So, what are we thinking about the latest series of Stranger Things? Two main things spring to mind for me:
- turns out some of the youngster actors from the earlier series unfortunately didn't turn out to be terribly good adult actors (I'm looking at you, the fellas playing Will and Lucas...)
- without wanting to give any spoilers, it was fairly unbelievable that 'spooky goings on' in a town that's been wracked by similar spooky goings on were chalked up as nothing to worry about, and just kids being kids, by characters who have been intimately involved in said goings on since they themselves were, you know, a younger kid.
....says Mike, who then thinks nothing of it, even though he's literally spent four series battling monsters
TL:DR - two and half episodes in and, well, meh. I'll watch till the end as I'm invested now, but it's three series too long.
I think it works as a portrayal of someone with serious psychiatric issues. The Beast in Me is about two quite crazy people at loggerheads.
Yeah, this - what did you really expect ?
urns out some of the youngster actors from the earlier series unfortunately didn't turn out to be terribly good adult actors (I'm looking at you, the fellas playing Will and Lucas...
None of the original quartet, with the exception of Gaten Matarazzo, were ever that good. And obviously none of them are good at looking like youngish teenagers. They should have gone full 'IT' and had a compulsory time jump.
On the subject of IT - Welcome to Derry is pretty good fun, with a ST season 1 vibe, and some nice references from the rest of the Stephen King 'universe'.
also watched Trespasses with Lola Petticrew, the same actress,
Seems like a fairly small cadre of NI actors, lots of Blue Lights actors in Say Nothing as well
Trespasses will be next on our list I think.
So, what are we thinking about the latest series of Stranger Things? Two main things spring to mind for me:
Loved the first series as it was fresh, unique and interesting with excellent soundtrack.
Second series was more of the same but I stuck it out and enjoyed it
Third series?….I watched it whilst browsing on iPad and Elle making that constipated face with arms outstretched whilst fighting monsters soon got boring. But I still finished it.
Fourth series?…..watched it but absolutely no recollection as to what happened, but I guess Elle killed a demigordan or two
Fifth series?, not watched any yet but I’ll wait till a shitty day in February then attempt a marathon session
So, what are we thinking about the latest series of Stranger Things?
I'm looking forward to season 2 of dorohedoro.
Kaiju number 8 on crunchyroll was an enjoyable watch.
2nd'd.
Also for those that like anime (some of these are available outside of Crunchyroll):
- Solo Levelling
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Demon Slayer
Haven't tried frieren yet.
Delicious in dungeon and apothecary diaries were good.
Delicious in dungeon
So good I've been buying a few of the books.
Sakamoto Days is worth a watch, latter episodes fail but the earlier ones are good.
Make sure not to let Netflix autoplay the next episode as there's often stuff after the titles.
So, what are we thinking about the latest series of Stranger Things?
It's not as bad as the one with the escape from the Russian prison. They should have trimmed the cast by killing some of the more annoying characters off. Murray would be a good one to start with. Steve was a great heel, he's boring as a face, they should have kept him a bit more ambiguous.