I actually went ahead and watched this (season 1 at least), I enjoyed it a fair bit and feel like a hypocrite for thinking the show was another overhyped piece of pop culture. The acting was great, the character’s chemistry (especially among the main group of friends) felt natural, and the 70’s/80’s movie references were fun to spot.
My two biggest quips was that the movement of the demogorgon wasn’t greatly animated (But that didn’t really hinder it too much, the actual design was good although it looks absolutely nothing like the D&D creature it’s named after, plus I’ve been told the cgi gets better in the other seasons), and that the foreshadowing in the first episode had absolutely no subtlety at all.
Since Winona Ryder is in the show, does Beetlejuice (and other 80’s material she starred in) exist in this universe? Also Hopper kinda looks like Jack Nicholson.