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Originally Posted by noisereductions
I haven't seen Altered Carbon yet, but it looks like something I'd really enjoy.
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It's well worth the watch. With all the
Blade Runner talk and fans here, I would certainly be interested in this board's take on it.
It took me a few episodes to get into it, but I am quite glad I stuck with it. Character development started off a little slow. It takes a bit to come to terms with the characters, to really empathize with any of them, and to decide who to give a fuck about or not, and why. That might just be my take on it though.
It also felt a little inconsistent to me at times, mostly early on too though. You sort of get used to the tone of it. I found myself bouncing back and forth from "ugh, that felt a little too ameteur try-hard," to "holy shit, that was shot amazingly!" Some of the hyper-violence and constant nudity made me feel like it was trying too hard to be a sci-fi
Game of Thrones or something at first, but that sort of subsided too.
I thought Joel Kinnaman did a really solid job in it. I remember being introduced to him via the first season of
The Killing and thought he just totally stole that show. I remember being totally mind-blown when I first found out he was actually foreign and hearing his accent in an interview. He just totally nailed that sleazy but kind-hearted character. I certainly never could have foreseen his move into more of an action star role like he seems to be becoming. I really would love to see him cast as some sort of action villain to see what he would bring to such a role. He was able to bring some of sleaziness to his
Altered Carbon role too though.
All in all, I found it a good watch, and have certainly recommended it to some friends.
I think that
Electric Dreams in next on my list.