It was better than all other recent sci-fi shows, I mean it was a serious conversation about religion, I felt like Im treated like an adult for a change. Foundation failed to be both serious and entertaining / engaging

I really enjoyed the aesthetic of it, I enjoyed the tone and even many of the major story elements but I found it so hard to track the story.

It's unfortunate because the show had the great thematic elements (Mithraic vs atheist war -- mother as a godlike angel etc) and had amazing small details but lost itself somewhere in-between. Why was there a giant worm and why did everyone forget about the giant worm in Season 2 ?

This might be a Ridley Scott problem, because, everything I said can also apply to Prometheus.

It's a Ridley Scott problem.

Everything I've seen in the last several years that he's had a hand in (another example is Taboo) is visually amazing but confusing.

> I really enjoyed the aesthetic of it, I enjoyed the tone and even many of the major story elements but I found it so hard to track the story.

Yeah this is exactly what Ridley Scott has done for the past couple decades. It always feels like his stuff is supposed to be twice as long, and we're only getting half the story.

It was better than Foundation…

Foundation feels like it's singlehandedly carried by by the performance of Lee Pace as Brother Day.

Unfortunately being better than something that is bad doesn't automatically make something good.