Saturday, August 8, 2015
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bearshortyI finished watching Sense8 last night.
It's a little coincidental and sort of appropriate that I'm reviewing this show on August 8. :)
I've been reading reviews on EW website after watching each episode and, while the reviewer had interesting ideas about themes in the show like tribute to genre shows and the power human connection, they prefered the faster paced episodes, finale in particular, to the slower ones like episode 8 and 9. But for me the episodes 8 and 9 were more interesting because what I like about this show are the characters and interaction between them. Some of my favorite scenes were Nomi and Lito in the art museum and Kala and Wolfgang discussing faith and science. Riley and Sun watching a sunrise. Capheus and Kala watching TV. Slow, quiet character exploration was just amazing.
My favorite scene is the scene where all eight remember their own birth, while listening to music played by Riley's father. I had tears rolling down my face. Granted, my hormones are still set to overemotion because I'm still nursing, but I rarely cry at TV or books and that scene was amazing.
I like the concept of the connection between these people and I love how they all just accept it and see it as a wonder. There is no resistance. I'm not a big fan of all the violence. Even Kala's story, the least violent in its inception, ends up with a brutal attack on her fiancé's father. I guess I don't like being that cynical about the world even if most violence, through help of others in the cluster, ends up triumphant.
The characters and situations are a little cliche for the culture and the type of stories told for the culture but they all end up three dimensional and surpass their genre ( which is what the EW reviewer meant about celebration of genre show).
I can't pick a favorite character because I love them all, from Capheus and his optimism and Lito with his emotion (loved him experiencing a period), Kala (and using science to build a bomb), Nomi and her awesome love, Sun with her honor, Wolfgang (despite his brutality), Will and Riley. All feel like real, full, interesting people. I'm less interested in the chase and revenge and fighting. I would watch a whole episode of just characters visiting each other's world.
I really hope there is a second season.
After I finished watching Sense8, I also finished watching the last episode of "The Daily Show" on Hulu. I know the show will continue without Jon Stewart but it will not be the same. I watched the show for a long time, over 15 years. After 9/11, it was the voice of sanity. It made the long and ridiculous election season worth it every time. I was looking at my tags yesterday, on Dreamwidth (under 'tv (daily show)' ), and around five years ago I watched it every night and posted my reactions and links to my favorite parts. I only watched it occasionally lately but it was comfortable to know it was there. In May 2010, I went to see the show live. (I tried in Jan 2010 first but the line cut off just in front of us, it was a bummer). It was fun being part of the studio audience and see just how many in jokes with the audience make it on the air. I will miss this show and it's capacity in calling out hypocrits and the news media. Loved the 'bullshit' monologue that Jon Stewart ended with. And it was fantastic to see all the correspondents and get a behind scenes look at the offices and all the people who put the show together.
It's a little coincidental and sort of appropriate that I'm reviewing this show on August 8. :)
I've been reading reviews on EW website after watching each episode and, while the reviewer had interesting ideas about themes in the show like tribute to genre shows and the power human connection, they prefered the faster paced episodes, finale in particular, to the slower ones like episode 8 and 9. But for me the episodes 8 and 9 were more interesting because what I like about this show are the characters and interaction between them. Some of my favorite scenes were Nomi and Lito in the art museum and Kala and Wolfgang discussing faith and science. Riley and Sun watching a sunrise. Capheus and Kala watching TV. Slow, quiet character exploration was just amazing.
My favorite scene is the scene where all eight remember their own birth, while listening to music played by Riley's father. I had tears rolling down my face. Granted, my hormones are still set to overemotion because I'm still nursing, but I rarely cry at TV or books and that scene was amazing.
I like the concept of the connection between these people and I love how they all just accept it and see it as a wonder. There is no resistance. I'm not a big fan of all the violence. Even Kala's story, the least violent in its inception, ends up with a brutal attack on her fiancé's father. I guess I don't like being that cynical about the world even if most violence, through help of others in the cluster, ends up triumphant.
The characters and situations are a little cliche for the culture and the type of stories told for the culture but they all end up three dimensional and surpass their genre ( which is what the EW reviewer meant about celebration of genre show).
I can't pick a favorite character because I love them all, from Capheus and his optimism and Lito with his emotion (loved him experiencing a period), Kala (and using science to build a bomb), Nomi and her awesome love, Sun with her honor, Wolfgang (despite his brutality), Will and Riley. All feel like real, full, interesting people. I'm less interested in the chase and revenge and fighting. I would watch a whole episode of just characters visiting each other's world.
I really hope there is a second season.
After I finished watching Sense8, I also finished watching the last episode of "The Daily Show" on Hulu. I know the show will continue without Jon Stewart but it will not be the same. I watched the show for a long time, over 15 years. After 9/11, it was the voice of sanity. It made the long and ridiculous election season worth it every time. I was looking at my tags yesterday, on Dreamwidth (under 'tv (daily show)' ), and around five years ago I watched it every night and posted my reactions and links to my favorite parts. I only watched it occasionally lately but it was comfortable to know it was there. In May 2010, I went to see the show live. (I tried in Jan 2010 first but the line cut off just in front of us, it was a bummer). It was fun being part of the studio audience and see just how many in jokes with the audience make it on the air. I will miss this show and it's capacity in calling out hypocrits and the news media. Loved the 'bullshit' monologue that Jon Stewart ended with. And it was fantastic to see all the correspondents and get a behind scenes look at the offices and all the people who put the show together.