Sense8 - do you / have you watched it? Has it affected you?

Julia1996 · June 16, 2017, 09:03:00 AM

When she kept calling her "him" and using her boy name it kept making me cringe.

Julia1996 · June 16, 2017, 09:04:50 AM

My brother watches it with me and even he called her mother a "nasty old ....I can't use the word here"

grrl1nside · June 16, 2017, 09:58:10 AM

I have not finished the series yet. My partner and I would watch a stand-alone Nomi series where she navigates the LGBT world and hacks for equity...

LindseyP · June 16, 2017, 12:36:23 PM

Quote from: Julia1996 on June 15, 2017, 03:06:04 PM
I did start watching more of it. Its gotten better and I like it now. Is the girl that plays Nomi really trans? I thought she was but my brother says no she's a cis girl. I know Sofia on OITNB is trans in real life.

Yes, Jamie Clayton is really trans. And 100% awesome! I am so glad you decided to go deeper into the show.

"I think what people need to realize is that, with trans people, we're like everybody else. No group of people are all the same. All women are not the same, all men are not the same, all children are not the same. It's the same thing with trans people - we're all so different, we have different goals, different dreams, and different aspirations." Jamie Clayton

staciM · June 16, 2017, 04:06:22 PM

Lots of push to get this picked-up by another company.

#WeAreTheGlobalCluster is trending

LindseyP · June 16, 2017, 04:13:06 PM

Quote from: staciM on June 16, 2017, 04:06:22 PM
Lots of push to get this picked-up by another company.

#WeAreTheGlobalCluster is trending

That's awesome! I hope it happens. The hard part will be how the viewing rights are handled. It'll be tough to have the property split between two streamers. That'll devalue it a bit. Whatever they do, I hope it happens soon. The longer it goes, the more likely one of the principle performers will sign on with another project.

kelly_aus · June 16, 2017, 06:28:03 PM

While I'd like to see another series, I just don'y think it's going to happen. The production costs must be ridiculous, which is essentially the reason given for it's cancellation. I also wonder just where they can take the story?

brandyvgs · June 16, 2017, 06:40:02 PM

Watched it, Loved it, too bad it didn't get the ratings it was looking for in the huge budget they had into producing it.
I think it is just a head of it's current time like how Firefly was back in the day.

Hopefully someone will pick up the pace or get it enough to get them to at least produce a closing film.

staciM · June 16, 2017, 06:43:54 PM

Quote from: kelly_aus on June 16, 2017, 06:28:03 PM
While I'd like to see another series, I just don'y think it's going to happen. The production costs must be ridiculous, which is essentially the reason given for it's cancellation. I also wonder just where they can take the story?

9million/episode

ainsley · June 17, 2017, 05:36:18 PM

Quote from: staciM on June 16, 2017, 06:43:54 PM
9million/episode

Chicken feed! Take it out of petty cash. I mean, that is close to what I spend each trip to Sephora....

staciM · June 17, 2017, 05:44:20 PM

Quote from: ainsley on June 17, 2017, 05:36:18 PM
I mean, that is close to what I spend each trip to Sephora....

Haha, MAC here but it seems that way

I believe it was second or third highest cost among all Netflix original content.

LindseyP · June 17, 2017, 09:49:07 PM

The travel costs were a huge piece of the budget. I bet if they filmed 2 seasons at the same time, they could drive that cost down significantly.

staciM · June 19, 2017, 02:20:04 PM

This is trending today...

#AmanitaAppreciationDay

Her defense of Nomi so reminds me of my wife

Balerie · July 07, 2017, 08:26:56 AM

Don't know if you are all aware but a 2 hour finale in 2018 will bring the series to an end.

https://www.google.com/amp/variety.com/2017/tv/news/sense8-2-hour-finale-special-netflix-1202483044/amp/

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Lynne · July 07, 2017, 02:40:15 PM

Quote from: Balerie on July 07, 2017, 08:26:56 AM
Don't know if you are all aware but a 2 hour finale in 2018 will bring the series to an end.

https://www.google.com/amp/variety.com/2017/tv/news/sense8-2-hour-finale-special-netflix-1202483044/amp/

I saw that as well and I immediately thought that it will be very hard to close all the plots in just 2 hours in a satisfying way. I hope they'll be able to pull it off but until I saw this I was hoping that they'll be able to continue the series somehow and now I'm a little sad that we are just '2 hours' away from the end.

Cailin · July 09, 2017, 07:50:31 PM

Omg I had no idea that the show was being canceled until I just happened to come across this thread. I'm so upset about that, I loved this show.

Besides Jamie Clayton being ->-bleeped-<-ing awesome! (Second season a certain scene with her had me bawling away) I really loved the whole thing as a whole. So sad and I hardly get into to shows either, meh.

Raell · July 09, 2017, 09:19:35 PM

There's going to be a two-hour Sense8 finale on Netflix next year

'Sense8' Two-Hour Finale Set at Netflix http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/sense8-two-hour-finale-set-at-netflix-1017948

Charlie Nicki · July 10, 2017, 01:28:42 PM

Watched both seasons; when the first one came out 2 years ago I wasn't planning on transitioning but the second one premiered right at the beginning of my transition so it definitely affected me in a positive way. I remember watching some episodes and feeling like they were talking to me, like they were talking about my transition. There are some specific quotes from that season that really got to me:

-Pretending isn't a life.
-Nothing changes if we keep playing it safe.
-There's nothing more frightening that having a dream come true.
-From queer to eternity.

Balerie · July 11, 2017, 09:00:36 AM

Quote from: Charlie Nicki on July 10, 2017, 01:28:42 PM
Watched both seasons; when the first one came out 2 years ago I wasn't planning on transitioning but the second one premiered right at the beginning of my transition so it definitely affected me in a positive way. I remember watching some episodes and feeling like they were talking to me, like they were talking about my transition. There are some specific quotes from that season that really got to me:

-Pretending isn't a life.
-Nothing changes if we keep playing it safe.
-There's nothing more frightening that having a dream come true.
-From queer to eternity.

That's my fave - From Queer To Eternity

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Rachel · July 11, 2017, 07:16:02 PM

I loved each episode.

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