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kingricefan

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A friend of mine just lent me the first season on dvd so I will be binge watching this show. I have so far managed to avoid any topics/discussion about it so I am going in with no pre-conceived notions as to what it is about (I know the basic thing about it being a group of kids like in IT) and that there are strange things going on in the town.
 

FlakeNoir

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A friend of mine just lent me the first season on dvd so I will be binge watching this show. I have so far managed to avoid any topics/discussion about it so I am going in with no pre-conceived notions as to what it is about (I know the basic thing about it being a group of kids like in IT) and that there are strange things going on in the town.
It's great, I think you'll really like it!
 

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so season 2. still great, but weaker.

things i could have done without: eleven and her journey of self discovery. not the self discovery part, the journey. she wasn't even part of the main plot until the end. and that 7th episode . . .wth duffers. set up an epic battle scene at the lab with the dozens of monsters, then oh, let's go on a little tour of the country with eleven for an entire episode that was almost like a poor mans xmen, and just completely destroy the pacing.

new girl. not a terrible character by any means, but why is it we needed her? eleven should have been in the thick of it, rather than "some random girl" as steve so aptly referred to her. and don't even get me started on her total dbag brother. max's family problems just had nothing to do with anything that was going on and were totally out of place in the storyline.

but everything else was amazing, per usual. that kid noah (will) has got some chops. the army of demogorgons was a nice way to one up last season
 

Doc Creed

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so season 2. still great, but weaker.

things i could have done without: eleven and her journey of self discovery. not the self discovery part, the journey. she wasn't even part of the main plot until the end. and that 7th episode . . .wth duffers. set up an epic battle scene at the lab with the dozens of monsters, then oh, let's go on a little tour of the country with eleven for an entire episode that was almost like a poor mans xmen, and just completely destroy the pacing.

new girl. not a terrible character by any means, but why is it we needed her? eleven should have been in the thick of it, rather than "some random girl" as steve so aptly referred to her. and don't even get me started on her total dbag brother. max's family problems just had nothing to do with anything that was going on and were totally out of place in the storyline.

but everything else was amazing, per usual. that kid noah (will) has got some chops. the army of demogorgons was a nice way to one up last season
Hmm. Different strokes, I guess. I thought this season was funnier, quicker in pace, and there were more emotional moments, too, which reminded me why I care for these characters so much. I loved it. I completely agree with you about the disjointed Eleven backstory. I wanted to fast forward to the next episode. Hey, at first I thought Max may secretly be a gifted girl like Eleven (it would have been in interesting plot twist) but I am happy with how things evolved for her. I never understood her brother's motivation. Did you? What was his deal?
 

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Hmm. Different strokes, I guess. I thought this season was funnier, quicker in pace, and there were more emotional moments, too, which reminded me why I care for these characters so much. I loved it. I completely agree with you about the disjointed Eleven backstory. I wanted to fast forward to the next episode. Hey, at first I thought Max may secretly be a gifted girl like Eleven (it would have been in interesting plot twist) but I am happy with how things evolved for her. I never understood her brother's motivation. Did you? What was his deal?

don't get me wrong, the acting was great and the story was great. and like i said, max wasn't a bad character, but she was just there as filler for eleven, while they had eleven separated into her own storyline, and i think they could have found a way to combine the two. the biggest misstep was episode 7, eleven goes to the city. as for the brother, it's your basic abused kid takes it out on everyone else story. especially on max because of them moving across the country to separate her from her real father, so it's "her fault" he had to leave everything he ever knew.
 

Chiana

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Hmm. Different strokes, I guess. I thought this season was funnier, quicker in pace, and there were more emotional moments, too, which reminded me why I care for these characters so much. I loved it. I completely agree with you about the disjointed Eleven backstory. I wanted to fast forward to the next episode. Hey, at first I thought Max may secretly be a gifted girl like Eleven (it would have been in interesting plot twist) but I am happy with how things evolved for her. I never understood her brother's motivation. Did you? What was his deal?
I never really got to understand why her step-brother was such a jerk, other than his father was a jerk. Don't know why they had to have him take it out on Max. I like her character and hope she can develop a friendship with El.

I really enjoyed the ending when there was a lot of happiness at the dance. It was nice to see them all relatively happy then the upside down gloom to come. Felt sad for Steve though. I love how his character has developed and hope he stays part of the gang.
 

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I never really got to understand why her step-brother was such a jerk, other than his father was a jerk. Don't know why they had to have him take it out on Max. I like her character and hope she can develop a friendship with El.

I really enjoyed the ending when there was a lot of happiness at the dance. It was nice to see them all relatively happy then the upside down gloom to come. Felt sad for Steve though. I love how his character has developed and hope he stays part of the gang.
Yeah, his abusiveness towards Max was psychotic and deranged, nothing like a normal teenager who is disgruntled at having to keep up with his stepsister. When his stepfather belittled him and threatened him, was that supposed to justify his bad behavior? I don't know, I guess we can assume there was other mental issues that we were not privy to. I do hope he and Max are back next season. There are several stories waiting to be developed and opportunities for drama. I think the Max and Eleven (potential) relationship is one of these possible developments, as you noted. I know I'd be interested in seeing that unfold.
 
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swiftdog2.0

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Haven’t finished season 2 yet. 2 episodes left to go.

So far I liked season 1 better. Not to say 2 is bad, just not as engaging for me. IMHO, there is too much homage to 80’s genre films and not enough originality.
 

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do1you9love?

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You guys are going to love both seasons. It's a fun, heartfelt show full of '80s nostalgia and plenty of King references.
We're so excited!! We both have plenty of folks talking about it and we've tried hard to avoid spoilers. The first few minutes we were just sitting there with big grins on our faces, because we were finally!! watching it!!;-D
 

Out of Order

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We're so excited!! We both have plenty of folks talking about it and we've tried hard to avoid spoilers. The first few minutes we were just sitting there with big grins on our faces, because we were finally!! watching it!!;-D

Wait until you get to the part with The Red Wedding.......
Made ya look!:p