Nor I was in the know of this serial, neither planned to watch it, but still. Now I definitely not gonna watch it!

NASA team took the news and they started hating on Russia, communism etc etc. and drank alot.

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"watching paint dry" - oh, a nice vocabulary, I am taking it.

You also mentioned 'Foundation' serial. I did not watch it either, but have read the source books like 3 times (a long ago, back in 90-es). And quite recently, I stumbled at a little critical review for said serial, and obtained some opinion without examining the actual stuff. I took it so, that producers were able to create a very nice looking picture, with effects, visuals, etc. But. Scenarists produced some pretty usual sh....t.

I clearly remember that Asimov created this cycle being under the impression of reading a classical studies about the fall of the Roman Empire, the flavor of that story is almost the main thing in his book. The second important, key feature is this new science invented by Seldon. What have remained of his 'science' in this serial? Ha! Actually, nothing. Just guesses and brilliant insights, foresights etc. Also called as 'magic'. Sci-fi series "Foundation" lol... guess which one word is the odd one out?