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  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

    Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

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    @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

    Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

    There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

      Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

      There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

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      LuFins Dad
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      @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

      @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

      Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

      There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

      My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?) but the fact that most of the kids that were so damn likeable in the first season are so unlikeable now. I find Mike to be particularly annoying.

      The Brad

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

        @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

        Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

        There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

        My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?) but the fact that most of the kids that were so damn likeable in the first season are so unlikeable now. I find Mike to be particularly annoying.

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        @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

        @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

        @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

        Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

        There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

        My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?)

        That actually makes sense. Iron City was pretty big then, and I.C. Light was targeted toward "younger customers" (read: teens). And it worked.

        but the fact that most of the kids that were so damn likeable in the first season are so unlikeable now. I find Mike to be particularly annoying.

        Eh, that gets a little better.

        Please love yourself.

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          I started Stranger Things when it first came out. I think I'd watched about 3 episodes before I gave up. Just didn't grab me.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • George KG George K

            I started Stranger Things when it first came out. I think I'd watched about 3 episodes before I gave up. Just didn't grab me.

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            @George-K said in Stranger Things:

            I started Stranger Things when it first came out. I think I'd watched about 3 episodes before I gave up. Just didn't grab me.

            Not the right demographic. It's not Boomer Things. 🙃

            Seriously though the show is targeted explicitly toward a specific demographic.

            Please love yourself.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

              @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

              Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

              There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

              My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?)

              That actually makes sense. Iron City was pretty big then, and I.C. Light was targeted toward "younger customers" (read: teens). And it worked.

              but the fact that most of the kids that were so damn likeable in the first season are so unlikeable now. I find Mike to be particularly annoying.

              Eh, that gets a little better.

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              @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

              @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

              @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

              Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

              There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

              My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?)

              That actually makes sense. Iron City was pretty big then, and I.C. Light was targeted toward "younger customers" (read: teens). And it worked.

              Except Iron City was a regional beer. You just happened to live within it’s region. I’m pretty sure that commemorative Pittsburgh Pirate Cans weren’t big sellers in Indiana.

              The Brad

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              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

                @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

                @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

                Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

                There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

                My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?)

                That actually makes sense. Iron City was pretty big then, and I.C. Light was targeted toward "younger customers" (read: teens). And it worked.

                Except Iron City was a regional beer. You just happened to live within it’s region. I’m pretty sure that commemorative Pittsburgh Pirate Cans weren’t big sellers in Indiana.

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                @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

                @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Stranger Things:

                @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

                Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

                There's a bit of shark-jumping, and they're screwing up a little bit in terms of time period—real basic stuff they really should've known—but it's still a lot of fun.

                My biggest issue isn’t the errors (but why are there a bunch of Iron City Beer Cans at a teen party in Indiana?)

                That actually makes sense. Iron City was pretty big then, and I.C. Light was targeted toward "younger customers" (read: teens). And it worked.

                Except Iron City was a regional beer. You just happened to live within it’s region.

                They owned breweries in Ohio at that time. Not impossible to see the cans in Indiana.

                I’m pretty sure that commemorative Pittsburgh Pirate Cans weren’t big sellers in Indiana.

                Iron City was based in Pittsburgh, so they made cans for the Pirates. But they weren't just sold in Pittsburgh.

                I'm just saying it's a stretch but I buy it. Minor detail that could've been sharper but was in the ballpark.

                What gets me is Vecna. He's the D&D allegory for Season 4, but kids in the 80s wouldn't have known him at all. He didn't show up in any campaigns until 1990. This is Stranger Things writers knowing that D&D nerds watch the show, and they're referencing Joe Manganiello's 2019 contribution to the Vecna story for fan service.

                Please love yourself.

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

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                  @LuFins-Dad said in Stranger Things:

                  Three episodes in…I can see why many people aren’t going to like it, but frankly, it’s the best it’s been since Season 1, IMO.

                  I am enjoying it. Why don't you think many won't like it?

                  My only problem is a young El suddenly having much broader vocabulary.

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                  • George KG George K

                    I started Stranger Things when it first came out. I think I'd watched about 3 episodes before I gave up. Just didn't grab me.

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                    @George-K said in Stranger Things:

                    I started Stranger Things when it first came out. I think I'd watched about 3 episodes before I gave up. Just didn't grab me.

                    I really liked it from the beginning, but probably because it's right in my era. IIRC it was set in 1983, right when I was in college. Love seeing all the nostalgic references.

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                      Got to say, we feel like we're losing steam as we watch the 4th season. We liked the first couple of seasons.

                      TChanging focus - The series I was disappointed with was the Sarah Conoor Chronicles. The concept was good - but the writing was uneven and direction was weak. Still, I wished they had finished it.

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