The ones on the Head in the Clouds ship don’t get resleeved (that’s part of the appeal *shudder*), however, it’s said the ones who get killed below do get resleeved.
The ones on the Head in the Clouds ship don’t get resleeved (that’s part of the appeal *shudder*), however, it’s said the ones who get killed below do get resleeved.
Well, there is still a preponderance of female nudity, but Joel Kinnaman spends a fair amount of time buck-ass naked, for which I may say, thank you Netflix.
I really disliked how male violence against women wasn’t just completely unexplored but presented as natural, normal, a kind of ‘just how things are’. It made me feel as if the creator was saying ‘Of course in the year XXXX women are still horribly brutalized and now it’s so normalized that sex workers are willing to…
I’d much rather see some pretty actress with a natural body unclothed.
So Blade Runner 2049 gets a pass on its bad dialogue, lame pseudo-philosophical text (and sub text), undeveloped anti-capitalist message, excessive brooding, and nudity but this show gets called out for them. I haven’t seen AC so I can’t defend it but it does seem a little unfair.
I’m not surprised they smoke. I would expect them to smoke more. Got a new tumor? Why go through surgery, chemotherapy and radiation? Get a new sleeve! Got emphysema? Why take medication or carry an oxygen tank around? Just get a new sleeve! Heck, if they are cheap enough and painless enough and you want to engage in…
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