Altered Carbon
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I couldn't stand the female cop character but I think part of the problem was that she was a horrible actress.
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I'm curious about the books, as well. I might have to check them out after I finish with the series
In my opinion, this is one of the rare instances where the movie/TV series was better than the book. I've only read the first in the series. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. The overly-explanatory and awkwardly risqué sex scenes were particulary bad. But, to each their own, I guess. They definitely carried that overt sexuality into the Netflix series, that's for sure!
For us SCI-FI starved folks, it is worth a watch.
The risque scenes to me were needed to emphasize how "sleeves" are viewed in this society.
I wish more background on the "world" would have been provided. What was the "war" about?
The hotel AI guy was probably the neatest character.
Some of the sets got tiring toward the end. The downfall of these shows to me is they constantly use the same sets over and over again for budget reasons, and anything inside a room never has a view outside, it makes it feel very claustrophobic.
The actor who played Ana did a fabulous job of making me think it was a older female in his body.
The risque scenes to me were needed to emphasize how "sleeves" are viewed in this society.
I wish more background on the "world" would have been provided. What was the "war" about?
The hotel AI guy was probably the neatest character.
Some of the sets got tiring toward the end. The downfall of these shows to me is they constantly use the same sets over and over again for budget reasons, and anything inside a room never has a view outside, it makes it feel very claustrophobic.
The actor who played Ana did a fabulous job of making me think it was a older female in his body.
Yeah, it looked like Blade Runner to me, so it piqued my interest. Unfortunately the same thing also caused my wife to reject it. I'll have to watch this one on my own I guess.
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It definitely has its roots in Blade Runner. The entire world evokes an homage to that film.
Yeah, I'm pretty proud of my efforts to get my wife to watch ANY sci-fi and fantasy, but this one is going to be a hard sell to her. I'll probably love it though.
Just finished episode 7 - this show is awesome. This is an HBO-caliber show if they had just 1 or 2 A-list stars to the cast. This is much better than The Expanse on SyFy.
Just announced that Anthony Mackie (Falcon from Captain America & Avengers films) will be playing the role of the main character, Takeshi Kovacs. Joel Kinnaman played Kovacs in S1. For those that haven't seen the series, the premise of the show is that consciousness can be transferred from other bodies (called "sleeves" in the show) so people are pretty much immortal. That is why a character like Takeshi Kovacs, or any other character in the show, can be played by actors of various races, ethnicities, and even the opposite sex. It's a very cool premise and was done very well in Season 1.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...ewed-season-2-new-star-anthony-mackie-1130243
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...ewed-season-2-new-star-anthony-mackie-1130243
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Good news. I really enjoyed the first season. I went out and read the book series that it's based on, as well. There are so many places you can go in that particular universe, and it's not dependent on the actor. Kovacs can literally be played by anyone.
I'd be interesting in hearing Mr Janny's assessment as well, especially if he's read the whole series.
I read the first book in the series, and though it was just OK. I'd probably give it a 6 out 10. My general feeling was the Netflix version was better. The parts of the first book that killed it for me were the awkward and overly descriptive sex scenes. Just seemed over-the-top raunchy, to the point where it came off as cheesy.
