Stranger Things, Season 2
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They started another thread for season 2 - in case you want to check it out. 
https://www.stephenking.com/xf/index.php?threads/stranger-things-season-2
https://www.stephenking.com/xf/index.php?threads/stranger-things-season-2
Thanks for the link, saw this thread but couldn't find it again.They started another thread for season 2 - in case you want to check it out.
https://www.stephenking.com/xf/index.php?threads/stranger-things-season-2
Watching the first episode of season 2 still getting used to it.
Just finished ep. 1. Not completely hooked yet, but it looks promising. (Seems as if I felt this way when I started the first season as well.) And I agree with Doc Creed - GREAT soundtrack!!
I liked how they kept me feeling as if I was watching it for the first time, just like it felt for season 1 episode 1, that's not easy to do, very skillful.
They started another thread for season 2 - in case you want to check it out.
https://www.stephenking.com/xf/index.php?threads/stranger-things-season-2
Have moved your posts into the season 2 thread. Thanks morgan
I watched the whole thing yesterday and really enjoyed it. The only slight misstep, I thought, was the Kali episode (#7, I think), which took the story out of Hawkins and into Orphan Black territory. The characters are still great, they've all grown a little, excellent performances, they upped the ante (the beginning of episode 8 was great!) and it all worked well, I thought. Not a huge departure from S1, but still its own thing.
Exactly. I was same way. Loved episode 1, then 2 and 3 it just wasnt moving forward. But 5,6,7,8 and 9 was hooked in deep. Not getting loose for sure.
Watched the first 4 on Friday night and the rest on Saturday. I didn't think it quite lived up to S1, though that was a pretty high bar they'd set and it was always going to lack that initial punch that S1 packed purely because it's no longer new. Plus of course this time out there was added hype and anticipation, meaning it could never have that same sleeper-hit impact that S1 enjoyed. Though with all that said, it was still very, very good.
Two things that didn't really work for me:
What I liked (summation: pretty much everything else):
All in all, they managed to avoid the dreaded second-season slump, and with S3 (and, according to IMDB, S4) confirmed, let's hope the standard can be maintained.
Two things that didn't really work for me:
1) The new additions. Mullet-boy just needed to get his face kicked in (and WTF was that thing with Mike and Nancy's mom about? OK, rhetorical question: it's obviously a set-up for S3 to create tension chez Wheeler), Max felt kind of unnecessary, and the dad just seemed like a psycho, but we didn't find out enough about them - included why they'd turned up - until too near the end;
2) Episode 7. I read a comment elsewhere that said it was as if they'd asked a well-known author/screenwriter to guest-write an ep and then felt duty-bound to use it. Seems spot-on to me.
2) Episode 7. I read a comment elsewhere that said it was as if they'd asked a well-known author/screenwriter to guest-write an ep and then felt duty-bound to use it. Seems spot-on to me.
What I liked (summation: pretty much everything else):
1) Bob not turning out to be the kind of character I thought he would, i.e. prove to be a plant by the bods over at the Institute, which would have been kinda obvious and lazy;
2) Paul Reiser's character not just turning out to be an older version of Carter J. Burke. This time, he worked for 'The Company' but really was an OK guy;
3) The dynamic between the kids and the first signs of fracture lines in their tight-knit friendship as they begin to come of age;
4) Dustin. Man, I really felt for the kid at the end of the last ep. The writing and performance really nailed how all that feels (or felt in that period);
5) But also Mike. Poor little (well, not so little) lovelorn Mike;
6) All the little nods to films and TV shows of the era, particularly Aliens. The soldiers' trip to the hub harked back to the Marines' misadventure under the atmosphere processor; Hopper's shotgun-wielding (guess he liked to keep it handy for "close encounters"). But also the psychokinetic aspects that brought to mind not only films like The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi (specifically where Luke, while training, tries and fails to lift the X-wing out of the swamp, then the way, as a 'trained' Jedi, he uses his powers in TRotJ; Elle even has a 'tempted by the dark side' moment) and, of course, Firestarter.
2) Paul Reiser's character not just turning out to be an older version of Carter J. Burke. This time, he worked for 'The Company' but really was an OK guy;
3) The dynamic between the kids and the first signs of fracture lines in their tight-knit friendship as they begin to come of age;
4) Dustin. Man, I really felt for the kid at the end of the last ep. The writing and performance really nailed how all that feels (or felt in that period);
5) But also Mike. Poor little (well, not so little) lovelorn Mike;
6) All the little nods to films and TV shows of the era, particularly Aliens. The soldiers' trip to the hub harked back to the Marines' misadventure under the atmosphere processor; Hopper's shotgun-wielding (guess he liked to keep it handy for "close encounters"). But also the psychokinetic aspects that brought to mind not only films like The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi (specifically where Luke, while training, tries and fails to lift the X-wing out of the swamp, then the way, as a 'trained' Jedi, he uses his powers in TRotJ; Elle even has a 'tempted by the dark side' moment) and, of course, Firestarter.
All in all, they managed to avoid the dreaded second-season slump, and with S3 (and, according to IMDB, S4) confirmed, let's hope the standard can be maintained.
When you're finished (but not before), check out the after show, Beyond Stranger Things. Season spoilers right from the beginning of ep1.
There are no words I love 
this show, just saw the entire season. Brilliant 
this show, just saw the entire season. Brilliant The only episode that I didn't quite care for was the part with Eleven's sister felt like an episode of X-Men if it was a tv show, didn't make sense, felt like they just put that in as a filler. I wanted to see more of Eleven and her friends. Despite that, I am in love with Stranger Things still. I liked Bob though, knew that they would get rid of him fast he was too nice. The Duffer Brothers did well for the encore.
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I feel so addicted to this show pining away for season 3 now, the images are still in my head, I didn't want to leave the eighties, the people, the music and that world.
The laughter was fun. Everything.
Yep, join the club.There are no words I love
The only episode that I didn't quite care for was the part with Eleven's sister felt like an episode of X-Men if it was a tv show, didn't make sense, felt like they just put that in as a filler. I wanted to see more of Eleven and her friends. Despite that, I am in love with Stranger Things still. I liked Bob though, knew that they would get rid of him fast he was too nice. The Duffer Brothers did well for the encore.
Finished Season 2.
Good but not as good as 1, IMHO. Overly predictable in parts.
I felt like I was watching a first cut of a certain 80’s James Cameron film at times. Even had some of the same actors.
Good but not as good as 1, IMHO. Overly predictable in parts.
I felt like I was watching a first cut of a certain 80’s James Cameron film at times. Even had some of the same actors.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention the creatures from down under look like and follow the same morphology as the baddies from same said Cameron film. I’m hoping he and Ridley Scott get some kind of royalties.....
The cast, especially the kids, make this series fantastic. Such a great group of talent.
