Altered Carbon

TV-MA

18 episodes2 seasons

US Release

~ No body lives forever. ~

Overview:

After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.

Created by:

Laeta Kalogridis

Status:

Canceled

Language:

English

First air date:

2/2/2018

Last air date:

2/27/2020

Key words:

sibling relationship
yakuza
biotechnology
virtual reality
investigation
detective story
distant future
cyberpunk
body-swap
consciousness
resistance fighter
alien world
neo-noir
human clone
cyber thriller
blade runner
backstabbing

Seasons

Season 1

10 Episodes

Season 2

8 Episodes

Cast

Renée Elise Goldsberry

~ as ~

Quellcrist Falconer

Chris Conner

~ as ~

Poe

Dichen Lachman

~ as ~

Reileen Kawahara

Martha Higareda

~ as ~

Kristin Ortega

Ato Essandoh

~ as ~

Vernon Elliot

Joel Kinnaman

~ as ~

Takeshi Kovacs

James Purefoy

~ as ~

Laurens Bancroft

Kristin Lehman

~ as ~

Miriam Bancroft

Trieu Tran

~ as ~

Mr. Leung

Hayley Law

~ as ~

Lizzie Elliot

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Reviews (2)

Folio Swami
Written 4 year(s) ago
1
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 a British writer and over there they don't conceive the World otherwise.

In the end, the main problem is the ending. It is very badly done. Each evil character is going to reveal and explain the plans like in the more ridiculed Hollywood movies. And the political agenda becomes obvious the only motivation for the series. I'd say skip the last two episodes, but that would mean to also lose the point of watching the rest of the series.
ddnnacheta
Written 2 year(s) ago
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 romantic even from Season 1. Even one of the theme songs is hopelessly romantic. And finally, there is a time jump of 30 years between Seasons 1 and 2 - a person's character/mannerisms/moral code/etc. can change in 30 years, especially when they have been failing for 30 years.

It took me several rewatches to see it, but now that I do, I've upgraded my review from a 9 to a 10. This is perfect.

I've enjoyed this so much that I'm now reading the books, which have very different stories and timelines, and I love both equally at the moment.