
"The world of Altered Carbon is so much fun to fall into - especially when it starts toying around with ideas of what makes a human being - that it carried me past some of the show’s weaker moments." "The final three episodes of the season are pitch-perfect noir/sci-fi"- Todd VanDerWerff, Vox Todd VanDerWerff of Vox is more positive, declaring that Altered Carbon's initial 10-episode offering "is the best first season of a Netflix drama since The Crown debuted in 2016." He does, however, admit that the show suffers from a slow pace in its early episodes. "Altered Carbon tries to meld a dystopian class-warfare story and a hard-boiled detective story by simply piling on both the pseudo-philosophical blather and the film-noir clichés." Vox

"But if you’re concerned with maintaining your reputation as a leading purveyor of prestige TV, you might want to think harder about what you slap the 'Netflix Original' label on." "Dichen Lachman, as fellow rebel soldier, has a better feel for the material and shines in the frequent and graphically bloody action scenes." If it were on the Syfy channel, where it belongs, it would look above average." "Altered Carbon is a lesson in the importance of context. "Altered Carbon tries to meld a dystopian class-warfare story and a hard-boiled detective story by simply piling on the pseudo-philosophical blather." - Mike Hale, New York Times

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In his review for the New York Times, Mike Hale says Altered Carbon isn't the premium TV show Netflix would hope it to be.
