Stranger Things (New Netflix Original Series)

[TheLastPig]

Through 5 episodes and I think its very solid. I would agree the directing is a bit shaky, and the plot seems to jump around a bit too much but it keeps you on the edge of your seat. Sheriff is probably the best character on the show.

So is this going to be one story? Or is each season individual stories?

[TheLastPig]

Originally Posted by junior94

plot the way by only real critique of the plot so far, towards the end of ep 1x04:

If I was the sherrif who just discovered the body was indeed fake, even if you then want to scope out the lab, dont you AT LEAST make a quick trip to the mom's house that you know it's not his real body, so he's got to be starting to believe at least some of the story. For all he knows he may never walk bak out of that facility alive

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I thought that part was v confusing as well. The decision making of some of the characters is v nonsensical sometimes.

[Jake]

It was ok. The acting was 10x better than the directing & the writing.


I'll stick for s2


Most dissatisfied part

Eleven isn't the sheriff 's daughter


Also no one gives a fuck about the red headed HS girls death. Seriously?

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[Arby]

I binged a bit this weekend. Think I've seen 5 of the 8.

Really enjoying it. I have a pretty good idea of where its headed, so it would be nice to be proved wrong and have the show move out of the cliche a little bit.

Regardless tho, its a fun watch for sure

[TheLastPig]

I love the "Toothless" kid. So funny.

[Ascf33]

no one cares about Barb and it's fucking hilarious

[DIDriveOut2SPAC]

Barb sucks out loud.

[Arby]

Originally Posted by Ascf33

no one cares about Barb and it's fucking hilarious

maybe if she wasnt such a prude

[TheLastPig]

13 year old goes missing, entire town is concerned and goes on a search party

17 year old goes missing. Meh, she probably ran away. She was a chubby prude with some hideous glasses, good riddance.

[jrod41]

Watched the first 3 episodes last night, and probably would have kept going had it not been 3am at that point

Fucking #LoVE this show so far.

[clayj41]

My favorite show of the year.

[TheLastPig]

Just knocked out the last 3 episodes. Definitely the best 3 of the season. Great job planting the seeds for the next season as well

[Nick_United]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

Just knocked out the last 3 episodes. Definitely the best 3 of the season. Great job planting the seeds for the next season as well

I have these three left to go. Glad to hear they are good ones!

[kelchlsm]

Great show- was left disappointed with only 8 episodes- snuck up very fast

[bamadavefan15]

Originally Posted by jrod41

Watched the first 3 episodes last night, and probably would have kept going had it not been 3am at that point



Fucking #LoVE this show so far.

One day ahead of me but same here. This show knows what it is and nails it.

[Rylan]

I have two episodes left. I've noticed a million nods to Stephen King in this show. Christine, Cujo, It and a ton towards Stand By Me. Probably more that I haven't caught.

Definitely some references to the Walking Dead, the X Files and Jaws too.

[Rylan]

Just finished the series. It definitely entertained me for the weekend. There are also not-so-subtle nods to ET and Stephen King's Firestarter in addition to the ones I mentioned above.

[Rodey]

Through four episodes. Vary good so far.

[Ascf33]

I'm happy this show is a hit. Totally deserves it.

[junior94]

okay first of all, someone's already cut together a network sitcom parody trailer of this. And though technically the music used is from the 90s, it still goes very well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0K0VpPjMjQ


and that led me to this. I'd never heard of this youtube channel before, but watched this analysis/review video on a lark and I found it very informative and illuminating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b18DVktnIxw

[jrod41]

Just finished.

Fucking amazing. One of my favorite seasons of a series ever. Afuckin+

[Funkhouser]

This was awesome

[Tomriddle]

Finished it. It was pretty good... I wasn't blown away but I definitely enjoyed it.

[Nick@Night]

Just finished the season. Those 8 episodes went fast. They do you a good make making you feel emotionally invested in everyone's story line. I want more.

[DaveHead36]

Thoroughly enjoyed this show. I couldn't get over the fact that it was done recently. They did a fantastic job of making it look like it was made in 1986 and set in present day 1986.

Wife and I were talking about a season 2. Do we know if it'll be a continuation of season 1 or will it be ala True Detectives and be a whole new story line? I like how they left it semi open-ended. They could come back to these characters and it would be ok or they could carry it further.

[Tomriddle]

Originally Posted by DaveHead36

Thoroughly enjoyed this show. I couldn't get over the fact that it was done recently. They did a fantastic job of making it look like it was made in 1986 and set in present day 1986.

They really did.

[junior94]

Originally Posted by DaveHead36

Thoroughly enjoyed this show. I couldn't get over the fact that it was done recently. They did a fantastic job of making it look like it was made in 1986 and set in present day 1986.

Wife and I were talking about a season 2. Do we know if it'll be a continuation of season 1 or will it be ala True Detectives and be a whole new story line? I like how they left it semi open-ended. They could come back to these characters and it would be ok or they could carry it further.

actually I'm pretty sure it was 1983.

/nerd

[Tomriddle]

Originally Posted by Jake

3 episodes in... I don't 'love it'... I'm not 'hooked'. I'll keep watching this season. The story is hard to follow, and the directing is below average. The acting is pretty good; Winonna is actually great, and the sheriff and "eleven" are very good.

Agreed

I didn't find the story hard to follow, exactly, but I thought it got pretty meandering towards the end.

[MVDMB]

Originally Posted by DaveHead36

Thoroughly enjoyed this show. I couldn't get over the fact that it was done recently. They did a fantastic job of making it look like it was made in 1986 and set in present day 1986.

Wife and I were talking about a season 2. Do we know if it'll be a continuation of season 1 or will it be ala True Detectives and be a whole new story line? I like how they left it semi open-ended. They could come back to these characters and it would be ok or they could carry it further.

I think they did an even better job of making it feel like 1983 Jokes aside, I read an thing with the creators and they said they've got a notebook full of ideas about the creature, the other world, and probably some other things I'm forgetting, and that they want to expand on that in season two. I'll try and find the article for y'all.

[DaveHead36]

1986, 1983, whatever

Part of me wants to see the continuation of the characters, but I also think the series might lose some of its charm as the kids get older.

Also:

You think Will actually coughed up one of those larvae at the end or you think it was just a hallucination?

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