Stranger Things Season 2
While I enjoyed this season more than the first, I certainly think it had a lot more problems than the first one. Here’s a bulleted list of things I want to complain about.
-Bob’s Death: Bob was definitely my favorite out of all the new characters introduced in this season, and I’m not pissed off that he died, I think it’s a good thing they killed off such a likeable character, to raise tensions and give the protagonists more motivation to close the gate, it’s jusy that the way he died was a bit stupid. Why the hell would he stop running??? He saw what the demodogs did to the agents in the tunnel, why would he assume a wooden door would stop like 6 of them??? It would’ve been better if he like, tripped or something while running, it felt like the only reason he would stop is so the writers could give a false moment of relaxation for the viewers and so he could die in front of Joyce. R.I.P Bob Newby, superhero
-The dialogue: Not really much here, there were moments in this season where the dialogue just felt kinda off, particularly Episode 4. I think I saw it most with Will after he got “possessed” by the Mind Flayer, maybe that was the point, but it felt kinda hard to take seriously.
-008 and the Gang: they’re the first things shown in the season, and they only appear in one episode? These characters didn’t need to be in the show, they didn’t even feel like they belonged in the show, they felt like they were merely plot devices that were there to make sure Jane/Eleven has an epithany to go back to Hawkins and so they could tease the viewers with another psychic person. The whole plot of killing off the government agents is interesting too, but didn’t need to be in the show, it could easily work as a spin off. All of these characters felt like they were from another show and that the episode they appeared in was a crossover episode where they expect you to have already watched the other show
Jonathan & Nancy: One of the Things I liked about the first season is that Nancy and Jonathan didn’t have a stereotypical romance arc just because they were partners in crime, and friends instead. It’s not the most terrible thing in the world, its just a tad cliche. I liked the fact that Steve became a redeeming character by the end of the first season and would have preferred he continue his relationship with Nancy.
Aside from that, I still very much enjoyed this season, I liked the new characters, the plot, the cgi was certainly better, I like Lucas and Max’s budding romance. I felt this Season was a lot more humorous than Season 1, which I liked. All in all although I liked this one more I think from a more critical point of view Season 1 was better
-Bob’s Death: Bob was definitely my favorite out of all the new characters introduced in this season, and I’m not pissed off that he died, I think it’s a good thing they killed off such a likeable character, to raise tensions and give the protagonists more motivation to close the gate, it’s jusy that the way he died was a bit stupid. Why the hell would he stop running??? He saw what the demodogs did to the agents in the tunnel, why would he assume a wooden door would stop like 6 of them??? It would’ve been better if he like, tripped or something while running, it felt like the only reason he would stop is so the writers could give a false moment of relaxation for the viewers and so he could die in front of Joyce. R.I.P Bob Newby, superhero
-The dialogue: Not really much here, there were moments in this season where the dialogue just felt kinda off, particularly Episode 4. I think I saw it most with Will after he got “possessed” by the Mind Flayer, maybe that was the point, but it felt kinda hard to take seriously.
-008 and the Gang: they’re the first things shown in the season, and they only appear in one episode? These characters didn’t need to be in the show, they didn’t even feel like they belonged in the show, they felt like they were merely plot devices that were there to make sure Jane/Eleven has an epithany to go back to Hawkins and so they could tease the viewers with another psychic person. The whole plot of killing off the government agents is interesting too, but didn’t need to be in the show, it could easily work as a spin off. All of these characters felt like they were from another show and that the episode they appeared in was a crossover episode where they expect you to have already watched the other show
Jonathan & Nancy: One of the Things I liked about the first season is that Nancy and Jonathan didn’t have a stereotypical romance arc just because they were partners in crime, and friends instead. It’s not the most terrible thing in the world, its just a tad cliche. I liked the fact that Steve became a redeeming character by the end of the first season and would have preferred he continue his relationship with Nancy.
Aside from that, I still very much enjoyed this season, I liked the new characters, the plot, the cgi was certainly better, I like Lucas and Max’s budding romance. I felt this Season was a lot more humorous than Season 1, which I liked. All in all although I liked this one more I think from a more critical point of view Season 1 was better