Altered Carbon - Série 2

A feeble follow-up to the first season. The overcomplicated story and an even less charismatic package in which it's wrapped are spoiled by the obvious economizing on the production design. the pasteboard scenery and cheap special effects in Harlan’s world are just laughable compared to Blade Runner’s Earth. There’s less nudity and unfortunately less Dichen Lachman too. The action is chaotic and hard to follow. The only convincing and intelligible character is Poe. It’s watchable, but rather a missed opportunity. (06.03.2020)

I thought I would gradually get used to the new cast. However, as the story progressed, it became evident that they hadn’t found a suitable replacement for Joel Kinnaman or James Purefoy, which had a negative effect on the whole. I wasn't really interested in the supporting characters, even Poe lost his charm. The story wasn’t very impressive either. Plus, the whole second season had a cheap feel to it, there was practically no atmosphere, and I was often bored. A huge disappointment. (08.07.2020)

The second season of the great sci-fi cyberpunk Altered Carbon is a qualitative drop, but still good fun. The series has a downside in that, although it has a brilliant idea, it ultimately hurts it because the ability to change cases (human bodies) means we see a different main character in each season and that doesn't always work. In fact Joel Kinnaman was brilliant and it's almost impossible to replace him, even if Anthony Mackie didn't bother me as much as I expected in the end. Obviously the budget was cut and the R-rating was toned down, the nudity and sex disappeared completely, that pissed me off, and they also skimped heavily on the gore, which I don’t like. Even the blade runner world is not as colorfoul as last time. What remains, however, is the action, especially the fights are once again awesome and I was impressed by the new villain, who has something. The first season is a 10 for me, this one gets 3 points less, and even though it is weaker in all respects, all 8 episodes were a lot of fun and I'm always happy to revisit that world. If there's a third season, I hope they learn from their mistakes and get back on track. Story***, Action****, Humor**, Violence***, Entertainment****,Music****, Visuals****. 7/10.. (11.03.2020)