Dornick you're working with a prequel.
The only good prequel ever made is Godfather II, right?
Because a good story starts as late as it possibly can.
So in this case, self-referential or not, Goyer was doomed. He's basing the series on some very bad books.