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    mbravo

    Altered Carbon season 2

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    I was really looking forward to the first series. Not having read the books I had no preconceptions and was very interested in the premise.

    For reasons I don't fully understand myself, the TV show totally failed to hold my interest. I don't know why, but when faced with watching an episode of AC I just thought my time would be better spent elsewhere.

    What makes this odd is that I am a real sci-fi enthusiast, so it should have been right up my street. Needless to say, series 2 has not been explored.

    By contrast I have been watching Westworld, where there is some overlapping premise, and I have been totally engrossed by it.

    No such thing as a "sure" thing, I guess....

    • I think my Science Fiction series sensibilities may be similar to your own.

      It’s weird, but I tried to get into “hard science fiction” shows like Altered Carbon and The Expanse but they failed to interest me like they have @mbravo and @Pathfinder.

      In researching Altered Carbon, I see that it’s based on a Cyberpunk novel. I could never get into the writings of the cyberpunk authors, even though there is a huge fan following for it. So perhaps that’s my bias against what appear to be two very well-crafted series.