“Live forever in the body you deserve.”
I think it’s safe to say that, in 2017, Netflix was the undisputed master of original programming.
Stranger Things rules the world, fight me.
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And, with the trailer for their newest original series Altered Carbon, it’s clear that they plan to continue this trend into 2018.
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Based on Richard Morgan’s 2002 cyberpunk novel, this 10-episode adaptation exists over 300 years in the future.
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Individual consciousness can be downloaded from one body and moved into another, like a computer file, making death a “mere inconvenience.”
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But, of course, this privilege is only given to the wealthiest clientele, who can afford to be “re-sleeved” (the term for transferring into different bodies that are literally bagged up and stored for this purpose) on a constant basis.
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The trailer promises plenty of intense action, gorgeous imagery, and other staples of sci fi goodness.
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So basically, be sure to set some time aside the weekend of Feb. 2, 2018 to binge-watch this one on Netflix!
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