During the wait between Season 1 and Season 2 of Altered Carbon, it was revealed that Richard K. Morgan (author of the Altered Carbon book series that the Netflix show is based off of) is transphobic. Basically he supported a tweet by J.K.Rowling that was transphobic. People, especially fans of the books, were surprised since a person's body not being the most important part is a huge part of both the books and show. So during this latest season I tried to look at the series through an anti-trans lens at times.
My conclusion is, basically, that while stacks are a huge part of the series both seasons have painted them out to be a bad thing. Quellcrist "Quell" Falconer originally created stacks so that humans could explore places they could never get to in only one lifetime. Eventually she regretted her creation and started a movement to get rid of stacks. So there is an anti-trans reading of the series if you want to go that route. The reading I prefer to go with, though, is that Altered Carbon focuses on the importance of death.
Having a new actor for Kovacs hit revrezner harder than it hit me. I know this because he constantly complained about preferring Joel Kinnaman. But both of us were pleased by Anthony Mackie's performance as the character. As I...um...enjoy the male form I enjoyed a few scenes much more than revs did.
It was good to see Will Yun Lee (Kovacs prior to the start of the series) in a much bigger role than before.
Season 1 of Altered Carbon was a murder mystery which meant a lot of twists and turns. Season 2 is a mystery with more focus on action. So it feels like a much lighter season than the previous one. This isn't a bad thing as it's extremely good they didn't just do Season 1 on a different planet.
I would recommend Season 2 of Altered Carbon to those that enjoyed Season 1 and science fiction fans.
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