in a way the problem with this -- i'm still only in s1 -- is that the chandler-noir is itself now a worn-out sleeve for the fuller form of story this wants to tell
― mark s, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
Also, Poe should have been played by Paul F Tompkins
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 07:30 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
poe i kind of like, it's like the AI-in-the-reality is programmed to manifest as fourth-rate steampunk, which seems p likely (it's a third-rate hotel)
― mark s, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
Third episode is warming up a bit, particularly Poe's storyline which has a poignant scene, but also some troubling codependency.
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Sunday, 1 March 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
ugh here is why chandleresque noir is the wrong frame: it's always just village politics and the scope of this needed to be bigger, i don't mind ppl in difft bodies living across centuries, that's part of the cap-I issue under examination, but they shouldn't all be running into one another and all doing all the stuff
― mark s, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
otoh it does have real men not afraid to show emotion
https://i.imgur.com/YRtZLqc.jpg
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Thursday, 5 March 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
tbh that is the best kovacs actor
― mh, Friday, 6 March 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
Finished this, kind of a disjointed season not helped by how Mackie's Kovacs is mostly one-note (sour, grumpy). Finale is pretty good though.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Friday, 27 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
the anime movie they've released is low on plot, high on action
― mh, Friday, 27 March 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
i loved the first season, feel like s2 is just a Total Recall remix.
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 27 March 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
Huh, I didn't even realize Netflix had a spinoff. Will definitely check it out!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Friday, 27 March 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link