what's going on it's all my sci-fi foundation fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie
files ellie back again breaking down the latest episode of apple tv plus foundation we're talking
episode four which was titled barbarians at the gate an episode in which we learned why their
necrons are on the planet of terminus but more importantly we see this internal conflict amongst
the brothers and how it can infect the empire and crumble from within we're breaking it all
down here in this spoiler review but before we dive into it make sure you're checking me out
on all my other social media accounts if you all are new to the channel well welcome to the
community consider subscribing and hitting that notification bell that way you can get the alert
for when i drop new content if you enjoyed this spoiler review or make sure to like and share
the review it helps out the channel a lot but also appreciate the support and in those comments let's
break down this fourth episode together let's talk about your pros your cons of course your thoughts
and theories for the weeks ahead but let's talk about this fourth episode for a second in regards
to you all's thoughts on this internal conflict amongst the brothers and how that can affect the
empire but also we checked them with terminus and we learned about the arnatrians and their
plan and why they're there and who the leader is and why she's there who she's connected to and
the big thing is selden is salvar a part of his plan let's talk about it in the comments below so
just my quick thoughts right quick i thought this episode was fantastic i've been really enjoying
the story the narrative the characters the world building the direction the cinematography
the score it's all really working for me but i can't neglect my book readers i have read the
comments and i know a lot of people that read the books haven't been the biggest fan of the show so
far because they feel like it hasn't done justice to the novels that came before and i completely
understand where they're coming from as someone that has read comics and has read some novels that
have made their way to the big screen or in this case a small screen it hurts to see inside when
the things you've read and characters you love aren't being translated to the way that you would
hope it to be but sometimes it's so hard but we sometimes we got to do it we got to separate that
and just kind of take from what the creators are giving us now again i know that people have just
problems with the show regarding like some of the performances the dialogue the structural show i
completely understand that but for the people that just like it's not the book so i don't like it i
know it can be hard but let me just know your thoughts again positively negatively how are
you feeling about the show but more importantly how you feel about this fourth episode and let's
talk about it as a community in the comments so let's break down this fourth episode as we open up
with brother dawn who's i guess testing the limits of what he's capable of doing i don't think it's
necessarily him wanting to take his own life but i think it does kind of speak to the mental
fortitude and showing the conflict amongst the brothers and how that's going to affect the empire
but we see him jumping out in the window only to be stopped by a force field which again shows you
they can't be harmed it's all a part of this plan but let's transition to one of the things
that i think even with the book readers can agree with this this show is beautifully shot and we
go to this planet that is just like covered in in just a desert it looks like game of thrones
and and dune all in one but we see that they are having the funeral for their leader proxima
and they have to pick their successor which we'll talk about here in a second but again
that shot of it was kind of amazonian greek like the way they were shooting
shooting off the fireworks into this into the space it was just a beautiful shot this show is
absolutely gorgeous but let's get into again this conversation at hand regarding this force field as
the emperor and brother day is trying to pleasure himself but she can't touch him
and we see a little bit of understanding again there this force field that protects them but
his attention is needed elsewhere as again we talk about this funeral with proxima and it's time to
pick her successor as there is rumblings around town about hanama i think was the character's
name who we didn't meet in this episode but i assume we're gonna meet her in the future but
she is uh going against the decision of the emperors which isn't a good thing for them
so i'm really looking forward to meeting this hat on my character and why she doesn't want to
take the advice of the emperors again i know my book really is probably familiar with her but i'm
really excited to learn more about that planet the desert looks beautiful but why is she revolting
against her emperors that's something i'm looking forward to but let's get into this really
interesting conversation amongst the brothers regarding not having souls and people outside
of their inner circle not knowing they have souls how that can crumble from within and crumble from
for the empire if they're not human how can we trust these people that are soulless and that
kind of speaks to the condition of the empire and this conflict because again we see brother dawn
he's at odds right now with his older brothers and i think that he's so inexperienced that he wants
to go against the grain he wants to go against the traditions which again will cause conflict
amongst these brothers which will slowly but surely crumble the empire from within so that's
something i'm really looking forward to seeing this conflict amongst these brothers but let's
check in with terminus as salvar is talking to the arnacryans who want to take over terminus but more
particularly they want to know what's in that vault and they want their general their warden
to take them to the vault as we meet the leader her name is farah and we see that she is getting
closer to the vault but of course she doesn't have the strength of salvar as she passes out and this
is what salvar is told you have to be the leader i'm really enjoying salvar so far i like this kind
of vulnerability that she has this hero nature that she has i'm really enjoying her journey
so far and i really like the actress in that role but let's cut back to brother dawn as he wants to
request the shadow master who's like this guy who gets all the answers kind of the little finger of
a sense for my game of thrones fans but he's not like looking to take over the throne but
he's given a task to learn who that woman was that saw the brother dawn the emperor falling to his
feet because he doesn't want anyone to know that there's obviously you know he's jumping out of
a window that can cause some interest and cause some things some some ruffles and some conflict
within the empire so we're going to meet her a little bit later but back to solar who is having
this interrogation with farrah and she shows off her skiers her skills of intuition again
what is this power what is this this force like nature from star wars that she has but nonetheless
she finds within this intuition the the past of pharah and how she's lost her people how
as we know with episode two her whole planet was exploded so she's lost her brother her her mom
her dad her whole family just dissipated right in front of her life and we can kind of understand
where she's coming from this kind of this hard nature of this character but we learned that she
is the grand huntress of the arnacryans which i don't know what that means but it sounds like
she's a pretty badass warrior she's the leader of their army per se so i'm really looking forward to
meeting her because she she was really cool she reminded me again going back to game of
thrones kind of like dothraki and just kind of has that warrior type of nature to us so
i'm really looking forward to meeting more about this fair character and seeing her in action but
i love this back and forth between farah and and louis as she reminds him you and me your people
and my people are kind of two of the same because we ultimately answer to the empire and we are
ultimately going to be taken out by both of them we're just on different speeds different timelines
and she believes it's just a matter of time before terminus is decimated by the emperor which we kind
of get that inkling in this episode but again i love that dialogue and she's just saying like
yeah you guys think you're at higher power your planet hasn't been decimated like mine but it's
just a matter of time which i really love that back and forth there i love that cara pharah but
more of the conflict amongst those brothers that i was talking about earlier as brother dave believes
that harry's predictions are starting to come true but we know that 35 years ago the emperor
who was in position didn't want to hear it doesn't want to hear it today he refuses to believe that a
man from the grave his predictions are coming true so i love again just the transition from when we
first met these brothers to how they are older and just again they just want to neglect what
harry's predictions were and harry's predictions are coming true so far but we meet this gardener
who saw brother dawn jump out of the window by the name of azera as she is giving him a gift
and it's a leaf that's gonna heal him and you can obviously see and i've seen enough tv shows
and movies and no they're gonna have romance this azeroth character and brother day will have this
romance and i can just see this clone who doesn't have a soul falling in love with this human girl
and how that's going to cause conflict with them amongst the brothers as well and maybe they're
going to probably have that as or a character be killed or have the shadow master kill her i can
see those story lines easily kind of come into the future but let me know what you all think about
that plot but going back to terminus as the people on terminus are preparing to fight and coming they
see that the fight is coming their way and salvor is traveling she's mind traveling to the imperial
library and she sees that same boy she saw last week and my question is who is this boy how is
she able to mind travel to the uh to the library what's going on there again i know my book readers
are are very in tune to this but it's really fascinating to know what is so special about
her and why does she have these abilities that no one else seems to have is really intriguing and i
can't wait to find out but emperor day we see that he questions his brother his older brother does
his his math musicians that have been studying harry's work for the last 35 years and i'm telling
you all the research scene was so fantastic lee pace performance he literally killed that scene
so much so that he killed the lead mathematician who just passed out after he was just upset and
just raging out just like wow it just reminded me of this like of many movies like how could one man
do all this stuff is just like such a great scene again lee pace i think out of all the performance
so far he just demands your attention i love his attention to detail and just kind of his menacing
nature within that scene but we see that brother day comes into conflict with his older brother
as there and i really enjoyed this scene by the way this might be one of my favorite scenes
because what i love about this scene it shows you how the actors have to play their younger
counterparts and how they have to portray like the the mannerisms the confidence the persona of their
35 year old younger version themselves or their new version themselves i love how those actors
are able to kind of portray and embody their younger selves but the big thing at hand is
younger brother isn't afraid of big brother anymore and again you can see this internal
conflict amongst them in regards to harry and his predictions what we should do with the empire the
brother dawn and his young love it's going to be a lot of conflict amongst this generation of
clones and i'm really here for and i'm really enjoying the performances but meanwhile we see
that brother don is spying on this young lady who is also being spied by the shadow master
which i predict the shadow master might want to kill her once he slowly but surely falls in
love with her that's something i look forward to seeing that conflict but we in the episode with
pharah as she tells them why she's on tournaments she wants that ship to take to her people who are
in need they don't have tech they don't have ships like they do on tournaments so she needs
this ship to provide for people so she's not there for menacing causes she's not there for vengeance
to what happened to her people to a certain extent obviously she's upset with the emperor but she
doesn't have beef with terms people she just wants the resources to help her own people which again
i just love that character i love what she has to offer so far i'm really excited to learn more
about her but the question gets posed in regards to salar is she a part of selden's plans and how
we see and then ends with the arnatrians starting to fire off and to go to terminus but again
who is she was she genetically created is she an offspring of selden does she have ties to gal who
we wrap up with seeing gal in space and we see that she's in that same pod that she was in an
episode two floating in space arriving to the ship and the doors open so she's obviously gonna be 35
years half past but she's going to be the same age and i'm really excited to get her back into this
main narrative because if you all remember my episode 1 and 2 review i loved that character i
thought that the actress was fantastic so it would be great to see her waking up 35 years learning
what happened with selden seeing how terms has progressed and where they are now as a society and
in the civilization oh it's going to be so exciting but again does she have ties to
salvar and again was she offspring of cell then does she have some type of genetic geneticism
for uh gal that she i don't know i don't know but i can't wait to find out but again the things
that this episode poses the arnakians and the eternal rift between the brothers and terminus
and the volt and the importance of the vault i'm really enjoying this show and i can't wait
to see what episode five have up his sleeve but those are just my thoughts my positive my
my predictions for the weeks ahead but i want to know yours in the comments below let's talk about
it thank you all for watching this review before you leave make sure to like the video share the
video subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and hit that bell that way you don't
miss any of my future reviews hope you all are staying safe as you can see on the screen now
subscribe to the channel check out my other videos we'll see you in the next one