Just watched the series opener of Altered Carbon

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Can't remember the last good sci-fi/cyber punk themed show I enjoyed.
This one hits all the right themes and the special effects are top fucking notch.

I hope this is as good as it seems to start out in the long run.

 

[Montrovant]

Can't remember the last good sci-fi/cyber punk themed show I enjoyed.
This one hits all the right themes and the special effects are top fucking notch.

I hope this is as good as it seems to start out in the long run.

I haven't gotten to it, but I am interested based on the trailer. It's good to hear at least one good review already.

 

[Auld Phart]

what channel?

 

[Montrovant]

what channel?

It's a Netflix show.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

what channel?

It's a Netflix show.

Or on pc if....well, you know

 

[Auld Phart]

added it to queue

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

The cop chic is hot. Especially when she's shadow boxing

 

[Auld Phart]

The cop chic is hot. Especially when she's shadow boxing

Black girl?

Blonde?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

The cop chic is hot. Especially when she's shadow boxing

Black girl?

Blonde?

Latino

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Some scenes are lacking sub titles and that shit pisses me off. It's like being at a restaurant where the help is speaking a foreign language.

 

[Auld Phart]

The cop chic is hot. Especially when she's shadow boxing

Black girl?

Blonde?

Latino

Yup

and she should be.

Born in Tabasco,




(Mexico)

 

[Auld Phart]

Some scenes are lacking sub titles and that shit pisses me off. It's like being at a restaurant where the help is speaking a foreign language.

subtitles?

Lot of them?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Some scenes are lacking sub titles and that shit pisses me off. It's like being at a restaurant where the help is speaking a foreign language.

subtitles?

Lot of them?

None of them but some scenes are in different languages. Short scenes but still irritating. Could be because I'm not on an actual Netflix app I guess?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Watched up to episode 4. It really lost its direction after the opener. Seems it can't decide if it wants to be a cyberpunk series or a porno...

Rapidly losing interest

 

[Montrovant]

Watched up to episode 4. It really lost its direction after the opener. Seems it can't decide if it wants to be a cyberpunk series or a porno...

Rapidly losing interest

I don't want to hear that!

 

[Auld Phart]

Watched up to episode 4. It really lost its direction after the opener. Seems it can't decide if it wants to be a cyberpunk series or a porno...

Rapidly losing interest

Seems it can't decide if it wants to be a cyberpunk series or a porno...

NOW I'm interested

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Watched up to episode 4. It really lost its direction after the opener. Seems it can't decide if it wants to be a cyberpunk series or a porno...

Rapidly losing interest

Seems it can't decide if it wants to be a cyberpunk series or a porno...

NOW I'm interested

Prepare to be disappointed. The porno is with ugly chics or pretty girls with no figure lol

 

[Not2BSubjugated]

I'm through episode 2. Mixed feelings. The production quality is pretty top notch for a series, I'm thoroughly impressed. The special effects and action scenes are leaps and bounds beyond what I expected.

The plot, though, is shaping out to be more cool than thoughtful, IMO. When the main character is hearing Falconer whispering to him in his memory, the particular terminology she uses just reeks of popular social justice rhetoric, and there already seems to be a theme of, "Well, sure, the poor get to be practically immortal, too, but the rich get better bodies and poor people have to make due with whatever bodies are on-hand to be given away unless they can afford better ones. Plus, the rich have even more back-up options, so their immortality is immortal'er" which makes me think that, going forward, the primary philosophical theme of the show will be a really shallow "The rich are all evil!" take on socioeconomics. This theme is worn out as fuck. Furthermore, with peoples' consciousness going from body to body, they've got massive opportunity to toy with what qualities of a person are inherent to their very essence and what portion of that person is just an inevitable result of their biological trappings. At least in the first 2 hours, they've completely squandered that opportunity.

Anyway, from a sci-fi perspective, this show lacks the depth to be particularly engaging. From an action perspective, it's been pretty fun to watch. The acting is good. Nothing amazing, but solid enough that nothing sticks out as bad, and I'm pretty picky. The cinematography has been gorgeous. Visually this series is off the chain, a real feast for the eyes. Overall, B minus.

 

[Auld Phart]

watched 1/2 of first episode.

trashed