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I didn’t hate it as much as the rest of the thread but upon rewatch it’s really jarring.
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Davros1 posted:Petition to change the thread title to "You can't spell 'America' with 'Erica'." mods???
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I'm on Ep3 and it's me. I am the kid who just wants to play games with his friends forever  Also: Robin ist the best.
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TheBizzness posted:I didn’t hate it as much as the rest of the thread but upon rewatch it’s really jarring. I don't disagree, but I still like it.
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Jul 4, 2019 23:06
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Uma Thurman's daughter (Robin, the ice cream girl) is a babe.
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Jul 4, 2019 23:07
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Hahaha that Russian henchman is exactly the Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger indeed.
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Jul 4, 2019 23:32
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Ah man first episode reminding me about the joy of seeing Sean Astin on screen.
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Just started watching, but when I saw that drawing I got sad about Bob again RIP to a real one
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I love the pure, unironic friendship between Dustin and Steve. It makes me so happy for some reason.
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BigglesSWE posted:I love the pure, unironic friendship between Dustin and Steve. It makes me so happy for some reason. A HORNY SWEARENGEN posted:I'm officially so elderly that teenagers in love is adorable. Very same to both of these.
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TheBizzness posted:I didn’t hate it as much as the rest of the thread but upon rewatch it’s really jarring. It would be better if it was placed just about ANYWHERE else during the season.
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I think Winona Ryder has definitely found the character beyond "my son is missing" this season and Bret Gellman is much more of an eccentric instead of the grinning Bret Gellman creep he was in s2.
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Dmitri-9 posted:I think Winona Ryder has definitely found the character beyond "my son is missing" this season Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by how prominent she was. When I thought about it more, it wasn't so much that she didn't have a character but that she was always an accessory or a facilitator for someone else's story. This season gave her a way more prominent place with a lot more agency than before. Poor Will got to be "And they were there too" character this season. Season as a whole was much better than 2. All the relationships felt sincere, there was a good ebb and flow of comedy and tension, and the plot kept moving without feeling rushed. Really solid television. Final episode spoilers: Not gonna lie, Hopper's final speech got me choked up a little. The show did a good job of disguising that he was going to bite it but it felt natural when he did.
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Just finished the first four episodes. Gonna be honest and say I thought the first three were just okay and not really any better than anything in season 2 but the fourth one really kicks it into gear and and starts moving, holy poo poo that ending tossing him through the loving brick wall and ending with "We'll Meet Again" haha
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I liked this season a lot more than season 2. Season 1 still is the best, but that's not to knock this one. Robin is great but sometimes the actress looks and sounds just like her mom and it's jarring.
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Eleven's walk through the blackness to find people/things reminds me a hell of a lot of Under the Skin haha
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1stGear posted:Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by how prominent she was. When I thought about it more, it wasn't so much that she didn't have a character but that she was always an accessory or a facilitator for someone else's story. This season gave her a way more prominent place with a lot more agency than before. Poor Will got to be "And they were there too" character this season. Final episode spoilers: Suzie killed Hopper. Not directly obviously, but had she told them the numbers sooner they would have been able to turn the keys before Russian terminator showed up. Its all her fault! Though its possible the American in Kamchatka is Hopper who was somehow teleported to Russia instead of getting bug zapped. End of Final episode spoilers. Generic spoilers for at least episode 5 and later: Now we know why the Soviets cheaped out on RBMK reactors. They were saving money so they could build secret underground labs in the US. Cant be cheap secreting a ton of soldiers, scientists and construction workers over all the time.
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That one newspaper guy who looks like a Chris Farley who lived and aged up to the present day is very distracting. Ep 1: that was the only time any crowd ever cheered at Day of the Dead. How were those kids still so happy meeting Dustin later? EDIT: Lucas’ loving French Foreign Legion hat.
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Finished the season, what a hell of a ride. Not sure if it topped Season 1, but it's pretty close. Really hoping (and, honestly, assuming) Hopper is the American in the Russian facility, but if not they gave him a nice goodbye.
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I love that they're straight up scoring stuff here with the "Day of the Dead" soundtrack.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Finished the season, what a hell of a ride. Not sure if it topped Season 1, but it's pretty close. Really hoping (and, honestly, assuming) Hopper is the American in the Russian facility, but if not they gave him a nice goodbye. I hope he comes back all buff and yoked next season.
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Davros1 posted:Petition to change the thread title to "You can't spell 'America' with 'Erica'." Mods dragging their feet on it this one for some reason. What's the hold up? This is the ideal thread title.
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You can't do this show without David Harbour. We didn't really see any goo on the platform like all of the other soldiers left when they got zapped. Also, I wonder if next season we get a little more international and open up the rest of the world to some strange things going on? El getting her powers back but even more enhanced with the help of Paul Reiser who may have some understanding about Hopper's teleporting? I'm calling it: Paul Reiser teaches El the instant transmission somehow.
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Hopper probably either jumped through, or got sucked through the opening at the climax, and ended up going through one in Russia Poor Will though; he looks like he's going to grow up be Topher Grace.
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The acting and writing were great, and the first three episodes are a solid set up for a classic 80's movie. By episode five it was pretty paint by the numbers boring and I didn't notice much because I started messing with my tablet while my wife watched it. The entire Russian spy story B-plot was terrible and a waste of the Steve / Dustin powerhouse combo. It was exponentially better than Season 2, but fell prey to the whole "Season 1, but more!" trap. They gave themselves so much they could work with story wise, but all they do with it is more of the same. Oh yeah, Erica wasn't precocious. She's the Jar-Jar Binks of Stranger Things. Lord Frankenstyle fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Jul 5, 2019 |
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The only thing that disappointed me was for a series set in the 80s, everyone should have been wielding Uzis. I mean, that was the staple of 80s cinema.
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I did really like in the first episode that there was a poster for The Thing, which of course hinted at people being taken over by an evil being that happened later.
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teagone posted:next season Is that a thing? I thought Netflix recently said that from now on all shows will be dropped after their third season due to that being the point when production costs tend to spike. And they're going broke now.
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Iirc Stranger Things has had its entire run already contracted for and ends with season four. Only watched the first episode and a half but it really makes season two feel like a bridging season to these events in retrospect. Edit: I was wrong. The Duffers are extremely confident in a season four and do plan for it to be an ending because even they recognize the poor kids are being put through a lot in this story.
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Frankenstyle posted:Is that a thing? I thought Netflix recently said that from now on all shows will be dropped after their third season due to that being the point when production costs tend to spike.  No idea. I was also under the impression that Season 3 was going to be the last. But that stinger says otherwise imo.Frankenstyle posted:Oh yeah, Erica wasn't precocious. She's the Jar-Jar Binks of Stranger Things. Man, you trippin bruh.
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I'm 312 days smoke free and between watching Dr. Strangelove and episode 6 I'm about to call an uber to run me to the store. I get the "authenticity" but COME ON.
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I'm partway through episode 3, and as with the other two seasons, the Jonathan and Nancy plot is the worst part of the show.
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Just finished. That ruled. It felt like a series finale to me too up until the very end. If there is a next season, I'm not sure how that'll go.Frankenstyle posted:Oh yeah, Erica wasn't precocious. She's the Jar-Jar Binks of Stranger Things.
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Frankenstyle posted:Oh yeah, Erica wasn't precocious. She's the Jar-Jar Binks of Stranger Things. 
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I agree with the above poster about Robin being a total babe. Dammit Steve, right there in front of you! Also with the Will goon who just wants to hang out and play games. Also is the soundtrack way more synthy this season? That scene with the kid on the phone yelling at his mom to get off is something kids these days will never understand. I hope Billy dies horribly this season. Like gently caress that guy.
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