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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2020 14:41:02 GMT -5
We received a Valentine's Day Gift From Russia with Love.....
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Post by Duragizer on Feb 14, 2020 16:49:24 GMT -5
Here's hoping Stranger Things 4 has less capitalist propaganda than Stranger Things 3.
All half-joking aside, I'm looking forward to it. They should probably bring the series to a close this season, though.
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Post by badwolf on Feb 14, 2020 17:45:42 GMT -5
I just started watching the first season. It's okay. Interesting to see Ryder playing a mom.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 18, 2020 6:11:31 GMT -5
Here's hoping Stranger Things 4 has less capitalist propaganda than Stranger Things 3. All half-joking aside, I'm looking forward to it. They should probably bring the series to a close this season, though. I agree, but money is money, so that might convince the Duffers to keep stretching this out. Or, they pull a Whedon ( Serenity) and make a movie trying to wrap things up. In any case, a good number of the "kids" have either reached adulthood, or are close to it (McLaughlin is 18, Sink, Wolfhard and Matarazzo are each 17), and as of season three, they are not looking like the ages of the characters any longer. With the flood of 80s references in the series, I hope the finale does not take any cues from something such as Stand By Me in mentioning what became of the core group. That would be thoroughly depressing. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 18, 2020 21:36:53 GMT -5
Huh. This looked like the kind of thing I wound like, but the first season did nothing for me and now I don't remember anything about it. And I have e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y low standards for fantasy/sci-fi tv and movies! I'm a little shocked at how into it people are.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 19, 2020 0:20:23 GMT -5
Probably due (in part) to it being a 1980's nostalgia/King novel tribute. There's no other fantasy show that is essentially a love letter to 80s culture like Stranger Things. Its not the only reason its successful, but I don't think it would have been nearly as successful if it had been set in the modern day.
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Post by badwolf on Feb 20, 2020 12:58:07 GMT -5
Huh. This looked like the kind of thing I wound like, but the first season did nothing for me and now I don't remember anything about it. And I have e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y low standards for fantasy/sci-fi tv and movies! I'm a little shocked at how into it people are. Yeah, I'm struggling just to finish the first season. Two more episodes but I've lost interest. The nostalgia was cute at first but as someone who grew up during that time and did all that stuff (playing D&D, etc.) it just seems derivative.
Also it has the same problem that keeps me from watching TV in general in that it mostly spins its wheels while feeding you a tiny bit more each episode without satisfying in any way. Because TV shows are designed to never end.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 20, 2020 14:20:21 GMT -5
Huh. This looked like the kind of thing I wound like, but the first season did nothing for me and now I don't remember anything about it. And I have e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y low standards for fantasy/sci-fi tv and movies! I'm a little shocked at how into it people are. Yeah, I'm struggling just to finish the first season. Two more episodes but I've lost interest. The nostalgia was cute at first but as someone who grew up during that time and did all that stuff (playing D&D, etc.) it just seems derivative.
Also it has the same problem that keeps me from watching TV in general in that it mostly spins its wheels while feeding you a tiny bit more each episode without satisfying in any way. Because TV shows are designed to never end.
Except that they aren't any more. Well a lot of them aren't and that's particularly true of premium cable shows and streaming services. It's even starting to become true on over-the-air TV. No way in the past would a show like The Good Place end on it's natural cycle after four seasons and 53 episodes. The Duffer Brothers have said that they have four to five seasons worth of story to tell. That's becoming increasingly common with television. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 20, 2020 14:39:12 GMT -5
Probably due (in part) to it being a 1980's nostalgia/King novel tribute. There's no other fantasy show that is essentially a love letter to 80s culture like Stranger Things. Its not the only reason its successful, but I don't think it would have been nearly as successful if it had been set in the modern day. That makes sense - it hit at the perfect time in the current nostalgia cycle. (And Netflix is probably the best way to gain a decent size audience, now-a-days.) |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 20, 2020 14:40:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm struggling just to finish the first season. Two more episodes but I've lost interest. The nostalgia was cute at first but as someone who grew up during that time and did all that stuff (playing D&D, etc.) it just seems derivative.
Also it has the same problem that keeps me from watching TV in general in that it mostly spins its wheels while feeding you a tiny bit more each episode without satisfying in any way. Because TV shows are designed to never end.
Except that they aren't any more. Well a lot of them aren't and that's particularly true of premium cable shows and streaming services. It's even starting to become true on over-the-air TV. No way in the past would a show like The Good Place end on it's natural cycle after four seasons and 53 episodes. The Duffer Brothers have said that they have four to five seasons worth of story to tell. That's becoming increasingly common with television. I'm a season or two behind, but The Good Place is amazing. |
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Post by The Captain on Feb 20, 2020 17:20:04 GMT -5
Except that they aren't any more. Well a lot of them aren't and that's particularly true of premium cable shows and streaming services. It's even starting to become true on over-the-air TV. No way in the past would a show like The Good Place end on it's natural cycle after four seasons and 53 episodes. The Duffer Brothers have said that they have four to five seasons worth of story to tell. That's becoming increasingly common with television. I'm a season or two behind, but The Good Place is amazing. You're forking right it is. For the entirety of its run, it was the ONLY network show my wife and I watched together (I still keep up with Supernatural, but that only has about 8 more episodes before it goes away). They had a story to tell, a good story, and they ended it just right without dragging it out forever because there was money to be made. |
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Post by berkley on Feb 21, 2020 3:04:48 GMT -5
I keep hearing so many good things about The Good Place that I'm almost tempted to give it a try, even though the premise doesn't really appeal to me.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 21, 2020 11:30:11 GMT -5
I keep hearing so many good things about The Good Place that I'm almost tempted to give it a try, even though the premise doesn't really appeal to me. If you're talking about just the initial premise of Season One not appealing to you, just sit down and actually watch it. You'll thank me by the time you reach the end of the season. |
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Post by badwolf on Feb 27, 2020 12:14:37 GMT -5
Finished Stranger Things season 1. Blah, magical ending, no logic to how the "underneath" works. Probably won't continue.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 27, 2020 18:25:04 GMT -5
Finished Stranger Things season 1. Blah, magical ending, no logic to how the "underneath" works. Probably won't continue. I'm confused, it's just a "dark" dimension why does it need any more logic than that? |
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