PorkBun69s Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhFM8akm9a4 Just watched the series on Netflix tonight. Awesome storyline, great effects. Loved it! Hope they kick off Season 2 next year. Based on the trilogy here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40445.Altered_Carbon Edited February 12, 2018 by katattack74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cafad Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 It was good. Looking forward to seeing how they adapt the second and third books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoggieHowser Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 With HDR on the 4K AppleTV it is pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted February 12, 2018 Volunteer Share Posted February 12, 2018 The book is one of my all time favourite sci-fi novels. I was worried they'd wreck the adaptation but they've done an awesome job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon N' Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Hmm...been looking at that but have been hesitant to give it a go. Looks like I'll try the waters on this one based on you guys liking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I've seen a few episodes and it's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_F Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Yes I loved it too. For me it was like Blade Runner meets Game of Thrones! Great sci-fi combined with violence and hot babes. Looking forward to S2 if they make it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon N' Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Peter_F said: Blade Runner meets Game of Thrones! Geez! talking about dangling a carrot! Two of my favorite things Edit: as in two of my favorite movies and series. Edited February 12, 2018 by Muon N' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I'll have to wait, my wife is watching all of the Flash at the moment, I think it is 6 seasons and she has just started season 3. If I watch it on my PC she will ask why I didn't wait and watch it with her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I recently watched all of season one of Altered Carbon and I really enjoyed it...................highly recommended. Cheers, Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorkBun69s Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Batty said: I'll have to wait, my wife is watching all of the Flash at the moment, I think it is 6 seasons and she has just started season 3. If I watch it on my PC she will ask why I didn't wait and watch it with her. I watched all of season 1 over the weekend. Will watch it again with the missus when her reality dating shows are over in the coming months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Hi All, Another fan here, a great production, also like Falling Water on Amazon. JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodo Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Yes Brilliant show. Agree very Blade Runnerish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Morgan's Kovacs trilogy starts strongly with Altered Carbon and gets better with every book. It's a superb achievement. Why he later tried his hand at fantasy, I have no idea. Mind you, after selling the rights to AC he never had to work again. I have been looking forward to seeing Altered Carbon filmed or televised, and the positive reviews here encourage me further. But I am squeamish, I watch so little TV that violent scenes stay etched in my mind: so I avoid that sort of thing. What's the view on the violence in AC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoggieHowser Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Episode 5 in - not much violence. Some nudity - full frontal male if you are easily offended. I seem to recall Robocop being more bloody. The original, not the Joel one I know everyone sees the Blade Runner reference - but I kinda see it as the Elijah Baley for the new generation. On the face of it, the Elijah Baley stories were cop stories - but with an interesting take on ethics and morality and of science itself. Really loved how the Empire and Foundation series eventually tied in with the Baley ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Okay, that looks like it'll be worth a watch. Plus a bit of NIN in the trailer never hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Y B Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Seriously!? Probably I am the only person didn’t get this and find it a complete bore! I haven’t read the book and it took me three seatings to finish episode 1. I got back to finished EP1 only because of my friends kept saying how good this show really is and I should give it another chance. Well, I have given it another two more chances. For the little bits I have seen, while the production is polished, the badly written dialogues and C grade acting from almost all the actors are really hard to take. Everyone is saying the lines without real emotion and conviction! Especially the lead actor, it is super agonising to watch. Well someone here have compared this to Blade Runner. If you thought Ryan Gosling’s acting was wooden. The lead actor here is really dull to the max! The fight scenes were also badly staged and seemed lazy. I really want to see how the story pans out but it is really agonising for me to watch another episode... I am really baffled everyone else is so into this, to me, badly made sitcom... Perhaps the special effects are the only good thing... Ok just shoot me! [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBurns84 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 50 minutes ago, Slave2TheRhythm said: Seriously!? Probably I am the only person didn’t get this and find it a complete bore! I haven’t read the book and it took me three seatings to finish episode 1. I got back to finished EP1 only because of my friends kept saying how good this show really is and I should give it another chance. Well, I have given it another two more chances. For the little bits I have seen, while the production is polished, the badly written dialogues and C grade acting from almost all the actors are really hard to take. Everyone is saying the lines without real emotion and conviction! Especially the lead actor, it is super agonising to watch. Well someone here have compared this to Blade Runner. If you thought Ryan Gosling’s acting was wooden. The lead actor here is really dull to the max! The fight scenes were also badly staged and seemed lazy. I really want to see how the story pans out but it is really agonising for me to watch another episode... I am really baffled everyone else is so into this, to me, badly made sitcom... Perhaps the special effects are the only good thing... Ok just shoot me! Well its not a show for everyone. I don't dig sci-fi shows but this one IMO is one of the better shows around at the moment. Watched it with the missus and she said that it had too much flesh. In the shows defence, I said that maybe in the future nudity isn't a biggie, which makes sense considering how many shows had gratitious nudity 50 years ago compared to now. And since this show treats human bodies like 'car's, hence just confirms the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoggieHowser Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 One thing with NetFlix I’ve noticed is that they are slow burn. The first episode threw so much information at you. It was disorientating. But after the second episode, the back story and the murder case became far more interesting. Imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Took me 2 attempts at Episode 1, much preferred The Expanse. I too am not a avid TV addict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorkBun69s Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Batty said: Took me 2 attempts at Episode 1, much preferred The Expanse. I too am not a avid TV addict. This one's up there with the Expanse and Colony. Cant wait for the 3rd seasons for both to kick off soon. Tried to watch the new Star Trek Discovery, and i'm still trying to complete Ep 2, no rush here for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorkBun69s Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 6 hours ago, shogo33 said: Well its not a show for everyone. I don't dig sci-fi shows but this one IMO is one of the better shows around at the moment. Watched it with the missus and she said that it had too much flesh. In the shows defence, I said that maybe in the future nudity isn't a biggie, which makes sense considering how many shows had gratitious nudity 50 years ago compared to now. And since this show treats human bodies like 'car's, hence just confirms the above. Nothing wrong with a bit of flesh shown. This is nothing compared to the quantity shown on Spartacus the Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 6 hours ago, shogo33 said: Well its not a show for everyone. I don't dig sci-fi shows but this one IMO is one of the better shows around at the moment. Watched it with the missus and she said that it had too much flesh. In the shows defence, I said that maybe in the future nudity isn't a biggie, which makes sense considering how many shows had gratitious nudity 50 years ago compared to now. And since this show treats human bodies like 'car's, hence just confirms the above. Sounds fair to me. I haven't watched it................but having read the synopsis.............I think I might............in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I found it very confusing and had difficulty working out what was going on for the first few episodes. I also thought the audio was quite muffled and had to replay some scenes to catch the dialogue. It seemed like they were all mumbling! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Batty said: Took me 2 attempts at Episode 1, much preferred The Expanse. I too am not a avid TV addict. I haven't watched Altered Carbon yet, but The Expanse is exceptional television. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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