Sense8 Season 2
Aug. 8th, 2017 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightHaven't mentioned as yet that I watched Sense8 season 2.
Spoilers behind cut.
This is possibly because, before I'd got very far with it, Netflix cancelled it, and I always find that makes my desire to talk about a show plummet. That said, I was not particularly upset at the time - partly because far more upsetting stuff was going on in RL, and partly because I just wasn't enjoying it as much as season 1.
I'm not really sure why, to be honest. All the elements I liked in season 1 were still in place, and it didn't take me long to warm to the new Capheus. By the end, I really liked him. As for Lito, Hernando and Dany, I'd watch a show about the three of them any time.
In fact, in the end, of the eight sensates, I thought Capheus and Lito got the best stories - mainly because they were nothing to do with the ongoing plot to defeat Whispers. There were elements of Nomi's story that I liked very much too, but way too many scenes where she was just an adjunct to the Whispers plot (the proposal scene in the last episode still made me tear up, though), which IMO dragged everything down.
Not that there wasn't peril involved. There was plenty. In fact, the last episode was an action-fest. I was on the edge of my seat through most of it. Unfortunately, though, as the final credits rolled, I found myself thinking, well, that was silly.
This is because it was so ridiculously unlikely that the Eight could all jump on planes from wherever they were in the world and go and do what they did in London. I appreciate they could get knowledge from each other, but I still think it extremely unlikely that Capheus's journey would have gone without a hitch, or that Sun would have waltzed out of South Korea with so little difficulty.
Oh well, it is all still great fun, and if not quite so full of uplifting moments as season 1, there are enough of them to keep you interested. I am very, very glad Netflix caved to fan pressure and agreed to fund a final two hour episode.
At least the story will get a proper ending.
Spoilers behind cut.
This is possibly because, before I'd got very far with it, Netflix cancelled it, and I always find that makes my desire to talk about a show plummet. That said, I was not particularly upset at the time - partly because far more upsetting stuff was going on in RL, and partly because I just wasn't enjoying it as much as season 1.
I'm not really sure why, to be honest. All the elements I liked in season 1 were still in place, and it didn't take me long to warm to the new Capheus. By the end, I really liked him. As for Lito, Hernando and Dany, I'd watch a show about the three of them any time.
In fact, in the end, of the eight sensates, I thought Capheus and Lito got the best stories - mainly because they were nothing to do with the ongoing plot to defeat Whispers. There were elements of Nomi's story that I liked very much too, but way too many scenes where she was just an adjunct to the Whispers plot (the proposal scene in the last episode still made me tear up, though), which IMO dragged everything down.
Not that there wasn't peril involved. There was plenty. In fact, the last episode was an action-fest. I was on the edge of my seat through most of it. Unfortunately, though, as the final credits rolled, I found myself thinking, well, that was silly.
This is because it was so ridiculously unlikely that the Eight could all jump on planes from wherever they were in the world and go and do what they did in London. I appreciate they could get knowledge from each other, but I still think it extremely unlikely that Capheus's journey would have gone without a hitch, or that Sun would have waltzed out of South Korea with so little difficulty.
Oh well, it is all still great fun, and if not quite so full of uplifting moments as season 1, there are enough of them to keep you interested. I am very, very glad Netflix caved to fan pressure and agreed to fund a final two hour episode.
At least the story will get a proper ending.