con:
full two minute long opening credit sequences like it's cool the first time maybe netflix but why does it have to be so long like do a full run the first time fine but after that just flash us the title u know your audience is binge watching this anyway u practically invented the binge watch so why does the content you created specifically for your platform contain such excessively long credits that the viewer is just gonna skip over anyway come on now
Okay honestly here’s how I feel about Riley. I’m all for her representation of mental illness and substance abuse, but so far the show hasn’t done her justice as to saying exactly how she helps THE CLUSTER. She sure as hell helps the audience, but I want to know what her skills do to help like… The cluster. Does she help the show itself? Yeah of course. Does she help the audience? Yes completely. Is her character representation important? Of fucking course, people deal with mental illness everyday and it’s important to have someone you can relate to. But I just wanna know what she brings to the CLUSTER. She’s a good character with so much potential honestly, but I think the show didn’t explain what she brings to the table to the cluster. So pretty much this all comes down to season 2 explaining this to me. SHE’S A FUCKING SURVIVOR TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT SENSE8 WRITERS!!!
I think the whole point is that not everyone has to bring something to the cluster. The sensates aren’t ‘the chosen ones’, they didn’t become sensate because they have special abilities that bring them together as a kick-ass crime fighting team who are going to save the world. They are just people. People who are interconnected due to a gene mutation.
In a way, Riley brings courage to the cluster. She brings love and heart to the cluster in a way that the others can’t. Her connections to the characters are always deep, and she was the person that brought all eight of the cluster together for them to see their births, which is the most draining visiting moment they’ve had on the show, because it’s between eight people all sharing one mind and they’re not only tapping in to Riley’s birth, but also her tragic moment up on the mountain. (I also feel like in seasons to come she will be sort of like Angelica, birthing a new cluster, but as I’m still not 100% on what that actually means I won’t elaborate)
But my point is, you’ve said ‘do something with that information’ and they have. You’ve literally said it yourself. She helps the show and the audience and gives representation, which is very important and a big part of her character.
You don’t need to have a clear skill set to be useful, and sometimes, just being the kind of person who can get up and have strength every day despite not wanting to is enough to make you a hero in your own right.
Eeep. THIS. *smacks kiss on your forehead* unless you’re not cool with that in which case *vigorously approving nod from respectful distance*
My favourite thing about the orgy scene is that while Will is understandably slightly confused by the whole situation, Wolfgang is just sitting there like, Yes, spontaneous mental orgies happen to me all the time. Must be Thursday.
In a report from Comic Book Resources,
Straczynski said that the show is up for renewal with Netflix, and he
should know in the next two weeks if the streaming video company will
order a second season.
Additionally, the co-creator has high hope for ‘Sense8’ season 2
because according to the representative of the internet streaming giant,
many viewers are watching the 1st season “straight through – three, four, six times.”
Meanwhile, Movie Pilot
also notes that although the Season 1 finale was a completely
satisfying resolution for each character, it still has managed to open
the door to even more extraordinary possibilities in Season 2. The site
also adds that ‘Sense8’ is a show that could change Hollywood because
like ‘X-Files’, the show is something that’s grown rapidly from a niche
audience to worldwide passionate support.
SO YOU ALL KEEP SAYING YOU WANT A SHOW WITH REPRESENTATION RIGHT? WELL YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU DID WITH STEVEN UNIVERSE AND DO IT WITH SENSE8. IT ISNT GOING TO BE RENEWED UNLESS IT GETS MORE POSITIVE REVIEWS AND PUBLICITY AND ITS IS CHOCK FUCKING FULL OF REPRESENTATION
YOU WANT GAY REPRESENTATION? YOU GET IT EXPLICITLY
NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE SHOW DEALS WITH COMPLICATED ISSUES LIKE GENDER INEQUALITY AND HOW FEMALES STRUGGLE TO GAIN THE SAME RESPECT AS MALES AND ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS STORYLINES REVOLVES AROUND THIS FEMINIST ISSUE
LONG STORY SHORT THIS IS LITERALLY THE SHOW ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SO PLEASE WATCH IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS MORE PUBLICITY IF ITS EVER GOING TO GET CONTIUED. WATCH SENSE8
Sense8 is basically what would happen if Tumblr created a TV show. Watch it. Love yourselves. Also love Sun the BAMF, Capheus the Cinnamon Roll, Nomi the Activist, Wolfgang the Protective Criminal, Kala the Smart Cookie, Riley the Music Loving Drifter, and my son Will the Puppy.
Normal show:
“Save the cheerleader… save the world”
Sense8:
“Save the genius transgender hacktivist girl who has the hottest girlfriend on the show… save the world.”
Normal Show:
Gay Boyfriend: “If you don’t get that skanky champagne soaked slut outta here I’m gonna throw a BITCH FIT! ”
Sense8:
Gay boyfriend: “…Eh, you know I never say no to bubbly.”
Normal Show:
Characters that suck.
Sense8:
SUN.
Normal Show:
*stereotypical portrayal of an Indian father who puts traditions or religion above the happiness of his children*
Sense8:
*An Indian father who cares about nothing but his daughter’s happiness*
*Another Indian father who finds no value in tradition or religion*
Normal show:
Gay guys.
Sense8:
GAY GUYS FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
“That locker room might’ve made my father the man he is… but it also made me the woman that I am. Their violence was petty and ignorant, but ultimately, it was true to who they were. The real violence. The violence that I realized was unforgivable. Is the violence that we do to ourselves, when we’re too afraid to be who we really are.”
