A brief introduction to the background
The series is based on Richard Morgan's 2002 "cyberpunk" science fiction novel, with Laeta Kalogridis serving as executive producer and writing the script, and Miguel Sapochnik directing the first episode. The show describes a story full of murder, love, sexuality and betrayal. The plot is set in the 25th century. The human brain has been digitized, the "soul" (note: consciousness) can be transferred from one body to another, and death is no more eternal. The protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs, was a famous Space Marine who has been imprisoned for 300 years. His consciousness was "downloaded" (note: stored) into a future world - a future world he was meant to prevent. If he can solve a murder in a world where technology makes death practically non-existent, he has a chance to be reborn on Earth.
Netflix further explained the plot: Centuries before the beginning of the story of this series, humans have a powerful "stacks" (stacks) technology. This handheld high-tech device can store a person's entire consciousness, memories, and emotions on a small disc, and transmit it in its entirety into an entirely new body—often called a "sleeve" (or "sleeve"). quite figurative). To be precise, the process of transmission is to implant the disc into the spine of the "sleeve". Once the "case" is sick and injured, even if the owner thinks it is outdated, the disc will be removed and implanted in another "case". As long as he or she can afford it, this technique can make him or her immortal—and youthful and beautiful. The protagonist of mixed Japanese and American blood, Takeshi Kovacs, was once a taciturn revolutionary dedicated to destroying "stacking" technology and ending the era of artificial immortality. But he and his organization were defeated, all the rebel fighters were slaughtered, only he was captured by the ruler, and his consciousness was taken out of the freezer. Hundreds of years later, his consciousness is uploaded into a new body (note: this time played by Joel Kinnaman), and a rich man wants him to solve a murder case. The victim...is the rich man himself. To be precise, it is one of his many "covers".
A typical cyberpunk story: a highly centralized government, the proliferation of material civilization, the corruption of a mixed society, a serious gap between the rich and the poor, and the collapse of the human order or on the verge of collapse. The focus of the story is often on the description of the awakened people represented by the protagonist trying to save the human social order and human emotions-a series of religious, humanistic and ethical issues that exist in society after the highly developed information technology and the [immortality] of human beings.
In general, all the elements that should be in the play are well done. In recent years, the visual effects of sci-fi TV series have been the best? There is no problem with the male protagonist's acting as the governor of House of Cards. I didn't see it before, and he can still act in action scenes. Coupled with that figure, the girls will probably cover their faces when they see it. The heroine + several supporting roles are a bit exaggerated. It is estimated that Netflix estimates that most of the money is invested in visual effects such as scene layout, costume design props, etc., which makes it impossible to hire better actors (laughs). In terms of the plot, it goes up and down. The first few episodes are fine, but the old girl starts to loosen up a bit after she comes out. Basically, there are no surprises or special highlights. This may explain why many netizens gave up after watching a few episodes.
Of course, if you are a diehard punk sci-fi fan or like action scenes + yellow scenes, you can completely ignore these problems and watch the last episode with peace of mind.
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