I've been watching Altered Carbon, and I find it fascinating. It raises many more complicated questions and has a feeling of utter reality and grittiness that Dollhouse doesn't have. It's also being made at the right time -- where the special affects are almost seamless and so everything they do feels possible. They've also chosen some interesting actors. Some Dollhouse and at least one Buffy alum also appear. (Dichen Latchman and Adam Busch come to mind).
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is extremely violent and sometimes quite bloody as well. Think of a combination of the Matrix and a one man Criminal Minds, set in a much more terrifying future, were you can interrogate people in VR, and do it in the most horrific ways possible. If you enjoyed Buffy and can tolerate a bit of uberrealistic violence, you will find it interesting. The characters are well drawn, and the story lines slowly weave themselves into your head and heart. Nothing boring about this series.
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The dollhouse concept is similar - uploading "people" into a host body.
Its set in the future, far more violent, more nudity and no PG 13 type feel to the storyline. The body switching is the part that reminded me of dollhouse most - like dollhouse technology after the apocolypse. The show follows one character who has lived in other bodies before. It is very sci fi and a bit probably went over my head, but its worth watching and features dollhouse cast.
I'm my opinion, it is very unlike Dollhouse. Dollhouse was temporarily buying a doll programmed to do what you needed it to do - the original person is buried under the programming.
AC is more about renting or buying a stiff or a purpose grown body that you 'needlecast' into. Mostly, the original occupant of the body is long dead. Rich people often have clones made of themselves or purchase desirable clones.
About the only thing it has in common with dollhouse is the ability to push mental content into a body. But in AC, it's a complete process -- an already developed consciousness and everything about a person is placed within an inert body that is a) better or b) uninjured or c) in the right location.
The fun thing about this series? I could tell you about it and you still would have to experience it to get it. It is extremely well created and complex. It avoids some of the ethical issues of dollhouse, while raising a completely different set. Btw, it also has some things in common with Firefly -- the occasional use of mashup use of languages as if everyone now has experience of other languages besides English. I've heard Spanish, Arabic, German and several others, not all of which I recognized.
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Have any fellow fans seen this yet? I have it on today, I am only on the second episode and it reeks of Dollhouse set in the future, with more potential to develop! There are even a few familiar faces. So far I have seen Dichen Lachman and Tahmoh Penikett, both who star in Dollhouse. Another Whedon link is Tamara Taylor from Serenity.
Is anyone else watching this? It's a bit heavy to binge, but definitely feels up my ally!
Please use spoiler tags until people get a chance to see it. It is available now on Netflix.
I'm watching. And I know what you mean about being too heavy to binge. The most I've managed to watch in one sitting is two. I'm the girl who had Buffy playing in the background all through nursing school... there were days when I didn't sleep much and on more than one occasion, I made it through nearly a whole season. I could NOT do that with this. And I'm not sure I could watch it in the background. it's much too disturbing for that.
I see elements of the most imaginative moments of: Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, Criminal Minds, Shoot em up, Jason Bourne, the Matrix and CSI... if you mixed them up thoroughly and sprinkled sparkly lights and acid (both the liquid kind, and the mind bendy kind) through it all. It is... unsettling.
I am, however, thoroughly addicted.
