Thanks for watching!! Big question... Season ONE or Season TWO??

@edennis3202

4 жыл бұрын

I'm watching S2 E1 right now, and I say definitely season 1. I'm so disappointed. What happened? Did they say, "We have a black guy now, so we'll make him stupid AND incompetent"? He makes moronic decisions, and he's a terrible fighter, which is unforgivable considering the fancy new attributes of the sleeve he's in.

@adollaburst7687

4 жыл бұрын

Season 2, so epic. 100% better

@VandalAudi

4 жыл бұрын

Season 1, I miss the future noir feel, Season 2 is so and so, I just hope it didn’t take the route The Expanse went.

@chicagoparker

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Mackey sucks. I can't buy anything he does.

@jdhawan

4 жыл бұрын

Season 1 for sure

Not enough pink drug backpacks this season, so naturally season 1 is the winner.

@xxcorvoxxx_x1959

4 жыл бұрын

The best argument against s2 ive seen lol :p

@bontonne

4 жыл бұрын

glad to see i'm not the only one that missed the backpack lol

@zackgravity7284

4 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree 😂

It wasnt that bad but Tak was getting his ass kicked like a noob and we really need Joel Kinnaman back.

@RaijinKaze

4 жыл бұрын

Well he was fighting people older than him in most cases or he was at a disadvantage. The times he wrecks are against normal goons. They just don’t stand a chance, when the elite fight him it is a whole different story. Also it has been confirmed that another actor will take up the reigns of Tak Doctor Who style! Same thing with Kel. This IMO is way more interesting than current Doctor Who tho.

@cvo7617

4 жыл бұрын

Not gonna happen move on

@RaijinKaze

4 жыл бұрын

Hunter L Jordan You do realise that Tak was stabbed in his right peck like 3 times? You can clearly see that it healed and scarred over. Also Tak took lots of punishment throughout the season. Each time he kept on going without much time to recover. What did you think the healing abilities looked like? Wolverine style tank healing? Also the people he was fighting never gave him the chance to use the guns when he called them. Some of them even kicked it away as it was being called. There is just no time to wait for the weapon to fly to you when milliseconds could mean life or death.

4 жыл бұрын

Why do you need another dude are you gay? This season was the best it reminds me the new madmax roadfury killed the original

@carlvonfuckwits2934

4 жыл бұрын

All males were cucked, even the AI..By the "Independent Woman" theme.

Season 1 is 7x’s better than season 2. I just feel like they put all of their focus on visuals and fighting scenes, and not enough on the writing and story. There were waaaaay too many times where I’d ask why the characters would make these decisions, have that perspective, or their thought process(compared to Character Development from last season). It seemed like the entire show lost its identity. There was so much potential with the “Elders” and “Fake War” conception, but I feel like they forced it and just gave up. Poe’s Side Quest/Side story was the best part. And the Action and aesthetics were STELLAR!

@bpmcmanson8701

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, it took 2 years of waiting for 2 less episodes than season 1 at 15 mins less an episode, mackie is a good actor but I wasn't sold with him as tekeshi, maybe they can get the guy who played his birth sleeve from season 1 to be the main guy in season 3

@freedomsglory1

4 жыл бұрын

LeRoy B after watching season 2 I felt like I was watching a down grade the entire time. I’m happy I’m not the only one that was disappointed by the writing in this season.

@cvo7617

4 жыл бұрын

Well its number 5 in the country right now

@cvo7617

4 жыл бұрын

@@bpmcmanson8701 it takes place 30yrs after season 1 you expect him to still act like a broken man

@silenthill4

4 жыл бұрын

Poe was boring as hell. He can't remember anything, but he doesn't want to forget.... something? Just fucking reboot dude

Season 2 was disappointing. Couldn't invest in the characters. Too few emotions. Mackie was ok. Sometimes it felt campie. Some good moments. Too bad. Season 1 was way better for me.

@96miffy

4 жыл бұрын

Season 1 is a bit campie as well

@benjaminbuor7489

4 жыл бұрын

It was wack

@laninfapimentel311

4 жыл бұрын

Season 1 definitely had a stronger emotional core

@Kyle-fg3rr

4 жыл бұрын

@@96miffy I agree but it works more in the steam punk/bladerunner sci-fi way this one was more action special effects campy

@picklerick7953

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was really good but I'm a simple man

I just finished watching the season and I mostly wish we could have spent more time with the hard boiled Takeshi. They skipped 30 years of personal development and its too jarring.

Season 1 was incredible. Moody, Smart, and engaging. I spent most of Season 2 looking at my phone.

@rm0986

4 жыл бұрын

That's your problem then. S2 was the same, but harder to follow because not necessarily told canonically

@chatwithaninja

4 жыл бұрын

@@rm0986 Not the same at all. The first season had atmosphere and grit. This new season is just boring. And when did Kovac become the worlds whipping boy? Super sleeve with DNA splicing and enhancements! ultimate badass! then proceeds to get his ass whipped every fight he is in.

@rm0986

4 жыл бұрын

@@chatwithaninja The atmosphere is still there, although it's obviously a little bit more dystopian because they're on a different planet, and the underlying story this time is not a failed rebellion but a covered-up genocide. Also, Kovacz doesn't get beaten as much as everybody thinks. He lets the Yakuza beat him so they'd take him to his contact, he gets captured because of Poe's failure to alert him of the tracker, and he gets beaten by his own clone who he could not have expected. On the contrary, he and Quell break out of the highest security prison on the planet, just for example. Him and Trepp also take out most of the wedge unarmed.

@adoniscreed4031

4 жыл бұрын

@@rm0986 dude I had nothing to do this weekend so watched all of season 1 on Saturday, was pumped to watch season 2 on Sunday... Forced myself to watch 5 and still haven't gone back to it. Season 2 is a massive downgrade from season 1 that's got sure!

@rm0986

4 жыл бұрын

@@adoniscreed4031 Half of what you saw does not make sense to you yet then, so that's normal

If you like the shows on CW, then season 2 of Altered Carbon is for you! Remember all of the mystery, character development, grit and believable action from season 1? Well, that's out the window and this season focuses on repetitive conversations, no consequences and bad guys with the aim of a storm trooper. You can literally fast forward past most scenes, the new cast is terrible and Anthony Mackie looks like a pouty teenager throughout the whole show.

Are the writers different from S1 ? I swear they have to be different.

@JokeinParis

4 жыл бұрын

This answers your question : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_Carbon_(TV_series) just jump in the Season section and see the writers and Directors. You will also need to pay attention that Laeta Kalogridis is the original writer of the serie and she was the woman who wanted to adapt the roman on screen.

Eh, it's not bad. But I prefere the tone of season 1. This was definitely made for a more mainstream audience. Just like Locke and Key.

@sweatyzeusgaming

4 жыл бұрын

Blackdragon6 yes this was my thoughts too

@gregorycastillo4799

4 жыл бұрын

Is Locke and Key good

@sallgoodman2323

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. The world, it's characters and the depth of the story was vastly superior in the first season. Season 2 was good, not great

@carlvonfuckwits2934

4 жыл бұрын

The "Independent woman" theme took over as soon as Tak was shot in the back episode 1..This season was trash.

Flash - "I'm the fastest" Austin - "Hold my netflix" 😜😂😂

@AustinBurke

4 жыл бұрын

😂🙌🏻

Season 1: "A wolf's true strength is their pack." Season 2: "I work alone." Season 2 is a completely different series with some of the same names, with terrible writing and no noir feel. And it's less for it.

@johnpatz8395

4 жыл бұрын

The Upper Echelon yeah, season one was like an great old detective novel while season 2 feels more like a..... well I'm still not really sure what it feels like, other than vastly substandard when compared to season 1. That said, this season was okay, but that's a huge let down after the greatness that was the first season. In my, and my wife's, opinion, the saving grace of this season was Poe, Chris Conner played the hell out of the role. Strangely, he played his AI character with more character, depth and emotion than any of the human characters. In several scenes he was able to take a couple lines of understated dialogue and turn them into heart wrenching and emotional scenes. Without Poe's contribution to this season the show would have sunk from okay to sort of meh! BTW am I the only one questioning, how Kovacs Prime was able to beat a version of himself which not only had all the same training, skills and experience as he does, but also intensive training as an Envoy, and at least 30 years more experience?

@picklerick7953

4 жыл бұрын

I think people put to much thought into things instead of just trying to enjoy them

@theupperechelon7634

4 жыл бұрын

@@picklerick7953 All entertainment shows are for enjoyment. However, shows have to be consistent at a minimum to keep the immersion. If you just want to shut off your brain and consume, then don't make a S1 with deep thoughts and expect people to accept a kids popcorn show for S2.

@Rosehillaryyy

4 жыл бұрын

You notice it felt like there were only 3 scenes sometimes? Like the whole episode? The woods, the main entrance of the hotel, and wherever the sexy governor bitch is.

How do you have the energy to watch all these shows and still live a normal life. Either you don't sleep or your time management skills are amazing. Either way, thank you for the fast reviews 👍👍

@VaidasJSP

4 жыл бұрын

Watched in one day after work till 1am.

Im incredibly pissed off by this season, they ruined every bit off smart cyberpunk ideas and plotlines and turned my favourite show into generic scifi. I just feel like the writers off the new season aren't as intelligent, as talented and most importantly don't care for the complications of the world in Season 1. It was about what Problems the end of mortality could bring to us, a theme that has been litterally explored for litterlally thousands of years through our history and they just brush it aside for some halfassed 2005 Doctor Who episode story and took the sets allong with it.

@MrTophes

4 жыл бұрын

Season two makes shit up more than season one did, so the core plot was closer to the book plot for season 1. Season 2 was a weird blend of made up plotlines and two books rolled together. which made it feel lesser in my opinion.

@z3po842

4 жыл бұрын

You expressed that perfectly my friend!

@ProjectblackOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Well written. I also felt that the writing was lazy and the most locations was basically reused, except the quite silly scenes in the forest on Harlan

Season 2 Kovac has different motivations from season 1. Kinnaman's Kovac had nothing to lose. Mackie's has a quest to find Quell.

@preciousoguche2425

4 жыл бұрын

He only found out that she was alive at the end of season 1. It makes sense that his focus shifts to finding Quell...

I will say that this season felt smaller. Mainly because of the cast. The actors all do a great job but you're basically just watching a show of one political, one military guy, our main character and his AI friend, and 3 other characters and that's basically it.. Season one has Takeshi, Poe, A cop, her boss, the Meth, his wife, Takeshi's sister, the guy trying to kill Takeshi, his sisters fanatical lackey, The meth's go between, and THEN each of them all had several other characters they interacted with. I liked this season a lot but it was pretty obvious that large portions of it were trimmed to save money.

3 Major problems with season 2 for me. First the writing of takeshi and Mackie's general feel when playing him didn't feel like the snarky yet cynical envoy we knew. Second is that we saw less envoy power and more beefed up sleeve power, sure his combat training is there but where was the ability to read situations? The super hearing? Lastly and probably the biggest is that we went from heavy scifi setting to a mining world where half the season we spent in a forest. That mixed with the "big bad" of the season made it feel like we were watching a DND show with scifi weapons...

Watching now... 3 episodes in and not loving it... not finding the chemistry ... seems off and so far, disappointing

@felathar1985

4 жыл бұрын

Mackie acts as him in every god damn role. He dull as shit.

@mayam.3240

4 жыл бұрын

@@felathar1985 Think it's more the writing than Mackie.... Other characters feel just as bland...

@Rosehillaryyy

4 жыл бұрын

fuck macki. He should have watched season 1 10 more time. I COULD PLAY A BETTER KOVACS THAN HIM I SWEAR. Macki just said "fuck it" and forgot kina already made kovacs a character that we grew to love! At least we got szn one with kina, damn all that good story writing almost wasted on makie. Thank GOD MAKIE GOT THE SHITTY SEASON HOLLLLLYYYYY

Currently a few episodes into season 2, and its a big let down so far. Season 1 was superior in practically every way....

Season 2 was an utter disaster as far as I'm concerned. I'm a massive fan of the books and S1. The characters were boring for the most part, the plot was vapid, and it was full of references from books 2 and 3 that appeared to be sprinkled in randomly without cohesiveness, the writers were possibly thinking it would be "fan service" but felt more like a slap in the face. Cool characters from the books like Brasil and Trepp turned into pointless garbage on screen. It was just an unfocused mess that came off like a low budget sci-fi channel show. I did enjoy Lee coming back to play Kovacs Prime, Mackie wasn't terrible, but I think he was hindered by god-awful writing. Ugh, just frustrating to wait 2 years for this diarrhea.

@tonykennedy8483

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree, it often felt like someone who didn't understand the world of Altered Carbon had a list of tropes and characters from the books and plopped them into the script when they were stuck Kovacs went from a pi55ed off bad ass to a lovesick puppy, Mackie did what he could with the script. But there was a fair amount of brown paint being sprinkled over this turd

It went from a cyber punk Sherlock Holmes who can kick ass and uses drugs to "I need women to help me because I am ineffective and lost my envoy ability somehow half way thru the season". It sucked.

What's about this season? Annoyingly dark, boring, missed in all A.C. spirit, FLAT. Nothing about cyberpunk philosophy and literature, or some bits of noir as Blade Runner, just a bounch of blind scenes and an expressionless Kovacs, without any trace of his Charisma (Antony Mackie? No comment) and a very, very cheap CG. There's not about the social dystopia, the very point of the opera, as the season 1. No IDENTITY. In the end, the impression is that It's just like a very cheaper spin off. Dropped at half third episode.

@samaramar7105

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@jozefrac4841

4 жыл бұрын

My feelings. Im literally fuckin sad because we were waiting for 2 years and sorry netflix, s2 is just fucking shit and anthony is boring asf

Just watched season 2 and it was like watching season 2 of Westworld and it sucked

@manishdash1543

4 жыл бұрын

Westworld season 2 was great dude..

@GoliathWarfare

4 жыл бұрын

@@manishdash1543 It was great besides the finale, but everybody wants to trash the whole season because of it lol

@weareone7315

4 жыл бұрын

It sucked old boobies.. like the actors didn't know how to act.

@mayam.3240

4 жыл бұрын

Idk..... I couldn't get myself to watch Westworld Season 2 after episode 5... At least I managed to finish season 2 of Altered Carbon...

I am very disappointed with the visuals and camera work. I felt like in season one every detail of the sets was right and nothing seemed out of place. Furthermore, it felt as if every episode was a movie. Now it feels to me like a soap opera! Especially, the fight scenes are very disappointing...

@FirstGear83

4 жыл бұрын

LOL. YOU DONT KNOW SHIT BRUH! HAHAHA

@rm0986

4 жыл бұрын

The fight scenes are the one thing basically everyone agrees were better this season. What made you think that?

@AndTecks

4 жыл бұрын

@@rm0986 Sure if you like watching marvel style fight scenes. so much cringe

@rm0986

4 жыл бұрын

@@AndTecks that word has become so terribly overused it doesn't mean anything at all anymore. I cringed reading your reply. It's also inaccurate because Altered Carbon is definetly not PEGI 13

@Coconut7403

4 жыл бұрын

@@rm0986 I think what @kasey means is that the fights are less realistic and more of a dance than anything else. It always ends with them not being able to use their gun and then having to fight hand to hand.

SEASON 1: Enjoyable on so many levels. The enthusiasm for each episode was continual throughout season and into the second. Enthusiasm for 1st season even pushed me to go purchase the books and I'm grateful I did. SEASON 2: Induced an emotionally lethargic response that intensified significantly and continuously with each episode until I reached an apathetic crescendo. My enthusiasm after watching 2nd season is only derived from the enjoyment I get reading negative reviews of it. Netflix and friends didn't just drop the ball with 2nd season... They ate the ball, digested the ball, expelled the ball slowly over 8 episodes, picked the remains off the ground, spiked the remains into a bowl of vanilla ice cream and called it chocolate swirl. Embarrassing.

Just finished season 2 and I was excited to see how Anthony Mackie was going to play Kovacs. I think he’s a good actor but I didn’t like him in this role. Personally liked season 1 better, but this wasn’t bad. Overall I want another season and I want them to explore more on the Elders.

@bpmcmanson8701

4 жыл бұрын

100% agree Mackie was not a good fit for this role at all

@joejennings1

4 жыл бұрын

I loved it. The first guy was boring af to watch

@OkTr3y

4 жыл бұрын

BPMC Manson I think it was the script he was given. I just don’t think this season was as good as the last

Season 1 was better than season 2. I only watched the first few episodes of S2 so it could get more enjoyable but so far Anthony mackie has ruined takeshi kovacs. He can’t bring the witty jokes with the seriousness and just gets angry to quick with no patience. I hope it gets better.

@RaijinKaze

4 жыл бұрын

I finished the season, you make a good point but it is justified by Takeshi in one of the later episodes. Not to spoil anything but he isn’t the same person. People change after the passage of time. He is put into an uncontrollable situation, on a planet he hates, at the end of the rope feeling like he has spent a lifetime searching for Kel. Understandably he is not feeling too patient. In S1 he had all the time in the world to investigate the case. Now there is an urgency that he has knowing that Kel is out there waiting for him. He takes things way more seriously with barely any wit or jokes. He is focused and wastes no time in going about completing his mission. Anthony’s portrayal matches with the tone of the season. I cant wait to see what is next for Altered Carbon Season 3!

@bpmcmanson8701

4 жыл бұрын

Having seen both seasons I 100% agree, mackie is a good actor but I sincerely hope they bring in someone else for season 3 maybe Original Tekeshi (birth sleeve)

@N1ckfurie

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not as good but still very good. Definitely kovacs is less badass and I miss the humor. And I miss the style as well. But the story was very interesting and I overall though it was only slightly worse than season 1

@trescohen8232

4 жыл бұрын

I can def say the last 4 episodes are better than the first four and the show really picks up by episode 6

@N1ckfurie

4 жыл бұрын

Tres Cohen I felt the other way around, the last episode was slow

Season 1 was better. S2 felt forced reunited/romance. I really loved seeing the original Takeshi Kovacs!💞 Was definitely hoping for original Kovacs with Quell. Mac was alright, just wasn't feeling it.

This guy is kovacs?? His real name is Clarence.

5 episodes in and it finally begin to pick up pace. I think one key difference is Kovacs' personality. In Season 1, you can tell he cares for his friends and morality like a hard-boiled detective. In Season 2, he's just ready to cross everyone for Falconer. Besides that, I seriously doubt if anyone think the romance between Kovacs and Falconer was good in S1. And they just made that the focus for S2.

@swiftblaqness

4 жыл бұрын

Stupid right. The aspect of season 1 no one cared for is now the entire focus of season 2. Idiots

@pepps779

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, never bought the romance either, which just makes me wonder if Falconer is the worst casting in the show.

@sunjoexys7251

4 жыл бұрын

@@pepps779 My issue is not so much about casting, but more about the believability of romance between these characters. Falconer was already a legendary religious figure/military leader before meeting Kovacs, not to mention she was probably 100 years older than Kovacs. And she just led Kovacs on like Cleopatra? That is very hard to reconcile with her character. Maybe it's a mutual crush built on a common cause and ideology? Even if that's the case, something is still off.

@pepps779

4 жыл бұрын

@@sunjoexys7251 I am assuming the romance works better in the books, which makes me lean toward casting or writing in the show being the issue.

s1 is far beta...Joel (kovacs) is freakinnng way more badass...

@cvo7617

4 жыл бұрын

No

@wickedangelo4526

4 жыл бұрын

He is definitely better but lets hope the next one they use is better.

@cvo7617

4 жыл бұрын

@Hunter L Jordan keep complaining it was number 5 in the country it did really well and season 3 will have a different person

@whtsthadealio1

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my boy was getting saved by other people too many times. But quell do your thang

@whtsthadealio1

4 жыл бұрын

@Addicted to Reality it was very inconsistent and messy. And every time they said the last envoy was a badass, I was like "are yall yall talking about that clone or Joel because I see no other badass"

Loved s1 but so far s2 isn't doing anything new for me. Only seen 3 episodes so far so hoping it gets better.

@silenthill4

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. It's putting me to sleep

@syrarguy

4 жыл бұрын

Just 2 1/2 for me... just unwatchable... what a waste of special effects.

@christopherdupre3814

4 жыл бұрын

lol its not a good sign that you have to forget s1 to "enjoy" it. this was the most disappointing flop.

Hey Austin, do you recommend s1? I was in a dilemma on whether to start this show or not

Thanks for your review on this. I am will be watching this weekend for sure. Hopefully season 3 doesnt take 2 years so come out. Its awesome that it is role many different people can play.

Oh. It came out today? Nice! I’ll try my best to watch it on the weekend. Pretty busy rn. But I’ll slip in some eps.

Dude what camera do you use? I want to do my own stuff and your camera looks good! Also love your videos, you inspire me to do my own channel :)

Keanu Reeves would be cool for season 3. But I don’t think this is happening.

@coreycooper558

4 жыл бұрын

“ Wake up samurai we’ve got a city to burn ! “

@SKU11FOO

4 жыл бұрын

Oh they should

@sN00p_

4 жыл бұрын

nah im kinda tired of keanu

I thought Mackie did a great job. He carried that bitterness and sorrow of having to kill his sister and traveling endlessly to find Quell. You can't forget that there's a 30 year gap between the sequels

@adoniscreed4031

4 жыл бұрын

I really don't think that Mackie is the problem herr although Joel is just too fucking good... Honesty I binge watched all of season 1 then went straight into season 2 and it took me awhile to deal with the change. But Mackie isn't the problem with the season.

Anthony said he did watch the 1st season of:Altered Carbon-And did his personality for the 1st 2 episodes But then as Kovacs knew some new info so some of his actions changed

your review nails it in terms of the strengths of this 2nd season, and you got how great it was to see Poe evolve

I am gonna this show on Saturday so I need to catch up before season 3 comes unknown in the future

I was also a big fan of season 1 and really wanting this season to be good but I just couldn’t connect to Mackie or anything else about the show . But cyberpunk 2077 is coming out this year so maybe I’ll get to play out how I felt this season should’ve gone lol

@jeanhyppolite1101

4 жыл бұрын

Corey Cooper it’s because he’s black.

I don’t get why they would switch the cast from season one I’ve only watch the first episode of season 2 and all ready don’t feel like watching it no more smh they dropped the ball on this one

@raebeingreal2170

4 жыл бұрын

They changed the actor because in the books which the series is based Kovacs new sleeve is black man. He changes sleeves and so new actors are used accordingly.

@Pandarus123

4 жыл бұрын

you dont get the show then if youre surprised they used a different actor, they are just sleeves for the consciousness of the asian guy you see, takeshi kovacs

@juicebowl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pandarus123 It's funny how despite how often the show tries to tell you sleeves a.k.a the human body is devalued due to digital consciousness, it still flies over people's head. The entire show is about what would the future look like if you could transfer your mind to a different body. That's it, that's the entire show, and it's exactly what the title of the show mean too.

@Pandarus123

4 жыл бұрын

@@juicebowl yeah man it blows my mind lol

@silenthill4

4 жыл бұрын

@@juicebowl now explain that alien tech that the stacks are based off of

it's like seeing a series apart, no longer respects the previous canons, some aspects have been distorted, there are stupid exaggerations, that you can see in a cartoon. Before it was Cyberpunk, now it's a normal B-s Scifi.

The Moment Joel left, i knew, Season 2 would suck.

Just a quick heads up on two Netflix Original Anime that I recommend you check out and review when they release on the service next month: Beastars & Sol Levante

Solid review Austin! This season seems to be getting a lot of love, so I may have to hop on the bandwagon and binge!

Anthony Mackie was epic... but he just wasn’t Kovacs

On episode three and this seasons is stupid

@christopherdupre3814

4 жыл бұрын

on e8 now, garbage in every way, not a single redeeming quality.

Mackie feels weak for Takeshi's role. Not as an actor, but the role needs someone badass.

@samaramar7105

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly brthr

@mharsontimatim9918

4 жыл бұрын

I think he fitted the character for season 2, as the Kovacs in their is already starting to breakdown mentally. Making that version of Kovacs more emotionally vurnerable, they even expositioned it through the yakuza boss' lectures in the first episode of the season. The Quell thing and killing his sister took a toll on him afterall, The scene where Trepp goes in Kovacs body was more badass than Kovacs himself afterall, a gentle touch that there's something going on with Kovacs' psyche during season 2 But yeah still hard to kill first impressions on a character specially after bringing him back after years of break and taking in considerations what development did the last season made on his character and some in between the season events that wasn't shown. Understandably your critisms aren't misplaced. But thats just my opinion.

I liked the S2 very much. Poe was my favorite character!

@forbiddenbeard2210

4 жыл бұрын

Poe is great

The 1st season had a pretty diverse cast and great acting and writing. The 2nd season has great acting and a less diverse cast. Where is the sex and nudity? The camera movement and framing is a little overproduced. Things shift and change in an almost confusing fashion...unless I got a lot older between 2019 and 2020. It feels like this season was made for 15 year old high school students instead of 30 year old post grad students.

@mezzops1716

4 жыл бұрын

dude season 2 was a mostly black cast lol

@nunyabiznaz1352

4 жыл бұрын

You can find sex and nudity on pronhub, lol! IMO, I don’t get the need for it unless people try to get porn without the stigma of watching it directly

@johnpatz8395

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy Dingman less diverse? How exactly do you figure that? I normally don't label and pigeonhole people but let's play your game, the main characters in the series were; Kovac - black male Kovacs Prime - Korean male Quell - black female Trepp - black female & character is gay Poe - white male AI Digg 301 - white female AI Danica Harlen - Mexican female Cerrera - White male So doing the math, of the 8 main characters, half were female, 3 were black, 3 white, 1 Asian, 1 Mexican and one of the characters was openly gay. And of the four main characters, with the biggest roles, and most screen time, 3 of the 4 were black. If anything it appears to be more diverse than season 1, not less, so I'm curious as to why you think it's less diverse. Not to mention it's curious you seem to think PG-13 levels if sex and nudity are geared more toward over educated 30 year olds, but the lack of it meams it's aimed at 15 year olds. That just makes me laugh, as you seem to think highly educated 30 year olds aren't interested in a movie uf they can see some naked boobs and asses. 😂

Just finished watching the season and have to say... it was so good, i understand that people got reservations about Mackie but i think that he did the character justice, Kovacs isn't the body but the personality and his portrayal was superb. After the first episode, i was enthralled by his performance ( i binged the season non stop XD ), and don't get me wrong... i love Kinnaman, his portrayal was perfect too, but when you put all the actors that "are" Kovac you see that all of them represent many parts of the character and i love every one of them. And Poe... oh my beautiful Poe, his part on this season was so AMAZING.

@JTM45100

4 жыл бұрын

Alacaelum I couldn’t agree more. I had reservations, but I felt this season was just as good as season 1, and was hooked after the 1st episode.

@raebeingreal2170

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you. Season 2 was so damn good. Mackie did an awesome bringing a new dimension to Kovacs. I enjoyed his portrayal a lot more than I thought I would intially. All round everything just kept my interest. I can't wait for season 3.

@RaijinKaze

4 жыл бұрын

I like to believe that both Seasons are a different genre and have different main themes. S1 was about a mystery and Tak being haunted by the memories of his past. S2 he is on a journey to discover the truth about his sister’s words whatever the cost. The action in Season 2 felt more balanced. There are people who match Tak blow for blow and win. Where as in S1 he mostly beat everyone with ease (which is expected). People complain mostly about Anthony’s lack of jokes and wit. I say Tak wasn’t in the mood for it. He was tired and impatient in his mission. By the end of the season you can see the development in his character. Season 3 is going to be much anticipated. 2 years can feel like 30 I wish they could produce the next one faster.

So psyched for this:)

It's just not as good. The story isn't as good, I cant get into it. Too much talking with no purpose, too much bland action

@Rosehillaryyy

4 жыл бұрын

Very sad. Im sorry you were let down. Give us kina back plz we love u kina

Well; I just watched it. Slept through some parts. And, like the first one (for me at least) you just don't get everything on the first pass. Not real happy with the virtually pitch black fight scenes. Even adjusted the brightness setting on my TV to maximum (did not help). Similar to the "who's the best Bond" debates: I guess now we will have; who's the best Kovac debates" I vote for Kinnaman. Call me kinky and perverted; but the liberal amount of gratuitous sex in season one, was not matched in season two! Disappointed! I'm telling mom!

@rm0986

4 жыл бұрын

Sooo you slept through some part but are saying you just don't get everything on the first pass? How would you if you were sleeping lmao

oh boy how curious i was for this new season when i found out they were casting a new actor as Takashi. But i must say this season took me by surprise, a good season indeed. Somewhere in the storyline of season two, you kind of forget Kinnaman (which i can safely say that we all loved) as Tak. All that is left is just,the Takashi that we got to know and followed through out season. Which brings me to Anthony Mackie, who did a great job portraying our beloved Tak. If season 1 is 9.0, I will give this season 8.5. I hope this made sense. Because i really had to get this out to see if anyone feels the same about this new season!

2nd season takes a lot more liberties with the script than the first, using material from both book 2 and 3. It shows in the writing, but isn't actually a bad thing. It has to work for TV, after all, and it makes it possible to create several more seasons of the show. Book one would ever only work as a stand alone story. The rest, however, can more easily be expanded upon.

Really really interested to see where season 3 picks up really this season was awesome but I see how they’re going off exploring new shit.

Mackie feels less like Takeshi than the asian lady that was singing at the beginning.

List the things that you like from Season 1.... The mystery detective story behind the whole season.... The gritty, dark themes of the future, with the entitled living in sky castles and everyone else scraping to get by.... The deeper question about whether we should live forever, and what is mortality..... What is good and bad? And do they matter...... Who were the bad guys in Season 1? Were there any? Or just.... people..... The really engaging performances from Kinnaman and Higareda (Ortega)..... The intelligent dialogue, and well structured story line..... If you don't really like those things, and you like "whhoooo, bang bang, kill kill, big alien!! OOOOHHH, guns appear into his hands!!! Ah, he loves here, he'd do anything for her, oh, they have to save the world, yeahhhh, YYEAAHHHHH!!!!".... Then you will probably prefer season 2. I won't be watching season 3. I'll just watch season 1 again instead.

This might sound boring but I would love to see Joel come back to play the character again which they can easily do with the flexibility the concepts give them. He just made the character his own so I feel like anyone else will dissapoint even if they may be regarded by some as a better actor. I think he was perfectly cast.

I've only seen the first episode of season 2, but it is kind of disappointing that it seems to abandon the noir feel of the first season.

@rutwickgangurde3247

4 жыл бұрын

Noir, that's the word I was looking for.

Well I think we need to consider the significance of the time jump when assessing how Mackie played the character differently. We all evolve and change are perspectives and views over time, I personally see myself as I look back now at 50 that every 10 years I had major changes and transformations it all areas of my life. So I think we should give Mackie some slack on how he is playing the character.

Season 1 was way better that the 2

I agree almost 100% with what you said. But I have to admit, in my heart of hearts for what it first brought to the table. I loved the first season, I liked this season. That's the best way I can put it without writing a novel. lol

The end BLEW MY FUCKING MIND!! LOVE IT! DIG301&POE... i cant wait 2yrs for season 3...

The themes in the first season were just more compelling than the second. Class division, murder mystery and existential questions beats whatever they were going for in season 2.

I think people aren't seeing the difference season one tak was full of vengeance.. now he's different he's found his girl so he's more emotional the tone was right I think.. tak in season one was sick kicking ass and Mackie was written in the role.. mackie played what was written

@forbiddenbeard2210

4 жыл бұрын

You know I didn't like him at first but he grew on me. I really liked him and he was takashei kovacs to me by the end. Looking forward to season 3 and who the next Tak is.

I have to agree with the video here, season 2 was not bad at all, if you go with the way season 1 was introduced, the build up was a stoic Kovacs, who just came out of ice, had no idea his sister was alive, knowing that the love of his life was dead, so yes he didn't give a shit about anything, that's why he was so bad ass, but towards the end of season 1 you get to see a character that has grown and experienced the truth about his sister and had to make a tough decision by killing her. Now judging all this, season 2 starts off, with a kovacs who's experienced all the losses, loss of his new girlfriend and sister, and new found knowledge that his lost love is alive and he will never find her, I wonder if people expect the character to still be as stoic and "bad ass" as he was at the start of season 1, Anthony as Kovacs needed about 2 or 3 episodes for us as viewers to fully come to terms with his new sleeve, but he never dropped in his bad ass moments. Rather try to copy his predecessor, he owned his character and grew with it, I guess why folks might be a little disappointed is cause season 2 had a lot of heart than bad ass action detective scenes, there were so many touching scenes that it almost lost the action fast paced vibe that season packed, but yet it was beautifully done. The transition to a new character that had now found old love and the balance of still caring for all those around him, brought in new dynamics to the story line, giving it a more power feel to it. If you came into season 2 expecting everything to be guns blazing, some I don't care badass, then you clearly missed how heartbreaking the end of season 1 was and am sorry cause season 2 just took that ending and built a fairly different story but still packing good action with it.

I just saw 2 episodes, couldn't keep watching. I enjoyed very much the first season, it satisfied the hunger for scifi stories.

Great Channel!

Something tells me that the next sleeve might end up being a female

@jaygemini87

4 жыл бұрын

Trevon H who cares if it was. Did you watch season two yet? Spoiler alert... he already was a female.

@trevonh4139

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaygemini87 That sleeve was short lived good buddy, at least in the beginning of the series. I didn't join the comment section to complain or be sexist, it was just a notion.

@JamieM20001996

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaygemini87 I'm sure M'lady will appreciate your defense. I'll have you recommended for white knighthood immediately.

@ruigerd

4 жыл бұрын

I could get behind a female lead with some consistent self destructing tendencies in a more noir and cyberpunk setting in season 3

@trevonh4139

4 жыл бұрын

@@ruigerd I don't really mind it myself, give me a female lead that's a lil rough around the edges.

Why is Wes Chatham reviewing Altered Carbon?

Just binge watched the whole thing and was kind of blown away about the ending.... but this is spoiler free so I won’t say what I thought it meant.

@JTM45100

4 жыл бұрын

Cuddermanx16 I loved both season. Mackey did a great job. I loved the story. Wish it would have been more episodes.

I also feel like they maybe rushed to answer too many of the unanswered questions from the first season.

Great video

It's 30yrs later I dare anyone to tell me when they look back 20-30yrs ago they're the same exact person... that's why this works... if you're expecting the same exact person than go back and watch season 1... I liked both seasons... I lined different things from each season more than the other but both are great.

I didn't enjoy season 2 as much but it felt like the entire story went way to fast but having said that I still enjoyed it and will watch it again in the next couple of weeks and hope they keep going with it and make it more complex.

Austin can you please react to the Rumble trailer that was released yesterday? Go check it out! Don't be frightened!

I just wanted to watch the first episode for today But I watched the whole season non stop

I'm so pissed that Joel Kinnaman wasn't in this season. Season two is not the same. No disrespect to Anthony Mackie, but it started with Joel and I want him to return!

@forbiddenbeard2210

4 жыл бұрын

I missed him at first, but mackie really grew on me halfway through the season. Wasn't as good as season 1 though.

Great show, and I was hype to when Poe came back and had Kovacs data

Joel Kinnaman FTW. Idk why so many official TV critic sites have dissed his performance and stoic expressions, but somehow it was still so much deeper than Mackie's. but Mackie still did have some moments esp that last scene with Poe and what it meant to be alive. like Austin said, it really did build up into smth beautiful at the end thankfully. Love love love this show -- just hope they don't GOT it.

I understand the sleeve changes, but it just didn't feel the same. Felt like a new character. Season one was amazing. And will always be the best. Oh and who else felt closer to poe in this season?

i reckon Sam Rockwell as the next Tak would be cool

I absolutely loved this season, Mackie just added so much depth to the character of Tak that Kinnaman just couldn't. I felt more attatched to the characters this season than i did last season. Back to Mackie, he added so much emotion to a character before kinda felt stiff. I just overall liked the development of the plot. yes it still has its flaws but the flaws never took away any good feeling about season 2. Ps. i have never actually done a review on anything so sorry if it looks like a jumbled mess

Uhhh... did you get episodes early? How tf you already seen the entire season lol

@AustinBurke

4 жыл бұрын

Haha woke up at 3am😂

@jingham9

4 жыл бұрын

Austin Burke glad I’m not the only one

@davem.372

4 жыл бұрын

@@AustinBurke that makes 2 of of us, I loved season 2

Guess Falcon became another Cap. A super soldier living in a futuristic world trying to get back to the woman he left behind in the past.

I'm seeing season 1 again to get rid of those S2 memories and flashbacks. haha

Hell yeah procrastination I had a quiz which I got a 90 on just moments before I finished watching season 2

Anthony Mackie played the character very similarly to the book version. I didn’t like it as much as Joel’s or Will’s portrayals, but Anthony’s approach was actually more faithful to the source material.

Loved the season. I agree with the review. It was a different but it’s kind of what the show is about. Different bodies different reactions. People act like every time they did a flash back the characters was the same. Like, go talk to your teenage self. Go further to a kid. Are you gunna be the same? Plus Sometimes that sleeve you get put into is an addict of a cop, a songstress with a gun and sometimes it’s a military made sleeve. Season one was a gritty detective crime drama. This season was more or romance and action lol different but still good.

@swiftblaqness

4 жыл бұрын

Not if "gritty detective drama" is what made you enjoy the show in the first place. Lol

@jaygemini87

4 жыл бұрын

@@swiftblaqness that makes sense if thats the only reason you watched.

lovely video

nice content

It seems like the show lost consistency points which detracted from the story and the first season. Like why was non-Envoy Tak basically just as good at everything as Envoy Tak? Wasn't his being en envoy supposed to account for his being better at everything than everyone else? And it seems silly that AIs were so useful and good at everything but only hotels and Tak have them. The fights in this one were overdone and the results arbitrary. I didn't get any sense of how or why one character beat another, they were just dancing (except in one or two scenes). I liked it ok, hope we get more seasons, but the story and character development from the first were better. Maybe it needed more eps.

Man I loved season 1, pumped to watch season 2

I really liked Anthony Mackie as Tak even tho I got used to Joel. Only gripe I have is that the Falcon character is pretty boring this season.

I want to see Keanu Reeves next season :)

Just saw the last episode... WTF IS THAT STACK???? POE??? KOVACS??? SOMEONE TELL ME

@fuxuro764

4 жыл бұрын

And Mackie was actually pretty good, tho i still prefer the old Kovacs, i feel like season 2 was great cus of the plot twists and action and story all but didn't really connect with the characters like season 1... Kinda wish they can bring back the old Tak, love that mother!