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Great season. I was a little worried the first couple episodes, where the focus was on the undefined body-snatching rather than creature horror. I thought maybe they spent so much money on remaking all the locations into 80's spots that they had to use human actors as the monsters, and would focus way more on the interpersonal stuff than the sci-fi stuff. Whoops could not have been more wrong, it was a great balance with the best creature horror yet imo.
Great character development.
The Russians stuff was all a bit over the top and over done, but so were the tropes and source material it's an homage to, so.
Only thing I could have done without was the "Hopper as stereotypical 80's sitcom dad" caricature. That one could have been left in the past, but it served it's purpose and led to some funny scenes. Made him very unlikable at times however.
Agree that Robin is already a top character (and really like her wingman/buddy relationship with Steve). Also agree that she has "it". Even something about her voice just has a weight to it. She killed every scene.
Agreed with everyone about the credits scene. One fun (but unlikely) alternate theory:
Great character development.
The Russians stuff was all a bit over the top and over done, but so were the tropes and source material it's an homage to, so.
Only thing I could have done without was the "Hopper as stereotypical 80's sitcom dad" caricature. That one could have been left in the past, but it served it's purpose and led to some funny scenes. Made him very unlikable at times however.
Agree that Robin is already a top character (and really like her wingman/buddy relationship with Steve). Also agree that she has "it". Even something about her voice just has a weight to it. She killed every scene.
Agreed with everyone about the credits scene. One fun (but unlikely) alternate theory:
What if the captured prisoner is Brennan? Wanting to continue his work he defected, or something, and it didn't go as planned once he spilled the science to the Russians. They sure knew a lot about the ####show in Hawkins.
But it's probably Hopper.
What's the implication with the pet Demogorgon they have? That they had the gate open just long enough to capture one? Or that they raised a slug to adulthood? Remember, there was a scene with Erica (when she found the tazer) where she points to a big shark-cage looking thing and asks "how big did you say the demogorgon was?"
Maybe the Russians prime interest was surprisingly not just the opening of a gate to mess with America, as that would be suicidal long term. Maybe they hoped to stick around and weaponize the demogorgon creatures themselves.
Not really sure how theirs is still alive actually with the gate closed. All the demodogs died last season instantly when the gate closed. So is that implying they have a stable, open gate of their own?
In fact, how are they even holding on to that fully-grown demogorgon? Can't it make it's own mini-gates into the Upside Down to escape? See: the creepy tree trunk scene from season one and the shed scene from season one when it actually abducted Will. Maybe it's not fully matured yet.
But it's probably Hopper.
What's the implication with the pet Demogorgon they have? That they had the gate open just long enough to capture one? Or that they raised a slug to adulthood? Remember, there was a scene with Erica (when she found the tazer) where she points to a big shark-cage looking thing and asks "how big did you say the demogorgon was?"
Maybe the Russians prime interest was surprisingly not just the opening of a gate to mess with America, as that would be suicidal long term. Maybe they hoped to stick around and weaponize the demogorgon creatures themselves.
Not really sure how theirs is still alive actually with the gate closed. All the demodogs died last season instantly when the gate closed. So is that implying they have a stable, open gate of their own?
In fact, how are they even holding on to that fully-grown demogorgon? Can't it make it's own mini-gates into the Upside Down to escape? See: the creepy tree trunk scene from season one and the shed scene from season one when it actually abducted Will. Maybe it's not fully matured yet.
