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Clearly didn't keep up with thread as I was surprised by the TBC ending. This show asks me to buy in to all sorts of unbelievable things, but that 5'5" chode as bball star/ guy behind whom the communities rallies or whatever just stretched the limits of credulity too far for me. Fuck that guy

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  On 5/29/2022 at 5:50 PM, TommyGufano said:
This show asks me to buy in to all sorts of unbelievable things, but that 5'5" chode as bball star/ guy behind whom the communities rallies or whatever just stretched the limits of credulity too far for me. Fuck that guy


I told my wife that dude is trying to be blonde Tom Cruise v.2022. The dude can't act for shit but he's...ON EDGE! I wonder if he knows his character is the butt of a joke?

On the plus side, hearing Kate Bush's Running up that Hill was fucking awesome. Hounds of Lust is an essential album.

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Hot damn episode 4. Have a few questions like why did peeps stay in this town after the first three events, much less after one event?  Despite a few holes, I'm hooked.  

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  On 5/28/2022 at 5:46 PM, Message Board User said:

Episodes 4 & 7 were great.  The rest of the season was aight, mostly because I found the Joyce/Murray adventure and the stuff in California just tedious.  There are probably too many characters at this point  I wouldn't be upset if the entire Byers clan met Barb's fate.

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Kinda similar. But god damn these are long and struggling to keep me engaged. Just finished 7

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I've actually really liked the longer episodes. The editing could be tighter, but they at least seem to be answering questions as they introduce new ones, and it doesn't feel rushed. A few thoughts:

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Just finished. Initial thoughts are that at its best, it reminds you of how fun and engaging ST can be. But at its worst, when it's trying to justify so many minor characters and their storylines it can get bogged down and ridiculous. Mike, Will and Jonathan (with his needless buddy, Argyle) have been barely needed this season other than some melodrama and comedic exploits that are more slapstick/absurd than funny. Still, a nice way to break up the long weekend by binging a couple episodes at a time. Looking forward to finishing it up over the 4th of July weekend.

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  On 5/30/2022 at 4:59 PM, Neonmoon said:

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Had Nancy seen the stained glass window front door that she claimed to have seen when she Nancy Drew'd Max's drawing? Admittedly I wasn't 100% dialed in, but it seemed like the show basically pretended that she had the visuals that accompanied Victor Creel's story. 

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  On 5/30/2022 at 9:03 PM, TommyGufano said:

Had Nancy seen the stained glass window front door that she claimed to have seen when she Nancy Drew'd Max's drawing? Admittedly I wasn't 100% dialed in, but it seemed like the show basically pretended that she had the visuals that accompanied Victor Creel's story. 

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When doing research in the library looking over newspapers on microfilm, was my assumption. 

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  On 5/30/2022 at 8:15 PM, austingirl said:

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Damn. Forgot about that last season. Good catch. 

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I am in ep 3 right now and not that impressed with this season so far.  Just seems super drawn out with these 1 hr+ episodes that have to jump around to 3 different settings and really get nowhere 

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I fucking hate Argyle.  Like a lot.

His voice, his accent, his fucking hair.  He's getting way too much screen time.

The girl that plays Max is a pretty good little actress.  Plus she's a Texan.

The scene with her running through the Upside Down, with Kate Bush's song playing was fantastic.

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Honestly I could give a shit if Hopper, Murray, and Joyce were just executed by the soviets at this point. That storyline is pretty worthless to the season. 
 

Other than that, I’m really enjoying this season. El needs to stop being such a little bitch and wreck shop

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  On 5/31/2022 at 1:54 PM, Scraps said:

I am in ep 3 right now and not that impressed with this season so far.  Just seems super drawn out with these 1 hr+ episodes that have to jump around to 3 different settings and really get nowhere 

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This is right where I am. I just saw a good 15 comments about ep.4 though so have to hold on.

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  On 5/31/2022 at 3:47 PM, SubliminalHorn said:

Honestly I could give a shit if Hopper, Murray, and Joyce were just executed by the soviets at this point. That storyline is pretty worthless to the season. 
 

Other than that, I’m really enjoying this season. El needs to stop being such a little bitch and wreck shop

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Yeah I have been wondering since pretty early on how many of these story lines will come together before the finale, and how many are just separate and the reunion is the epilogue after the climactic scene. 

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Enjoyed the first part much more than seasons 2-3. However, there are too many characters and they should’ve taken the opportunity to raise the stakes by eliminating some characters in horrific ways (everyone in California except for 11).

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I like Hopper and all, but the Russia storyline is a drag. The California group would be more bearable if Argyle wasn’t around. Vecna is a really interesting character and adds a lot more layers to the story than just the demogorgans or Mindflayer IMO. The ending of episode 4 was really well done.

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Steve, robin and max are about the only young adult actors who are bearable this season … the rest of the now grown kid gang has been pretty consistently bad / poorly written / poorly acted… not sure who’s been worse but there’s been some cringeworthy and head scratching scenes (And, fairly, some entertaining ones)


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I don’t know if Lucas is just a bad actor, or the lines are bad as he navigates his attempted social climb and then reversal, but that character hasn’t been fun to watch on screen this season. 
 

feels like the duffer brothers can write the nerd/outcast from personal experience, but have to write the popular/jock/bully from the perspective of the nerd dealing with them so they are more one dimensional. 

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Just finished up and agree with everyone's thoughts. Particularly:

  • The cast worked really well collectively in Seasons 1-3, but it really loses something when they're in three groups
  • Toward that, agree the Hopper and California plot lines are pointless as is Will ... Mike and Jonathan only valuable to watch them get dumped (I almost bailed if there was one more scene with Argyle)
  • I can buy into the fantasy stuff, but the fast and loose with reality is eye rolling - the entire Hopper arc is just silly on myriad levels from his resistance to frostbite from ability to fight the demagordon after being in a Siberian prison for a year ... Lucas in general ... Nancy's ability to charm anything with a pecker ... 
  • Kill Lucas and keep his sister - older Lucas sucks ... Dustin is the only kid that adds something pretty funny - keep him and the olds and have Mike and Will run off to Vegas and get married by Elvis or go Brokeback on the Yellowstone
  • Orderly / 01 / Creel kid / Vecna too obvious ... should have been more subtle and saved the "01" tattoo for the final scene - seemed stupidly redundant ... and the back story way over-explained ... 
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  On 6/2/2022 at 5:55 AM, Harrison Bergeron said:

Just finished up and agree with everyone's thoughts. Particularly:

  • The cast worked really well collectively in Seasons 1-3, but it really loses something when they're in three groups
  • Toward that, agree the Hopper and California plot lines are pointless as is Will ... Mike and Jonathan only valuable to watch them get dumped (I almost bailed if there was one more scene with Argyle)
  • I can buy into the fantasy stuff, but the fast and loose with reality is eye rolling - the entire Hopper arc is just silly on myriad levels from his resistance to frostbite from ability to fight the demagordon after being in a Siberian prison for a year ... Lucas in general ... Nancy's ability to charm anything with a pecker ... 
  • Kill Lucas and keep his sister - older Lucas sucks ... Dustin is the only kid that adds something pretty funny - keep him and the olds and have Mike and Will run off to Vegas and get married by Elvis or go Brokeback on the Yellowstone
  • Orderly / 01 / Creel kid / Vecna too obvious ... should have been more subtle and saved the "01" tattoo for the final scene - seemed stupidly redundant ... and the back story way over-explained ... 
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I mean, it was all in the last 10 minutes of the season?

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Wtf was Mind Flayer doing during all this? Vacationing in upside down Bali? Gates opening all over the place and nowhere to be seen. Also the music escape theory was kinda shot down by the kid passing out being the reason his dad escaped. 

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Yeah, I'm in episode 7 and the biggest beating is 11 not just losing her shit completely and destroying the world already.  I'd be fine with that and her taking Steve, the lesbian, Eddie Van Halen and the blond chick who got hit with the roller skates to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Alien territory.  Can even have Wynona as chaperone.

Certainly thought going down through the portal should have been more beetlejuicy.

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I can't figure out the purpose of adding Munson to the cast. It would seem that they could have had one of the gang get falsely accused of murder and go on the run. I assume that he serves some purpose (like dying) that they don't want to waste on the long term cast.

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  On 5/29/2022 at 9:27 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:


 

 


I told my wife that dude is trying to be blonde Tom Cruise v.2022. The dude can't act for shit but he's...ON EDGE! I wonder if he knows his character is the butt of a joke?

On the plus side, hearing Kate Bush's Running up that Hill was fucking awesome. Hounds of Lust is an essential album.
 

 

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The Meg Myers version is really good too

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