Stranger Things

[D.o.S.]

Coffee and Contemplation.

[Iommic Pope]

Hopper is a rad character.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah, I have to say I'm very much enjoying this after the first episode. Will binge this week, for sure (assuming it stays up on the pirate sites because fuck Netflix).

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah give it a couple to get going.
It pulls punches but they work oh so nicely somehow.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah to be honest it's really refreshing to see something that plays on the reboot/nostalgia trend by crafting a pitch-perfect iteration of what made those sorts of things so memorable, rather than just redux-ing it. For no real reason it gives me high hopes for the IT reboot that's coming out soon.

[Invisible Man]

This music is so fucking bad I hate all of you.

Yeah, I didn't think it was very good either....

Well, you're both dumb. Problem solved.

Also: I think we could use 'D.o.S. live tweet/posts his reaction to popular media' thread.

[Invisible Man]

Yeah to be honest it's really refreshing to see something that plays on the reboot/nostalgia trend by crafting a pitch-perfect iteration of what made those sorts of things so memorable, rather than just redux-ing it. For no real reason it gives me high hopes for the IT reboot that's coming out soon.

Don't know what the IT reboot is, but I think you're right. This isn't just an homage to E.T./The Thing/Alien/Stephen King...it's something a little different. It doesn't seem like it's derivative in the way that it was likely to be.

The 80s get mined for all kinds of shit (probably just because that's an era that forty year-olds with dispensable income most romanticize--go to a bar and see how long it takes to recognize some synth po(o)p), but this seems legitimately set in the 80s. More a labor of love than a cynical cash-grab.

[Invisible Man]

Also, I'll say it again: those kids fucking nailed it. Which is surprising given the fact that they were born in this century...I remember all that stuff: bike culture, seeking out adventures, having a posse that runs outdoors, and absentee parents from my own childhood. I'm sure there's stuff like that still happening, but they keyed in on it pretty flawlessly.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah I agree with all of that.

The IT reboot is a new film based on the Stephen King book (I assume, as an 80's baby, you've seen the Tim Curry version?): Pretty hyped for it.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/13/it ... first-look

[Invisible Man]

Ah, I read 'IT' as 'Information Technology.' Which was confusing. Actually never watched that one. Horror is not my thing (even campy horror). Why would I pay someone to upset me?

[D.o.S.]

Especially when we can post here and get upset for free.

The movie's not really campy, but it is quite dated.

[Invisible Man]

Well, you're dumb. Problem solved.

Yeah I agree with all of that.

The movie's not really campy, but it is quite dated.

I remember it scared the shit out of a lot of kids my age back in the early nineties (or whenever they first encountered it).

[D.o.S.]

I'm pretty sure I've put my stupidity out in the open before, so unless there's some reading comprehension issue going on with you I still agree with it?

And yeah, part I is fucking scaaary.

[frodog]

Great series, just watched it last week. The music was aight, definitely heard that type of thing done a lot better. The atmosphere, actors etc. made it feel so right, the music just seemed too 'now' to really gel with the whole, I think.

Also cool to see one of my favourite bands doing this:

[bloatedsack]

What blows my mind is the girl who plays Eleven is only 12 years old. 12!

I suspect, and hope, we're going to see more out of her as she's got tremendous skills for a girl who hasn't even hit puberty yet.