3/21/2023 0 Comments Altered carbon book seriesThis is a show about standing up to injustice, even when the perpetrators are bigger than you. What I really really object to is the statement that this show has no positive role models and no positive themes. In particular it features a lot of violence against women. This show is very VERY violent and disturbing, unfortunately in a lot of the same ways that the real world is. I completely agree with common sense media about the not for children thing. Even some adults, it would appear, only see the nudity and violence miss the deeper message, thus miss the forest for the trees. Not sure what the difference is between reading or seeing it, though again, not all are mature enough, or would understand the message beneath the graphic violence and nudity. I say 16+, because there are some mature 16 year olds. What is the cost of immortality, to me, is the central and quite interesting question of this show. She wanted to explore the stars, but her invention has led to something much darker. Or is it? What do we lose when we gain immortality? Our sense of respect for life? This message is especially apparent in the conversations between Kovacs and Falconer, who regrets having essentially invented the means for this social transformation. If one can be re-sleeved, than what is the body than just a piece of flesh, a commodity to be traded or destroyed with no real thought for the consequences? It's just meat. It illustrates the corruption and debauchery that accompanies a society in which immortality is possible and thus, human life made less valuable. This is a story about power and the corruption inherent in that power. Many comments focus on the prolific violence and nudity/sexuality.
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