The original post: /r/television by /u/one23456789098 on 2024-09-22 12:21:20.
Was re-watching sense8 and the whole time I was thinking about how the show truly reflects the 2014-2016 period. It fits right at the onset of the MeToo movement, with the commodification of LGBT by large brands but before the 2020 BLM popularisation. The clothes, technology, the stories, the characters, it all screams 2016.
But what times it the most, it’s the budget. The second season was costing 9 million per episode, with filming all over the world. The fact that Netflix put so much money into such a niche show could only have happened during the streaming wars for library content. There is no way in hell Netflix now would dump so much money on such a targeted show.
I love Sense8, it is a unique example of the streaming promise that never came true. Streaming was sold as this utopia where people would pay a small fee and they would get these amazing expensive shows that might not have widespread appeal but would become cult classics in certain groups. Now in the age of cheap, mass-packaged shows, canceled after the first season or never even given a chance, Sense8 seems like a snapshot of an age that will never come back.