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So the Matrix Siblings have made a tv show, and it is about to launch on the netflick. There are a whole bunch of characters but only eight that actually matter. Will Gorski, a Chicago cop haunted by an unsolved murder Riley, an Icelandic DJ with a troubled past that made her run away from her home to London Capheus, a compassionate Matatu bus driver in Nairobi with a strong sense of justice, who is desperately trying to earn money to buy medicine for his mother dying of the AIDS virus Sun, a Seoul businesswoman and burgeoning star in the underground kickboxing world, who becomes accused of embezzlement thanks to her brother Lito, a famous Spaniard actor living in Mexico City who maintains in secret a same-sex relationship with a character named Hernando, out of fear of ruining his career Kala, a Mumbai pharmacist who is also a believer of God that faces the unfortunate situation of having to marry someone she doesn't love Wolfgang, a Berlin locksmith and safe-cracker, who has unresolved issues with his father and participates in organized crime Nomi Marks, a San Francisco trans woman political blogger and hacker, who must have extensive brain surgery to save her life 12 episodes re going to drop any minute now, I feel the test of these rules worked well in the Daredevil thread so unless Deadpool decides otherwise these are the spoiler rules in this thread. Deadpool posted:Netflix Rules Update! and for anyone just joining us, the 72 hours are over, spoiler tags for season 1 are no longer required but I suppose please use them when discussing news of any future seasons. BSam fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Jun 8, 2015 |
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"a trans hacker? grrrr!" - that one guy
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 07:08 |
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pumped for sense8
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 07:12 |
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From somewhere on facebook it tols me that it's going to be there in about 45 minutes!
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 07:14 |
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I'm gonna watch all the episodes in backwards order first and compare my reactions to people who watch it forwards
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 07:43 |
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I was going to live watch this but my free netflix ran out. So now i have to download it in HDizzle like a pleb on slow internet... gently caress.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 08:04 |
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IT'S HERE, THE ABOVE SPOILER POLICY NOW APPLIES
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 08:07 |
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I don't want spoilers, but I do want to know if it's worth watching. Anyone seen any early reviews of it?
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 08:13 |
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There's one on AV Club that gave it a B-. Not sure how many episodes they saw.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 08:14 |
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Apoplexy posted:I don't want spoilers, but I do want to know if it's worth watching. Anyone seen any early reviews of it? Not as yet, but I'm watching already and quite drunk, so my posts over the next few hours will be quite unfiltered. So far, don't mind it.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 08:15 |
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VERY character heavy. First episode spends five minutes setting up the concept in the vaguest possible terms and then they go all in on the individual character stories, with occasional broad lip service paid to the idea that they're starting to connect to each other. So the show pretty much lives and dies on how you feel about spending time with these people. And, well, The Wachowskis are the living embodiment of "Your Mileage May Vary." As far as I care? I liked that first episode. A lot. I honestly didn't care about not knowing what the gently caress, I was just happy to roll with the punches...the gorgeously shot, invigorating punches.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 09:38 |
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DivisionPost posted:VERY character heavy. First episode spends five minutes setting up the concept in the vaguest possible terms and then they go all in on the individual character stories, with occasional broad lip service paid to the idea that they're starting to connect to each other. So the show pretty much lives and dies on how you feel about spending time with these people. And, well, The Wachowskis are the living embodiment of "Your Mileage May Vary." Yeah, I really enjoyed that first episode too. I've got a lot of respect for a show that doesn't feel the need to explain everything in its pilot. We're learning about this with the characters so we get to share that experience. And the characters themselves are likeable as well (especially the Kenyan guy). E1: I was really sad when skeevy drug dealer's heartwarming story was just a sales pitch to get Riley on meth or whatever it was Edit: Also that opening credits sequence is gorgeous Rarity fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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E1 That soggy strap on was a nice touch...
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 10:16 |
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Three episodes down, still liking it. E3 For all that Nomi's hospital staff are blatantly shady, I'm pretty sure her girlfriend is shady as well. We never saw the photo that she claimed Nomi had taken. Lito's beard is amazing. The ending to the third episode was gorgeous
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 12:08 |
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I like it, though I can totally see why people are going to hate it. It's sort of hypnotic and obtuse, but not impenetrable. In a completely pretentious way of putting it, it's more like an experience. I'm just sitting and taking it in instead of worrying about the moving parts.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 12:26 |
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Just finished episode 4 I'm all in on this now this poo poo is great
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 13:03 |
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I'm about 20 mins behind you, it's loving right up my alley. Episode 6 That was some weird tantric orgy scene.... Rocksicles fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jun 5, 2015 |
# ? Jun 5, 2015 13:11 |
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This is really good!
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 16:43 |
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E2: Lito's boyfriend owns so goddamn much
DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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DivisionPost posted:E2: Lito's boyfriend owns so goddamn much Hernando is the best.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 17:38 |
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Hernando is the best. Still E2: Mother of GOD that whole scene with Daniela finding out about Lito and Hernando. Funniest loving thing I've seen all year.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 17:42 |
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I was liking it before but after that montage in episode 4 I'm sold.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 18:00 |
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Glad this is turning out to actually be worth watching.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 18:11 |
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Does this have kung fu?
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 18:25 |
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I like this. It's very interesting and the amount of different/stories/characters does a good job of making up for the scripting, which is devoid of any kind of subtlety or nuance but not in such a way that it becomes an irritation. Really hope it gets more nuts as it goes on - I think it'll live or die on whether it sticks to boring network TV plots or go for something more surprising.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 18:44 |
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Sex Tragedy posted:Does this have kung fu? Tae Kwon Do in a truly mind bending sequence.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 18:52 |
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E2: is this UFLS thing going to be the midichlorians of this show?
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 18:59 |
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E3: He is Van Damme. Owns. Owns. Owns. If this was a weekly show that would be thread title material. Rarity posted:E3 For all that Nomi's hospital staff are blatantly shady, I'm pretty sure her girlfriend is shady as well. We never saw the photo that she claimed Nomi had taken. Well I'm pretty sure Nomi didn't hallucinate Amanita because we're a little bit in Amanita's POV as well for that scene (the nurse keeping an eye on her phone time). But if she's lying about the picture, that begs the question: how does she know about Jonas?
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 19:10 |
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E5:The Lito and Sun 'visits' are hysterical..."There is a Korean woman standing next to me who is not crying...THE SAME WAY I AM NOT SCREAMING!"DivisionPost posted:
Jonas was there to make the eye to eye connection so he could 'visit' I think.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 19:14 |
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Finished... e12 So whispers is still after Will, and he's gonna be doped until season 2?
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:13 |
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This show deserves a much better OP. It's actually quite good. Might be my favorite thing the Wachowskis have done since The Matrix.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:26 |
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Ubiquitous_ posted:This show deserves a much better OP. It's actually quite good. Might be my favorite thing the Wachowskis have done since The Matrix. Have they done anything else worthwhile other than the Matrix?
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:28 |
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dik-dik posted:Have they done anything else worthwhile other than the Matrix? Well, no. Which makes Sense8 such a surprise.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:35 |
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dik-dik posted:Have they done anything else worthwhile other than the Matrix? Speed Racer was basically just a live action anime, and was visually beautiful. It also had John Goodman wrestling a load of ninjas, and nothing that has John Goodman wrestling ninjas can be bad. Cloud Atlas was pretty good too, if somewhat tiring to watch.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:37 |
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Speed Racer was great and I really liked Cloud Atlas.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:51 |
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That sure is a wet strapon
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:52 |
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I kind of feel like the fact that I'd read the book ruined Cloud Atlas for me. I still think it would have been better as a 12 part mini series that mirrored the structure of the book.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 20:53 |
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Don't forget Bound, their first film; a cool little noir riff, made on the cheap as a calling card. It's actually on Netflix if you've never seen it.
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# ? Jun 5, 2015 21:09 |
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e8 The bike/smart car chase with the feds was hilariously tech liberal. So silly it wrapped back to awesome, plus the sensates finally starting to use their powers collectively got me so excited for future team ups. Together they would make a Bond style ultimate spy.
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E4: Nomi's escape was pretty sweet
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