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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 6688329" data-attributes="member: 3887">I think the risk for Sense8 is different. It certainly looks like a mystery show a la Lost in the beginning of the first episode, but it almost immediately pulls back from that and puts the focus on the &quot;mundane&quot; lives of its (large) cast of characters. Note that I put scare quotes around mundane because the 8 main characters don't actually lead normal lives, they're the stars of 8 different genre pieces: Sun lives in a South Korean TV drama that could be called &quot;Fight Club Business Lady&quot; -- I think it runs after &quot;Vampire Prosecutor&quot; -- Capheus lives in a Nollywood Van Damme homage, Lito in a 21st telenovella sex farce version of &quot;Threes Company&quot;, Kala in a Bollywood romcom with dark political overtones, and so on. These individual dramas drive the show, not the science fiction thriller-mystery angle. And the show was most successful in the character moments found in their &quot;normal&quot; lives (despite some incredible set-pieces where they do use their &quot;powers&quot;). My concern is the longer the show runs, the more the &quot;mystery&quot; will take center stage and possible occlude all the great character stuff. The creators have, so far, done a great job at communicating what the show's about, and the way it works through its themes is masterful. I hope that doesn't change as it get more plot-y, as the thriller &amp; mystery take up more screen time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 6688329, member: 3887"] I think the risk for Sense8 is different. It certainly looks like a mystery show a la Lost in the beginning of the first episode, but it almost immediately pulls back from that and puts the focus on the "mundane" lives of its (large) cast of characters. Note that I put scare quotes around mundane because the 8 main characters don't actually lead normal lives, they're the stars of 8 different genre pieces: Sun lives in a South Korean TV drama that could be called "Fight Club Business Lady" -- I think it runs after "Vampire Prosecutor" -- Capheus lives in a Nollywood Van Damme homage, Lito in a 21st telenovella sex farce version of "Threes Company", Kala in a Bollywood romcom with dark political overtones, and so on. These individual dramas drive the show, not the science fiction thriller-mystery angle. And the show was most successful in the character moments found in their "normal" lives (despite some incredible set-pieces where they do use their "powers"). My concern is the longer the show runs, the more the "mystery" will take center stage and possible occlude all the great character stuff. The creators have, so far, done a great job at communicating what the show's about, and the way it works through its themes is masterful. I hope that doesn't change as it get more plot-y, as the thriller & mystery take up more screen time. [/QUOTE]

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