My nitpicks were when you watch the pool scene he stops taking photos well before the monster shows up and when the phone gets electrified it obviously doesn't look blackened and burned at first until they do a close up later lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 22 July 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
i liked how the two friends who weren't Mike conveniently didn't have parents. even at the end after almost dying at the school they are just sitting by themselves in the hospital waiting room.
also trying to figure out the Barb timeline. she doesn't go to school for two whole days and then Nancy calls the police about her? it was kinda unclear. and Nancy kind of a bad friend in general. telling her mom that Barb is at the library? when there is already one kid missing? that's mean!
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
also i don't think he stopped taking pictures well before the monster showed up. he took one last picture and then looked down and when he looked up she was gone.
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
I thought the token black friend was a really good actor!
― Heez, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
still weighing up whether to dive into E02
my 80s sensibilities were a little rattled by terms like 'shit' and 'douchebag'
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 July 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
douchebag a thing in the early 80's! "chill" was the one that got me. "let's go chill in my car". don't think that was a thing back then. the word chill existed but i don't remember people using it like that at all.
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
"chill out" existed back then. maybe not in Indiana though.
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
they could have gotten away with chill pill. if they needed a chill thing to say. that was a thing in 1983.
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
they could have even had The Big Chill playing at the movie house.
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
i'm not saying it didn't exist. pretty sure "shit" existed then too. just that you wouldn't hear it in spielberg film!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 July 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
just "penis breath"
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
actually they said "shit" E.T. too
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
i've become such a fainting fanny!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 July 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
How many episodes before this passes the Bechdel test? My missus is getting impatient.
― everything, Friday, 22 July 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Bechdel test is post-80s. It would be anachronistic.
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Friday, 22 July 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
the mom and daughter kinda talk to each other. and winona talks to a catatonic woman...
― scott seward, Friday, 22 July 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
winona talks to L
― jbn, Friday, 22 July 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
Nobody's asked any stupid questions itt, you dick xps
― just1n3, Friday, 22 July 2016 22:51 (seven years ago) link
― scott seward, Friday, July 22, 2016 10:17 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah I rewatched it the time between was ridic, her blood drops in the water after he stops shooting. If that's what drew the monster then there's no way he got it in the photo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 22 July 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
― just1n3, Friday, July 22, 2016 5:51 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Disagree, ilx's "suspension of disbelief is a lie" cru asks dumb things like "how come Will didn't get eaten but her friend did?" As if we need literally every step spelled out for this. These kids are torture on the game of thrones thread
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 22 July 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
That was me, not tuomas. Fuck off.
― just1n3, Saturday, 23 July 2016 06:49 (seven years ago) link
Well I'm going to ask some stupid questions
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, 23 July 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
When 11 first made contact with the monster, what was it eating?How did the upsides own go from black nothingness to a parallel universe?Where was the portal?What deal did hopper make with Modine? When they took him away at the hospital I assumed he was with them but there he was at the local cop shop Xmas party.If the monster appeared every time there was blood, why didn't it show up whenever 11 got a nose bleed?
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, 23 July 2016 13:32 (seven years ago) link
Not a question but I did like the parallel of the winter snow with the white floaty stuff in the upsidedown
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, 23 July 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
Another question: why didn't Mike try to contact 11 on the walkie-talkie?
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, 23 July 2016 13:37 (seven years ago) link
i wish they hadn't done the hopper getting into the car thing at the end. it bugged me. and mike should have been the one leaving waffles in the woods.
― scott seward, Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
Netflix still hasn't officially confirmed a S2, but the producers and actors seem to believe it's a done deal. I imagine some of the questions left at the end will be addressed.
As for what new things might happen in S2, I wonder if The Upside Down will continue to play a role in the show's story or if they'll move on to some other freaky thing.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 23 July 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
If 11 got her abilities from her mom taking acid while she was pregnant I'm thinking there are an army of 11s out there from the 60s and 70s.
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
and of course the obvious question - who were 001-010?
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
Most of sunny's questions are fine! I'm not saying questions are bad, just bad ones
This q though:
― Quarter measures (sunny successor), Saturday, July 23, 2016 8:37 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Because she's the one who has to make the walkie talkie work as a receiver, she can't (as far as I know) just make herself appear on any walkie talkie
Also, the waffles suggest he knows she's around and might be intentionally hiding her
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
― scott seward, Saturday, July 23, 2016 10:29 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Idk it made sense of course the Feds want to question him
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
This scared me and I got a lump in my throat in the last episode, F-
― kasybian (wins), Saturday, 23 July 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
i watched this whole thing in <2 days and i'm deeply ashamed because it's so sunny outside.
thought kid w/o teeth was a perfect mix of neal and bill from freaks and geeks. he stole every scene.
― sktsh, Sunday, 24 July 2016 10:39 (seven years ago) link
Ryder is doing that thing that every single character in the omen does, of being like "hey, maybe if I act completely bananas 100% of the time, everybody will believe me! IM TELLING YOU HES THE DEVIL AGOOGOOBABAHEEHEE" which is obv a valid part of the playbook they're using here but can still grate
― kasybian (wins), Sunday, 24 July 2016 10:58 (seven years ago) link
he stole every scene.
I really liked how they cast a group of people who looked so exactly like they stepped out of a 1980s film, then subverted the expectations people my age had for those characters. You expect the slightly chubby kid without the teeth to be the fairly useless, wisecracking one, but no, he's a solid group leader with science skills. You expect both him and Lucas to just do whatever Mike tells them, but no, they've got minds of their own and Lucas goes off to investigate by himself. You expect Nancy to be useless, but no, she's calmly amazing and resourceful and resilient. And so on.
― trishyb, Sunday, 24 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah the casting was excellent.
One thing I'm left puzzled by - was there/is there only one monster? If so whats with all the eggs and incubated dead people? Is the idea that S2 will mean more come back or something?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 24 July 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
Don't apply logic to the monster
― kasybian (wins), Sunday, 24 July 2016 22:51 (seven years ago) link
It's like alien they can do whatever they want with it
It killed all the soldiers it caught within seconds but that one kid it caught got away
The gunk covering everything in the parallel dimension definitely suggested 80s monster cocoons so I
― kasybian (wins), Sunday, 24 July 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
...wouldn't be surprised by an aliens direction in s2
Oh great, a pile of references to a movie franchise I havent seen :(
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 24 July 2016 23:18 (seven years ago) link
this whole series is a pile of references! it isn't that alien-y tho
― kasybian (wins), Sunday, 24 July 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I got a lot of em! Alien(s) is the one Ive never really seen (and hasnt refs to it been done to death?)
Still, dont mean to sound like I'm whining, I thought this show was really good.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 24 July 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
I was going off tuomas's comment re s2 but the main thing you need to know is that aliens has more aliens than alien (sorry if spoiler)
― kasybian (wins), Sunday, 24 July 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Speaking of references...
http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/stranger-things-film-reference-glossary.html
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 25 July 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link
I've never seen Altered States. Is it good?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 25 July 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
Yes it is. Or at least the first 80% of it.
― circa1916, Monday, 25 July 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
I figured the trainline walk to be a hat tip to Stand By Me.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 25 July 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
The reference to The Conversation was so well done bc you really *were* worried he'd end up like gene hackman's character
Reference to alien in the moment when he knocks down the older brother before the boyfriend shows up w a baseball bat
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 25 July 2016 06:44 (seven years ago) link
I'm surprised they didnt mention those two instances
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 25 July 2016 06:45 (seven years ago) link
This also in parts reminded me of every young adult novel I read at age 8-11
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 25 July 2016 06:46 (seven years ago) link