As a person keeps living way beyond 100 years or so, what happens to their identity and who do they become? Does a person retain their moral values as their long life continues or does something sinister happen to their character? Does the long life remove the humanity and make them more of a monster? There are multiple characters in the show who bring up these types of questions and it’s an interesting thing to explore and an interesting concept for the show.
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While I don’t want to go into a full analysis of the show, I would say that the main theme in this one is about humanity and an individual’s ability to live far beyond their years. Similar to much in the sci-fi genre, Altered Carbon is filled with a variety of strong themes and moments of great symbolism which viewers can pick up on. James Purefoy plays Laurens Bancroft In Altrered Carbon Although I do wish they explored this event a little further, in amongst everything else it sort of got drowned out. In fact, unknown to many, but introduced early on, Kovacs is actually Asian, but is brought back in the body of a white man (Joel Kinnaman) by Bancroft. While I don’t want to go into too many spoilers, Kovacs who is the main character isn’t necessarily a straight forward investigator and has a rich character history that is explored throughout the show. Bancroft hires Takeshi Kovacs to act as a sort of detective to solve it all. While most would recognise that the main story of Altered Carbon is the solving of the case surrounding the death and murder of Laurens Bancroft, the story is actually a lot deeper than the case itself.
Which is why this review was a little delayed.Īltered Carbon is a little slow when it comes to the unravelling of its plot and its plot is not always totally clear.
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When first watching the series in full, I was left with quite a lot of questions when I finished as a few of the characters and their dealings escaped me completely and while I understood the basic meaning of the show and what it was getting at, I had so many questions about certain aspects of the show.
But also a little curious as to why Netflix would want a Blade Runner like series? As much as I like that franchise and adored Blade Runner 2049, I know in my heart that these types of sci-fi films aren’t what the masses enjoy and you can see that with the 2049 performance at the box office so wondered what Netflix was trying to do with this series. I had no idea of or had ever heard of the Altered Carbon book before, but the show was marketed to be something similar to what we got from the Blade Runner film series, so it got me interested. The series stars Joel Kinnaman, James Purefoy, Martha Higareda, Chris Conner, Dichen Lachman, Ato Essandoh, Kristin Lehman and Trieu Tran.Īs a fan of a variety of Netflix series’ of the past, I was pleased to hear that there would be a new original sci-fi series heading to the platform.
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The Altered Carbon TV series was created by Laeta Kalogridis who some may know as the writer of Terminator Genisys (2015), Shutter Island (2010) or Alexander (2004). In a way this allows someone to live virtually forever. In the world of Altered Carbon a person’s consciousness once stored can be transferred into a new body or a clone of their old self once they die. The show is based on a book of the same name by author Richard Morgan and is set in a futuristic world where one’s consciousness is digitised and stored. Altered Carbon is a Netflix original series which was recently added to the streaming platform.
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