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To address some of the reviews on here that compare Altered Carbon to Battle Star Gallactica or Blade Runner, please don't. Both are beautifully crafted stories full of subtly and sophistication. The writing for Altered Carbon is sloppy, oscillating from nonsensical to overly obvious. I watched the whole Season and could only say I enjoyed 3 of the 10 episodes.
The first 4 episodes are meant to provide context for the plot but they just don't. The actions of The Detective are ridiculous and make no sense and ultimately she adds very little to the story. I question why she is even in it. Even her 'Big' reveal is just ho hum and doesn't justify the stupid actions she undertakes. The essential parts of the set up for the second half of the series could have easily been delivered in 1 episode and the ridiculous amount of bonking and nudity wasn't supported by the story but hey, if you like a bit of full frontal this may be the show for you.
Episodes 5, 6,7 looked like they were going to finally get into the guts of the story and redeem it. All it did was fail to stick the landing and descend into Agatha Christie 'who done it' with the lead calling everyone into the study to declare it was Mr Greene with a sophisticated bit of futuristic tech motivated by greed.
I enjoyed individual performances, Poe in particular but all in all it was just meh. Save yourself 10 hours of your viewing time to put to something else. I really wanted to like this series but unfortunately mediocre writing let it down.
The three stars are for the fact it is pretty, there are some great individual support performances and it had the kernel of a great story. Shame it just couldn't craft it well enough to get to what it was aiming to be.
The first 4 episodes are meant to provide context for the plot but they just don't. The actions of The Detective are ridiculous and make no sense and ultimately she adds very little to the story. I question why she is even in it. Even her 'Big' reveal is just ho hum and doesn't justify the stupid actions she undertakes. The essential parts of the set up for the second half of the series could have easily been delivered in 1 episode and the ridiculous amount of bonking and nudity wasn't supported by the story but hey, if you like a bit of full frontal this may be the show for you.
Episodes 5, 6,7 looked like they were going to finally get into the guts of the story and redeem it. All it did was fail to stick the landing and descend into Agatha Christie 'who done it' with the lead calling everyone into the study to declare it was Mr Greene with a sophisticated bit of futuristic tech motivated by greed.
I enjoyed individual performances, Poe in particular but all in all it was just meh. Save yourself 10 hours of your viewing time to put to something else. I really wanted to like this series but unfortunately mediocre writing let it down.
The three stars are for the fact it is pretty, there are some great individual support performances and it had the kernel of a great story. Shame it just couldn't craft it well enough to get to what it was aiming to be.
Loved it! Not sure how some other reviewers can say it was over acted - for an emotive topic it can't be acted in a bland way. The script rips along as we see all of the characters come to terms with a humanitarian disaster the subsequent impact it has on all their lives and the way they each choose to deal with the ramifications.