1 episode in and... - Altered Carbon (2018) Discussion

[–] exatera (3953) 7 years ago

It's just boring, the story isn't going anywhere, and the acting is embarrassingly bad across the board.

I'll watch one more episode, and if it's not an improvement, I'll cut my losses.

Also, when I first heard that Joel Kinnaman was in this, I was like "oh my god, that beautiful man!" But I am finding his character here strangely moralistic, and his pining for some (much less attractive than he, btw) woman for hundreds of years just seems unrealistic, so I am not even enjoying THAT aspect of the show (i.e., drooling over him).

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[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 7 years ago

"But I am finding his character here strangely moralistic, and his pining for some (much less attractive than he, btw) woman for hundreds of years just seems unrealistic, so I am not even enjoying THAT aspect of the show (i.e., drooling over him)."

What?? Women do that?? Btw this is quite arrogant tbh.

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[–] exatera (3953) 7 years ago

How is it arrogant?

I am not enjoying his hotness when the package overall is so unrelatable.

And your incredulous "What?? Women do that??" sounds sexist and ignorant.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

It gets very slow... Then around episode 6 it shifts gears... by episode 8 it kind of becomes a different movie completely.

Frankly they didn't need 10 episodes to do the movie and you get the sense that a lot of the stuff is filler. Throwing in over long songs why doing video montages starts to get old, especially when the songs they use appear to have been written for the movie and suck. By the end I knew when a song started it was going to be a good time to go to the bathroom.

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[–] exatera (3953) 7 years ago

One of the reviews on IMDB said that religion turned out to be the main point of the story in this - is that true?

If so, I will not spend another minute on this show.

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[–] joegerardi (383) 7 years ago

Not the main point, but it is integral to the story.

And if that chases you away, get thee gone.

..Joe

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[–] exatera (3953) 7 years ago

Of course religion chases me away. As it should any rational person.

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[–] joegerardi (383) 7 years ago

Religion is responsible for the music of Bach and Mozart, the art of Michelangelo, the Mosques of Damascus mosaics, the writing of Milton and so many others.

I cannot fault anything that can create so much beauty.

And if you're so shallow that you can't be around something, (not just religion) well, maybe it's better you don't watch.

..Joe

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[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 6 years ago

What about your own extremist and religious views you are expressing here?

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[–] StarWarsRey (566) 7 years ago

It stays good. Theres always negativity on internet.

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[–] Monti (5) 7 years ago

it's a great show. don't listen to all of the negativity here. If you liked the first episode you'll probably enjoy the rest of it even more.

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[–] joegerardi (383) 7 years ago

Excellent reply here: indeed if you liked the first episode, most likely you'll probably enjoy the rest.

I did not. I watched hoping it would get better, but I never felt it did: in fact, I felt it went continually downhill, redeemed in Ep. 3 only a little by using the music of BabyMetal.

..Joe

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[–] eYeDEF (5050) 7 years ago

If you get to as far as the sister twist, it just starts getting stupid and silly.

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[–] Alex (1503) 7 years ago

The moment when he goes "rock-scissors-paper" fucking killed me. My sides were hurting from laughter.

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[–] eYeDEF (5050) 7 years ago

rofl. No doubt. That was the start of the second to last episode.

I still haven't quite gotten around to watching the finale quite yet because that episode just kind of killed my interest. It's too bad since I love steampunk and this series started with so much potential IMO.

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