Stranger Things

Have you watched it yet?

I loved it.

Some plot holes but I think the editting was probably viscious to keep this thing at 8 episodes.

I love the combo of influences that are well worn on the sleeves of this series.

Richard Matheson and John Carpenter came to mind first while watching. Then Spielberg and Cronenberg creep up in to it. Twilight Zone as fuck also.

Really fucking entertaining, well-acted and well-produced on the whole.

The music fucking rules......members of the band SURVIVE provided the excellent music.

I hope it becomes an anthology series with new stories each season.

What do you think?

yeah been watching this, love it so far

Yeah, it's definitely a great mix of Stephen King, Spielberg, X-Files, The Goonies etc. It's almost like a love letter to those things.

I loved the first season, I loved the kids, the music, the look of it, the intro (holy shit, that intro is amazing). The only thing I think deserves a slap on the bottom is

So by all accounts this looks cool.

Chances are it will get cancelled soon then.

Have got 3 more episodes to watch. Have been loving it so far.

Yes, the theme song. Look forward to that.

  On 7/18/2016 at 1:26 PM, fletcher said:

So by all accounts this looks cool.

 

Chances are it will get cancelled soon then.

Season 2 has already been announced.

Has Netflix cancelled anything yet?

Never heard of it, just watched the trailer, looks good, shame I don't have Netflix.

Exodus on Kodi has it Mr Nottinghamcestershite.

yeah I thought that too, such wicked synth work all over this series

I appreciate the fact that the title logo is taken directly from the way Stephen Kings name is stylized on his book covers.

Made it halfway through, but I won't be continuing. It's a competent execution but it really brings nothing new to the table. It felt like a cool mood board or like scrolling through a tumblr. I assume younger people may love it, the ones who are experiencing these tropes and atmospheres for the first time.

The theme song is a straight-up ripoff of Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd. It's watchable, but it feels like a total pastiche. There are some genuinely creepy scenes, like Barb in the pool

  On 7/19/2016 at 10:45 PM, gnarlybog said:

Made it halfway through, but I won't be continuing. It's a competent execution but it really brings nothing new to the table. It felt like a cool mood board or like scrolling through a tumblr. I assume younger people may love it, the ones who are experiencing these tropes and atmospheres for the first time.

yep

the peter gabriel heroes cover reveal scene was so badly executed i had to stop watching. no idea what any of that was supposed to be. this whole show is a pastiche, from winona ryder's close encounters with christmas lights to the nightmare on elm street creature in the wall to the titles to the core group of outsider friends (the goonies, the gate, et). it goes on and on. plus i can't get over how the douchey boyfriend guy looks exactly like:

I think I'll watch this with my son. Hope it's not shit!

It's not shit but it ain't the second coming of Richard either. I like the music even if it doesn't really fit with the overall mood.

worth a binge watch, i want more.

Jesus Christ some of you are miserable cunts

lol

  On 7/20/2016 at 10:19 AM, xxx said:

It must feel like a cosmic goof on Heather Matarazzo for her to have such an abundance of bite and for her son to have that cleidocranial dysplasia. It's like the Matarazzo germline only has 2 speeds for teeth. I feel like a huge asshole for saying that.

LOL.

Unfortunately, I don't think his mother is the Welcome to the Dollhouse Matarazzo tho. She has no children, as far as I can tell (also; lesbian).

DAE Eleven doesn't look like a girl and looked weird as fuck with the wig?

Finished this last night. I can understand where some of the naysayers are coming from: the show does have obvious reference points and influence s you can spot a mile away, but for me it worked. and it was entertaining.

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Honestly I don't even like the stuff it references (especially King and 80s Spielberg). I watched bc it was getting so much praise around here, but I never should have bothered.

I like it.

I hated it because while it references so much of what has already been mentioned, it just has absolutely nothing to offer without that stuff. I'm all for 80s revival entertainment, I really love it when artists evoke that era yet giving it some unique twist.

But Stranger Things has none of that. It nauseatingly borrows from almost everyone else without a single original idea of its own. There isn't a single thing in it that hasn't been done before - often much better. Looking around the internet, I cannot believe the praise it's been given.

Even the main romantic lead looks like Mia Sara around 1985.