Tv Series Recommends

[APeacefulWarrior]

I watched Sense8 recently (NetFlix original) and was really impressed. If you haven't heard of it -and it flew under my radar too- it's a collaboration between The Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5. Talk about pedigree. It's basically about eight individuals all around the world who are "awakened" one day psychically and begin sharing each others' thoughts, moods, even experiences.

There's the obligatory subplot about the nasty group that's trying to hunt them down, but most of it is very human-focused. It's a really philosophical show, sort of in the Philip K. Dick vein but without his cynicism, largely revolving around questions of identity - and what happens to it when it starts getting blurry. And it's got the most ridiculously diverse cast of any TV show ever, with on-location filming in Kenya, Korea, Iceland, and more.

It raises a lot of good questions about what happens as old societal barriers keep getting broken down. And in some ways, I feel like it's sort of hinting at (whether deliberately or not) what life might start to be like on a 4D-Positive Earth, where thought-sharing is natural. It's very very interesting, at any rate, with excellent performances and beautiful visuals\music.