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[quote=Anonymous]So, we're now through episode 5. The good news is that the series is basically just ignoring the books to a sufficient extent that we're out of the Uncanny Valley. It's just so different, that there's no longer any point registering how the books handled things. A few of the names are the same. There is some gesturing toward Asimov's original "psychohistory" conceit, but other than that, there's no real relationship between the two.

Now the main problem is that the show is ponderous and disjointed and the characters make bad decisions to further the plot. In this past episode, they did a 20 minute flashback on a character we hadn't seen in two episodes to re-tell us what they'd already told us in episode 1. I guess this is supposed to be character development, but it's hard to care.

Meanwhile, our plucky band of scientists on the Galactic periphery bring an invader into a command post where a bomb hidden on the invader's person can take out the shields. The populace, seeing that a bunch of invaders are encircling the shield with weapons drawn, decides to kind of just stand out in the open. Thankfully, the invaders have aim that would make Storm Troopers and A-Team villains look like sharpshooters.

Oh, and when the Imperial ship comes to save the day, our savvy main character talks to its commander for a bit but neglects to tell him that the invaders have a really big gun aimed at him that he probably can't see from orbit. That would have been useful information to convey.

And ... yet, I'm still watching. The visuals are pretty well done. And there are some interesting bits, particularly back in the center of the Empire. [/quote]

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