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Title: stranger things
Post by: stooge on July 15, 2016, 02:26:57 AM
i guess i´ll check this out
starts today on netflix
i like retro shows

Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: amadkins on July 15, 2016, 07:11:32 AM
Needed something to replace breaking bad. Thanks!
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: amadkins on July 15, 2016, 10:03:10 PM
I'm digging it. Wonder how they filmed it to make it look so 80s.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: Dunedin on July 17, 2016, 11:50:19 AM
Watched the first episode last night, really enjoyed it. Loved the bit where the kids were arguing about The Hobbit in front of the police chief!

No spoilers please, but I'm kind of hoping the diner owner wasn't killed and will come back into the storyline.

Edit; well episode 2 put paid to that ^^ theory pretty quickly.
Title: stranger things
Post by: sleestak on July 17, 2016, 06:39:23 PM
No spoilers please ;)
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: The Shocker on July 18, 2016, 10:48:23 AM
Watched the entire thing.  Fun.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: lftwng4 on July 18, 2016, 10:53:30 AM
My wife's been watching it, and consequently I've caught parts of the first 5 episodes.

Not a fan, seems kind of predictable, but I did read something where the writers are paying homage to the 80's horror movies, so I guess there's that.

Winona Rider has not aged well.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: stooge on July 18, 2016, 04:34:58 PM
not too exciting or thrilling so far
but it sure looks good
reminds me of "super 8" a bit
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: Dunedin on July 18, 2016, 04:37:15 PM
Quote from: sleestak on July 17, 2016, 06:39:23 PM
No spoilers please ;)

Ha,ha! Yes, quite.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: kojak on July 18, 2016, 04:45:39 PM
i dig it

Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: amadkins on July 23, 2016, 12:13:38 AM
6 episodes in and still digging it.  Great throwback imagery.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: sleestak on July 23, 2016, 11:03:07 AM
I watched the first two and really enjoyed the throwback feel.  Reminds me of ET but with an actual beast type monster.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: EaterofBirds on July 25, 2016, 09:06:44 PM
https://vimeo.com/175929311

Show was a hoot. Apparently it will come back, or at least their willing to do more stories.
Title: Re: stranger things
Post by: zach on July 31, 2016, 03:21:16 PM
Fun show, really dug the callbacks and homages (or ripoffs?). Don't particularly care if they come back for another one but I enjoyed it for what it is.
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Post by: socket on August 05, 2016, 11:26:52 PM
Avoided this thread until I finished it. Loved the references direct and indirect. Totally took me to the past.

THE MUSIC: Tron Legacy by Daft Punk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COWrh0eFFWk) mixed with Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards of Canada (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkYKF5hQQ6M).

Holy perfect.