Altered Carbon

Good visuals, interesting construct but sadly that is it. They touch many interesting moral and sociological dillemas and sadly do not explore them enough. Main questions are being answered bit too quickly and bit too easilly. All in all, expected bit more after a great trailer. Oh and yeah, Fight scenes are done really good.

An interesting universe, clearly influenced by Bladerunner and Ghost in the Shell. AC takes stabs at thriller twists, sci-fi, social commentary and psychology - but takes to none with any conviction or focus. The result is a watchable and lush world - but not really filled with much at all. AC's only real point seems to be that women are murderous and men are sexual deviants if given enough tech advancement. Hmm.

Drops about 10% score for being a bit weird and snuff movie for the last 2 episodes. Really enjoyed it up until then. Season 2 is less problematic,Mackie is quite good and having more elaboration in the Elders in interesting

(S1 only; not bothering with S2 after secondhand disappintment) Doesn't even try to deny plagiarizing Blade Runner's street scenes, which is fair enough. Everyone is such a stereotype that it's hard to be pulled into the universe by a living, breathing character. Plus the villain's motivations as revealed in the end aren't particularly satisfying. Still the episode with the grandma inhabiting a hairy Nazi was a standout. As it is, The Expanse is still the superior future gumshoe detective show.

Sci-fi gumshoe noir that buys into the notion of uploading brains while endeavouring to critique transhumanist libertarian ideology. Perhaps too narratively jam-packed and the final episode rushes to tie everything together, causing the writing to suffer (too close to the book, maybe?). The whole Lizzie plot (victim's revenge) is rather dull and predictable. Still, not without interest, effort was expended on the Blade Runnerish appearance, and I quite liked Higareda. Found season 2 unwatchable.

Part Blade Runner and part The English Patient. Wait that's not it at all. Its borderline silly with its anime like violence and less than fleshed out relationships but it always has just enough cool factor to keep going. Netflix most ambitious visual production to date.

First season is a murder mystery set in the future and I do like a good murder mystery. Big expensive production design and a tight, if somewhat cliched plot. Second season they try to make it an action thriller set in the future and that's when I kind of lost interest not to mention the plot thread. It's bad enough trying to remember a bunch of characters who you're not really invested in, it's worse when they can change bodies.

Although it cannot replicate the unique 1930s noir/blade runner style sci-fi amalgam of the breathtaking book, it is visually interesting enough to be watched. Kovacs is well depicted, so does the hotel AI(one of the changes to the original material that I actually liked); the rest is tried to be made more dramatic to the detriment of the story. The philosophical undercurrents related to death/body-mind relation are understandably less strong in this format but at least were not let go of.

A good Sci-Fi series with lots of clever ideas, and plenty of action and excitement. The story is engaging and interesting. The storyline allows new characters to roll in to continue the story. Netflix did not have the good sense to continue the story beyond season 2. It's a shame because this was one of the most interesting series to come along in quite a while. I hated the bilingual Spanish parts, but it was well worthwhile and quite entertaining.

The whole climactic revelation and the "hidden" villain is abysmal. I can only guess the second season is going to be horribly bad.