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Netflix Original: Stranger Things (2 Viewers)
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Capella
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Doug B
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It never has to end!
Doug B
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Jayrod
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My son's last day of school is today and I just sent him all of this info.First 8 minutes of Season 4, Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QiG9w0SUzk
First 7 of 9 episodes come out in a week, May 27th. The final 2 come out in July and are both movie length (the finale is 2 1/2 hours). Wowzahs.
One of only a handful of media my entire family looks forward to together.
This is his favorite show and he may have a heart attack waiting for those last 2 episodes.
Uwe Blab
Footballguy
This season alone is 13 hours too. 4 hours more than any season.
Hawkins, IN! Russia! California! The Upside Down!
Capella
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JeeeeeeeeeeesusThis season alone is 13 hours too. 4 hours more than any season.
Hawkins, IN! Russia! California! The Upside Down!
Psychopav
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Evil twin. I'm calling it right now. Evil twin.First 8 minutes of Season 4, Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QiG9w0SUzk
First 7 of 9 episodes come out in a week, May 27th. The final 2 come out in July and are both movie length (the finale is 2 1/2 hours). Wowzahs.
One of only a handful of media my entire family looks forward to together.
IvanKaramazov
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This show has already gone on at least one season too long. I get that it's hard to run a streaming service in today's market, but this feels like self-parody.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
So it's basically become a parody of something that already was a parody/rip off of 80s nostalgia?
Capella
Footballguy
I’m blown away that they are doing another season after this one. I would’ve bet a lot of money this was the last one. That’s unbelievable to me.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
NF seems to be the streaming service struggling the most and losing subscribers (we are very close to going this route and switching to a better movie option). I think it makes perfect sense to attempt to stretch out one of the few very popular original properties they have going. I think at this point Cobra Kai is about the only thing of theirs I care about.
Uwe Blab
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Some of you are a bunch of grumpy old farts.
It’s a fun show where they’ve done a pretty good job spinning a weird entertaining tale. Like I said, there are basically zero pieces of media we consume and enjoy as a whole family…except this. And I thought season 3 was pretty darn good. Definitely entertaining.
I’m excited. And I don’t care who knows it.
It’s a fun show where they’ve done a pretty good job spinning a weird entertaining tale. Like I said, there are basically zero pieces of media we consume and enjoy as a whole family…except this. And I thought season 3 was pretty darn good. Definitely entertaining.I’m excited. And I don’t care who knows it.
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Mile High
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They should do like the other steaming services. Release their popular shows a few at a time and only air the new episodes once a week. Stretch out the need to keeping your subscription.
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Capella
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I like the show and will watch this season, I just can’t believe they’re trying to stretch another 20 hours out of it. I am much more in favor of shows telling a concise story and getting out early rather than staying too long.Some of you are a bunch of grumpy old farts.
I’m excited. And I don’t care who knows it.
Capella
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I would cancel if it weren’t for my wife and son. I haven’t watched it in forever.
KarmaPolice
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Yeah, the funny thing was we originally got it for us, but the kiddo watched it more with stuff like Storybots on it. Don't think any of us bother more than once or twice a month anymore though.
Pip's Invitation
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Do they have any 80s movies you can brush up on for that countdown you said you might do eventually?
Uruk-Hai
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Lol. Ones I've seen a ton of. Top Gun, When Harry Met Sally, Pet Sematary were on the main page when I looked.Do they have any 80s movies you can brush up on for that countdown you said you might do eventually?
Not saying they have 0 to watch, but usually not many new (to me) movies. Easily the worst and least watched of the services we spend $ on.
Tick
Footballguy
Stop feeling so attached to any streaming platform. Just rotate through them 1-2 months at a time, watch all their cool stuff, then come back when the rotation is over and there will be a bunch of new cool stuff.
I rewatched season 3 a few weeks back and enjoyed it. Some preposterous stuff with the kids breaking into a Russian facility, but still fun.
I rewatched season 3 a few weeks back and enjoyed it. Some preposterous stuff with the kids breaking into a Russian facility, but still fun.
Todem
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Season 3 was great fun. Captured the absurdity of the 80’s perfectly. Season 1 will always be the best.
Looking forward to Season 4 and then 5 and then it’s over.
KarmaPolice
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Tick
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I went down that path for a while, but stopped. I don't really mind spending $10 to get a month of the next streaming platform on my list... the kids asked a couple of questions and I didn't like my answers. I'm already saving $100+ by not having cable/satellite, that's good enough for me.
GroveDiesel
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It’s always hard to replicate lightning in a bottle, especially with child actors, but I feel like they almost would have been better off doing something similar to True Detective and taking the concept and essentially rebooting with a different group of kids in a similar but different storyline. You can only go so far in a show based around kids if you stick with the same kids and it quickly loses it’s original vibe. The feeling of remembering what it was like to be exploring or caught up in an adventure when you were in middle school is completely different than high school.
They could even have jumped to different eras in order to add some different flavors and being able to connect to the storyline of season 1 but keeping things interesting and not having to deal with kids growing up.
I’ve enjoyed seasons 2 and 3, though not nearly as much as season 1, but I definitely am feeling less invested in the characters with such a huge jump in their ages now.
They could even have jumped to different eras in order to add some different flavors and being able to connect to the storyline of season 1 but keeping things interesting and not having to deal with kids growing up.
I’ve enjoyed seasons 2 and 3, though not nearly as much as season 1, but I definitely am feeling less invested in the characters with such a huge jump in their ages now.
Doug B
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Thinking on this:
Would there be any interest at all in seeing a Stranger Things alternative history set in the 1960s where high-school age Joyce, Hopper, Bob, Scott Clarke, etc. tangle with the Upside Down in some manner?
Could also see a period piece set in 1830s Indiana, sort of Little House on the Prairie meets Stranger Things.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Not sure I need to see the same characters used, though maybe a tie in could be worked somehow.
The Netflix 3-movie horror series Fear Street was set in 3 different time periods with different characters with a single overarching storyline tying them together with individual plots in each movie. I thought it was an interesting concept.
Psychopav
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Having the 'Rona generally sucks, but one benefit is that I was able to binge the first 2 seasons over the weekend.
Some thoughts:
Some thoughts:
- Having grown up in the 80s (born in '71), I am again reminded how awesome this series is. Nothing else captures the vibe of being that age in the 80s like this show has. I'm amazed that the Duffer Brothers weren't older during that period, they captured it so well.
- They spent good money on actors but could have done better casting half the kids. Mike and Eleven are excellent, and Dustin is a card but the other young kids, not so much. Steve is great but the other teenagers really aren't on the same level. That's ok, you can't win 'em all.
- This is a Lovecraftian horror show. On rewatch I'm enjoying putting the pieces together.
- Is it possible that there is some element of time travel involved here?
- Season 2 is still good, other than that one filler episode in Chicago. If they forget about the lost sister altogether and she never shows up again, that would be fine by me.
PIK95
Footballguy
I thought the lady in church was Tammy Faye Baker for a second. Then I remembered she died.
Uwe Blab
Footballguy
Same with the basketball star. Thought he could be the coach. My theory is to make the main kids look younger as they are supposed to be.
Yeah I’m two episodes in and can’t wait to see more. Man they are leaning more into horror than ever. Freaky
Galileo
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Capella
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Galileo
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Doug B
Footballguy
I didn't mind the actor being so obviously "old".
Eddie represents -- in an exaggerated way, to be sure -- those "oldest kid in the high school" people that were around in real life. See also the "full beard in 8th grade" guy and the "27-year-old college sophomore living in the dorms."
I give it 4.02 out of 10 on the offdee frozen pizza scale. Definitely not the best frozen pizza nationally but would work well in a pinch at 3am after late night drinking locally.
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Ghost Rider
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I don't agree. Season 1 was great, but Season 2 was a clear drop-off in overall quality. I got through a handful of eps in S3 and bailed. It had gotten that mediocre that I decided I wasn't wasting any more time. Feels like one of those shows where every good idea they had went into the first season, as I am sure they figured it would be one and done, but once it caught on and was hugely popular, they kept it going, as most would, and the good ideas got harder to come by since it felt like they put all of their eggs in S1's basket.
3 hour lunch
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Just finished; I thought it was really good. Hard to say much without giving anything away but I sort of saw that coming, but not all the way…..
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