Stranger Things (Netflix)

ivrytwr3 · 24 Jul 2025 at 08:46

Love ST, amazing show - all of them. One of the few things we can all sit down and watch as a family

He does have a point with the punk gang, it was not one of the shows proudest moments.

PlacidCasual · 24 Jul 2025 at 08:46

I watched all 4 seasons in relatively quick succession and loved all of them. Season 2's Aliens homage made me chuckle.

***F1ZZY*** · 24 Jul 2025 at 09:31

Stranger Things Spoof

whitecrook · 24 Jul 2025 at 14:28

unwashed potato! said:
But lost did land the final season perfectly

that’s hilarious.

I will watch s5 but i really dont have high hopes. Only cos i did slog through all the other seasons.

That Jekka Gal · 24 Jul 2025 at 14:33

413x said:
Don't do a game of thrones for the love of god!

Probably need to rewatch this

The worst ending ever.

Closely followed by Sons of Anarchy.

unwashed potato! · 24 Jul 2025 at 17:27

whitecrook said:
that’s hilarious.

I will watch s5 but i really dont have high hopes. Only cos i did slog through all the other seasons.

What didn't you like with lost?

TonTom · 25 Jul 2025 at 11:22

Have to agree re the Punk Gang. Terrible acting and highly skippable part of the show.

Glanza · 24 Sep 2025 at 14:06

dave28 · 24 Sep 2025 at 14:18

Will be incredibly annoying if Jonathan Byers character is still totally ruined like in Season 4, the whole useless stoner thing was so daft

arknor · 24 Sep 2025 at 18:02

only been 3 years and 4 months since season 4 part 2 came out

unwashed potato! · 24 Sep 2025 at 19:54

arknor said:
only been 3 years and 4 months since season 4 part 2 came out

it's not only sad that it's been that long for a show that shouldn't tae that long, but it's sad to think that i'm that much older. i remember watching that season like it was only 12 months ago.

this is the issue with shows/games these days taking so long to make. gta6, not a game i am interested in, but i get others are, andlets say someone was 18 when they first played gta5, they would be 30 now waiting for the next game. which means for gta7 they will likely be 45+

very sad

jonneymendoza · 25 Sep 2025 at 06:55

unwashed potato! said:
it's not only sad that it's been that long for a show that shouldn't tae that long, but it's sad to think that i'm that much older. i remember watching that season like it was only 12 months ago.

this is the issue with shows/games these days taking so long to make. gta6, not a game i am interested in, but i get others are, andlets say someone was 18 when they first played gta5, they would be 30 now waiting for the next game. which means for gta7 they will likely be 45+

very sad

Also means that there's a high chance that the majority of devs who worked on GTA 5 have left the company.

Very rare that a dev stays in one company for more than 10 years

tangey · Tuesday at 12:56

It'll be sad to watch the last episode, it has become a genre defining series.

Dunno if I mentioned it on this thread, but the magically element of the entire arc was placing it in a time before internet and mobile phones. Only the characters that experienced a particular event know exactly what happened.

Vonhelmet · Tuesday at 13:58

tangey said:
It'll be sad to watch the last episode, it has become a genre defining series.

Dunno if I mentioned it on this thread, but the magically element of the entire arc was placing it in a time before internet and mobile phones. Only the characters that experienced a particular event know exactly what happened.

I absolutely agree with this. Stories are so much more interesting in the 80s and 90s when you can’t trivially fact check things or broadcast things instantly.

whitecrook · Tuesday at 14:49

tangey said:
It'll be sad to watch the last episode, it has become a genre defining series.

It has? Seems to me it's very much a nostalgic, trope fillled somewhat generic series. Nothing genre defining about it ? The whole schtick is that it played on the pre-existing 'genre' of teenage kids exploring/adventure/coming of age etc, already very much 'defined' in about a billion 1980's movies (which this definitelty takes a lot from) especially things like Goonies, ET, Carrie, IT and dozens of others. What has stranger things 'defined' as you put it?

ivrytwr3 · Tuesday at 15:37

whitecrook said:
It has? Seems to me it's very much a nostalgic, trope fillled somewhat generic series. Nothing genre defining about it ? The whole schtick is that it played on the pre-existing 'genre' of teenage kids exploring/adventure/coming of age etc, already very much 'defined' in about a billion 1980's movies (which this definitelty takes a lot from) especially things like Goonies, ET, Carrie, IT and dozens of others. What has stranger things 'defined' as you put it?

tangey · Tuesday at 16:07

whitecrook said:
It has? Seems to me it's very much a nostalgic, trope fillled somewhat generic series. Nothing genre defining about it ? The whole schtick is that it played on the pre-existing 'genre' of teenage kids exploring/adventure/coming of age etc, already very much 'defined' in about a billion 1980's movies (which this definitelty takes a lot from) especially things like Goonies, ET, Carrie, IT and dozens of others. What has stranger things 'defined' as you put it?

Personally, I see it as the best possible mash up of Spielberg's wonderment and Stephen King's horror/story telling. It totally grabbed and enthralled me from the opening sequence of the first episode. Nothing it the past, including the list you mentioned struck me in the same way, although I do accept that some of the later series were not as engaging.

But I detect that it is simply best to accept you take a different view and leave it like that.

cu3ed · Tuesday at 16:25

tangey said:
Personally, I see it as the best possible mash up of Spielberg's wonderment and Stephen King's horror/story telling. It totally grabbed and enthralled me from the opening sequence of the first episode. Nothing it the past, including the list you mentioned struck me in the same way, although I do accept that some of the later series were not as engaging.

But I detect that it is simply best to accept you take a different view and leave it like that.

It is that, a mashup of other stuff. Though it should have been 2 seasons and done. The characters are so old in their own timeline they all have fill time jobs and families by now.

adam cool dude · Tuesday at 17:12

cu3ed said:
It is that, a mashup of other stuff. Though it should have been 2 seasons and done. The characters are so old in their own timeline they all have fill time jobs and families by now.

The inbetweeners was a classic TV series and they were all in their mid 20's when they did that. Was still fantastic though. At least for me because it was all relatable.

I guess it is the reason why I absolutely love Stranger Things too. I grew up with the Goonies, Aliens and Terminator. Plus being a bit of a cross over geek/townie in my school years makes people like Steve Harrington very relatable too.

Out of all the crap that has been released in the past half decade. Stranger Things is a breath of fresh air in the industry even if it does take tropes from older franchises. It does them extremely well.

Bigpig · Tuesday at 19:03

adam cool dude said:
The inbetweeners was a classic TV series and they were all in their mid 20's when they did that. Was still fantastic though. At least for me because it was all relatable.

I guess it is the reason why I absolutely love Stranger Things too. I grew up with the Goonies, Aliens and Terminator. Plus being a bit of a cross over geek/townie in my school years makes people like Steve Harrington very relatable too.

Out of all the crap that has been released in the past half decade. Stranger Things is a breath of fresh air in the industry even if it does take tropes from older franchises. It does them extremely well.

Think I’ve said it on here before. Most on here probably had their teenage years watching Buffy.

Most of the actors were in their mid 20’s