@zelroy is its popularity one big nostalgia trip among its admirers? For the new crowds, Sometimes i sense young people feeling the need to ascribe work to their favorites out of some need to carve out a singular identity. And no one talks about this. It scares the shit out of me. Or maybe the connection to these pop culture moments is authentic but the form of featuring them on ourselves is whats a joke. As if its some get friends quick scheme. The internet has this piggy back steamrolling sheepish effect where were codified to be one of two choices. Its infuriating. Stranger Things is riding this wave of exaggerated praise.There no flashes of paining brilliance. Its a composed look backwards but whatever its creators needed to get out of their system is the point to make here. Perhaps they could develop as screenwriters but this reads to me as monster mayhem in a teenage, low stakes, still developing world. Which is fine.
@priedeyes These are valid questions and you have spent some time thinking about them. I almost never feel that kind of... collectivism (does that word apply here?) so I don't really have answers. "Maybe so" will have to do for now!
@zelroy I forced myself trough season 1, gave up season 2 after 2 episodes. Its just not interesting, actually bored to death. the story's nothing new at all.
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Children and teens. And more kids and teens. As a 80's kid, I know I should be all excited, but I gave up after two episodes. I didn't find anything even mildly interesting; rather, I was bored to tears. Moving on.