Stranger Things 2
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BlockInlay
Bananas
Kleenex should sponsor season 3 after all the bleedy nostrils in season 2
bsman
b00b
Flamencology
You don't deserve koa.
So the kids are in middle school in 1984. I was in middle school in 1984. William was born on March 22nd, I was born on March 22nd.
My wife was born on March 22nd!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
My youngest son was born on March 8th. His mother was born 7 days later, on March 15th. 7 days after that .... March 22nd!!!
bsman
b00b
My youngest son was born on March 8th. His mother was born 7 days later, on March 15th. 7 days after that .... March 22nd!!!
March coincides with June + nine months. June is a popular month for weddings. The conspiracy is huge, involving the entire Wedding industry which, I believe, currently comprises about 20% of US GDP (if my daughter's viewing of "Say Yes to the Dress" and similar programs is any indication...)
OGG
Master of the Meh
After being pestered to near death to watch Stranger Things by virtually everyone I know, I finally caved a few weeks ago and checked out SE01EP01 and gawddammit if it didn't rope me right in. I binge watched Season one over two days, then did the same with Season two.
Absolutely fantastic television. No, it's not artful or profound like say... Breaking Bad, but it is tremendously and continuously entertaining. It is a master class in doing ONE thing, and doing it well.
Winona Ryder does a wonderful job in her role. Overall, the cast is really good with a few stand-outs being exceptional.
That show sits precisely in my wheelhouse, from the time period, to the music, to the nerdiness... It speaks directly to my teenage self. Hearing Tones on Tail and Fad Gadget in a TV show?!?!?!?! Never in a million years would I dare dream as much.
As for the sentiments about why it's set in the time period it is, it has to be. Everything about the story as it plays out is only made "believable" because of the cultural and technological limitations of that point in history. I was once that kid out riding his bike to God knows where, at all hours and with a giant walkie-talkie to communicate with my nerdy friends. Living daily mini adventures, and keeping one eye on the Ruskies at all times. That story just wouldn't work if it were set in 2017. It wouldn't even work if it was set ten years later. By 1994, the world had changed far too much.
Anyway, I'm a fan. Can't wait for Season 3.
Absolutely fantastic television. No, it's not artful or profound like say... Breaking Bad, but it is tremendously and continuously entertaining. It is a master class in doing ONE thing, and doing it well.
Winona Ryder does a wonderful job in her role. Overall, the cast is really good with a few stand-outs being exceptional.
That show sits precisely in my wheelhouse, from the time period, to the music, to the nerdiness... It speaks directly to my teenage self. Hearing Tones on Tail and Fad Gadget in a TV show?!?!?!?! Never in a million years would I dare dream as much.
As for the sentiments about why it's set in the time period it is, it has to be. Everything about the story as it plays out is only made "believable" because of the cultural and technological limitations of that point in history. I was once that kid out riding his bike to God knows where, at all hours and with a giant walkie-talkie to communicate with my nerdy friends. Living daily mini adventures, and keeping one eye on the Ruskies at all times. That story just wouldn't work if it were set in 2017. It wouldn't even work if it was set ten years later. By 1994, the world had changed far too much.
Anyway, I'm a fan. Can't wait for Season 3.