Limbic Resonance

This is a very weird episode. The concept has potential but the execution is very clunky.

It's all over the place, and not just intentionally. The quality of the acting here varies dramatically from really poor to quite good. This is the danger of having a show with so many characters. Some get way too much screen time and others not enough.

At points you literally feel as if you are being bludgeoned in the head by the show's "progressive" agenda. To the point of farce! I honestly didn't know if I should laugh or cry at how ineptly certain issues have been shoved into the episode. It almost feels like a team of Woke superheroes is being assembled or something laughable like that. I couldn't stop thinking - cringe - cringe - cringe - during these moments. If this was unintentional then the lack of self awareness of the writers is staggering.

I'm curious to watch more as I believe the series could go either way at this point. Either upwards into something special and interesting or downwards into trite dialogue, corny moments and force feeding agendas.

I'll have to see more episodes before I can judge the series overall.

The new original series from NetFlix, Sense8, shares thematic complexities with The Wachowskis' past big screen experiments, The Matrix and Cloud Atlas. The narrative scope of this ambitious sci-fiction sprawls over the lives of eight ethnically-different individuals, who are called sensates, after receiving the vision of the mysterious woman named Angel, who, as seen at the very beginning of the episode, has committed suicide.

The complex structure of this series, no doubt, requires a hell lot longer time to relay its motives to the audience, so there's really no need to rush everything in its first hour. But any TV show should establish grip right at the very first episode, and in Sense8's case, it largely fails.

Too ambitious and hasty, the pilot episode tries to lay groundworks for all the eight leads. Such choice seems bold, but it requires more than just flabby backstories to actually generate interest for these characters. There's a lurking hint of the show's attempt to properly knit all these eight characters together, but aside from the same exact consciousness that they all share, there's really nothing else that this pilot has provided to construct a coherent storyline to connect the characters. Leaping from one character to another, Sense8 travels through different cities across the world, to set up character bases for all its leads. For a TV show, I'd say the cinematography has managed to pull off incredible shots here, and that's really inviting to follow every character building it aims to commence. Visual artistry is no doubt a Wachowski expertise, and once again, they've done quite a compelling demonstration here. And yet, that very same seemingly singular focus, may take the blame for the pilot's bland and convoluted narrative construction. An hour is too short for all that eight to be properly introduced, and yet, the show tries to stretch all those parallel story lines to as equal lengths as possible, that the resulting turn out for each, isn't really something engaging. Few of these characters, have actually made a drawing presence, while the rest are reduced to nothing more than a faint interest.

The breathtaking visuals employed for capturing city skyline scenes, and probably future ambitious setpieces, will undoubtedly save a further script letdown, but it surely needs to pick up from here, if the Wachowskis want to sustain their audience.

While this isn't the kind of pilot episode I've expected to see from this new series, I'm not totally convinced that a dead end is what awaits my pursuit. It's 12 episodes after all, and trying a few more won't hurt. 6/10

An amazing sci-fi show has just been aired by Netflix. The concept of this show is quite fantastic. Yet some will face obstacles to understand the concept of this show. I believe the way this show has emerged along with visual effects; it is going to be a hit soon.

Some will say that the pilot was too hasty. But i do not think that way. The reason is that the show is circulating 8 characters simultaneously. When you have lots of characters and stories to cover, you always gotta show some stuffs at the first time so that viewers can grasp all the ideas in their minds and later it will help them to go inside the stories and characters more perfectly. From that perspective, i would say that the pilot was absolutely fantastic as it covers all of its main characters perfectly. I would say the show is addictive. The way the story is moving forward will certainly add new dimensions and thrills to this show.

There has been another movie that has a slight similar concept like this show. That movie was "Cloud Atlas" which was focusing the life cycles from difference era of people. And here, this show is focusing the psychic connections of a group of people who can communicate with each other and can share the skills among them. I find the concept a totally brand new one. I hope the show will continue its style and will amaze us with its extraordinary effects, concepts and astounding story-lines.

I have just seen the pilot episode.

The description was very interesting - there are only a few series with such subjects, drowned in the ocean of movies with crimes, police, action..So I was glad and keen to watch it.

But, I am so sorry, I couldn't resist over minute 30. I understood the subject, the message, but the introduction of the 8 characters was so not interesting...boring and not relevant dialogs...To introduce 8 relevant characters from the pilot episode is ambitious but achievable if you tell their story right. I really tried hard to watch it...but the feeling, after 30 minutes, that I have wasted those minutes was too powerful.

After reading a few reviews on this series I thought I should give my viewpoint. A pilot introducing 8 characters is difficult, but I thought it was handled well. I turned around and watched episode 2 the very next day. If you have a short attention span, if you want explosions, and Matrix like martial arts, then don't comment, don't watch the show. I thought through 2 episodes it is very promising, I hope they develop the Daryl Hannah character more. My only reason for giving it a 9 versus 10, was the character Nomi. If you're going to play a male transgender, then cast a male transgender. Kind of sad. My least favorite character.