Lorena Blas | USA TODAY

Sci-fi television reaches a new level on Feb. 2 when Altered Carbon arrives on Netflix.

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The series, an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan's 2002 novel, is set more than 300 years in the future. Technology looks nothing like today's: Human consciousness is digitized in something akin to a memory stick, allowing personalities to occupy different bodies and change society's understanding of death.

"Altered Carbon is about a type of technology that allows you to extend life indefinitely," says executive producer Laeta Kalogridis in an exclusive video feature. The series, of course, is more than just about sci-fi high-tech: There's murder, love, sex and betrayal.

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Joel Kinnaman (Robocop) plays Takeshi Kovacs, the only surviving soldier in a group of elite interstellar warriors who were defeated in a rebellion. Will Yun Lee plays the original "version" of Kovacs known as "Birth Kovacs." His mind was imprisoned — on ice — for centuries until Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy), an extremely wealthy, long-lived man, offers Kovacs the chance to be survive if he solves Bancroft's murder.