pinging tldr because...lbr there can only be one ya queen

i've been on the fence about watching sense8....

so camps here for opinions also

I've watched Sense8, it takes a while to pick up and some stories are less interesting than others, but the concept is neat and some of the ways they try to work with it are fun to watch

also read the first two TRC books, they're interesting? it kind of makes me think of someone who read HP doing their own marauders thing

which is more simplistic than it actually is, but I couldn't shake that for some reason

:u That sounds promising on both counts! What is the overall....I wanna say tone, for Sense8? More 'thriller'? Or more SoL?

(For lack of a better term)

started Sense 8 . Gave up 15 minutes into ep 1.

Ouch. That bad?

Stiefvater can't write. ... I mean, I've read worse, and I don't hate her, but it's a rich boy angst harem, I got through it and moved on.

'angst harem' but is it an actual harem, you know my priorities.

no, actually - I think if it were bad, I would've managed more for the point-and-laugh factor. Just really dull. That said, alot of people on my plurklist really dig Sense8

Haven't watched Sense8, but people are vacillating between "great concept!" and "I'm here for seeing my own kind on screen, I don't really want to pay attention to what they're doing."

and there're a lot of comparisons to Cloud Atlas, if you've read/seen it.

I have not!

It's YA. You wanna ask me that question again. : (

there's not often a consistent tone throughout it bc it jumps around between so many different stories

Cloud Atlas is a cool book. I hear it's also a good movie (can't confirm). Essentially intertwines different stories that span a good few decades (even centuries) and focus on mostly unrelated characters.

Thanks Jay! Honestly you're making a good case for it. How many eps do you think it takes to take off?

Usually these stories end up touching on events or characters from some previous stories - it's done well, more like ripple effect than direct interference (which is CA's entire point. )

yeah, the Wachowskis also did the CA movie, so I'm not surprised there's plenty of similarity....I might try the book.

most people say around episode 5, which is almost halfway through, but there was enough entertaining stuff in between I think - I tend to watch (and watched this) in the bg while working on other stuff though

I multitask my tv

the book was cool - quite liked it. Only one storyline dragged for me. I read it in Ro, so not sure whether Mitchell's approach to Old Speak [TM] is palatable in En, or cheesy. It was good in translation.

it's very sparse on it's main 'plot' outside the character stories

I'm okay with less plot....I'm more of a character-driven watcher/reader anyway, personnally.

yah, you should be good then! I tend toward that too, though sometimes I JUST WANNA KNOW STUFF - and then regret it when the plot reveal stuff ends up disappointing

ah, poop. was that the case here?

nah, they don't really tell you anything yet, it's all very vague

LMFAO there are....four books, right?

It's definitely character driven, sense8, and it definitely starts really slow. Three or four is when it's finally working.

that seems to be the concensus, yeah! skywards do you wanna watch it together?