Stranger Things

They screwed up a song choice too, when the brothers were listening to the stereo. One of the songs didn't come out until '84 or '85. Can't remember which one.
 
We finished the eighth episode last night, and I really enjoyed it.

Now, I'm just hoping that I will eventually be able to watch "Schitt's Creek" season two without having to pay per episode. Damn moneygrubbing Canucks!
 
My 14 y/o son and I just finished the last episode ... we've been stretching it out to make it last. We both loved it, and it's incredibly heartening to see that my "Dad's Popular Entertainment 101" course is bearing fruit, because he caught some easter eggs that I missed myself.
 
Watched the first episode last week and thought "okay, seems alright, maybe I'll watch it some more." Then I watched the second episode and was hooked so much that I watched all of it in one evening.

Definitely set up for a new season, sad to see that popular jerk boy stays on and its the lucky one. But, of course some real life has to be there somewhere.
 
The series isn't as amazing as the book (obviously) but it's still pretty damned good.

Not as obvious when you consider that there are a bunch of movies based on King that are better than the source material.

The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, The Green Mile, Misery.... Possibly Carrie.
 
That was one of the only Stephen King books I enjoyed.

Great book. I never saw the mini-series, though.
I've attempted to read a few S. King books in the past but they never really "grabbed" my attention.
He's obviously a gifted storyteller though.
 
King's novels are like reading all the Old Economy Steve memes back-to-back-to-back with a monster thrown in.

I recently read Salem's Lot and the Nixonian masculinity weirdness was way scarier than the vampires.
 
The books are almost always better. I think In movie form, too much gets edited so as to "fit in the time allotted" etc. etc. etc.

Yes, but King novels have a tendency to be extremely bloated (he's no Melville, he can't pull off tangents) and in dire need of a ruthless editor, so there's a nice balance.

His son's writing has begun to suffer the same fate, sadly.
 
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