You may enjoy my Sense8 experience via Tweets (no spoilers).
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Polter-Cow - Jun 08, 2015 1:53:09 pm PDT #48 of 2199
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
beekaytee - Jun 08, 2015 4:00:04 pm PDT #49 of 2199
Compassionately intolerant
I DO enjoy!!
And agree about the one character's twistyness. I'll be happy to be proven wrong on that one.
As per your other white font, TOTALLY that! I'd begun to drum my fingers in frustration about the seeming set decoration nature of that character. Well, okay, no there was the moral and spiritual compass aspect but then...BOOMshakalaka.
I thought that was great.
As is my habit to find value for my work in nearly everything I see, I used Sense8 in a client session this evening as a metaphor for relying on our inner-selves for problem solving and comfort . It was most satisfying.
If I were to pick any nits, one would be that I wish the women had been a couple more dimension-al vs. "I sacrifice and fight", "I sacrifice and pine", "I sacrifice and run away", and "I sacrifice and am persecuted and then sacrifice some more ."
It sort of came out in the wash, but the theme was not lost on me. Though, I suppose that could be said for their counterparts as well.
Still, in the end, I learned to love all the characters.
Then again, I've always loved the ensemble more than the main character of pretty much ANY show I enjoy.
JenP - Jun 09, 2015 11:04:46 am PDT #50 of 2199
Sense8 - the ending to Smart Money Is on the Skinny Bitch was extremely satisfying .
Polter-Cow - Jun 09, 2015 12:50:24 pm PDT #51 of 2199
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yessssssss I loved that scene.
JenP - Jun 10, 2015 11:21:43 am PDT #52 of 2199
Today's Sense8 check-in: I am a sap, and the karaoke shared sing bit was adorable, and then at the very end with the cab ride, touching .
OMG, and now I'm watching the opener of the next ep, and the shared PMSing is hilarious .
I really love these people. I need to learn their names. The cop reminds me of Channing Tatum, I think. Does that sound reasonable? Anyway, I find this show so charming.
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2015 11:38:38 am PDT #53 of 2199
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jen, that's one of my favorite moments in the series. And yes to the next episode ahaahahaha.
CHARACTER PRIMER
Will - Chicago cop
Nomi - San Francisco hacker
Riley - Icelandic DJ in London
Lito - Spanish actor in Mexico City
Capheus - Kenyan bus driver
Sun - Korean businesswoman
Kala - Indian scientist
Wolfgang - German thief
Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2015 11:41:11 am PDT #54 of 2199
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
So Sense8 is a reboot of Leverage? Only with telepathy instead of magic earpieces?
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2015 11:55:55 am PDT #55 of 2199
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's sort of like Psychic Global Frequency.
JenP - Jun 10, 2015 12:41:58 pm PDT #56 of 2199
P-C, that's great description. Will, Riley, and Lito were the names I couldn't remember. Well, and I guess I think of Capheus as Van Damme.
I loved Sun and Capheus' meeting in the street(s) in this ep, too.
The friends, partners, and family characters are engaging, too.
It's kind of interesting to me that I'm this far in and I don't really know much how or why, but that's not interfering with my enjoyment .
SailAweigh - Jun 10, 2015 1:12:04 pm PDT #57 of 2199
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I can see I'm going to have to start marathoning on the weekends; that show sounds like fun.