Stranger Things @ Netflix
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- fues-1
- One episode of Stranger Things was titled "The Body" right? That was the title of the King short story that inspired Stand By Me.monospaced
- +++fues
- yup. a classic.lvl_13
- more originality ;)fadein11
- That's my complaint. It's as interesting as Family Guy is funny. But both are full of nostalgic references.CyBrainX
- DaveO0
Watched it all. Was good / okay but by no means the best thing ever. I preferred True Detective season 2 actually!
- Yeah. Bananas are pretty good but I really prefer a good burger instead. ;)monospaced
- Yeah, I would take True Detective season 2 over this. And sorry, Mono, I would take bananas over burgers.CyBrainX
- Everyone's been wanking over this so much that i almost want to not like it just to be a contrarian!DaveO
- @CyBrain, that was my point. You can't really compare them, because they're completely different foods, just like those are different shows. It's pure opinionmonospaced
- True Detective Season 2 ?!? LOLRamanisky2
- SteveJobs0
- More of a spoiler version:
https://fsmedia.imgi…SteveJobs - cool, i would play that game.sofakingback
- haha, I had two games like this that I can still play: Lucas Arts' Indiana Jones; Monkey Island. Check 'em out if you want something in this style. gog.commonospaced
- ^heck yes!sarahfailin
- More of a spoiler version:
- Pixter2
- sauce: fubiz
first one made by that guy 2 posts bellowsted - I like the 2nd onemonospaced
- sauce: fubiz
- pango2
"Stranger Things was rejected by 15 to 20 networks before landing on Netflix
The summer’s breakout sci-fi series almost didn’t happen"
"most studio executives are very bad at their jobs."
- this happens all the time. the guys who did SAW were rejected time and time again here in Australia... took it to LA and made their USA millions instead.inteliboy
- If you only look at successful films, you'll find these stories. But nobody talks about the thousands of rejected scripts that eventually got made and bombed.nb
- microkorg2
YEAH! This is brilliant!
Watched 4 episodes last night.Lots of bits will feel familiar to any 80s kids - there's lots of familiar moments 'borrowed' from the likes of E.T and The Goonies. Even down to the likes of the floating toys, introducing the dinosaurs etc and especially the little blonde girl who is totally Drew Barrymore in ET!
It's like a mashup between ET, The Goonies and Poltergeist.
Loving this so much!
The artwork and title sequences are great and the music is a lot of 80s classics and some awesome synth stuff for atmospherics too.
Much kudos to the guys behind this series.
Looks like all us oldies appreciate it but wonder what the younger generations think of it.- Ok I'm inset
- they mention Poltergeist by name in Episode 1, i believesarahfailin
- monospaced0
I'm pacing this one out. Wife and I are watching one episode at a time knowing it's a short run. Finished episode 3 and have to admit I got a little emo during it. So freakin' good.
My only criticism so far is how the mother's character is in a constant state of complete distress. I feel like she should have another side to her at least part of the time.
- I get it that her eldest son is the parent in the situation, but at some point I expect a mother turns from hysterics to focused action.monospaced
- She's been working her ass off at that store for more than 10 years, her ex husband is an asshole, she's trying her best to keep her family together and...Maaku
- her youngest is taken from her. Leave Britney alone...Maaku
- and she's kind of a bad mother... I get it... I'm just saying she's quite 2-dimensional so far, that's allmonospaced
- yep - Winona let's it down if anything but I think she is meant to be like that.fadein11
- that's the movie though. The kids are the most rational characters that solve the mystery. Almost all the adults, save for that cop, are completely oblivious.monNom
- It's a total 80's kids-save-the-day storyline.monNom
- good point monNommonospaced
- Ramanisky21
perfectly captures that 80's vibe
- This intro looks so much like something Greyscale Gorilla would do, totally awesomeGeorgesII
- Reminds me of the Halt and Catch Fire intro, which was also an '80s period show, and an excellent one at that.
https://www.youtube.…monospaced - It's very EJ Hazzenfratz. I think he mentioned this in one of his recent tutorials.CyBrainX
- monospaced1
- The Stephen King one is a different flavor altogether.monospaced
- yep. I think they were going for that flavour but there were many 70's/80's horror films that used v.similar fonts to the title sequence.fadein11
- Yeah. Understood. But this typeface is extremely unique and recognizable. Not many like it.monospaced
- I never liked this font. I had it in 1994 at my first design job. It seemed very 70s and dated even then.CyBrainX
- Same here. First job in 1998 and it was part of the identity where I worked in college. Know it too well.monospaced
- mg332
Trying to avoid any semblance of spoiler on here, but wanted to post a link to the guys who did most of the synth music. I've only watched the first episode last night, but the music is fantastic and just so perfect for this show.
- Wolfboy1
I love the opening titles. They're really simple but the music is John Carpenteresque, the typography is period perfect and it looks like they've even added little bits of, for want of a better phrase, 'film speckles'.
- "grain" might be the word you're looking forsublocked
- No not grain, I mean when specks of dust get on a projected film.Wolfboy
- I see the speckles tooprophetone
- i_monk0
- It's the actors wrapping presents for fans, feel free to skip.i_monk
- ^ Then why did you post it? lolMaaku
- Some have lower thresholds for interest in things?i_monk
- What will they think of next?helloeatbreathedrive
- detritus2
I don't get the hysteria for this show.
It's ok, but it doesn't really go anywhere or do anything.
It's just easy-listening tv.
- sarahfailin0
If you hated episode 7, you're not alone.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Strange…
- PonyBoy0
LOL @ the conversation between Dustin and Mike's Dad in EP 5... hahaha... "Langauuge!!!"