Leadsalad
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Eh, this is the 3rd one based on the mention of the planet, the black chick saying his name, and that assumption.
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Altered Carbon
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
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Yeah, Woken Furies. I guess the only thing from book two is the fact his sleeve is black and the interface guns. Was really hoping they would have just done Broken Angels.
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Correct. Third book takes place on Harlan's World, and revolves around Quellcrist Falconer and fighting his copy. I probably liked it the least of the series.
Second book is more of a heist / war story with shit about the Martians. Was a totally different direction than the first book, but still a lot of fun. Would have made for some great TV but probably more expensive to produce.
pharmakos
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eh he's got that Anthony Mackie cockiness to him still that i don't think Takeshi Kovach would really display...
Sterling
El Presidente
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LiquidDeath
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I'm such a dork for this concept that I'll overlook a lot of shit. I loved the books, even though the 3rd one just went to shit.
One thing I'm salty about, though, is
Crazily enough, I care so little about the action scenes in this show that I just want them all to be over. I want only the mystery and the buddy-cop solution story.
Oh and Anthony Mackey isn't as bad as I thought he would be, but he is just not a great actor. He has no range. Everyone else just acts circles around him.
One thing I'm salty about, though, is
it was made pretty clear in the books that stacks are nigh indestructible. They are the the most important thing to anyone in the universe, so they were bullet-proof, fire-proof, water-proof, etc. It took very specific ways of destruction to stack-dead someone while it was still in their body. Here in the first two episodes, though, they have the Colonels team cleaning up a whole mess of people with a single weak-ass pistol. It just takes away from the whole conceit.
Crazily enough, I care so little about the action scenes in this show that I just want them all to be over. I want only the mystery and the buddy-cop solution story.
Oh and Anthony Mackey isn't as bad as I thought he would be, but he is just not a great actor. He has no range. Everyone else just acts circles around him.
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LiquidDeath
Magnus Deadlift the Fucktiger
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Are you sure? I've been looking online to see, but I clearly remember Takeshi arming himself with a laser specifically designed to melt everything in its way, especially stacks. It seems like a ludicrous step to take for someone who is so martially capable that he could one shot every single person in the stack if he so chose. I just remember stacks being very well protected in the books. Of course, it has been close to a decade since I read them so I could be horribly wrong.
Kovaks
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I'm sure he is right have reread many times and pretty recently.
Riker was taken down for supposedly shooting some dudes in the stack. They are not easy to break but a bullet will do the job, the laser is better, or you could just collect them and drop them in the ocean or put assholes into animals at fight rings till they go insane.
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Sterling
El Presidente
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Yeah, concept is really cool and very different. Just finished the season and it was very uneven but I like the concept so much that I'll be in for the run. Haven't read the books, might give that a go at some point.
Lanx
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Sterling
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There's a bunch of movie stars that don't have range and it's fine as long as they're in their lane. You know what you're getting when you go watch Vin Diesel or John Wayne. Not everyone is Daniel Day Lewis. Mackey wasn't a problem I don't think. The badly written dialogue and mediocre choreography was very noticeable throughout. I do really like Conner as Poe.
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