Re:Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons
by mercutio2 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:55PM
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Wow. I’m amazed you thought season 1 was even vaguely close to the book.
I never even tried season 2, they diverged so much (and so irritatingly!) from the books in season 1.
Re:Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons
by calmworm on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:31PM
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My comment wasn’t on the book or the show’s relation to the book, just the Netflix series.
Is it a good book/series?
Re:Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons
by effingwewt on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:51PM
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IMHO, much like the show it started spectacularly and spent its fuel too soon. I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 books, but there were definitely diminishing returns.
I will say even at its worst the trilogy is still better than the show (at least season 2)
Re:Netflix cancels 'Altered Carbon' after just two seasons
by tenacious_tuna on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:45PM
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tl;dr I've enjoyed them enough to buy them three times: once on kindle, once paperback, and again paperback as a set.... but I wouldn't rate them as 'high literature'.
I enjoyed them, though they do have flaws. They embody some of the firm tropes of cyberpunk--lots of sex, lots of grisly violence.
The first one is a fantastically done mystery, IMhO. The second and third do some marvelous worldbuilding.
In hindsight, they do remind me of The Expanse's writing a bit.
If you liked the story and idea I would recommend breading the Novel trilogy it's based on. Season 1 was fairly close to the first book while the second one was a really weird and IMHO badly done mix of the later two.