![]() Lastly, let’s talk about the universe, action and other parts that make Altered Carbon feel like a real world. I understand that the show could really only continue with Takeshi, but why kill him if you’re going to bring him right back? Overall the ending just wound up being terribly unsatisfying and then forcibly making room for a third season made deaths or “real deaths” of anyone seem insignificant. It takes away from Takeshi’s sacrifice just a couple of minutes earlier with his inevitable return. But his storing of the raw, human DHF, when did he do this? Where did he store all this information if he was just rebooted with Dig 301’s (Annabel) program? Why couldn’t he store his own memories/consciousness in the same way? The DHF is almost guaranteed to Kovacs (who else could it be?) which seemed terribly obvious and kind of cheap. ![]() Poe’s resurrection (reconstruction) made sense and his loss of memory totally appropriate. Her connection to Poe is one of the better parts of the season, very entertaining to see the two A.I.s have so much humanity. and have a unique dynamic and opinion of humans made for a great character. This brings us to Dig 301, which was a great addition to the cast and would be welcome in future seasons, her ability to be a more passionate A.I. I understand that years have past and people change, including A.I., but it was odd for Poe to continually put off being fully helpful until the very last moment. He was always very logical with some growing emotions, but he never put his feelings or the feelings of others before doing what’s right. However, this season’s journey for him to try and retain his memories while endangering Takeshi just didn’t add up. We love seeing him in just about every scene, he has so much personality and is a great counterpart to Takeshi. Poe is somewhat of a double-edged sword in season 2. Season 2 does suffer from some cheesy content, some poor or obviously bad choices in the name of love, but it does succeed for the most part in making the audience see the passion and love between characters as natural and tangible. But when it is done right and characters are truly driven by their undeniable feelings, we can get a great result of unique storytelling. I am not a huge fan of romantic media, most of it is pretty cheesy or absurd. This may be a reason why people aren’t enjoying it so much, the political conversations, meth dealings and family drama from last season take a back seat to focus on Takeshi and Quellcrist. His love and obsession drive him every step of the way this season. It is a love story, it is a romantic saga and journey for Takeshi at its core. With all these things to consider, Anthony Mackie performed very well and still made us feel like we were watching Takeshi Kovacs even if he acted somewhat out of character. But on the other hand, the writers may have thought that the passing 30 years of hopeless searching, constant resleeving and growing obsession of Falconer would end up taking a toll on Takeshi, making him a more reckless and passionate version of himself. ![]() On one hand, Mackie is his own person and brings his own strengths of a more comical and sassy Takeshi. But it is hard to say if this is Mackie or if this is the direction of the show and writing. We see him get more visibly angry, happy and lonely than anything we saw last season. However, Anthony can’t help but be a little bit more expressive than the other Takeshis. He can brood well, he can act fairly mysterious and be the thoughtful and stoic Takeshi we know. Let’s first address Anthony Mackie, he did a fine job as Takeshi Kovacs, period. ![]()
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