# Altered Carbon S2

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786 "2020-02-11T17:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786/1 "2020-02-11T17:27:27Z")

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[Trailer here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V12KAICxBQ8).

It looks like they’ve skipped _Broken Angels_ and moved right to _Woken Furies_ for source material. Prolly a smart move. _BA_ is a fantastic book, but it does little to explore Takeshi Kovacs. Also, the setting is one of transience where the setting of _WF_ has more of a feel of permanence.

I did not finish watching S1. I didn’t like the way they re-wrote whole parts of Kovacs backstory since what they were doing would conflict with future developments in the books.

But the replacement (a feature of the books’ milieu) of Joel Kinnaman (he’s not a very good actor) as Takeshi (I don’t know Anthony Mackie, but I’m willing to bet he’s a better actor than Kinnaman) and the new setting, along with my love for the original source material, will likely have me watching this on 27 February.

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786/2 "2020-02-11T19:37:02Z")

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Since I’m apparently the only person in North America who doesn’t have Netflix, I haven’t yet seen _Altered Carbon_. But the books I frequently reread, as well as Morgan’s other works like _Market Forces_ and _Thirteen_. I agree, for world-building and characterization _Woken Furies_ is better than _Broken Angels_. I’d be curious to see how they handle the politics - Quellism is almost as much a character as Quell herself. But the Black Brigades and Iphigenia Dene might be hard to make sympathetic.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786/3 "2020-02-11T19:50:44Z")

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Joel Kinneman ----------------\>\> Anthony Mackie

It will be interesting to see if Mackie can keep some of Kinneman’s personality quirks, or if it will be just Mackie’s take on the character.