Stranger Things (Netflix) TV Show • Page 180

this show is better than Mad Men, sorry tv snobs

 

Honestly I haven’t seen enough 80s movies to catch really any of the references here but I still love the show

 

Not sure if this is a joke but it’s weird to even compare them. I love a lot of prestige shows (including Mad Men) but this show has a completely different goal and execution. I don’t watch this show for its “literary” value, though of course there is a lot to engage with here on a literary level. But to even pit the two against each other doesn’t really make sense

 

just stirrin up shit based on a post a few before mine, that's all

 

Eddie and Argyle both rule

 

Yeah this is clearly meant to be everything 80s, including meant to feel like it was made in the 80s. All the “cliches” people were talking about, well…just look at any 80s movie haha

 

Obviously everyone knew this already, but it’s nice to see it stated out loud and that they’re writing toward a coming out scene next season along with more of a story focused around Will.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/stranger-things-noah-schnapp-will-byers-gay-doja-cat-1235317378/

 

What that interview reveals is that the one and only good Jonathan scene this season wasn't written until mid-filming

I think the Duffers hate that guy

 

he's just a super boring character. all his best scenes revolve around him interacting with a much better character like Nancy, Will and Nancy again

 

the actor seems like not the most popular on set either

 

I feel like he could have been interesting - broody loner into photography and new wave. Sign me up!

Just like Mike as soon as he actually gets into a relationship he becomes extremely boring / weirdly incapable

 

He’s dating Natalie Dyer, no?

 

Finally finished S4 last night. I was spoiled on Eddie dying. Oh well. I thought no one else was going to die, but then they went for it with Max and I was sad. BUT THEN THEY SAVED HER! Thank God. I like it that they put the character through some torture(limbs snapping). Made it that much dark and horrible, but still pulling through.

 

My Twitter algorithm decided I wanted to see Stranger Things spoilers so Eddie's death was spoiled for me before I even started the season.

 

Finished this last night. Great season! Maybe my favorite since the first. It still trips me up how comfortable the kids are going back and forth between the Upside Down.

I actually really enjoyed the lengths of the episodes. Felt like a good way to intentionally push back against binging.

 

yeah lol the UD can feel... a biiit toned down from what it was

remember when it had like a toxic atmosphere? now they just walk around breathing totally fine lol

 

I watched Us with a buddy last night and there's a scene where the characters are in a house having a calm conversation sitting by someone who was just murdered. It's ridiculous, but then I thought if you've just been nearly murdered by your doppelganger your mind probably can't process anything normally at that point. Ha.

Anyway, I feel like same principle applies to Stranger Things at this point. They've seen stuff.

 

I would never get a good nights sleep for the rest of my life if I saw a demagorgan let alone been chased by one

 

Yeah, I'm not like calling it a plot hole or anything. This whole show is built as a combination adventure/horror/mystery/thrill ride. It's more of a sign of how far the story has come that travelling in and out of the Upside Down is done on basically a whim, vs when Will was taken in Season One and the whole story was built on "how can we get him back?"

I wouldn't really compare those two art pieces. Us is built as an allegory, and as such, things like those reactions are partially excusable as not "real human emotions" but rather for what they mean within the larger context of the film's political and moral point.

 

The fact that any of these kids can lead an even remotely normal life is astonishing

 

It’s kind of like how no one in Angel Grove moved despite constant monster fights with the Power Rangers. You just learn to live with it.

 

When you are a parent of kids under age 6 these are the things you learn while being a fan of Stranger Things and also being forced to watch kids shows for your own sanity:

 

Oh no way lol. My kids love Gabby’s Dollhouse.