Cinema Culture Documentaries

Altered Carbon is an immersive experience that must be experienced by fans of this genre. This show paints a society in which technology has freed man from his own mortality and from the bonds that bind us to this planet. An impressive illustration of a post-eternity, post-corporeal, post-race, post-god society. Doing a good job demonstrating the inherent complexities of a super-capitalist system that privatized immortality and the road to the stars. Needless to mention that the world building is fantastic, the production values are high, and each still is a feast for the eyes. But not everything is perfect, some mid-season episodes are slow, some post-identitary themes, nudity and gratuitous violence should displease puritans of all political sensibilities. The performances of the actors vary, ranging from complex three-dimensional characters to two-dimensional sketches. But in focus, the central characters are complex with sharp personalities, and with a narrative ...