Altered Carbon (2018)

Folio Swami March 15, 2021

★ 1/10

Decent TV show fight choreography. An interesting story. A sh*tty execution. I mean, people are spread on more than one planet, they can move experiences from one body to another and all you get is curved screens, tablets, and minor variations to Google's Material Design? I'd have appreciated to cut the fighting part off the show, and spend the money for a decent futuristic design. Or maybe that's why one guy is Kubrick and these ones are the guys with a canceled NetFlix show. And, of course, the only sexual desires can be heterosexual. Women, on the other hand don't seem to be anything more refined than a simple accessory, unless they work for the Big Brother and they are protecting the safety of those who are the system. As for the bad guys: Russians. You know, the minimal White courtesy of not sending you a brown person. I would have also appreciated less Marxism, but it is…

ddnnacheta June 16, 2023

★ 10/10

The only series I have watched a minimum of three times per year since it first aired. This is partly because there are only two seasons, but mostly because I enjoy cyberpunk, sci-fi, the little details I pick up each time I watch, stories that tackle the human condition, and the overall idea behind the plot. This will be by no means an in-depth review, even after years of watching it and its release, but if you are into any of my previously mentioned reasons for rewatching this so many times, you will enjoy the majority of season one. And if you're a hopeless romantic, you'll also enjoy most of season two. You may see comments/reviews around the web of people hating Season 2 due to inconsistencies in the main character's behaviour. But after watching this series several times, I can say without a doubt that the character's personality was set up to become a hopeless romant…

misubisu December 18, 2025

★ 8/10

## **Altered Carbon (2018) Review: A Flawed Masterpiece - 8/10** *Altered Carbon* is a series defined by one of the most stunning dichotomies in modern television: a first season of near-perfect, visionary science fiction, and a second season that squanders almost everything that made it great. The combined experience is a frustrating but ultimately rewarding journey, held aloft by the sheer, untouchable brilliance of its initial chapter. ### Season 1: A Solid 10/10 - A Mind Explosion The first season is a landmark achievement. It is a dense, neo-noir cyberpunk epic that plunges you into a world where consciousness is digitized, stored in "stacks," and transferred between bodies ("sleeves"). The concepts were revolutionary: the existential horror of sleeving a child's consciousness into an elderly body due to bureaucratic priority, the eternal privilege of the Meths (the immorta…