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[Tesseract]

i'm not down on mackie as most, some of his comments about the industry give me hope that he was the right choice to take the shield

s01 was good, s02 was miserable

 

[jonnyp]

MrS you realise this is your fault right?

"Altered Carbon" Canceled By Netflix - Dark Horizons

Netflix has canceled the body-swapping sci-fi series “Altered Carbon” after two seasons. Thise first two seasons remain available to stream. The decision reportedly was unrelated to the pandemic, but rather the cost of producing another season vs. the viewership numbers not being high enough to...

www.darkhorizons.com

Not surprising after that shitfest of a second season.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Although the second season was a trainwreck, I am saddened by the news.

Sci-fi always gets done dirty unless it's some boring ass YAF distopia.

 

[EviLore]

Enjoyed S1, couldn't make it through S2 despite multiple attempts.

 

[frostyxc]

Enjoyed S1, couldn't make it through S2 despite multiple attempts.

I'm a pretty good show binger, and season two took me a few weeks to get through. I'm a survivor!

 

[MrS]

 

[Werewolf Jones]

So was the CGI anime trash as well or nah? Just wondering.

 

[Drake]

I really enjoyed season 1. Been meaning to watch season 2.

 

[AlteredForms]

Hey, that's my show!

 

[Grinchy]

I got through season 1 and enjoyed a handful of aspects. I just don't really get into the "anthology series" idea for shows and never attempted to check out season 2. Sounds like I'm not alone.

 

[Hudo]

What is it with Netflix and cancelling series? I am still mad about Netflix cancelling Marco Polo...

 

[JLMC469]

Most Netflix series don’t last that much. I guess they don’t want to pay the actors more when they start becoming famous.

 

[Mistake]

Most Netflix series don’t last that much. I guess they don’t want to pay the actors more when they start becoming famous.

they don’t last because they keep changing shit, instead of using what worked in the first place

 

[Hari Seldon]

Season 2 was pretty bad. Definitely the right move to kill it off. Mackie was awful, the writing was bad, got rid of all the nudity which made a ton of sense in a show about how depraved people are when they have disposable sleeves. I don’t know what happened.

 

[Valonquar]

The 2nd season was terrible fan fiction compared to the 1st season. Way too much change of character for most of the cast personalities. Between that and the trash tier anime, not really sad to see it die.

 

[Fbh]

So was the CGI anime trash as well or nah? Just wondering.

I didn't think it was terrible, I actually like it more than S2.
But it wasn't good either and it also felt completely unrelated to everything. If you changed some character names and a few minor plot point you probably wouldn't even guess it was supposed to be Altered Carbon.

 

[sol_bad]

You go from a great season one to diversity hire season two bullshit and killed a great show. No worries, we got Cuties, guys!

I haven't seen season 2 yet, probably won't watch it now. But you mean just the main character was a diversity hire?

*EDIT*
Everyone saying that season 2 is terrible is making me want to watch it.
lol

 

[Kagey K]

I was just starting to get into this show, but if it ends on a cliffhanger and has no satisfying ending, I’m out.

Every season should be written like it’s the last (IMO) instead of these big cliffhangers they expect us to wait months for, that rarely pay off.

 

[Compsiox]

I didn't even finish season one. Has a lot of pizzazz but boy is it boring.

 

[LoV]

I haven't seen season 2 yet, probably won't watch it now. But you mean just the main character was a diversity hire?

*EDIT*
Everyone saying that season 2 is terrible is making me want to watch it.
lol

You won't last an episode.

 

[Heart_Attack]

Season 1 was great. It wasn't perfect but it had that "something" that made it stand out from other shows. That being said, Falcon as the main guy in Season 2 was a horrible decision. What a horrible way to end the show.

 

[TheContact]

s01 was good, s02 was miserable

exactly my thoughts. I think the nature of the sleeves is asking too much of your audience to get fully commited into an actor and the next season have it look like someone else but supposed to be the same person. It was just weird. I can see it working in a novel but not a tv series. The writing was a lot worse too.

 

[Tesseract]

exactly my thoughts. I think the nature of the sleeves is asking too much of your audience to get fully commited into an actor and the next season have it look like someone else but supposed to be the same person. It was just weird. I can see it working in a novel but not a tv series. The writing was a lot worse too.

similar feeling, had concerns about it jumping to another medium for this reason

not sure there's a solution since personality capture and emulation is so difficult

 

[Barrage]

That's always a tough spot with Anthologies- the urgency isn't necessarily there to keep up with the new season, as it is in many ways a new show. When you combine that with the clearly high budget of Altered Carbon, if viewership AND viewer enjoyment dropped i'm not surprised it got cancelled.

I only watched Season 1, and I thought it was OK- I didn't feel like I needed any more. I agree with a previous poster about the world-building regarding the depravity of the immortal and rich being the most interesting part. I was really bummed about

Spoiler

the Sister being killed in the final episode- I thought she wouldve been a great consistent villian.

Also, since i'm back on Neogaf I can fully embrace my prevy side and say- Ortega's body was fucking insane. Holy shit.

 

[EviLore]

Also, since i'm back on Neogaf I can fully embrace my prevy side and say- Ortega's body was fucking insane. Holy shit.

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...*nod*, welcome back.

 

[T.v]

Season one was flawed but left me wanting more. Couldn't make it past two episodes in the second season. It had nothing of the look and feel that made season one great, the action was laughably bad, and Mackie made Kinnaman look like an Oscar worthy actor by comparison.

 

[Rest]

I couldn't get past a few episodes. Found the mc to be unlikable.

Me as well. Didn't care about the main character, it was too slow, they didn't do anything to offset the slowness like have action segments, and it was scifi based on a gimmick that never seemed to do anything with the gimmick.

 

[frostyxc]

User Banned(Duration Pending): Boy's club rhetori...

...*nod*, welcome back.

Best costars of the whole first season. When she went bucko nakedo... good heavens.

 

[Bodom78]

Really enjoyed the first season but couldn't finish the second.

 

[Texas Pride]

I didn't think season 2 was bad enough to cancel it over. That's why I'm pissed off.

 

[carlosrox]

I thought the show was okay but kind of a mess. Never finished the first season.

 

[kraspkibble]

enjoyed the first season but couldn't get past episode 2 of season 2.

good thing it's cancelled.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

I got the impression season 2 was going woke (main character was black and less nudity). I didnt watch it.
I didnt like season 1 that much either. It was okay-ish, but none of the characters were very interesting.

 

[poppabk]

Hm at people not liking kinnamans performance, personally i loved it.

I really wanted to like season 2, but it was a shitfest casting and storywise.

Yeah I liked Kinnamans performance, he is a bit wooden, but he sold the don't give a fuck attitude, and he can really sell any line with the word 'fuck' in it. That's why Mackie didn't work for me, you just couldn't imagine him being the same guy who would buy a kids backpack full of illegal drugs and then go on a massive bender.