With its season 3, the science fiction series “Foundation” continues to seduce – rts.ch

Anyone who has never seen anything. Therefore, nothing of the novels of Isaac Asimov, whose complex story served as a basis for the “Foundation” series, is left for a compulsory catch -up session. Furthermore, Indeed. In addition, the summary of the previous seasons in accelerated in the preamble to the first episode of this season 3 will not be enough for an update and would even encourage to abandon rather than embark on the vision of this new salvo of 10 episodes which it already appears that some will be too much. Therefore, Just its season 3, science fiction the first two could have one! Therefore,

But what is “Foundation” talking about? Similarly, Millennia after our era. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris), a visionary mathematician, predicted the collapse of the Galactic Empire thanks to a bizarre science called psychohistory, a statistical model that allows you to know the future based on human psychology and past social phenomena. To preserve humanity, he created the Foundation, a scientific community exiled to the borders of the Galaxy. On the side of the Empire, this split was first seen with a bad eye. Nevertheless, peace has been maintained.

The arrival of the mule, the big bad guy – Its season 3, science fiction

But here it is threatened by the emergence of a super vicious. The mule (Pilou Asbaek). a mysterious pirate, uses as much physical strength as mental manipulation by telepathy, after having appropriated a planet without even dirtying hands, plans to trigger a total war to destroy the Empire and its season 3, science fiction the Foundation. His goal: to become a master of the universe! But the mule will only arrive at its ends. once located, the second foundation, created by Seldon after having deduced from psychohistory the end of everything.

In addition to the advance of the mule in its war. the series dwells on the young Gaal prodigy (Lou Llobell), an exceptional telepath, the Seldon protégé. She is, despite what she thinks, the only one able to counter the mule. Obviously. such space opera Without a plot would not be a real space operahence palaces intrigues within the Empire and the Clement Dynasty with his Emperor’s clones, including the Imperial Brother Jour (Lee Pace), disillusioned and shot to the mushrooms. As for Eto Demerzel (Laura Birn). their devoted immortal android struck with a big spleen, it anxious at the idea that the Empire disappears.

Visually remarkable

If “Foundation” is based on a beast fight of good against the evil against the background of cloning. genetic manipulations and telepathy, visually the series is always as remarkable and largely surpasses everything that has been produced to this day in this area for platforms.

The dizzying sets. the fabulous planets, the vessels, the costumes and the battles always amazed as much and largely compensates for the difficult assimilation of the scientific charabia, as well as certain too long scenes of poorly dialogued exhibitions.

Note: 4/5

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“Foundation” by David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman with Jared Harris, Lee Pace, its season 3, science fiction Lou Llobell, Laura Birn and Pilou Asbaek. Season 3, 10 episodes. Put online on Apple TV+ from July 11 at the rate of an episode each week.