Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EkMc79ZSU
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So far, /tv/ thinks this is one of the better shows Netflix has produced, but it's not without it's flaws. What do you think?
Crazy
I've just started watching it, I like it so far but the plot with the sister getting CHADed and winonas acting is letting it down
>>72121301
The sister subplot gets better
it was eh, not bad but eh
Why did you corner this child in an abandoned building, anon?! Can't you see she's scared?
>>72121301
Man what the fuck is wrong with you? You can't watch a TV show without getting triggered by Chad?
>>72121301
in the end she sticks with Chadwho isn't really a bad guy
Just finished it. 7/10 from me.
+Great cinematography
+Really good casting
+The chief is based and definitely captured the 80's spirit on that character
+Great pacing and story arcs escalation
+Nancy ending up with Steve and not the weirdo felt right.
-Feels like an homage to the 80s instead of something made back then (there's no way a film like this would have a soundtrack so heavy on the synth and not cheesy pop songs)
-Kids screaming can be annoying
-Predictable
-El is overpowered and just like in Looper I don't like it when they use fantasy in a sci-fi theme.
I hope they make it an anthology series unlike Halloween that missed the chance to become based.
>>72122014
including Chad is just too easy and done do to death. It's literally a trope to have Chad in your TV and films
As a non-beta male, I was pleased to see the realism of Chad getting the girl in the end.
so does Will become the next flea man or the thing he coughed up?
>>72122065
Hopefully youre right. Each season becoming a different story about some strange occurrence in that town, a la Eerie Indiana, would be dope.
Always really wondered what Halloween couldve been if they kept that formula after Season of the Witch.
Also, just finished watching it. Give it a hard 8 to a soft 9 out of 10. Show was overall great. Nice soundtrack. The cinematography was awesome. Based chief. I never watched Twin Peaks or that other show people are comparing it to but I really enjoyed the ride.
>>72122309
You really need to watch Peaks. You'll notice the similarity between the pilot and this show instantly, plus its a 10/10 show
>>72122370
My wife had never seen it, so I've been rewatching it with her in the past weeks.
They're not THAT similar. There's the overall small town mystery feel, but that's about it.
>>72121301
The Chad is actually quite cool.
>>72122110
Spoiler: Chad unChads.
>>72120458
I liked it a lot. I'll give it a 10/10 for the first go and maybe an 8/10 for rewatchability since the show seems to lose flavor once you know the result, i.e. the ride isn't as fun.
The tribute to '80s Sci-Fi and Horror was really terrific. I adore the way they made the chief look like Jack Nicholson and had Ryder's character axing through the wall (which was a door to another dimension) in spirit of The Shining. The elements of the story centered on the kids and the girl were very E.T., while the girl's powers were Carrie.
That isn't to say there aren't elements of stories outside of this categorization. I think the party was a bit like Sixteen Candles (or maybe I have another movie in mind), the kids feminizing Eleven was like Weird Science, and Lucas using his slingshot to hit the monster was like It.
I think they wanted to fit a lot in there (and I'm probably missing a good deal anyhow), but they then put the ones they couldn't weave in as posters -- Star Wars, The Thing, The Evil Dead.
Nonetheless, I liked it a lot, and the ending has me hopeful they have a Season 2 story in mind already. I just hope that blowing their '80s load in this first season won't cost them.
>>72121296
I literally thought the same fucking thing.
>>72122065
>I don't like it when they use fantasy in a sci-fi theme.
What was fantasy-based here? El? Her telepathy/telekinesis was from MKULTRA mind control experiments, she wasn't a witch.
I'm trying to fathom where this critique came from, within the context of your post and the overall show, and I'm missing it. Unless you didn't like the kids' dungeons & dragons references which was the only fantasy-thing about the show at all.
>>72123381
>Unless you didn't like the kids' dungeons & dragons references which was the only fantasy-thing about the show at all.
It's another dimension, but it's very supernatural, it could be hell, the underworld, whatever. It's not pure sci-fi at all.
>>72121301
the chad actually turns out to be a pretty cool dude in the second half of the season
>>72123381
there's LoTR and the hobbit references thrown in everywhere too
>>72123475
>le nitpicky asshole nerd face :V
hjehehehehehe
>>72123381
I didn't like her telekinesis. I have seen it so many times before.
>>72123530
I'm not the original guy, I like the combo a lot. Lost and BSG are two of my favourite shows.
>>72123548
Sorry mate
Not sure why i decided to play the first episode, but pleasantly suprised.
Im super fucking worried for this show, since it seems they won't make this into an anthology
>>72123572
i was kind of hesitant too at first, i expected it to be another super 8 type of mediocre piece of shit, but it's surprisingly good
>>72123542
DUMB
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>>72120458
looks shite
>>72123542
I don't like this whole 'different episodes' format. Seen it way too many times before.
>>72123585
Just said the same here >>72123412
I assumed it'd be an anthology because the story was structured so tightly as like an eight hour movie. So long as the next season is less of a spinning-their-wheels type of thing that successful American shows like to do when they know they have to keep going for a while and more of a "this is the sequel" kind of thing it could be alright. Like the Gremlins 2 to this show's Gremlins.
my one big complaint about the show is cleary should have had more screen time
i was disappointed at how he was handled. the guy is a great fucking actor and he seemed wasted.
>>72123639
>tfw he's not being burly in Game of Thrones near me
Cast burlyman in all the things, no homo.
>>72123639
isn't this guy the diner owner that gets capped in stranger things
I'll give it credit for being only 8 episodes, the biggest problem I have with most netflix shows is that they all seem to go on for 2-3 episodes too long
>>72123657
yes, he shouldn't have been offed so quickly.
>>72123560
t. Got fan
>>72123639
>>72123657
>>72123674
lol i thought this was a knick thread for a second. i suppose that's what i get for not reading any other post than the one i'm replying to.
>>72123595
Just like your face
too much noseblood imvho
The show should be applauded.
>>72123713
>chad turns out to be a good guy in the end
FUCKING BULLSHIT
>>72123713
Fuck I need to buy some more comfy sweaters.
>>72123637
I guess it just comes down to me not really wanting to know more about the upside down, the more they explain it the shittier its gonna get.
and If they drop a different supernatural thing into this town, Im gonna have a hard time suspending my disbelief
>>72123675
>Assumptions
I hated the books and the show was LE HARDCORE MATHUR SHOW XD BOOBS so, yeh. I don't think so.
>>72123722
He was always a good guy, he became a great guy.
>ditches shitty friends
>is cool with Jonathan even though he's a massive creepy perv who beat the shit out of him
>uses his baseball skills to take out the Demogorgon
>does Tom Cruise impressions
Winona showed her true Jewish form in the last episode.
>>72123713
>bad guy gets the grill series
Dropped
>>72123585
meh, go watch AHS
>>72123782
winona was straight up awful in the whole show. she does not play the 'crazy mother in hysterics' role well at all
This is the part where betas lost their shit and screamed at their TV.
>>72123820
please stop i cant take it anymore
>>72123787
>bad guy
literally the only bad thing he did was insulting Jonathan and he regretted that pretty quickly and ditched his shitty friends
>>72123770
>peer pressures girl into sex after getting her drunk
>breaks the camera of a dude whose brother is missing
>enables anti social behavior of his friends by not stopping them from spraying all that lewd stuff until he himself is confronted
>tops it all off by smugly rubbing it in the brothers face by getting him a camera, inferring that the only way he will see the sister naked is behind the lens of a camera
hmm
>>72123820
That's not even the most beta moment in the show. Barb, a true nigga, was the fifth wheel to two couples including those cucklecucks and ended up getting murder raped by slenderman cthulhu in the fucking twilight zone silent hill ass bullshit realm.
FIFTH
FUCKING
WHEEL
>>72123850
but they had premartial teenage SEX and no one got pregnant or suddenly went through a massive personality change the next day! MADNESS
>>72123850
desu what jonathan did was some straight up creeper shit, i don't blame steve for getting pissed off
the only true douchebags in the show were those two kids that held the knife to dustin
>>72123852
>>peer pressures girl into sex after getting her drunk
Are you kidding? She went there for sex, she got new underwear and everything.
>>breaks the camera of a dude whose brother is missing
Dude spied on them and photographed his girlfriend getting naked!
>>enables anti social behavior of his friends by not stopping them from spraying all that lewd stuff until he himself is confronted
Anger, he apologised and helped to clean up the mess voluntarily.
>>tops it all off by smugly rubbing it in the brothers face by getting him a camera, inferring that the only way he will see the sister naked is behind the lens of a camera
Dude was very happy with the camera, he was taking shots of his qt mom at the end.
How come you couldn't post in the thread that was already up?
>>72123873
>tfw barb was the second best girlafter winona
Of all the things we could be talking about in this show, like how Will spit out a slug and shit, we're talking about Jonathan getting together with Nancy.
You are all insecure pussies.
>>72123899
I didn't mean Steve calling him out for his creepshots, that was legitimate, I mean when they met in the alley with the graffiti
>>72123889
fucking saved
>>72123932
it would be the most magical romance of Our Times
>>72123932
/tv/ - Teenage Girls
>>72123812
I thought she was good, just horribly one-note. Everyone else had levels, but she just maintained the crazy across the series instead of building to it or leaving it behind when someone believed her. Poor direction, because we all know she can act normie.
>>72123932
Missed that in my life, so i hate to see it on my tv or movie.
>>72123820
are you kidding me? I was super glad for the nerd.
He didn't put his dick in that slut, probably would have gotten aids
>>72123932
It's like Twilight for twenty-something autist beta males.
>>72123932
the realistic portrayal of a female going back to the chad over a dude who goes through life and death situations is more interesting than a scene that was put in to make sure people realise there's going to be a second season
>>72120458
I loved it! I can remember watching this video and thinking it would make a good movie/show. I'm glad they did it. The kid from this music video is number 9 in my head canon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTKg
>hey babe, did that pathetic creep beta photography nerd finally leave to go cry while jerking off alone on Christmas day?
>yes, dear. he's all gone now. We can finally get cozy near the Christmas tree and fireplace without him staring at us all weird or try to take pictures of us again.
>what's that loser's name again, babe?
>uhhh, I think it was...wait...I dunno. Oh well. Who cares? He got his camera so he won't be bothering us anymore.
>wanna suck on my cock later when your parents go to sleep?
>hell yes! I love your big cock, Steve. I can't wait for you to cum on my little face and let it drip on my tiny titties.
>atta girl. Merry Christmas.
>Merry Christmas to you, too, Stevey.
>>72123873
lol, THIS THIS THIS
Poor Barb.
>>72124053
>Next Time on Stranger Things, Steve moves to Pawnee
>>72124025
I interpreted the slug-scene as the boy clearly having ptsd for the rest of his life.
turns out I was wrong xd
>>72124060
>>72123928
>liking her just because you think shes attainable
Keke
>>72124079
>xd
No.
>>72124060
I will never forget thee, Barb of Tarth.
>>72124060
>tfw you realise you're barb
>>72124086
Mate I don't what to fuck Barb at all, I am the male Barb. We are all the male Barb here.
>>72124086
>>72124079
I think if it was a PTSD metaphor he wouldn't have been so nonchalant about it. (Or did I interpret that right? His reaction was so fucked up.) I think El's flashbacks were supposed to be like PTSD though, because they were flashbacks to her abuse and trauma.
>>72124077
And becomes Spider-Man.
>the scene where lance pulls out all his dad's 'nam stuff from the backpack
>>72124079
That'd have been interesting but the wink wink with waffles and the sheriff was just a bit too much
I'd rather be a beta than a cancer kid.
>>72124182
>*Lucas
He was a true G.
>utility belt
>Rambo bandana
>biking to the gate on his own
>strong independent lil nigga who don't need no telekinetic gf
He better be Will's best friend.
>>72123812
You've never seen a hysterical mother then
if you had to choose:
nancy or nancy's mom
i'm going for the mom
>>72124260
Nancy is too skinny for me and I like skinny girls. Mom all the way.
>>72124260
The mom is the best girl in the entire show
>>72123820
I think you're all missing the point here. This was an unhappy ending for the sister, not for the photo-nerd. He was happy at the end with his brother and Mom, she was stuck with a guy that she didn't really love. It was a nice nod to betas.
>>72124260
nancy looks like she'd die during childbirth
>>72120458
Whats with the hype for this shit show?
>>72124260
winona and nancys mum
nancy's mom confirmed for best girl
i love her 80s hair in the show
>>72124260
I would pick Nancy's mom because Nancy seems a little too thin for me. She clearly has some kind of eating disorder and is close to anorexia.
>>72123889
El oh el
>>72124260
Nancy has no ass. Blonde Nancy's mum ftw
>>72124311
It was awesome.
>>72124291
This. I was actually glad he didn't end up with the used up slut, he deserved better.
>only 5-10 years until we're deemed a worthy enough potential customer base to start a 90's nostalgia pandering wave
all these virgin betas trying to act cool and hide their patheticness by pretending to like the douchebag jock character ..
it's sad . just be honest . I remember when losers in here had the balls to admit that they were losers and wouldn't be afraid to admit they rooted and identify with Johnathan
>>72124370
jonathan should end up with nancy's mom
why would he want nancy if he could get THIS
>>72124378
What are you talking about? We have stuff like this and a new Cardcaptor Sakura sequel coming out soon. Maybe anime just capitalizes on nostalgia sooner.
>>72124378
90s didn't have a distinct enough vibe. I don't even know what shows/movies you'd homage. I was born in 1988 btw, so I'm not shitting on a younger generation's childhood or anything. I just honestly don't even know what that would look like.
>>72124378
>garage bands, baggy jeans and flat hair instead of synth kino and big hair
Some 4K Nancy from the 4K rip. 2 more episodes left to upload.
>>72124455
trigger warnings for those of us in the chinese communist party and are scared of skeletons/ghosts
>>72124455
Not a patch on prime Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy.
>>72124455
Can you post shirtless Hopper pls.
>>72124235
Dustin was the funniest, Lucas and will were the most based (will going for the gun at the beginning made me yell at my TV, what a champ)
>WHY ARE YOU KEEPING THIS CURIOSITY DOOR CLOSED
>MiiIIIIikkKEEE I FOUND THE CHOCOLATE PUDDING!!
>sensory deprivation tank? What is this for?
>fun
>you have to admit that was pretty awesome
>I could have died!
>SHE THREW YOU WITH HER MIND
>Lucas dumps out bag of nam supplies
>Dustin dumps out bag of candy and snacks
>that slingshot scene
>>72124515
the isolation tank call dustin made to his science teacher cracked me up
>>72124378
they already brought back the xfiles ya fag
What's your headcanons or speculation or theories on all the weird bizarre shit like El and the Monster?
>>72124583
the jews did it
>>72124515
Dustin was the only person in the show who kept a clear head at all times
everyone else was getting influenced by emotions
Are your mornings for coffee and contemplation too?
>>72124515
>(will going for the gun at the beginning made me yell at my TV, what a champ)
Glad I'm not the only one, I thought that was great scene.
>i never had a science teacher as cool as mr.clarke
>>72124515
>THE HOBBIT
>It doesn't matter!
>He athked!
>>72124644
I was like ah shit dude get a gun, and then the little nerd actually goes and gets a gun. That's the scene that hooked me. Do you guys think those dick kids immediately went and slit mikes throat now that El is gone?
>>72124583
The entire thing is clearly based on a Tabletop campaign so it's pretty simple.
>El is a Planeswalker
>The creature is an Outsider or maybe degenerated form of Mindflayer/low tier demon
>the end
>>72124721
>mfw when the cop doesn't know what the fuck Mirkwood means and they explain it to him
Damn nerds
>>72120458
Let's talk about the slug the dude coughed up, those gonna travel through the pipes and impregnate more people or is that the baby monster? Also what deal do you think hopper made with the gubment? Do you think we'll see more of papa? He was leaped on by the monster but could be in the upside down
>>72123932
Probably because it was the only part of the show that wasn't predictable.
>>72124764
but how is babby outsider formed
/a/ here
This show is basically elfen lied - even down to the "papa papa" screaming.
>Psychic child
>given away by farther to shady government research institute
>"papa papa" as she gets dragged down the hallway
>girl who now lives with the kid is basically mute
>Strangely emotionless mercenaries chasing her
>Killing anybody who gets in their way
All it needs is a scene where someone gets their arms and legs chopped off and it's the same fuckin show. Tell me I'm not crazy.
>>72124472
this.
>>72124836
>Also what deal do you think hopper made with the gubment?
Hopper is an ex federal agent. Being a "big city cop" was a cover story. This is how he knew where to look for microphone bugs and how to disarm armed guards and extract kids from that situation.
>>72124907
Fuck me they even keep her in a featureless metal box.
>>72124907
People keep bringing it up so you're not crazy, but it's such a classic trope like so many tropes used in this show that's been used in so many other shows before it. I don't know where it started but it has to be some classic literature or something. I remember Fringe was the last show I watched with something like this, and Kiznaiver for animu.
>>72124907
do you have any idea how many movies have these tropes in it? it's not influenced by anime...maybe akira but that's about it
>>72124662
I was fucking super worried for him when the woman came asking questions. Most of the adults in this were genuinely good people, which is super nice. The two deputies were comedic relief and incompetent, but the teacher, the sheriff, the mothers, all really nicely portrayed people.
It was weird that Steves super asshole friends didn't get a bigger comeuppance. If that were a King story, they'd be mind raped and brutally murdered. Instead they got a good talking to, and then they were still assholes, but then were gone.
Also, who here thinks that the kids should've had a bigger impact? Like the monster killer rock hit the monster in the throat and it choked on it, or they had some residual telekinesis and helped El at the end or something, so it was the kids vs the bad monster and not just El
>>72124916
Didn't consider that. It would also explain why they decided to trust him and let him through the portal when they could have just killed him.
>>72124977
i was half expecting the sling shot and rocks to literally kill the monster, but i'm glad they didn't do that
>>72124836
next season i'm going to assume that slug is going to be some sewer monster type of thing that infects people's brain, kind of like what happens in the faculty
i don't expect them to have the same monster again next season, it's going to be something different, and brain rape mind control slugs seems like a good progression
>>72124907
not exactly rare tropes desu
not to mention the elfenlied mangaka even rehashed elfenlied when he made brynhildr
>>72123738
Why? When you have "Not Area 51" right on the outskirts of your town developing super weapons to fight the Russians, the occasional shady shit is bound to leak out from time to time.
Fuck any haters and ignore them. They're just being edgelord contrarians.
I rated this show 5 out of 5 stars on Netflix. Yes the hype is real. Everything about the show is top notch.
Also if there is a better actress working today than Winona Ryder I don't know who it is m
>>72125015
It was a nice wink to IT.
>>72124060
They really did a shit job ending her story tBh. Just finding her dead wasn't enough. Barbs mom should of confronted Nancy blaming her for Barb "running away" or wanting to know what really happened that night.
>>72125112
What if they go Dreamcatcher where it gets into the water supply and its super dank town mind control
>season ends with Ancient Eldritch horror under the town awakening
>>72125246
>I rated this show 5 out of 5 stars on Netflix. Yes the hype is real.
Same. This show is one of the best movies I've seen this year, it's just eight hours long and not in cinemas.
>>72122309
This show is unlike shows like Twin Peaks and Hemlock Grove in that the people in the town are actually normal and the show is better for it.
>>72125283
>should of
Literally kill yourself.
>>72125283
They skipped over all of the after effects of the "party" like the Nancy coming clean about what happened
>>72125242
wouldn't they have closed the research centre by now though? I mean they fucked up big time and a fuckton of people working there died.
If I wanted to do secret research somewhere, It certainly wouldn't be there
>>72125359
the show is good, but i can easily see in the future a bunch of networks copying the whole nostalgia thing this show has going for it and they just shit out mediocre pieces of pandering garbage. that's what usually happens with this type of stuff, something gets popular and is very well liked, then everyone jumps on the bandwagon and shits out inferior garbage (basically capeshit)
>>72125386
Go wash your fedora, Cheeto Chins.
>>72120458
Ideas stolen from other series: The show
Most overrated series of all time, the producers are still making these threads in order to bait idiots because no one with good taste and standards would watch this shit, the only good thing about this is the teenage grill nancy
Do you guys tjink the portal still open in the basement of that government facility?
>>72125359
>an 8 hour movie.
This right here.
The production quality was that of a film, not a television show.
Also even though there weren't a ton of special effects throughout the show, the effects that were there were better than any television show ever period.
>>72125456
I am totally okay with the revival of the comfy core kid adventure film
>>72125488
>stolen
They weren't stolen since the creators were upfront about how the show was a tribute to the 80s.
>>72125456
They tried that with Lost (Heroes, FlashForward, The Event etc.) and it didn't work. They tried it with Mad Men (Playboy Club, PanAm, Magic City) and it didn't work. I can't see anyone trying to ape this without failing miserably.
>>72125488
the show is wearing it's influences on it's sleeves, they aren't trying to hide any of it
there's a bad way to handle this type of stuff (super 8) and a good way, the show handled it in a good way
Can we all agree the sheriff and the teacher were fucking based?
>>72125488
>Ideas stolen from other series: The show
They deliberately and overtly repurposed the "ideas" and formed a coherent homage that stands independent from the works it's influenced by in order to recapture some of the emotions that the original stories managed to evoke.
>>72125564
this. Its probably biggest influence, King, loves it.
>>72124907
Dude you just described every anime ever.
>>72125498
The cliff jump let it down, but otherwise I agree. That said, it's not just the effects. It's...everything. The character interactions, the story structure. People have been trying to say they're making a ten hour movie or a thirteen hour movie for ages now, but other than Daredevil (which came close to me, flame all you want) nothing has approached actually doing that. This succeeded 100%.
>>72125598
Exactly. They had an episode called The Body for Christ's sake. Plus the slingshot and the train lines. It was all there, and great because of it.
>>72125576
>teacher watching and explaining the things practical effects to the qt Asian lady
I felt bummed his radio thing got broken, but glad he lived at least. Was sure he was gonna end up like the diner guy
>>72125564
>there's a bad way to handle this type of stuff (super 8)
I liked Super 8 too. I don't get the hate.
>>72125598
i think a big thing in why i liked it was due to how it didn't really pander to the audience
we all know these tropes, we've watched all these movies, but it wasn't shoving it down your throat like so many other movies and tv shows when they handle this stuff
>>72125599
k-on
>>72120458
Can we all agree that there were some super good child actors? Actually felt like real highschoolers and not 22 year olds pretending
>>72125598
>this. Its probably biggest influence, King, loves it.
Not to mention Spielberg's Amblin was essentially an entire production company built to make stories with this flavour.
>>72125577
t. director's assistant
>yfw there really wasn't any SJW bullshit
That was a shock. The only true SJW bit was the scene with Nancy and what's his face target shooting and she says something like, "Fuck the nuclear family", and I audibly groaned. But then I chalked it up to them being dumb and naive teenagers and not knowing any better.
>>72122110
That's kind of the point though. It's supposed to feel like an 80s thing. Chads were a vital part of storytelling in the 80s The whole entire thing is supposed to be a collection of tropes, but its done in such a way that still feels cozy and fresh. It's about good execution instead of originality.
>>72125642
>Was sure he was gonna end up like the diner guy
Expertly done. You care about Cleary right away because he goes all fish custard with El, and that sets up the assumption that The Stache of Science will likewise die.
>>72125283
That's the whole point dipshit.
Nobody gave a fuck about Barb . She was fat and ugly.Although I would have hit it
>>72120458
>young girl has telekinesis
>when she uses her powers she becomes exhausted and little bit of blood comes out her nose
>her powers are completely inconsistent and how easily she gets tired out is only used for moving the plot along
pretty disappointed tbqh. it had a promising start but it got so boring and cliched and the monsters are uncreative and look like ass.
>>72125707
For a TV show they were INSANELY good. Like five Kiernan Shipkas.
>>72125707
I liked all of them except for Mike, the main guy. Also El should've talked more. Also the whole "children falling in love" thing between them is so overdone.
Watched the first episode at 4k and holy shit amazeballs
watched the rest in the 1080p ntb rip absolutely stunning visuals
10/10 synthwave
River Tam vs Eleven, who wins? Who's the best kisser?
>>72125707
they weren't stand by me tier good, but they were mostly fine, some scenes were a bit cringey though.
i don't know if it's fair to compare their acting to the kids in stand by me, because that's pretty much the gold standard of child actors
dustin was the best actor out of all of them.
>>72125817
>10/10 synthwave
My niggeriest nigger
>>72125817
>10/10 synthwave
dis
>Mfw Elegia gave me MGS V flashbacks
worse than nam flashbacks 2bh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LY3ftiLqmE
>>72125817
FUCK and that opening
the synth is by far the best part
>>72125498
>The production quality was that of a film, not a television show.
DING DING DING
ive been saying this the entire time i watched it from start to finish in one go
its like a 7 hour movie, no filler no fuss straight to the buisness
i loved the references to the thing, evil dead and countless other movies it was fantastic.
Easily my tv series/movie of the year absolutely jaw droppingly fucking mcawesome
>>72125869
aaay
>>72125896
lmao
>>72124235
Mo'fucker look like a young Marlo from the Wire
>>72125912
I fucking couldn't handle it, I was laughing too hard
>>72125922honestly i couldnt see much of a diff between 4k and 1080p on my 1080p 48" tv i was sitting damn close too
Yeah holy shit the goddamn everything
EVERYTHING
amazing
>>72125923
>Easily my tv series/movie of the year absolutely jaw droppingly fucking mcawesome
I will rate any critic that gives no fucks and puts it on their end of year list for films.
>>72125112
The monster they fight at the end is a kind of DnD monster that can breed with other monsters to create something entirely new. Like Thassal____ but that one happened to be a Thassalhydra. So it's major foreshadowing of the nature of the how they're going to proceed to future seasons.
Why did this "look" like a movie and not a TV show? Is it the camera or the lighting?
this show would have been completly fucked on tv by commercial breaks
>>72124644
yeah, if it was anything but a reality altering death monster he would have fucked their ass up with that operator shit.
Anyone else hoping the next season gets scarier? I liked the monster a bit, but I'm hoping that they go freakier with it and start using practical effects.
I was kinda offended that they kept referencing old 80s masterpieces like the Thing and used awful CGI to make their monsters. If you're gonna reference it, do it.
>>72125975
Sorry late to this thread.
So basicallythe slug thing popping out little niggers mouth a the end is the monster breeding with him and going down the drain? Is that why he crossed back over for a split second?
>>72126023
Theres a second season?
HOLYFUCKYESJESUSLOVESTHELITTLECHILDRENFUCKSHITCUNT
>>72125987
Filter I think
>>72125987
Both. It was shot digitally but post-processed to have film grain so it looked cinematic and a bit retro, and the lighting was top notch. It spoke to me.
really thought that time when main kid got tripped and cut his chin on the rock they were going to use for the monster would have played a bigger role.
>>72124907
yeah, it's exactly like Elflen Lied. Both clearly consist of retarded violence and pedo-pandering animation
>>72125987
Pacing
Direction
Quality of production as a whole
Script
Format
Cinematography
Talent
Yeah basically its a combination of all the things.
Lightening has clearly struck here
>>72126023
I never thought about that, but it could easily have just been Doug Jones in a suit, you're right.
>>72126053
Not confirmed yet but I'm sure of it. They set it up for a second season and it's gotten good reviews.
>>72122139
I was actually relieved at that.
Jonathan was just waaay too good for her. she'd drag him down into a miserable normie life. She'd play games with his heart, he'd probably end up on drugs or alcohol to deal with the constant bombardment of emotional turmoil...
He could do so much better. Find someone way more fun and stable minded than Skeleton Girl and her high maintenance vanity, lying nature, and wishy washy BS. The chad can have her.
>>72126053
>Theres a second season?
Yuh-huh >>72123714
>>72125975
they also referenced alien/aliens with will, face huggers need human hosts to create aliens. but i'm guessing the monster wasn't trying to create a baby version of himself when he did the whole alien-tentacle-down-the-throat with will.
might be like what happened in prometheus when that proto alien thing suctioned the engineer and out came an alien
>>72126112
It's also trended everywhere on social so ratings must be ridic.
>>72121296
SHINING REMAKE WHEN?
>>72125492
They dont sayi love it leaves it open ended
The part wherecop leaves the waffle and food in the box means 11 is still there which means she came back through the portal/portals, thats just my interpretation since they dont know how to close it
>>72126112
>>72126131
Fuck yes that sounds amazing
>>72121301
>winonas acting
only bad thing about all this, they should've gone mumcore. She wasn't that bad in Show Me an Hero though
>>72122139
felt like this might be a subtle nod to pretty in pink, but maybe not. either way glad they sidestepped the trope of weird outcast gets the girl in the end because that shit never happens irl.
>>72126176
parker would have been AWFUL in this show, she would have been even worse than winona
>>72126127
>He could do so much better. Find someone way more fun and stable minded than Skeleton Girl and her high maintenance vanity, lying nature, and wishy washy BS. The chad can have her.
Or he could just end up like me
>Fat 25 year old n33t
>no life
>no job
>???
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>>72126165
>yfw 11 comes back merged with the monster and it's tragic and heartbreaking and Mike can't handle it
>>72124977
It was a deliberate red herring. In Stephen King's It they shoot a silver slug with a slingshot at the monster to make it go back into hibernation. The theme of blood among the gang is prominent too, holding some power over the monster if I recall correctly. Anyone familiar with It, which is most, would immediately put two and two together and figure it would impact the monster somehow in the final scene making El's death more surprising. I don't know, my thoughts, i'm fucked.
Am I the ONLY person who loved Winona in this? I thought she did an amazing job, but everything I've seen has listed her performance as a con.
>>72126194
Nah, she already have a crazy bitch face, Wynona couldn't pull it off.
Is that kid who looks like a girl a boy or is he a boy who looks like a girl?
The one who kisses the alien
>>72126143
I loved how symbolically, thematically and literally almost everything was about birth and parenthood.
Most of the character relationships and drama, the monster, vagina wall, etc. It's so bizarre how Eleven was born to somebody going through MKULTRA. She had to astral project or whatever in a bathtub mimicing a womb. The monster was giving birth to an egg thing or something when they met. It's all really weird and feels like it should connect somehow but I don't know how.
I wonder if the monster isn't El's jungian shadow or something.
>>72126233
I thought she was great, it's just that she was distractingly one-note in a show full of performances with a lot of levels.
>>72126251
I hate that hollywood makes me check wikipedia in case of traps. They've become this strange.
>>72123475
What's supernatural about it? It's another dimension that houses a disgusting creature. There's nothing that's particularly un scientific about that dimension. It's probably some kind of echo of our reality instead of an actual separate one. Horrible things evolved to lurk in that echo. Again nothing un scientific about it. It's simply not grasped by their science, but nothing about it says spooky ghosts and magic etc. in place of science.
>>72126267
there was a heart of darkness reference in one of the school scenes to support this whole duality theory.
>>72126233
i really didn't like her in it. i don't know if it was the writing or her acting. i get that she's supposed to be going crazy that her son is missing, but she's basically going bat shit crazy for 98% of the show
>>72124583
Never underestimate the dangers of the warp.
>>72126281
True she was almost always in a state of "MY SON IS MISSING YOU FUCKERS I'LL DO ANYHING TO FIND HIM AHAHJDFAKD" but I thought she did that well
>>72126233
She was a bit grating at first, but then I started believing her as a hysterical and emotionally devastated mother.
>>72126286
It's deliberately not defined one way or the other so as not to bind it by genre. The references are fantasy, sci-fi, horror and superhero, from Dungeons & Dragons and Lord of the Rings (THE HOBBIT!), to X-Men, Stephen King, etc.
>>72120458
>One kid is black
Dropped
>>72120458
The fact that the show introduced the kids in a D&D scene and that imagery/language stayed throughout the story was really important in me liking it. Weirdly enough, despite not growing up in the 80s, shows about kids growing up in the 80s always speak to me more than other depictions, but I don't know why.
>>72126233
like others have said, I liked her for the most part but the critizism that she didnt have many `levels` on her energy is pretty on point throughout the whole thing.
cant say I dislike her though even if she is arguably the `worst` part of the main cast.
>>72126299
There's a really good shot when Joyce is being interogated by Dr. Benner. The camera cuts off his face because he's standing up despite the fact he's talking directly to Joyce. He's essentially a faceless man, like how the monster is described by Nancy and Joyce earlier in the series. To make it even more interesting we can see both their reflections in the background on a big pane of black glass which seems to be a reference to the Upside Down- a mirror world that reflects our own.
>>72126299
>next season they somehow manage to get El out of upside down world
>she gets infected with a brain slug that controls her thoughts and powers
>El turns into the monster
>>72126366
haha!
>>72126229
I was thinking this too
Hopefully however they do it is good since they already have a sequel in the works
>>72126233
she was good, a bit skinny but excellent acting.
>>72126366
You're right, there should've been another couple black kids as based as Lucas, but the gang was a good size.
>>72126267
its kinda wierd how we see only 1 monster in the upside down
its a pretty big area
>>72126233
who's shitting on it, i'm guessing cause she's not constantly a "Muh empowered holding it together girl" steretype. I thought the duality of her determination and pain were really well portrayed, top tier actress with great milk duds
>>72126286
It could still be supernatural. You don't see any other monsters in it, and the entire world is super vague on what it is exactly, just what they think it is.
For all we know the next monster could be straight up Pennywise tier, or Mind Controller shit
>>72126366
DUDE SWEET
>>72126382
>We want the pandorum resident evil 1 alien audience
i can digg it
>>72123873
It was an interesting twist on the horror movie cliche where the sexing teenagers usually get killed first. Instead it's the shy introverted nerd who gets taken out by the monster first, which makes the monster that much more horrible. Everyone feels she didn't deserve it while most people love to see sexing teens meet their doom.
>>72126368
90s childhoods were a lot closer to 80s childhoods than 00s and 10s childhoods I think. Also we had a lot of 80s entertainment grandfathered in on home release.
>>72126405
I was hoping there'd be a scene where it's sort of Lovecraftian-esque, and you see this huge army of various Cronenbergian creations, but alas
>>72126405
No we see a worm thing that was shoved down Will's throat.
Maybe there's more than one regular monster too, because one of them was burnt and its leg was injured but we never actually see anything that has burns or an injured leg. They could have killed two separate monsters. It might be a stretch, but remember there was a hatched egg there.
Maybe there' in a building having coffee who the fuck knows.
>>72126366
He's black in the same way a token character was black back then.
Basically doesnt do shit apart from a sidekick like the nigger out of ghostbusters 1
>>72126450
the hatched egg was most likely the tentacle thing down will's throat
ala aliens. it's basically a face hugger
>>72121301
yea winnona's acting was sort of not so good. also: there is not a real feeling of complicity between her and her older son... maybe they boned irl and it made things weird. the little black kid is hella shouty and extra insulting and aggressive , tha twas sort of an annoyance.
the upside: pretty good overall. lot of little nice touches that are pretty creative and felt right: the crazy lady who speaks to her missing kid through blinking christmas lights, raw eggos, Elle's acting, haymakers, black kid commando-up, bro and sis swearing to tell each other the truth but having trouble admitting the truth to themselves about romance, the 10 hour d&d campaign's conclusion that felt unsatisfying to the players who wanted more stuff to be addressed (wink wink).
>>72126375
>mfw
holy fuck
>>72126282
Yeah but is he a boy?
I hate anthology bullshit. They better not cave in to all you Fargo American Horror Story True Detective fags and make season 2 a whole new story.
