Altered Carbon does look good! I'll have to watch that tonight...
And agreed with everything you said... I have suspected for a long time that we will get a 2nd hollywood that goes back to the old school 80s type filming with minimal CGI only when needed. You know, when they use to not show the explosion and only showed the reaction faces leaving the rest to imagination, etc.... It can be good! I still like CGI, but it is definitely OVER USED!!! It ruins something by using it all the time. I still love 80s movies and shit way more than the new stuff, sometimes anyways :) haha
My new prediction is that this 2nd Hollywood I talk about will happen, but it will happen in VR! :P How Ironic would that be! What if AI becomes sentient and starts a virtual Hollywood that makes old school movies without CGI :P haha Wouldn't that be a trip... ;)