soumikchakrabarty
I binged on two seasons and I must admit this was designed really well to be gripping. Would be difficult for someone to not come back to watching this. I was really happy that this was a well thought story, UNTIL THE LAST EPISODE! Just didn't make sense when everyone decides to go on a holiday in Napoli while on a mission. It was just stupid at a whole new level. Makes me think if it was indeed a good series all this while.
PS: I am very picky about quality of a series.
kitellis-98121
This show is transcendent - and I've never used that word to describe ANYTHING before.Although not entirely flawless, it is the closest thing to perfection I've ever seen. The biggest flaw of this show is not the show itself but the audience, who didn't stick with it long enough to get hooked.The second biggest flaw is Netflix, who did a remarkably brave and visionary thing in commissioning this show, then behaved like corporate cowards and cancelled it while continuing to fund lesser but more "popular" shows.Sense8 is utterly unique, in every sense. There has never been a show like it, in terms of what it attempts to do or how it attempts to do it. And remarkably it succeeds in every goal (except to keep being made, sadly). People don't seem to understand what an extraordinary achievement it is.Setting aside the actual narrative content of the show - which is mind-blowing, but has been discussed elsewhere, this show also proves that it is NOT impossible to make movie-quality television, with a large regular cast, and shoot with ALL of them in 16 cities, 11 countries around the world - on a cheaper budget per episode than "Friends".Other shows more expensive than Sense8 are "ER" - which ran for 15 seasons, and Netflix's own "The Crown" which is marvellous, but not ground-breaking like Sense8.But apparently viewing figures are the be-all, end-all to Netflix. And that's a shame and a disgrace, because with Sense8 they could have been the network that changed the entire landscape of television production, and raised the intelligence and expectations of global audiences in the minds of TV executives, ushering in a new era of transcendent television production. Instead they just confirmed that it CAN be done, but it's not worth it 'cos audiences are too lazy and impatient to bother.My mind was blown by this show, and I never saw it coming. I wish more minds could be blown. The world needs it.
andreasms
Couldn't bare to finish the first season; watched up to the 8th episode. I was hoping to see some development in the story but I gave up. Firstly, the show does a brilliant job in making you cringe while all the characters speak English even though they are in Korea, Mexico, Africa. Furthermore it is trying too hard to show how the LGBT community is being somewhat suppressed. I think viewers were tricked into believing that we would be seeing some Sci-fi show whereas it ended being an agenda pushed down our throats. I fully support activism for the right reasons but sense8 fails on both providing viewers with a compelling story and being a medium for showing controversial matters.This is the 21st century where Netflix is gaining ground on becoming a worldwide streaming pioneer. More and more shows are created to cater a growing international audience. So why watch this absurd Americanised way of portraying things? Better look elsewhere. I'm sure if it wasn't for the producers and their 'brand' this show would be considered a total flop, which frankly it is. Glad to know it is cancelled.
