SliceSabre
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Binged it all today. Absolutely loved the show. Quite literally every episode was enjoyable and there was always something going on to keep me vested in everything going on.
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Stranger Things |OT| Hey, you guys...it's our time. It's our time in here July 15th
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Morrigan Stark
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Terminator Eleven was so cool, lol. I enjoyed her
way too much.
messing up the bullies
I kept thinking of David Bowie, lol
Yeah.
I prefer that over her going out with Jonathan which would have been horribly cliché.
This
aparisi2274
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Is the official Vol 1 soundtrack an exclusive to Apple? I can not for the life of me find it on Spotify....
Obliterator
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Duffer brothers have said Season 2 will be a 1 Year forward time jump
Her character's fate was handled terribly though.
She got a few frowny faces from Nancy after she was confirmed dead, but then completely forgotten about. Even her mom never popped up again.
JaseMath
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Pretty sure it's not available until September 2nd.
Permanently A
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holy SHIT
this show is INCREDIBLE I literally cannot stop watching
this show is INCREDIBLE I literally cannot stop watching
I binged it for a second time over the weekend. That's a first for me, though I probably wouldn't have if the show were any longer. The length is perfect.
I gotta say, I love Hopper's introduction. He comes across as a complete asshole at first but the show slowly reveals that he's really just bored and depressed before Will's disappearance.
I gotta say, I love Hopper's introduction. He comes across as a complete asshole at first but the show slowly reveals that he's really just bored and depressed before Will's disappearance.
aparisi2274
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The digital version came out Aug 12th.
http://pitchfork.com/news/67214-netflixs-stranger-things-soundtrack-detailed/
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Hellwarden
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Just finished watching with the folks. Thought it was pretty good, not amazing, but well worth watching.
Good acting, solid directing, all together a solid package.
I will say my biggest problem with the show is that
Good acting, solid directing, all together a solid package.
I will say my biggest problem with the show is that
I didn't find the monster particularly scary. I found the situation scary, but the more I saw of the monster, the more I found it kinda wimpy.
Permanently A
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Just finished. I really fucking enjoyed it. Favorite character was Hopper by far. Two questions:
Why did Hopper get in the car with the agents? For a second I thought they were gonna reveal he was a fed all along.
Why did they let Hopper go after he found the gate? I mean they killed Benny for way less.
Why did they let Hopper go after he found the gate? I mean they killed Benny for way less.
1.
My initial read on that was his deal negotiation actually includes sacrificing himself, and he was being picked up to be disappeared. But given he turns up later on, I guess they get him to do stuff for them now, also part of the deal?
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My only guess there is they felt killing a cop would have brought too much heat when things were already escalating.
ZombieSupaStar
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Just binged watched it last two days. Awesome Awesone awesome. Bring on season2.
AstroNut325
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Just started watching it this weekend. Finished the first 3 episodes.
1) Is it safe to read this thread for fear of spoilers?
2) Does it get better from here?
1) Is it safe to read this thread for fear of spoilers?
2) Does it get better from here?
1) Most spoilers are blacked out, so I wouldn't worry about it. I would recommend you finish the show before reading the thread though.
2) Definitely.
I assume the guys he was talking to weren't part of Dr. Brenner's program, but from the CIA directly. We can assume all they knew about Brenner's program was that they were testing telekinetic powers to assassinate KGB agents and Kremlin higher-ups, not making contact with monsters from other dimensions. I'm sure Brenner's team knew they fucked up bad and were going to get the plug pulled until shit really started going down, so we can assume the CIA made a deal with Hopper to keep tabs on the situation in the town in case any inter-dimensional activity continued.
Edit: Sorry for the dp
Permanently A
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Man it really gets me why
Will didn't say anything about the slug
Pathfinder
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His family has been through enough. And it was Christmas. Not the best time to bring something like that up.
Also,
it might not have been the first slug that he coughed up...
Foreign Jackass
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Stopped after Episode 5. Will not watch any more.
Slow, meandering, boring, NOT well acted at all, never funny, always predictable.
Reference to Under the Skin cemented this as a grab-all SO META reference-munching and ultimately empty shell of a series.
Seriously, guys, this is everything that's wrong with today's mass culture. It's a reboot/remake in disguise.
If you want great, subtle references in a genre setting with nuanced characters you actually care about, in hard to predict yet sensical situations with actual dramatic consequences, watch The Americans.
Slow, meandering, boring, NOT well acted at all, never funny, always predictable.
Reference to Under the Skin cemented this as a grab-all SO META reference-munching and ultimately empty shell of a series.
Seriously, guys, this is everything that's wrong with today's mass culture. It's a reboot/remake in disguise.
If you want great, subtle references in a genre setting with nuanced characters you actually care about, in hard to predict yet sensical situations with actual dramatic consequences, watch The Americans.
Foreign Jackass
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Entirely serious. I'm not trying to convince anyone, though. It's my honest opinion, nothing else.
Hahaha welcome to the vast minority, I suppose.
Well to each their own but the way you wrote that seemed a bit... try hard. Anyways I basically disagree on all points but nothing is universal.
Permanently A
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I was born in 95 so I don't have any nostalgia for the 80s. The movies like IT, Stephen King stuff, Goonies, etc I haven't watched. So my like for the series doesn't come out of nostalgia. I just think its an interesting story with likeable characters. I also have to disagree with your acting critique, I think these are some of the best child actors I've ever seen. The only weak point is overacting by Winona Ryder and the bullies hamming it up on occasion.
Foreign Jackass
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Perhaps the series is more enjoyable if you haven't seen/read anything it steals from. If you like it so much, though, I would strongly advise that you read/watch all the things it quotes because, well... They're all much, much better than this.
P.S. I purposefully say "steal from" instead of "pays homage to". It's not an homage if your work can't stand alone without it.
Samurai G0SU
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I think it stands perfectly fine by itself and I find it a bit laughable that you compared it to the American's as somehow more well crafted and "sensical". Its an entertaining show but the two leads are basically Rambo by the second season, they should have been killed or caught a dozen times but happen stance or some character randomly interfering for the plots sake alters that. It works in most cases but sometimes it happens A LOT and the show can be incredibly melodramatic. I enjoy both by the way but again, I think you're really stretching to make your sound more convincing than you really are. You really don't like Stranger Things but lets not start getting ahead of ourselves.
Foreign Jackass
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The fact that you made it to the finale of Dexter says more about you than your opinion of The Americans.
In the confines of its own genre, The Americans makes sense. I didn't say that Stranger Things didn't make sense in the genre it's playing (although there ARE plot holes here and there).
I don't look to genre fiction for realism. But I definitely want some surprises out of it, especially if they make sense within the universe it's creating. I haven't seen any surprise in Stranger Things. Everything that happened is the first thing you'd think of in this particular genre if you're a little versed in it.
I had high hopes for the show, considering I'm a big sci-fi/horror fanboy. Sadly, it's very much by-the-numbers stuff.
Lactose_Intolerant
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You both have questionable opinions on shows.
Foreign Jackass
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What would an unquestionable opinion be, I wonder?
Xplatformer
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Does the Americans remind you of The Goonies or ET? No? Then GTFO with the comparison.
And I don't agree with slow, meandering, boring, NOT well acted (compare these child actors to the Harry Potter crew)...
Thanks for stating how greatly our taste differ though.
The fact that you made it to the finale of Dexter says more about you than your opinion of The Americans.
In the confines of its own genre, The Americans makes sense. I didn't say that Stranger Things didn't make sense in the genre it's playing (although there ARE plot holes here and there).
I don't look to genre fiction for realism. But I definitely want some surprises out of it, especially if they make sense within the universe it's creating. I haven't seen any surprise in Stranger Things. Everything that happened is the first thing you'd think of in this particular genre if you're a little versed in it.
I had high hopes for the show, considering I'm a big sci-fi/horror fanboy. Sadly, it's very much by-the-numbers stuff.
If you claim to be such a big fan you can see how they flip several classic tropes on their heads by the second episode.
For example the classic the virgin is the one who survives to the end trope is thrown out of the window and actually reversed when Barb is the one who gets taken and killed for example.
Magic Mushroom
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I thought there were some really good surprises actually, especially near the end.
Permanently A
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I don't look to genre fiction for realism. But I definitely want some surprises out of it, especially if they make sense within the universe it's creating. I haven't seen any surprise in Stranger Things. Everything that happened is the first thing you'd think of in this particular genre if you're a little versed in it.
I had high hopes for the show, considering I'm a big sci-fi/horror fanboy. Sadly, it's very much by-the-numbers stuff.
Well in terms of trope subversion I do appreciate that
The monster is actually a fucking horrible threat and not the kids imaginations running wild.
The sheriff turns out not to be a total incompetent buffoon and actually has a very heartfelt backstory driving him.
The asshole boyfriend redeems himself and gets the girl. The girl doesn't fall for the lonely outcast just because they were in danger together and at the end they are friends.
You can't talk shit about the Wire.
Permanently A
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Oh my god I didn't even realize that. Fucking racial progress wooooo
I would add:
There is an actual government conspiracy, and they're not the typical bumbling idiots.
Despite it being kids, they don't really pull punches when it comes to 11 eliminating threats.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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I'm with Foreign Jackass. The show goes exactly where you expect, the characters have no depth and REMAIN cliche even with a subversion or two, the acting is so-so (these ain't no Stand By Me or Mean Creek kids), the fantasy aspect is totally off-the-rack, and the plot is mostly pretty predictable.
Pathfinder
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You do realize that the show is SUPPOSED to be cliché, trope-filled, and predictable, right? That's the whole point.
It's an homage. It's not necessarily trying to break new ground.
I don't need really need a story to go unexpected or surprising places to be good, I'd rather well told and and straight forward than relying on surprises and shocks to cover up for a weak overall plot and to tease you to come back when the actual story and characters can't. Also what does depth equate to you because I found all the characters to be well rounded, seemed to have lives outside of the show's story, and all interacted and worked with one another in realistic and believable manners. It never felt forced to me. Same with the acting, I thought it was great all around the board and is the best group of teenagers and kids I've seen in years.
