Sense8 (Wachowski Bros. new Netflix series)

[Hoof the ball]

Obligatory trailer below. Looks interesting.

http://nerdist.com/netflixs-sense8-already-looks-like-crazy-wachowski-ness-at-its-finest/

We’re going to go ahead and make a grandiose and perhaps a bit outlandish statement: it feels like the Wachowskis have come home with their new Netflix series, Sense8. Long known for their cinematic epics like The Matrix Trilogy, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas, and Jupiter Ascending, there’s something that just feels so right about their move to television. And if the trailer is any indication, Sense8 is going to be senseGREAT (sorry, we can’t help ourselves).

Perhaps it’s their elaborate storytelling and fascinating characters, but it feels as though their brand was made to play out on the small screen. Who wants two and a half hours of condensed Wachowski when you can have 12 hour-long episodes to let a story really breathe, you know? Massive stories need massive amounts of time to truly be pulled off, after all.

And Sense8 sounds like nothing if not a gargantuan visual feat, following eight characters around the world who — in the aftermath of a tragic death — find themselves linked to each other both mentally and emotionally for mysterious reasons they cannot explain. It’s a trippy premise made all the trippier by the fact that they can not only see, but talk to each other, too. As if they were in the same place at the same time, able to access each other’s thoughts, feelings, skills, experiences, and deepest secrets.

The logline for the series goes on to say, “Not only must they figure out what happened and why and what it means for the future of humanity, they must do so while being hunted by an organization out to capture, kill or vivisect them.” CHILLING STUFF, right?

The show stars Brian J. Smith, Aml Ameen, Tuppence Middleton, Doona Bae, Tena Desae, Max Riemelt, Miguel Silvestri, Jamie Clayton, Naveen Andrews, Freema Agyeman, Daryl Hannah, Alfonso Herrera, Erendira Ibarra, and Terrence Mann.

Are you looking forward to Sense8 when it premieres on June 12th on Netflix? Let us hear it in the comments.

 

[PvsNP]

Well, this looks unique. I'll give it a go.

 

[Snow]

You just know, no matter how good this will be, that it will have plotholes that will annoy the shit out of you. Will of course check it out.

 

[Eboue]

But I want it nowwwwww

 

[Welsh Wonder]

That SenseGREAT pun is shit. It should have been Sense8tional.

 

[Pexbo]

I think you mean "The Wachowski's"

 

[Ish]

Looks

 

[Rado_N]

They're not brothers any more.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

JMS? Well, that pumped a bit more interest in this for me.

 

[The Taurean]

Anyone watched this yet?

 

[Big-Red]

Nearly done the first ep now, 20 mins left

 

[The Taurean]

well, let me know if its any good.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Oh there's a thread for it. Good good.

Matrix or Matrix Revolutions?

 

[Big-Red]

Episode 1 was a bit slow, ending makes me want to watch more. Can't decide if its good.

 

[Eboue]

The first 30 minutes have been sense8tionally shit.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

The first 30 minutes have been sense8tionally shit.

Such pun.

 

[Eboue]

Such pun.

Seriously, it's so bad.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Seriously, it's so bad.

I'm willing to believe that.

 

[Big-Red]

Episode 2 was better, actually starting to build up what the show is about and less about the individual character build.

 

[The Taurean]

Keep us updated. You are the test case

 

[Big-Red]

My mate loved the first ep, but I thought it was dull a feck up until the end. So it'll still be different strokes for different folks.

 

[The Taurean]

I found it dull when I started out. So thought I will just wait till someone has seen a few episodes.

 

[Big-Red]

4 episodes in, getting better.

The pace of the episodes is getting quicker, it parallels how connected they are. In the beginning there's a lot of time spent with individuals, then the more they get connected the more jumpy it becomes. Seems that way at least.

 

[Eboue]

The exposition was so cringey


"But father, you sent me to school to become a doctor not to find a husband"

Or when she explains her whole backstory by literally saying it to a statue of some religious deity

 

[marukomu]

Looks okay. I'll give it a blast.

 

[marukomu]

I prefer 720p mp4 files so I can put it on a flash drive and watch on my TV. It seems only the first 5 are available yet.
Have all 12 eps screened?

 

[Big-Red]

I prefer 720p mp4 files so I can put it on a flash drive and watch on my TV. It seems only the first 5 are available yet.
Have all 12 eps screened?

Yep, HD downloads are coming slower from my own experience.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

I prefer 720p mp4 files so I can put it on a flash drive and watch on my TV. It seems only the first 5 are available yet.
Have all 12 eps screened?

I have all 12 in my download list.

 

[marukomu]

I have all 12 in my download list.

mp4? I have seen all 12 of the xvid ones available.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

mp4? I have seen all 12 of the xvid ones available.

Its the XVID I have. Not seen any mp4 ones yet.

 

[marukomu]

Its the XVID I have. Not seen any mp4 ones yet.

Just realised that mine are mkv. The mp4 files are by 2hd. Only 5 of each released so far.
I think I'll convert the 720p mkv files I have already. They will still be better than the standard mp4 files released.

 

[Gina11]

I've just watched the first four episodes and I'm hooked.

I couldn't possibly say it was good, but it's brilliantly mad and visually lovely. It's like they had a bunch of stories and couldn't decide which one to tell, so they bundled them all up together. I'm just a little afraid that at the end of the last episode we'll discover they're all living in the Matrix.

 

[Big-Red]

All 12 episodes binged now.

I don't know if its good or bad tbh. Found some characters more interesting than others, and its only really in the last episode it becomes what I thought the show would actually be. It sort of plays out like 8 origin stories with one big finale.

 

[Sylar]

Do you guys regret watching it or was it worth it? or just a decent time pass? The concept defo intrigues me but ive seen some mixed non spoiler reviews. Does it compare to anything else?

 

[Big-Red]

Do you guys regret watching it or was it worth it? or just a decent time pass? The concept defo intrigues me but ive seen some mixed non spoiler reviews. Does it compare to anything else?

Don't regret watching it, yet, if there isn't a season 2 I might. Probably doesn't suit a binge watching. Not sure if it compares to anything really. The concept only really stitches together towards the end.

 

[Sylar]

AHh ok, so it probably requires a season 2 to continue im assuming? @Big-Red

 

[Big-Red]

AHh ok, so it probably requires a season 2 to continue im assuming? @Big-Red

It doesn't require one, it ended nicely enough. I just crave more of what I saw towards the end of the season. So if that never happens I'll feel underwhelmed.

 

[The Taurean]

All 12 episodes binged now.

I don't know if its good or bad tbh. Found some characters more interesting than others, and its only really in the last episode it becomes what I thought the show would actually be. It sort of plays out like 8 origin stories with one big finale.

Agree with this.

 

[Ødegaard]

Started today, 2-3 eps left.
I must say the show is worth a watch, it's good, although not in a mind-blowing way.

 

[Gina11]

Just finished watching this. And despite the imperfections and slightly anti-climactic ending, I loved it and want another season.