Stranger Things @ Netflix
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- Bennn6
i like those kids :)
- elahon1
YESSSSS
- jaylarson0
- did you play this? is it worth downloading?sarahfailin
- spamming to see if anyone else was a suckerjaylarson
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- teh0
Were there chem-trails in the 80s?
- teh0
Was Douche Bag a word in the 80s?
- revenge of the nerds_niko
- the language was the one of the things that felt off, from a suspension of disbelief standpoint. still entertained thoughjaylarson
- I remember my friends using it in the 80s, for sure. 82/83/84, something like that.Continuity
- Douche/douchebag, nerd, jerk ... those were the big ones when we were 10, in the 80s.Continuity
- Oh, and retard/retarded. We said that a lot, too.Continuity
- Ramanisky25
- trueBennn
- i like to watch Ram type02
- i thought this guy might be casted in referecne to this guy https://s-media-cach…deathboy
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- nb0
- DRIFTMONKEY1
I don't recall THAT much hype around this before the release. Maybe I just tuned it out though. I recall seeing the trailer posted a week or so before the release, and thought, "hey, that looks neat." In my experience, word of the show spread through social media and water coolers once it had aired, because it was surprisingly good.
When people have expectations, it usually leads to being overly critical. This show wasn't unique or groundbreaking, but it hit a lot of the right notes, and there's currently nothing similar on TV that hits those notes. Even if you think it relies too much on nostalgia, most of the homages are a smaller part of a pretty good sci fi story. I didn't find them distracting, and was immersed the entire time.
I don't think this show has good replay value, it is a one and done for me. The story was concise, and I liked the ambiguity of it all. It didn't need a nice bow at the end to tidy everything up. Overall, I would give a solid 8/10.
- yep - the social media hysteria that is so rampant these days - the herd enjoying things because they feel they ought to. It was pretty good though, not notfadein11
- just not as good as people seemed to think. @set - did you love it? Would love to hear your opinion.fadein11
- immersed the whole time? 60% of it was filler.fadein11
- Not sure how you arrived at 60%, but I get distracted easily if a show bogs. I didn't get that feeling at all.DRIFTMONKEY
- sted3
- 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
- i_monk0
Marathoned it yesterday. Some episoes dragged in places, but good overall. I was surprised to see they left the door open for a continuation, as I thought it was meant to be a one-and-done deal.
Ryder was underwhelming as Generic Hysterical Mom.
- Def agree about Ryder. She didn't fit for me somehow.SteveJobs
- She was over affected. Glad they left it open for next season.monospaced
- I only watched the first two and thought she was grating already.CyBrainX
- I bet they had two endings in case it was a flopdbloc
- ^ How would they know when it was released all at once?ETM
- oh nevermind. you're rightdbloc