Sense8

While it doesn't look like it'll rank among the top Netflix shows, it looks sort of fun in a "turn off your brain and enjoy" way.

I was sort of looking forward to this, hoping the involvement of J. Michael Straczynski, Tom Tykwer, and James McTeigue would balance out the terribleness of post-Matrix Wachowskis.

Watched the first episode, and that's a big fucking NOPE. It's actually more like something I would expect if "Lana" Wachowski made the show all by himself. Reviews say that the 3 episodes critics got to watch barely even got out of the pilot phase, and I don't think I can take two more hours of this shit before the show even starts to move along.

Orange is the New Black is back next week, huzzah!

Turrible.

Oh hey, its the dude from Stargate: Universe... I still wonder what their plans were for that show long term

Vorph_sl said:

Watched the first episode, and that's a big fucking NOPE. It's actually more like something I would expect if "Lana" Wachowski made the show all by himself. Reviews say that the 3 episodes critics got to watch barely even got out of the pilot phase, and I don't think I can take two more hours of this shit before the show even starts to move along.

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I'm four episodes in and I'mstillwaiting for something to happen. This show is seriously bogged down by the fact that they chose to focus on eight different people with no relation to each other. I get why they think it would be cool to make the "sensate" connection between people all over the world, but the way they've chosen to set up the show, you have eight disparate storylines simultaneously going, and I'm still trying to figure out why I should care about a single one. You get like five minutes an episode with each character.

If they were going to do this many characters they really should've set the show more up like Lost. Introduce everyone in the first episode then have each subsequent episode revolve around a particular character instead of jumping from an Indian bridal shower to a Icelander waxing nostalgic about home to a Korean business meeting. And the tone is just all over the place as well. You have the drama of a cop trying to save a shot kid that feels like something out of Southland and then a gay Mexican movie star's wacky antics in trying to shake off his female co-stars advances that feels so sitcom-ish and literally has cartoonish music to complete the scene.

And really the sensate stuff - the thing that's supposed to carry this show - has mostly just been shown repeatedly without really going anywhere. They established the rules in the first episode and just keep showing the characters having the same experiences over and over. I get it. They can see each other and swap places. Rather than showing each character experiencing stuff like that, how about actually using that stuff to tell a story? So far, I'm a third of the way through the season and I feel like I'm still on the pilot.

I watched this shit because it was a cool idea and I wanted it to be good... but ugh. Too much bullshit and not enough story. I might have missed it because I was only half paying attention most of the time, but after the entire first season I knew basically nothing about the main bad guy/organization that was hunting them or what their motivation was. This show is like Lost if lost was 99% flashbacks and 1% island.

I am on episode 4 or 5 and its.....weird and I feel its potential is being wasted bs buried under a hard to discern plot.

I actually kind of like this show, more than many other sci-fi type series I've found on Netflix. It's definitely more drama than action/sci-fi, but it's got points for being a somewhat new and interesting concept at least. Plus that chick from Iceland is phenomenal!

Yeah its not bad, but it could be better - I am on episode 7 atm. Its not LOST but its way better than The Leftovers.

Just finished episode 10, the show is a slow starter for sure but boy does it pick up.

I just finished the season, it was ok - it has alot of potential and room for improvement. I do like how it stays rather grounded and no one is flying around or moving objects etc. So long as there is no time travel i will end up liking it more than Heroes.

7.5/10

Just imagine if each of them decided to specialize in a different form of self defense, it would make for some crazy scenes.

slippery_sl said:

Also, the Dani check (the one with the 2 gay guys) is gorgeous.

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Her reaction to the big reveal was hilarious. That was so not where the dude was expecting that to go.

I was kind of vexed at the end though. It's the only way, my ass. The chopper holds like two people, they already flat out murdered like thirty people in the last hour. Put a bullet in the dudes face, seriously.