Stranger Things (1 Viewer)

[pete]

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[David Kronenbourg]

anyone watching this? it's alright

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Odd, I could have sworn I posted on this thread previously...
Anyway @Bernie Lomax , no, not yet, but I might try it tonight. Does it lay on the 80s schtick heavy?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Odd, I could have sworn I posted on this thread previously...
Anyway @Bernie Lomax , no, not yet, but I might try it tonight. Does it lay on the 80s schtick heavy?

Not too much, it's well cast, and the actors don't just look like modern kids in 80s wardrobe, they look like proper 80s kids. It just feels a bit too familiar, ET and Super 8 are obvious influences.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

It certainly wears it's influences openly, I feel I may not like it but still, I'll try. The distressed mother seems to be over-acting a touch.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Five episodes in. This is actually deadly

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Five episodes in. This is actually deadly

Only one episode in but yeah, really good. I can't wait to see what the thing is.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I finished it earlier. It's Spielberg meets Carpenter meets Akira so pretty much ticks every box for me

 

[hugh]

Watched three episodes so far. Very enjoyable.

 

[Unicron]

Watched three episodes so far. Very enjoyable.

That's how far I got in last night, really enjoyable.

 

[pete]

just watched episode 1

vg

 

[Anthony]

Watched EP 1. The 80s thing seems a bit much. I suppose this is what our parents felt watching Back To The Future. Look an idealised version of my youth!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Watched EP 1. The 80s thing seems a bit much.

I don't understand this comment. The 80s is the decade it's set in. That's like saying the 60s thing in Mad Men is a bit much.

 

[dunderhead]

finished this last night, what a load of great fuckng fun. enjoyment levels for me up there with first season of True Detective. the following link contains a bunch of spoilers. but if you're reading this thread and haven't watched it yet...

[watch] Inspired By: References to Movies from the 70s & 80s in ‘STRANGER THINGS’

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Halfway through now, really liking it. And finally the thing appeared.
Does the ending leave an opening for a second series or is it very much a one off?

 

[hermie]

I don't understand this comment. The 80s is the decade it's set in. That's like saying the 60s thing in Mad Men is a bit much.

Ah it's a bit different in that it's so referential, all that ET stuff! It's a bit like what Noah Hawley did with Fargo, constantly harking back to classic Coen tropes. I'm not really sure what the point is with either although I do enjoy it I have to say especially in the beginning of this series. If nothing else that bit of familiarity helps draw you in early on. Like you're in on a joke you only half get but you trust the teller more for it.

 

[Unicron]

Halfway through now, really liking it. And finally the thing appeared.
Does the ending leave an opening for a second series or is it very much a one off?

Spoiler

Yeah they leave themselves room to come back to this.

 

[tim]

Thought it was enjoyable but the monster CGI was really shit! The sheriff actor is great. The young actors are great. As someone else said they actually look like 80's kids. Will's older brother really reminds me of River Phoenix when he played young Indiana Jones.
Winona is a bit OTT though which is interesting in itself because she probably got the biggest salary. Also Matthew Modine is going for some very specific shade of Hamminess.

 

[rettucs]

great series. Nothing too new or earth-shattering about the format. Its like the Goonies-meets-Stephen-King, which is a winning combination for me.

I hope theres more.

Even if they do a true detective on it and keep the concept alive and just change the characters and storyline.

 

[mark]

Did think I'd like this. Ended up enjoying it loads. As @scutter said, Goonies and ET are the real touchstones for it. They're two films I loved as a kid, and as a pastiche of that sort of thing this was excellent.

Also, 8 episodes was perfect.