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Altered Carbon - Netflix

Eldritch said:
Mute just came out on Netflix too. Much more, "15 Minutes into the future," than AC, but still some decent Cyberpunk.
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don't you mean 20? :nerd

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i'm on episode 6; will continue to watch for sure... great series - one of the best i've seen on Netflix. tho I too am a sucker for this type of sci-fi content, especially when it comes to human mods/upgrades, and societies of the future and the separation between the rich elite and everyone else

with that said, some of the acting is indeed subpar. tolerable tho

and yeah, the language/dialog and pace is VERY fast and advanced. difficult to watch stoned (wouldnt recommend trying), and in no way, no how, could a non-native English speaker have any prayer nor hope in following it.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
Why do they always change city names in the future
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Because historically, cities often do change names. Constantinople/Istanbul, Nieuw Amsterdam/New York, Lutetia/Paris, Eboracum/York, New Albion/Sydney
 
So in reality, re-sleeving, without physically moving the stack (which would actually make you some kind of AI), you are dying and being rebooted every time, just like a Star Trek transporter system that literally destroys you and makes a copy on the other side that has your memories, if you're just being decanted from a backup copy, you are not you. You are exactly as you were, but you died.

I don't think I'd be down for that. Unless once again they're recovering the stack and re-installing it. Make sense?
 
HappyHighwayman said:
So in reality, re-sleeving, without physically moving the stack (which would actually make you some kind of AI), you are dying and being rebooted every time, just like a Star Trek transporter system that literally destroys you and makes a copy on the other side that has your memories, if you're just being decanted from a backup copy, you are not you. You are exactly as you were, but you died.

I don't think I'd be down for that. Unless once again they're recovering the stack and re-installing it. Make sense?
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If you're interested in diving deeply into this topic, and play video games, check out the indie scifi horror game "Soma". Great narrative, and its from a few years ago, so it should be real cheap now.

I won't spoil much of its narrative, but I'll leave it at this: it gets really dark, fast.
 
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Awesome thanks.

I realize a lot of people might not care because you effectively "go to sleep" and then never wake up but as long as a version of you wakes up perhaps you're ok. I'm not really looking to debate it, I'm just thinking it's similar to the whole teleportation thing. No wonder Bones hated using it.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
Awesome thanks.

I realize a lot of people might not care because you effectively "go to sleep" and then never wake up but as long as a version of you wakes up perhaps you're ok. I'm not really looking to debate it, I'm just thinking it's similar to the whole teleportation thing. No wonder Bones hated using it.
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In Soma's narrative, people have opted to back up their consciousness to a central server in a simulated paradise, but here's the rub: your body also retains consciousness. As to which one the individual ends up "driving" after the transfer, ends up as a bit of a coin toss.

So it's perfectly plausible to encounter a dupe of yourself, who isn't you.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
So in reality, re-sleeving, without physically moving the stack (which would actually make you some kind of AI), you are dying and being rebooted every time, just like a Star Trek transporter system that literally destroys you and makes a copy on the other side that has your memories, if you're just being decanted from a backup copy, you are not you. You are exactly as you were, but you died.

I don't think I'd be down for that. Unless once again they're recovering the stack and re-installing it. Make sense?
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Catholic code.
 
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