Streaming Stranger Things - Netflix Original *SPOILERS*

[tigland]

great 4 episodes. That last 30min of ep 4 was amazing. Like a season finale. Can’t wait to Boxing Day

 

[Biggie]

How good was that

The last stanza - fantastic

Bring on the next block

 

[crafty_bernardo]

I barely remember anything from season 1-4. Just remembered Winona's character is Will's mum. Which is crazy because the kids have all grown up and changed physically. But Winona hasn't aged a day.

 

[dumb]

2 episodes in. the duffer brothers are high on each others' farts but it's mostly ok. all of their little chats keep getting interrupted by the plot. the obnoxiousness of the dialogue wears thin pretty quick. better when there's less talk, more doing.
drinking game: do a shot when the demogorgon does the splayed petal growl thing.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

The campiness and cheap production look and bad CGI kinda works for this sci-fi. But the godamn Netflix brightness pmo . In saying that, wild it took 4 years just for this.

 

[hayes]

Epic. I’m actually amazed by the CGI, not every scene is perfect but 99% of it looks amazing. I watch some things in Disney Plus and think jeez they weren’t even trying make it look real. I know the budget on this would be bigger but it just blows it away.

Bring on the next episodes.

 

[Freak Dodgeball Accident]

drinking game: do a shot when the demogorgon does the splayed petal growl thing.

Bloody hell, you trying to get someone killed?

 

[Mayestro]

Spoiler

As character arcs go for Will, that’s pretty awesome. And only now with the reveal can you see it was kinda foreshadowed. They’re sticking the landing so far, half a season to go.

 

[phantom13]

I shit on this pretty hard before hand but goddamn theyve crushed those first four eps. Top shelf stuff.

Spoiler

The Robin/Will convo moving into the raid on the military facility and Will realising his powers was genuinely moving, his little montage moment genuinely moved me to tears. That has always been the heart and soul of the show and this was so effective.

 

[Kirby]

The first 4 episodes haven’t lost a step from season 4.

Let’s hope they can keep it going.

 

[phantom13]

The first 4 episodes haven’t lost a step from season 4.

Let’s hope they can keep it going.

Yeh landing the plane on 5 seasons is gonna be tough. The delicate balance between genuine peril and outcome, building and ending the saga.

Not many shows or movies do it well.

 

[dumb]

Bloody hell, you trying to get someone killed?

yes, one of the central characters

 

[dumb]

4 eps through. have enjoyed it. pumped with the various things happening in the last little bit of ep4, nice action, etc. while i've enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, it's a mess. what other sci-fi mumbo jumbo, theory, concept or philosophy will they superficially introduce next?

Spoiler: spoiler

time travel? wormholes? jumping from memory to memory? quantum mechanics next? derek's family seems to have fallen into a wormhole and might be travelling to a future episode where the viewers see them again.
the upside down has lost all sense of danger. they may as well be going in or out their front door.

 

[happy_eagle]

My prediction


I think anyone that Vecna has hooked up to his weird mouth wall, has the ability to have powers like him (and Will), and that the final battle will essentially be Vecna vs a bunch of kids trained by Eleven.

 

[phantom13]

Ive got a fairly ridiculous nit pick (that honestly might not even be a nit pick and has not impacted my enjoyment of the show at all). Ill spoiler it just in case

Spoiler

So in ep 4 of this season we see Max return to Henrys school days and he interacts with Wills mum, Steves dad and others. In this scene we can assume he is like 14 at least? Give or take and it must be in the mid 1950s based on the clothing etc.

A seperate thing i saw (not a great source) showed that Henry kills his family in 1959.

The Hawkins lab massacre is 1979 but Henry isnt killed in that (i think).

Season 1 is set in 1983 and were now in 1987.

So assuming Henry was 14(ish) in say 1955 he is now 46(ish) (roughly the same age as the parents) and "died" or was Vecnafied at around 40?

He looks ****ing GREAT compared to literally every other person on this show. He looks younger than Robin and Steve.

Again not really a nit pick and maybe he didnt age at some point? Anyone feel free to check my math here too, its not a strong suit

 

[Kirby]

Ive got a fairly ridiculous nit pick (that honestly might not even be a nit pick and has not impacted my enjoyment of the show at all). Ill spoiler it just in case

Spoiler

So in ep 4 of this season we see Max return to Henrys school days and he interacts with Wills mum, Steves dad and others. In this scene we can assume he is like 14 at least? Give or take and it must be in the mid 1950s based on the clothing etc.

A seperate thing i saw (not a great source) showed that Henry kills his family in 1959.

The Hawkins lab massacre is 1979 but Henry isnt killed in that (i think).

Season 1 is set in 1983 and were now in 1987.

So assuming Henry was 14(ish) in say 1955 he is now 46(ish) (roughly the same age as the parents) and "died" or was Vecnafied at around 40?

He looks ****ing GREAT compared to literally every other person on this show. He looks younger than Robin and Steve.

Again not really a nit pick and maybe he didnt age at some point? Anyone feel free to check my math here too, its not a strong suit

Spoiler

I think his non monster appearance is set at the day he "died" at the hands of 11, so about 40. He does look young for 40 and looks more like about 30. You're probably going for some poetic licence on him looking younger than Steve and Robin, I think he looks older than them. The actor playing Henry is 37 I note.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Ive got a fairly ridiculous nit pick (that honestly might not even be a nit pick and has not impacted my enjoyment of the show at all). Ill spoiler it just in case

Spoiler

So in ep 4 of this season we see Max return to Henrys school days and he interacts with Wills mum, Steves dad and others. In this scene we can assume he is like 14 at least? Give or take and it must be in the mid 1950s based on the clothing etc.

A seperate thing i saw (not a great source) showed that Henry kills his family in 1959.

The Hawkins lab massacre is 1979 but Henry isnt killed in that (i think).

Season 1 is set in 1983 and were now in 1987.

So assuming Henry was 14(ish) in say 1955 he is now 46(ish) (roughly the same age as the parents) and "died" or was Vecnafied at around 40?

He looks ****ing GREAT compared to literally every other person on this show. He looks younger than Robin and Steve.

Again not really a nit pick and maybe he didnt age at some point? Anyone feel free to check my math here too, its not a strong suit

On a side note, isn't it wild to think that someone who was in highschool in the 50's is a regular adult in the 80's. Like I know that's how time works, but those periods just seem so intensely disconnected to me it's hard to comprehend that many people will have traversed the same period.

Like imagine you're 17 in 1959 and then you're 45 in 1987, when you were a kid you were playing hopscotch and reading novels, there might be a picture house showing black and white or new colour films, you're wearing cotton, linen, natural fibre cloths. Flash forward and you're watching Nightmare on Elm Street at your house on beta max or VHS, while wearing a polyester tracksuit.

It's pretty crazy to think about.

 

[Seeds]

Stranger things has become a joke.

The good guys can not be killed.

Soldiers and no name characters constantly murdered at whim. But when main characters are in the exact same situation, they mostly just get pushed aside.

Its destroyed all the emotional investment in this show. Cos the showrunners have been protecting the actors wages at the expense of telling a good story. The end of season 5 was ridiculous. So many of the mains were in a seemingly unescapable position and then for some reason Veccna just cant be bothered to finish them or does seemingly finish one off but she just happens to go into a coma to keep her story going. And the only death was the non main character Eddie who goes kills himself when he wasnt even in jeopardy and it made no sense for him to do what he did. They are carrying this ridiculousness all the way to the end. Joyce charging at the demogorran and Vecna and no consequence. Yeah ok.

Whats worse is all the main characters seem to know they have this plot shield. A freaky monster is trying to kill them and they dont seem scared at all, in fact they are cracking jokes and fighting with each other.

Not even sure if I can finish this. Feel like Im being used. This is plain bad now.

 

[Atavistic]

Stranger things has become a joke.

The good guys can not be killed.

Soldiers and no name characters constantly murdered at whim. But when main characters are in the exact same situation, they mostly just get pushed aside.

Its destroyed all the emotional investment in this show. Cos the showrunners have been protecting the actors wages at the expense of telling a good story. The end of season 5 was ridiculous. So many of the mains were in a seemingly unescapable position and then for some reason Veccna just cant be bothered to finish them or does seemingly finish one off but she just happens to go into a coma to keep her story going. And the only death was the non main character Eddie who goes kills himself when he wasnt even in jeopardy and it made no sense for him to do what he did. They are carrying this ridiculousness all the way to the end. Joyce charging at the demogorran and Vecna and no consequence. Yeah ok.

Not even sure if I can finish this. Feel like Im being used.

I know how you feel about the military. As soon as I see a bunch of soldiers in this TV show I say to myself, "Well, they're not going to last long."

Spoiler

I bet someone will die, probably number Eight, since she's not as important as the others. I also think Eleven might die or perhaps become stuck in the Upside Down or something like that.

Also, I don't know why they have that sound/frequency weapon being used every single time Eleven is near the military (they even use it when they have no idea she's there), but when Henry appears, those weapons are nowhere to be seen. I wanted to know if it affects him.

I feel that season 4 was a much better season. This is still watchable though.

 

[Kirby]

The show is a deliberate only half serious pisstake of cheesy 80s movies and tv shows.

It’s not supposed to be a serious drama. The plot armour and invincibility of the main characters is part of that.

It’s kids saving the world.

 

[Jatz]

I'm on the other side, I think this was absolutely fantastic. I want to be entertained when watching a TV show, I'm well and truly entertained.

Yes I could sit there and poke holes through all the story line but I really don't see the benefit of doing that.

 

[Jatz]

I know how you feel about the military. As soon as I see a bunch of soldiers in this TV show I say to myself, "Well, they're not going to last long."

Spoiler

I bet someone will die, probably number Eight, since she's not as important as the others. I also think Eleven might die or perhaps become stuck in the Upside Down or something like that.

Also, I don't know why they have that sound/frequency weapon being used every single time Eleven is near the military (they even use it when they have no idea she's there), but when Henry appears, those weapons are nowhere to be seen. I wanted to know if it affects him.

I feel that season 4 was a much better season. This is still watchable though.

Spoiler

I can definitely see Hopper dying while protecting Eleven. That seems increasingly likely as this has gone on.

 

[happy_eagle]

Yes I could sit there and poke holes through all the story line but I really don't see the benefit of doing that.

Annoying when the fictional TV show about monsters, parallel dimensions and children with telekinetic abilities requires you to suspend disbelief.

 

[Seeds]

The show is a deliberate only half serious pisstake of cheesy 80s movies and tv shows.

It’s not supposed to be a serious drama. The plot armour and invincibility of the main characters is part of that.

It’s kids saving the world.

Doesnt change the fact it makes the show bad. It was bad when it happened in the eighties. Its even worse now given tv story telling has improved dramatically since then. It really stands out now.

 

[Seeds]

Annoying when the fictional TV show about monsters, parallel dimensions and children with telekinetic abilities requires you to suspend disbelief.

This is a poor argument constantly used to defend bad fantasy and sci fi tv. Nothing wrong with fantasy things and concepts existing in shows. But its when the humans act unrealistically to their presence and the threat they impose to them that it makes it hard to get invested in. And when the logic of the science/magic in the world is inconsistently applied it takes away from the story telling cos it gives writers an easy out when the main characters look to be in serious strife. I.e. just invent a new fantasy concept that saves the day regardless of whether it was consistent with what came before. It kills the intrigue.