Altered Carbon - TV Series - Cyberpunk - Adapted from Richard Morgan

[tyven]

Spoiler: show

on the ship with the girls being sacrificed believing they would get a new skin afterwards, girl with knife wanting him to stab her and fuck the holes

ooooo thats what I thought of but then i thought that was episode 10.

[Hellfury]

ooooo thats what I thought of but then i thought that was episode 10.

could be that I mixed them up and there was something else offensive, the entire series was pretty good at putting spotlight on uncomfortable questions about the value of human life in such a society.

[Thoronas]

could be that I mixed them up and there was something else offensive, the entire series was pretty good at putting spotlight on uncomfortable questions about the value of human life in such a society.

No that was the scene and it was definitely in episode 9. I agree that it had a purpose but it kinda comes out of nowhere and it can definitely fuck up the night for some, so figured a warning might be helpful. The whole season tackles sexual abuse and sex trafficking fairly well and it can be very depressing at times. But I also liked how there is justice for some of the victims.

[Cichy]

ok finished. I gotta say this was fantastic. The sister plot was a bit of a meh but to me the show is still 10/10. I'm really damn impressed with what netflix achieved here. Cinematography was of the charts for me and the action scenes were great (no fucking shaky cam OMG!). Loved all the implications of technology and the fact that they din't shy away from nudity, brutality, and all that uncomfortable things was great. When I watch the Marvel shows I always keep thinking this whole season could be done in 7 episodes instead of 13. In this chase I think the show could've used another 3 episodes.

[Alistaire]

This ad for the show god damn

https://i.imgur.com/6S5LjqZ.mp4

[Starby]

Just finished this and I liked it. Like others said it was really stiff at times.

The best scene in the show was defiantly(I've never done a spoiler tag before, hope this works)

Spoiler: show

All of the parts with Ortega's grandmother in the gangster sleeve. Also I vote for Poe for best character.

[chazzyphizzle]

poe had by far the most personality. ironic for an AI i guess but hey what can you do

[Xno Kappa]

Asian Kovacs was pretty good too.

[chazzyphizzle]

that guy is always a badass, he is just a boss ass motherfucker

[BerenTebogo]

I need to channel Macross here and just say how fucking thankful I am that after all these years I get confirmation that Priya from Dollhouse is as A+ as I always thought.

[Zetanio]

I need to channel Macross here and just say how fucking thankful I am that after all these years I get confirmation that Priya from Dollhouse is as A+ as I always thought.

Yep. She's a fucking smokeshow.

[Deftscythe]

Gotta give Dichen Lachman a lot of credit for being willing to do that scene in episode 8. Had to take serious courage.

[tyven]

I just want them to hurry up and confirm a season 2. I'm ready for John Cho to take his rightful place as an action star! Or maybe the guy from the fast and furious's who was smashing wonder woman

[chazzyphizzle]

the world really does lend itself to a revolving door of famous people dropping in as the main sleeve for one season then leaving

[tyven]

the world really does lend itself to a revolving door of famous people dropping in as the main sleeve for one season then leaving

exactly! some chances for awesome casting moving forward. I saw there are 3 books so obviously there is more source material available. And as we learned with True Dick S1, big time movie stars are perfectly open to doing 1-off seasons of prestige television.

[Deftscythe]

So, we're pitching cyberpunk Doctor Who?

[tyven]

So, we're pitching cyberpunk Doctor Who?

with tittyballs

[Deftscythe]

with tittyballs

In.

[mallister]

I'd watch it.

Books are reallll good so far too.

[Burningthought]

ok finished. I gotta say this was fantastic. The sister plot was a bit of a meh but to me the show is still 10/10. I'm really damn impressed with what netflix achieved here. Cinematography was of the charts for me and the action scenes were great (no fucking shaky cam OMG!). Loved all the implications of technology and the fact that they din't shy away from nudity, brutality, and all that uncomfortable things was great. When I watch the Marvel shows I always keep thinking this whole season could be done in 7 episodes instead of 13. In this chase I think the show could've used another 3 episodes.

Finished it last night and I wanna echo this. I fucking loved it start to finish. I hesitated on the last two episodes because I didn't want it to end, which is something I haven't felt since I got near the end of the Witcher 3. Netflix has been a real heavy hitter lately with their catalog. I've never had a lapse in service since I started subbing years ago. There were some slow points where it was mostly just my family using my account but god damn it feels good knowing my bucks were going to something like Altered Carbon.

Also keep an eye out for Mute. It comes out later this month and is also Cyberpunk-esque.

Edit: If the books are actually good i'll pick them up.