In the novels, Kovacs never met Quellcrist Falconer. Kovacs is cynical, he’s not a revolutionary. He saw his fellow soldiers die horrifically and he blamed leadership, but not necessarily the power structure. He leaves the service after witnessing a genocide he blames on the U.N. Protectorate-the Earth based government that keeps order in the galaxy. In the novels, Kovacs is still an Envoy, but Envoy's are the Special Operations Forces of the U.N. In the show, Kovacs is the “last Envoy,” the lone remaining member of a revolutionary group that wants to overthrow the ruling elites and eliminate the technology that keeps everyone alive forever. This started in the first season with Takesh Kovacs, the main character. The novel Jaws is based on has an entire subplot about the local Mafia that landed on the cutting room floor for the film.īut Netflix’s Altered Carbon feels like it butchered its source material. Sometimes adaptations make large changes from the source material for the better. I think the Lord of the Rings films are better than the novels. Game of Thrones did a mostly great job of adapting George RR Martin’s books. Television is a different medium than books and things are going to change, I understand that.
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