Posted on 07/25/2019 8:27:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
I watched the first 3 episodes. Found it boring and never watched another. Funny thing is, my friend who told me it was great asked how I liked it. I said yuck. Just not for me. Few days later after she watched a few more episodes she called me and said.....yeah, I agree. It just didn’t grab me. And I’ve binged some slow stuff out of boredom. Just couldn’t bring myself to watch anymore than those 3 episodes.
the boy who is possessed by the demon is as they say... “doesn’t like girls”
i liked the ice cream chick, but she doesn’t fit the angry lesbian mold.
Lot’s of taking God’s name in vain. Frequent invocations of Jesus irreverently. Tritely asking God to damn things when problems arise. And did I mention that this is mostly coming out of the mouths of pre-teen kids? In the mid-west? In the 80s?
The Duffers ARE injecting politics with the bi-racial couple and the so-called “coming out”. The bi-racial couple thing is simply injecting modern political correctness into the past, which is not realistic. Yes, there is nothing wrong with interracial relationships, but it portrays the heroes of the story as enlightened about such matters when, in reality, it detracts from a story set in the 80s. Outside of small enclaves in California, New York, and Chicago, homosexuality was widely regarded as deviant in the 80s. It wasn’t just Christians who thought so.
The story also ties into the very real Operation Paperclip which brought NAZI scientists to America from post-WW2 Germany. Branches of our own government engaged in, and apparently still engage in, mind control experiments using ritual torture of children to turn them into mind-slaves for eventual military and other Intelligence applications. In Stranger Things, Eleven is one of the abused children who gained special powers as a result of this abuse. I question whether the narrative treats the subject matter fairly, as the millions of abuse victims do not typically live the charmed life of Eleven.
The dialogue in Season 3 is laughable (not in a good way). Characters’ motivations are disjointed. Pacing is a mess. For example, you’ve got the sheriff crashing into the secret lair of the baddies with his gung-ho sidekick girlfriend. They stumble on Russian scientists whom they handcuff, in spite of not being able to communicate in English. But then the poorly-done Schwarzenegger wanabe villain shows up, guns blazing. After a fight, they manage to flee while the villain can shoot and damage their car but can’t catch them on a motorcycle. All of these issues point to the common difficulty that talented newcomers to writing, directing, and producing have: continuing to maintain the quality of what they make while working under rigid deadlines.
Millie Bobby Brown. She’s already headed into superstar status and I predict will become the next Meryl Streep.
My friend was going on and on about how great it was and we watched the first few episodes.
I thought it had promise at first because they had really captured the spirit and style of the old 80s horror movies but the nostalgia was all it ever had and that wore thin fast.
The “80s” kids act like the millennials of today (contrast how they act with the ET kids), the evil government trope was done better in Night of the Comet and all that was left was the insipid soap opera drama.
I just watched S3.
Some folks on FR are way too scared of the gay stuff. It is barely noticed. AND where it does have an impact it reinforces that young boys and girls can be friends without teen sexual frustration.
I agree that it makes no difference in the big picture.
It’s a good series.
Something to note: In most of the “stunts” the characters are toss against a wall. Every episode. It’s as if the show did not have enough money to hire stuntmen...so they used the safest and least expensive method of showing someone getting thrown.
One you notice it, it gets get of funny. And you start looking for it.
It’s not “coming out”. What it is, is in Season 1 a derelict dad is mentioned that he said his son was gay, because he was little, and nerdy basically. in season 3, 2 boys are arguing, and 1 of them say something to the same kid about being gay. The kid stares at him for a second, and then they move on. You could even take that as the kid being PO’d for saying that because they are friends, and the kids dad used to call him gay. Nothing like hollywierd normally does. It’s a really good series, and this is a good write-up about it.
Steve will get her to switch teams.
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