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Hard to rate a series that is something else than it pretends to be. As a film adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novel the movie deserves a zero and it doesn't deserve to be described as such.

As a science-fiction series independent of Asimov's "Foundation" the series is passable towards good, with a big compliment for the visual treatment of the scenes. Of course the script could be a bit shorter, less muddled (I cannot keep from thinking of Dylan's "Death is not the end", so applicable to some of the characters) but after some time the movie becomes enjoyable.

The authors used any contemporary cliche in their casting: a young African-American female as the main character, a male gay relationship; only the Asian girl as a lesbian (so present in other series) was missing.

I liked most of the actors (with a special mention for Lee Pace and Kulvinder Ghir) but I think Brother Clement was totally miscast, or had to have the implausible sex scene deleted from the script.

I had read the superlative reviews of "Succession" in a couple of British newspapers and thought I'd give it try. My wife stopped after the first episode, considering it unengaging and rather boring but I struggled up to the 9th episode of the first season. I was trying to rationalise why I didn't like it and it's not because of the antipathetic characters (as other reviewers have explained). It's a combination of uninspired directorship, poor scriptwriting and general lack of pace. For a movie that's described as a comedy/drama there's neither comedy nor drama in it. I can imagine that readers of my review would like to ask me: "If you didn't like this series, which one you'd say is brilliant?" Try "Exit", a series about a quartet of rich Norwegians for a different feel. Pace, script, filming, acting, all top of the top!