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Gonna have to watch this.
Stranger Things (Netflix)
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Just read that they they are making a season 2, an actual season 2 not a different story like an anthology. I had thought it was just a one off.
Nope but my first thought was you should change your password.
Nope but my first thought was you should change your password.
Man of Honour
If you haven't seen it don't open the spoiler
Where did the monster originally come from, how did it get there. Was Eleven made to fight that monster or was the monster supposed to be a weapon? And other such questions.
I think it was basically another dimension, asking that would be like asking where did the girl come from. I don't think they knew it was there, i don't think they even knew about 'upside down' either and it was accidental opening the gateway. It seemed to be her touching it that opened it.
A case of them using the girl to do the things they wanted done without understanding the how or the consequences.
I suppose another interpretation could be that she created it, a manifestation of her fear.
A case of them using the girl to do the things they wanted done without understanding the how or the consequences.
I suppose another interpretation could be that she created it, a manifestation of her fear.
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Soldato
In response to the above
Good series, really enjoyed it. Few niggling issues but mentioned them in the other thread about this
Potential Spoiler for Season 2?
Eleven came from her mother who was a participant of an LSD/Acid experiment into mind control/telephathy etc but she did not realise she was pregnant at the time, hence Eleven being second generation is 'gifted'.
What I gathered was from the govt trying to enhance her powers, eventually leading to her being put in the water tank. Which amplified her powers enough to track people over the world (as evidenced by the russian spy she was supposed to be listening to) except it opened up far more than they thought including alternate 'hell' dimensions like the Upside-Down. In turn the creature that lived there gained access as Eleven became terrified and inadvertently opened the 'gate' between our dimension and the creatures, which in turn proceeded to attack people/animals who were bleeding close to the gate and seemed to weaken the general fabric around the town as it was able to almost break through in Will's house and had been able to in the woods - possibly Eleven actually escaped the facility this way and the tree portal was hers which the creature then used.
What I gathered was from the govt trying to enhance her powers, eventually leading to her being put in the water tank. Which amplified her powers enough to track people over the world (as evidenced by the russian spy she was supposed to be listening to) except it opened up far more than they thought including alternate 'hell' dimensions like the Upside-Down. In turn the creature that lived there gained access as Eleven became terrified and inadvertently opened the 'gate' between our dimension and the creatures, which in turn proceeded to attack people/animals who were bleeding close to the gate and seemed to weaken the general fabric around the town as it was able to almost break through in Will's house and had been able to in the woods - possibly Eleven actually escaped the facility this way and the tree portal was hers which the creature then used.
Good series, really enjoyed it. Few niggling issues but mentioned them in the other thread about this
Potential Spoiler for Season 2?
I'm fairly sure Eleven is still alive as the police chief seems to be putting food into a random box in the woods. I think possibly she is in the Upside-Down and can access that box for supplies or something similar.
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Man of Honour
Not sure why its in the US section as is Netlfix, if anything here is more appropriate
It's because most people will get it from other sources so if it goes in the American section you can't cry if somebody spoils it.
I already did
and I dont even have to wait a week, so yesterday watched 20 mins of a orange is the new black episode, when I came back an hour later to carry on it was back in spanish O_o, and my settings also have english set as preference.
Very bizzarre.
update, your instincts are right, very alarming. Seems my account has been hacked even with my password change last week.
Netflix provide viewing history and logs and evan a account access log, changing again now and sending them a note.
Note i am censoring my ip in this snapshot of log.
They been watching better call saul and prison break. I wonder if a netflix chrome extension I been using to enhance chrome is a rogue extension.
Netflix provide viewing history and logs and evan a account access log, changing again now and sending them a note.
Note i am censoring my ip in this snapshot of log.
They been watching better call saul and prison break. I wonder if a netflix chrome extension I been using to enhance chrome is a rogue extension.
Soldato
I thoroughly enjoyed that, including all of it's flaws, many of which were likely to be intentional (it is a very strong nod to the 80's after all).
Associate
Binge watched this in one go yesterday, thought it was brilliant and probably one of the best shows Netflix has ever done. I believe it's been unofficially confirmed for a season 2 so will be interesting to see what they do with said season as there's still a bunch of questions to be answered.
Response to potential spoiler
Response to potential spoiler
Yup, pretty sure El is still alive. Perhaps after her ending with the monster she has absorbed it's powers/energy and can now move between dimensions (Upside down and the real world) without the need for an actual portal/gate?
Watched the first 2 episodes and I'm hooked. Has a very retro 80s feel to it but every episode has the production of a film. Something eerie Indiana about it with some horror/close encounters style to it.
Netflix productions are only rivaled by HBO these days and occasional AMC. Do they command huge moneyon these series?
Netflix productions are only rivaled by HBO these days and occasional AMC. Do they command huge moneyon these series?
Man of Honour
I find it funny how many of us have said 'It's not our thing' but we've all watched and enjoyed it.
Shows what good writing it is.
Shows what good writing it is.
Soldato
It was definitely "my thing", I was a massive Stephen King fan back then (still am really) and read all of his books and watched all movies and mini-series and I got exactly the same feeling from watching this series. It borrows massively from Firestarter, even down to parents being part of government run experiments with LSD but strangely I didn't care that it was "borrowed", it felt more like the Duffer twins were paying homage to King (in the 80's) than ripping him off.
^^ It borrows from a lot of stuff - I think like Dark Matter the writers manage to walk a fine line without it taking itself too seriously or trying too hard and it doesn't depend on a lot of contrived aspects which is why I kept me interested when the subject matter was very borderline for me - I usually find Stephen King type stuff gets tiresome quickly.
Soldato
I love King's earlier stuff and his more recent stuff but in between, when he was an alcoholic, some of his books were pretty dire.