Thanks, Ven... 
for asking--
But I have a previous... 
engagement--
Posted on 02/03/2018 7:44:16 PM PST by Bender2
Altered Carbon
1-houe 2018 Sci-Fi Netflix Streaming Series
Set in a future where consciousness is digitized and stored, a prisoner returns to life in a new body and must solve a mind-bending murder to win his freedom.
Joel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs
Martha Higareda as Kristin Ortega
Antonio Marziale as Isaac Bancroft
Kristin Lehman as Miriam Bancroft
Chris Conner as Poe
Dichen Lachman as Reileen Kawahara
No, that is J.K. Abrams in Counterpart...
Just started Episode 1...
It’s the guy from The Killing...
Travelers on the whole was good. I actually got sucked in to the emotions of the characters - very good acting. Yes, admittedly, there were a few Christian bashes and bashing of a politician who was for deporting illegals - so I took it as considering the setting - Seattle, Washington.
It was funny to recognize a character from another AI series (not going to spoil it). Surprising ending.
Oh yeah - Marcy was the cutest thing.
It was good. Most of the reviews I’ve read haven’t done it justice yet. They’re all the snobbish type of reviews you expect from elite tea sipping journalists who no piece of film art would meet their expectations — unless it was a SJW theme where the bad guy gets it in the end.
The protagonist starts out as a very cold suave Sci-fi film noir private detected being brought back to life in another sleeve (body) after he as captured as a particularly elite brand of revolutionary. It’s been 250 years and the world’s only grew worse for what he was fighting against -yet that’s not the story line-.
He’s been resurrected by an ultra rich and influential man who is so rich he is considered one of the gods. The people that can live forever in comfortable life styles and new versions of themselves
This god as it were was murdered. Permadeath style which ordinarily meant nothing because these people are ‘backed up’ every day or so. This god is po’ed because somebody murdered him right before a backup so he can’t remember a thing from that day. Only everything up until that day.
That you’ll discover in the first 10 minutes of the series so no spoilers here.
The show is of mixed ethnicity, Spanish, a Muslim and Roman Catholic Christians, but not focused on the subject. They all fit in naturally when and where they belonged. The theme of the show is heavily influenced by beautiful ancient Chinese drama, though not focused on anything really chineses. If you have an eclectic taste in movies you’ll understand.
Is it Blade Runner like? Only in that it’s a piece of Sci-Fi film noir set in a dystopian future. The one review I read complained about it’s similarity to Blade Runner but after reading the review it was clearly the case of a snobbish reviewer who took no pleasure or joy in anything and probably whipped himself before bed at night.
I’m watching, too. Really glad to hear it’s just 10 episodes. I hate binge-watching, then waiting around another year or more for a new season.
thanks for letting us know :D
I gave a brief review of the novel many years ago as part of a discussion of science fiction. Click on my screen name to see it.
Short version—great book.
“consciousness is digitized and stored”
No. Will not happen.
I started watching it yesterday but am only on show #4 so far and really like the eye candy (gratuitous female nudity) and the great CGI graphics. We could use a lot more quality tv like this.
Another excellent show in the Sci-Fi genre is “the Expanse”. No nudity but really good plus it’s more realistic in its approach to how space is navigated.
Surprisingly, minus the SJW crap, Star Trek: Discovery has turned out to be really good too.
One very big disappointment is the X-Files. It’s pure nonsense and overloaded with PC and SJW nonsense. It would have been so much better to leave it buried than bring it back only to ruin the entire series this way.
Sounds like it’s worth checking out!
I have also been enjoying the series “Andromeda”. It’s another Roddenberry creation that features Kevin Sorbo. Canadian made with pretty cheesy special effects, it’s fun to watch.
That describes the redone Airwolfs with that Van Dyke series killer.
El Rey had a few episodes on a while back.
Right now I’m watching “The Guardian” through Amazon, but I also like sci-fi. Thanks for the review!
Thanks, Ven... for asking--
But I have a previous... engagement--
Luv her accent too..
Yeah, it ain't... 
half bad--
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My expectations were high and I was let down harshly. The opening scene tossed history right out the window by having it appear the German forces were deep within the city, not more than a few hundred yards from the beaches when the evacuation was just getting started.
It seems history is not important at all to this film, only moodiness and the director's whim is.
Then it went down hill fast. The film is terribly disjointed with scenes juxtaposed with no rhyme nor reason other than to confuse the viewer.
The plot-- There is no plot to speak of other than the British are evacuating troops from Dunkirk while the Germans try to stop them.
The realities of flying are nonexistent.
Gadzooks, the film totally sucks and I was ticked off because I was sucked in by the glowing reviews to expect a competent film about one of the great events in British military history. What I got was trash and a rather poor grade of trash at that.
Her bio claims she is 5’ 3”.
No way. She might be 5’.
Buena la nalga...
It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t what I expected either.
I didn’t like the way the story jumped around between the subplots.
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