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.
