A thread for Stranger Things, the "Goonies meets X-Files" new Netflix series (with SPOILERS!)

you could get the this charming man u.k. 12-inch in 1984 too here. hand in glove 7-inch and this charming man single the only 1983 releases. and definitely never put out here. 1984 was an avalanche of stuff. all those singles.

they were just one year off, basically. by 1984 a savvy indiana kid could definitely get into the smiths.

Season 2 will have to deal with this time traveling Smiths fan

1983 definitely the year that younger people started in with new order here via PC&L and blue monday. tons of college airplay. the earlier stuff was harder to find and probably only bought by older hepcats who knew joy division or who knew what factory records was. i remember having a hard time finding the first album and ceremony 12-inch in new york city in 1983/1984. they had come and gone already.

(i mention new order cuz in 1983 new order love would lead to joy division love. who were still definitely a mysterious cult band in 1983 in the states. not some quincy jones ewok on the beach joint.)

"your son michael is in danger. i can help him. but only if you trust me. do you trust me?"

BASED ON WHAT YOU OLEAGINOUS SILVER FUCK

i mean let's see, you've just turned my house upside down and told me nothing. yep that's enough for me!

i like how winona's dressing like she's in the matrix now

They modeled her hair on Meryl Streep in Silkwood

i'm not saying anything new i realise but the girl who plays 11 should win emmy for best actress. performance of the goddamn year

lol at dustin's pre-google research methods when he wants to know how ro build a sensory deprivation tank

ready to watch this again. i can't get the themesong out of my head

I read a couple days ago they're releasing the score.

this show was so good i dont want a second season

I would have been happy for there not to have been a second season but the multiple points of intrigue and uncertainty raised by the ending piqued my interest too much.

i.e. what will happen to will? how will he be affected by his time in the upside down world. what's hopper up to with those dudes exactly. and does hopper know that eleven is alive? or is he, driven by his guilt of selling her out, leaving the eggos out in the forest in the vague hope that she's out there somewhere and might find them?

i must know!

another huge influence: Silent Hill

also the flower-faced monster getting doused in flames was pure Thing

xp i wouldn't be mad if they made a second season.

hey the synth band that did the soundtrack nailed the vibe so, so hard. they also scored "the guest," and more ppl should watch that movie if they dig 80s retro pastiche/homage. also, it has a RAD soundtrack beyond the original score.

slight quibble: monster looked shite

they didn't reeeeally have an idea for the alien actually but it's OK, it was enough that it was gonna gitcha

i've been watching the resident evil movies again (i like them!) and i always liked their plant zombies.

http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/resident-evil-afterlife-movie-image-22.jpg

and the skinless devil dogs of course.

man as soon as Mike started in with "you'll have all the Eggos you ever want!" I knew 11 was a certified goner

The sudden rehabilitation of Steve was really touching I thought. And I liked his swagger with the nail-bat.

emmy for steve please

EMMYS FOR EVERYONE

http://www.silenthillmemories.net/sh1/screens/pics/sh1_screen_09.jpg

hey but like

what about the funeral, and will's "body"

and the pathologist from "state" who presumably submitted an autopsy report?

and dr brenner?

and the trashed school?

how did the town process any of this information??

Love all the ineffectual and/or evil dads in this show. Especially Nancy and Mike's dad. Cracked me up every time he was on screen.

Sorry if this was already discussed but why did the chief put food, including eggos, in the box in the woods at the end? Is he sending food to El on the dark side somehow?

Is he sending food to El on the dark side somehow?

Tune into S2 to find out!

Things I totally loved about this show:

1) The kids, particularly Eleven and Dustin, and the teens.

2) The score and soundtrack in general.

3) That it avoids a bunch of obvious stuff (Sheriff and Winona fall in love, dorky kid gets girl, etc).

4) Any scene with the science teacher.

5) That despite being close to six hours long it still felt pretty tightly put together.

Things I didn't love:

1) Looks like there will be a sequel.

2) Hopper's "strategy" makes absolutely no sense (although I guess Modine was like who cares go into the stupid hole just save me some time).

3) As Tracer Hand notes the whole ending is a little "la la la" considering the level of mayhem...

Overall though this was probably the best Netflix series.

Neat article on the typography of the title card:

https://blog.nelsoncash.com/the-typography-of-stranger-things-e35771f40d31#.79trnn9z2

Feel silly I missed the obvious King homage, I was thinking of Carpenter instead, probably more due to the score.

My only very minor quibble, re the post above, is the skip one month and how reset everyone seemed. It feels like there should have been more fallout from what happened.

well it was Christmas. They were probably trying to put on a brave face

So, who does 11 remind me (you) of?

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/stranger-things-finale-duffer-brothers-interview-season-2-1201816664/

Matt: We talked about “Silent Hill,” the video games were an inspiration, and “Alien” was an inspiration, in terms of the look.

:D

font also quite reminiscent of this: http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1306028600l/190958.jpg

:-) Has someone recently added that to the References in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITC_Benguiat

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Smiths_-_Strangeways_here_we_come.jpg

Did anyone else laugh when the monster was on the floor literally burning to death and then eyebrow kid suddenly comes in WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER like "oh here let me get that for you buddy, all better? great"

i was sorta like, wait why are you putting him out

I assumed they didnt want the whole house to burn to the ground?

I made the same assumption

lol ok that makes sense. still he was a little on the rare side i thought

oh yeah it's definitely still funny I was correct to laugh

I'd have left it on a little longer but I am probably guilty of being over-cautious with unstoppable interdimensional monsters