Comic books authors and their readers love to ask questions like "What would happen if Batman and Superman got together and fought the same enemy (or each other)" Sense8 is a new series that just came out on Netflix. It is asking the ultimate geek question: what would happen if you bring The Wachowski (Matrix & Cloud Atlas) together with Straczynski (who created Babylon 5) and let them make a TV series? The answer is that you get something amazingly beautiful, very detailed, often uncomfortable, with the arc that would span at least 5 seasons, and something that a half of the internet reviewers cannot make sense of.
There are no spaceships, aliens, or virtual world gun fights. It's not easy to watch. The pace is very slow for the first few episodes I've seen. It's almost like it advances with one episode per day in the life of the characters. But I think the authors goal is to get the viewer feel like a character in the story. How weird would you feel, if you suddenly started experiencing a horrible migraine and life-like visions? How confused and disoriented?
If Babylon 5 is an example, then prepare yourself for the first season to be the extended pilot: setting the stage, introducing the characters and establishing relationships among them.
I'll be watching.
There are no spaceships, aliens, or virtual world gun fights. It's not easy to watch. The pace is very slow for the first few episodes I've seen. It's almost like it advances with one episode per day in the life of the characters. But I think the authors goal is to get the viewer feel like a character in the story. How weird would you feel, if you suddenly started experiencing a horrible migraine and life-like visions? How confused and disoriented?
If Babylon 5 is an example, then prepare yourself for the first season to be the extended pilot: setting the stage, introducing the characters and establishing relationships among them.
I'll be watching.