Metropolis Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Who's in? The wife and I re watched seasons 1 and 2 over the last few weeks. Season 3 drops tomorrow and we're probably going to binge it tomorrow night instead of going to a fireworks show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I rewatched season 1 and 2 with my son (his first time watching) and we finished up last week so were pumped and ready for season 3. Hes 9.....hes been wanting to watch it for some time, because hes seen bits and pieces of it when I watched the episodes and I would shoo him away. But he handled them well! I dont mind him watching most pg-13 rated content (every super hero movie ever) so much as its the scary stuff Im stranger things that I was concerned about. The cool thing is, we started playing D&D together about 4-5 months ago, so he was amazed that the show started off with kids playing D&D and many of the connections with D&D. That entertained him a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Sick. I didn't know it was coming! That's cool. Hopefully the haven't screwed it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 It was okay, not as good as last season, def not better than the first. It was uneven, some great parts, a fair amount of meh. Thought it was criminal that Dustin only had like 3 scenes with the gang. And Hopper is obviously in the upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 We made it through 5 full episodes. We both dozed off through episode 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Yeah, 5 and 6 were full of filler and exposition to get the back half on track. This show has a serious cutaway problem. It leaves one storyline in crazy immediate peril, then cuts to a five minute scene with a totally different pace and tone, then goes back to the peril as if it had been instantaneous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Just finished it. It was alright. It felt flat. Seasons 1 and 2 built up to something. Finding will in season 1. Getting mind flatter out of will and El reuniting with the gang in season 2. This was just....meh. And I know critics are critics, and sometimes they dont know shit. But it baffles me how theyre praising season 3 when they bashed season 2, which I thought was on par with season 1 and even surpassed it in some areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 So far I'm enjoying season 3 more than season 2. I'm at episode 6. Surprised you let your 9 year old watch this. It's got a lot of gore and pretty scary in parts no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Just finished it. Really enjoyed this season. No real weak spots, unlike the weird 7th(?) episode of last season that came out of nowhere and was super jarring. Enjoyed every minute this time round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I thought Ep5 was a major weak spot on par with the last year's. Though at least this time it wasn't an obvious backdoor pilot for a spinoff. But that reminds me, 11 should have been reading X-Men. not Wonder Woman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Season 3 really ramped up the gore, I was a little surprised myself. But I thought seasons 1 and 2 were okay enough for him to watch with me, so I figured season 3 would be around that same kind of level. It was not. Season 4 is probably 2 years away anyway, which by that time, as long as its not changed to an MA rating, Ill have zero issues of him watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I thought they shot S4 concurrent with S3 since they kids were growing so fast, but I can't find any evidence of that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 seth you bastard you didn't even let me get a screenshot hang on a second man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 **RUINS EEVRYTHING** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Do people like anything anymore? LOL. I thought it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Also as per something Driver put in a spoiler box: Did you watch the credits scene at the Russian prison? The guards mention an American being held. I figured that was him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 It's certainly an out if they want to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Yeah, 5 and 6 were full of filler and exposition to get the back half on track. This show has a serious cutaway problem. It leaves one storyline in crazy immediate peril, then cuts to a five minute scene with a totally different pace and tone, then goes back to the peril as if it had been instantaneous. Agreed. Season 2's standalone episode might've caused less of a fan revolt if it had been slotted earlier in the season instead of plopping it right after the tensest cliffhanger, when the chaos at the lab was at a fever pitch. This time around, that musical number in the finale...I mean, I didn't see the movie in question till I was an adult, so I was not instantly pacified with childhood nostalgia. Honestly, that whole digression could've been cut altogether if the kids would just invite Mr. Clarke the science teacher along on their escapades. He would've volunteered Planck's constant off the top of his head without torturing anyone first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 So Netflix released a teaser for season 4, and surprise!!!! Hopper is alive. I hope no one lost money on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 hah-- they didn't even try to tease it out!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 They didn't even really try in the s3 finale. Why would they in a s4 teaser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 The finale was ambiguous. Was Hopper dead? Was he in the upside down? They didn't even play it out. First teaser....boom there he is alive on the chain gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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