Finished it last night. No complaints about the ending other than it being a little underwhelming.

He'll be one of your favorites by the end.

Finished it last night. Really enjoyed it, except for one or two items during the final episode. I thought they handled the upside down world really well. A lot of times when movies attempt to deal with an alternate reality it comes off really bad and hokey.

It reminded me of the Poltergeist.

I don't see the connection but I barely paid attention to that movie. I did finish the season, enjoyed it, I hope they can keep this going.

Really enjoyed it. Looking forward to season 2.

you didn't pay attention to poltergeist!

man I thought for the time it was superb....and honestly I've seen it recently and I think it holds up pretty well.

loved the stuck on the ceiling in her underwear scene. hahaha
there's just something about white cotton panties....

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I missed out on a giant chunk of 80's pop culture at the time for various reasons.

I plowed through this in two nights. I really enjoyed it. I'm about five years too young for a lot of the early 80s nostalgia to truly resonate with me in a memorable way, but there are a lot of echoes of the culture that I remember.

Also, Steve is a dead ringer for Jean Ralphio.

Don't worry - most of the people nostalgic for the 80s didn't live through them either. It's not so much a decade as a series of factoids scribbled onto idea balls for the Family Guy manatees to play with.

this is set in my high school dayze....so I not only REALLY enjoyed the story....but I also had a blast checking everything out. OH OH OH...there goes a cutlass supreme in the background! OH...my friend had a Gremlin. damn....she's driving a pinto just like the one I used to have. :shake:
OH OH OH....I used to have those nikes.

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and most sadly....OMG....I used to feather my hair like that.... ROFL

Here's an interesting fan theory that Steve is Jean Ralphios real father:

http://uproxx.com/tv/stranger-things...parks-and-rec/

It's crazy, but it's a fun read.

I have to admit to watching it again.

Did it "steal" - yes, it did, heavily.

It stole the same way Mr. Robot did.

Obvious. Intentional. Flagrant. TO COMPLIMENT.

In fact STRANGER THINGS is better than anything any of the directors they ripped off have done in the last 20 years.

I found him being a dead ringer very distracting and also amusing.

Really loved it. Everything that wasn't top shelf like some of the amateurish acting and even some of the writing was deeply charming in exactly the same way I recall the 80s themselves. I do not generally have 80s nostalgia at all. I was there. I didn't like much about it. Hated feathered hair. Hated the awful clothes and most of the popular music, and most shows don't go past that to depict the era. But recently we've had The Americans, Halt and Catch Fire, and now this that really bring it to life. This one touched on the American family's relationship to authority in a way that was very true to the era. Technology is at a precious stage and they nailed that too. My favorite parts of popular culture of the era were John Carpenter movies and The Clash. No surprise I dug the influences there. The most charming thing is the really extra details. Not just finding obvious stuff like coke commercials, but tiny details done absolutely perfectly like the damn pudding cans. I have not thought about pudding since the last time I peeled back the lid on one of those cans, but the label and the can itself were dead on. There are hundreds of those details in this. I can't wait to see another season, but I like it just the way it is, too.

I loved this show! The feel of it made me go back to 1985, sitting in front of my TV watching a movie on VHS. They nailed 80 style movies. Ryder was excellent, the storyline was gripping and I loved the weird 80s techno music they used for dramatic scenes. Netflix better sign them up for season 2.

Who wore the Nikes?

Will wore black Adidas.

Mike wore Pumas.

Steve had the full leather tennis type, not the vinyl and suede running type.

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ROFL ROFL - Blame yourself. I saw your post before I binged the show. So I'm watching the thing looking for the stuff you're pointing out.

I am disappoint. ;)

By the way, was anyone else surprised that 11 was a girl? I flashed right through all the boys not wanting [her] to take [her] shirt off without a thought, then they started talking about 'she, she, she. . . ' And even then I was like 'who the eff are they talking about?'

Now that I see it, she is adorable, and very talented. Looks like she's been acting since younger than Drew Barrymore even. Looked her up on IMDB and she already has like 3 major series under her belt.

But until they slapped a wig on her, I had no idea.

I can't believe you didn't catch on she was a girl immediately, or at least before that part.

The Cortez.

Like when someone says something about the girl missing in Ep. 1 and the very next scene we get introduced to 11? :spock:

I was a tad unclear, I was fairly aware 11 was a girl when the boys kept yelling 'she,' a good bit before they put the wig and dress on her.

But come on, look at the picture above. Mike had more feminine features. Not a knock. They purposefully crafted her look as hard and wiry.

Must've missed that bit of dialog.

I got a pair of Cortez's in '04 that were all white leather. with red trim on the soles. I loved those shoes.

Overall, I have to agree with BL that her look, especially early, was androgynous.

I totally skipped over every post in this thread to make sure no spoilers.

Just finished episode 1, I think i might like this

Every one wore them in high school

I wore maypops. My mom tried getting me the more expensive shoes and I would just wear them out within six months, often less than six months. So she just got me a new cheap pair a few times every year.

I had heard that this was a well done show. Stayed out of this thread until I finished the show.

I was leaving my teen years and into early adulthood in the 80's. So there is some nostalgia with the series. Yes, I remember those canned pudding's too. The tennis shoes and hair etc.

I thought the first half of the season was more well done than the 2nd half. Some of the acting was really poor and some was damn good. Lots of holes in the story but this isn't suppose to be cinematic art. Its just a little fun series and it delivered. I'll watch season 2.

oh yeah! you will! you'll be getting a new tattoo! :D

You want childhood trauma, the only 'expensive' pair of shoes I owned until I started lobbying for good soccer cleats in middle school were orthotics with a special insole for flat feet and a special heel for splay feet [the opposite of pigeon toes].

Brown wing tips, . . . in grade school, in the 1970s.

I SHIT U NOT.

Run, Forrest, run!!!

Keds, run faster, jump higher. Then on to Chuck Taylor All Stars.

****ing wing tips. Every Sunday I had to work my wide feet into those shoes.

Every pair of dress shoes I look at to this day makes me think of those early Sunday AM wakeup call from upstairs, that we were all going to the 0615 mass.

Heh, you don't want to get into a childhood trauma competition with me. I had to wear moccasins at one point.

Heh, looking back I had all the stigma of an invalid Forrest without any of the enlightened pity. The shoes were just ugly. Even though they were prescription, there was nothing to suggest they were medical. No leg braces or clunky boots. Just uggo shoes with a lump in the arch of the insole and a chunk beveled off the heel to promote turning my feet inward.

Irony was, when I started playing soccer, my gait was probably one of my biggest natural assets. My feet naturally strike the ball in the manner that best promotes accurate passing.

Just finished it up. Pretty damn entertaining. Looking forward to the next season.

through episode 4 now, my guess is not shit is going to be resolved by the end of the season

So you had shoes.

You try to tell young folk nowadays, they won't believe ya.

Speaking of 'moccasins' and 'one point,' I had to go to 2 weeks of my senior year, including MARCHING BAND practice in these

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Think I've told the story before, but they made me and a co-worker take the fry grease out to the recycling while it was still hot.

Would have been fine, except the co-worker got a little fidgety towards the end and splashed a couple drops of oil onto his arm. This was enough to provoke him to drop his side completely and 'run for zee hills.' I'd have been fine as well except it soaked my shoes and socks, resulting in severe 2nd degree [luckily not 3rd] burns on the top of both feet. They say I kicked my work shoes about 30 yards.

It's wrapped up for the most part. They where not sure if they would get a second season so no big cliffhangers. It's been so popular they are already working on season 2 though.

My listening to New Order has gone from none to a lot lately because of this series.

Ouch, that sounds horrible. I wore moccasins because I wore out yet another pair of shoes and my mom didn't have enough money to buy me a new pair for a while. She had been given a gift of a craft project where everything you needed to make a pair of moccasins was in a box, she made them up in my size and I wore them until she could afford to buy me a pair of shoes.

I got my Atari when I was 6 so these kids were 3 to 4 years older than me so this show hit me right in the sweet spot for nostalgia. I loved the tv with the channel buttons right on the front.

I finished this show up yesterday.

It was good. I've recommended it to anyone who will listen.

ok i liked it

Very good. Loved the score.

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So how many episodes in does it start to get good? I'm on episode 2 and I think its just weird as hell.

I'm up to episode 6 and am loving this. Just sad that I can't binge the whole thing in one sitting. :)

If the mystery and 80s feel haven't encapsulated you yet then it probably never will

I loved the show.

Just finished.


That is how you do sci-fi and horror right. Good job.

I felt it was overhyped for the first couple of eps, then it picks up

Just watched the first episode last night with the missus.
I didn't tell her anything about it. She was like WTF is this?

Not to pry overly, but is she, uhhh, positioned, to recognize the source materials and origins of the show?

He's asking if she has big jugs or not.

I watched one episode Saturday night with a friend, then the next seven last night. I meant to go to bed after episode 5 because I had to get up for work, buuut I finished it instead.

Of course.

Decent show. Better than all the network garbage. Great start, meh finish. Very creative, but not sure how well a 2nd will holdup.

After watching the first episode I didn't get this question. The next night I did.
She recognizes most of the source materials and we're both enjoying it so far.

On to episode 4 tomorrow night.

Season 2 confirmed.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan...WnA#.ebqpRx4nx

Including a teaser:

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Episode names and the internet is rampant with speculation.

Hope they dont screw it up!

I get the feeling the internet has a greater chance of 'screwing it up.'

Hyping it forever with useless little tidbits for page clicks until people expect the second coming of Jeebus Christie.

They deliver another nice little homage series and expectations around the the nation are deflated.

It was merely above average the way it was. The hype is gonna ruin this thing even though I bet they churn out another nice season. Definitely better than most shows and well above remake abortions like mcguyver.

ROFL

Burned through this this weekend with the wife and we both loved it. I was 17 in 1983 and all the nostalgia stuff really resonated with me -- I think only Freaks and Geeks did as good a job of capturing that time. And what's funny is the Duffer Brothers weren't even born yet in 83.

Finally got to watch. Loved it. From the opening sequence I was drawn in. Fantastic show. Can't wait for season 2.

A local bar is turning their bar into a 1983 town set in stranger things

https://www.facebook.com/events/237170450010995/?ti=icl

This was pretty entertaining.

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Such a shame Freaks only got 1 season. All the shit shows NBC greenlighted and they nope on that :#

Freaks and Geeks was on NBC. :D

Fixed :)

That's OK, Fox deserves plenty of brickbats for its egregious mistakes (Firefly, Arrested Development, etc.).

could have been a couple episodes shorter (cut out the bullying subplot and Nancy's dumb high school boyfriend's friends subplot and you get the same show except better and more concise)

also, was there actually a point of Nancy & Friends trapping the monster and lighting it on fire? Seemed to have zero effect and essentially pointless... wanted to tear my ears out after the "NAAAAANCY??? NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCY! NAANCYYYY!!!" scene

I'm also a little disappointed to hear that they're continuing the next season with the same characters and stuff, I really hope that isn't the case. It ended perfect as it is so they should have done it like True Detective where it's in the same "universe" but with different characters with ambiguously related events and maybe bring back some of the characters in a following season or something

What was Lucas saying at 1:08. I thought he was channeling Jordy.

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Pretty entertaining...

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Millie Bobby Brown is cute as a button.

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There was a point of trapping the monster. It was not in the upside down when they where looking for the kid in the upside down.