Stranger Things (Netflix)

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.
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Yea…how many years between seasons? Also did one of their seasons end on a story continuing cliffhanger they have to continue from?
 
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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
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I agree with your post that it is a mash up of these things. It takes elements of dozens literally dozens and dozens of films tv shows and media mashes them up and repacakages for a new generation.
The fist series in particular felt almost like an homage.

But My beef was you said ‘genre defining’ my position is that this is simply untrue and or misinformed.

Also Thanks whoever for the victor meldrew picture that really advamces the discussion. Well done.
 
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Most shows run off the boil after churning out season after season. I don't mind the wait as each season of ST was worth it. I'm glad they take the time to get it right.

(aside from punk Eleven story).
 
I also agree that the extended gap between series really hurts it, because we were following the story as seen from 11/12 yr olds initially, which has an inbuilt wonderment/naivety, and an age where there are subservient to parents and loads of people in authority over them etc, that just simply can't be maintained when the same characters are 20 or whatever
 
I'm going to start re-watching from season one to get ready for the final series - the only downside is that story line hasn't changed to keep pace with the actors growing up. In this case I think binge watching is going to be a lot more jarring than having it spread out over almost a decade
 
rids57 said:
I'm going to start re-watching from season one to get ready for the final series - the only downside is that story line hasn't changed to keep pace with the actors growing up. In this case I think binge watching is going to be a lot more jarring than having it spread out over almost a decade
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after the last season finished, i rewatched the whole show. i didn't notice the age jumps being an issue. i think best to binge it now as i bet this coming age jump will be the most jarring
 
Glanza said:
www.hollywoodreporter.com

‘Stranger Things’ Team Worried Final Season Could Get ‘Game of Thrones’ Backlash

Star Finn Wolfhard on how the reaction to the HBO hit loomed over the final episodes of Netflix's show: "Everyone was pretty worried" given the way "'Thrones' was torn to shreds."
www.hollywoodreporter.com www.hollywoodreporter.com

Doesn't fill you with much confidence that they are going to nail the final season when we're getting comments like this 2 months before it airs.
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You read the article? He says they worried about that - and then they read the scripts, and “knew that it was something special”.

I think it’s perfectly reasonable they’d have been worried going into the finale of a series like this. Most tv shows overstay their welcome and grind on and on and on until they’re terrible and they get cancelled. Trying to stick the landing on a series with a defined end is incredibly difficult. I don’t blame them for being nervous of that, particularly given how GoT was (quite rightly) savaged.
 
Vonhelmet said:
You read the article? He says they worried about that - and then they read the scripts, and “knew that it was something special”.

I think it’s perfectly reasonable they’d have been worried going into the finale of a series like this. Most tv shows overstay their welcome and grind on and on and on until they’re terrible and they get cancelled. Trying to stick the landing on a series with a defined end is incredibly difficult. I don’t blame them for being nervous of that, particularly given how GoT was (quite rightly) savaged.
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I do hope it is something special as they claim and not just saying that, it's going to be hard to finish it and leave viewers feeling happy.
 
Hellsmk2 said:
I'm struggling to care about this. The last season was much better than the two before it... But it's been that long that I can't remember what happened.
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Just watch recaps before the release date. No way on earth am i watching all 4 seasons again


And a more detailed recap for the last season

 
I just started watching season 1 again last week, I knew it was good but forgot just how good it was. I'm already about to finish season 2.

Though partly helped that I'm no longer listening to music at the gym but watching this show while pumping iron :p
 
I recently rewatched season 1. I like them all but you forget how good season 1 is as an outlier. Not to spoil it for anyone who hasn't watched but when the lights come on when wynnona asks if it's the lad.....gives me chills :)
 
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