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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:50 pm 
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I did a search...

Nothing related on this show was returned.

What the heck, people!?!?

Why aren't you watching this show?!?!?


If you have Netflix, and aren't hooked by watching the first 8 1/2 minutes of Episode 1...

You likely have no soul.

It's only 8 episodes long, which solves many of the problems I've found with a few of the 12-13 episode seasons that seem to be about 4 shows too long.

So get to it already!!


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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:22 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:59 pm 
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Been there, watched it, loved it. Felt like it might be dragging in the middle, especially with Winona Ryder's character, but overall I thought it was great.

It's like Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, and John Carpenter had a baby.


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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:22 pm 
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Bobson Dugnutt wrote:
It's like Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, and John Carpenter had a baby.


That was my issue. Throughout it all, I was thinking "I should be watching actual Steven Spielberg movies instead of this"

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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:14 pm 
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Yeah, but I've seen all of those.


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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:15 pm 
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This show felt like a warm hug from my childhood.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:53 am 
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Bobson Dugnutt wrote:
This show felt like a warm hug from my childhood.


:ohyes:

Apparently Rafael didn't get many hugs as a kid.

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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:08 am 
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I checked it out on your recommendation, and it was indeed nostalgic for me just revisiting the era it evoked.

I was surfing the internet while watching, so I'm not sure I caught everything. But if I'm correct, the first episode didn't reveal much of what's going on.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:23 pm 
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Li'l Jay wrote:
I checked it out on your recommendation, and it was indeed nostalgic for me just revisiting the era it evoked.

I was surfing the internet while watching, so I'm not sure I caught everything. But if I'm correct, the first episode didn't reveal much of what's going on.



:thumbsup:

It simply lays the foundation to make you want to come back and find out what the heck just happened.


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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:12 pm 
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The parents' guide is not populated yet with information. Can you describe how bad it gets in terms of age appropriateness? I might enjoy this with my 11 year old. I heard the potty mouth in the first episode.

How bad is the language, is there ever any explicit sex and nudity?

I suppose the gross factor is important, too, but I don't think it will exceed my tolerance level (Daredevil didn't). Almost nothing does except for gruesome beheadings.

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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:16 pm 
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I wouldn't watch this with my 11 year old. There's a teenage sex scene that isn't graphic or anything, but it's obvious what's happening. The kids curse just like I did when my parents weren't around back then, so if the potty mouth in the first episode turned you off, it doesn't get any better.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:10 am 
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I watched with the 20, 16, 12s x 2, and even the 4 year old enjoyed it.

She came in as I was finishing the first episode and wanted to know what happened to Will.

:)

So yes, I'm a horrible parent. :ohyes:

I would say this has more "jump factor" scares and "goosebumpy fear" than anything else.

Your child's mileage could vary.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:24 pm 
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Cool little side-by-side video of the connections to 80s movies. I totally missed the Nightmare on Elm Street stuff.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:54 pm 
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I just blew through this in one day. :lol: I didn't even know how much I wanted a show like that.


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Jeff wrote:
I just blew through this in one day. :lol: I didn't even know how much I wanted a show like that.

Watching it right now with my wife. Completely agree with Jeff.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:49 pm 
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It was one of the best things about 2016.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:55 pm 
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Oh, well, with recent access to Netflix, I guess I should try this then, eh?

I'll put it on the schedule.


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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 3:58 am 
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Just finished it tonight and It, certainly, lived up to the hype. I can't wait for season 2!

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:02 pm 
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Finally got NEtflix, finally watched the first few of these with my 12 year old lad - great stuff! Loved the story but also loved every movie reference that was there - can't wait to watch the next episode with him next time he's over (which is tomorrow!)


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 Post subject: Stranger Things (2016) Netflix Streaming
PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:33 pm 
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Yep both Stranger Things and its sequel are must see TV. Old fashioned fun and filled with great songs from the era.

Doesn't everyone Netflix And Chill by now?

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:58 pm 
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Eli pressured me to watch Series One (he had already watched it multiple times) so we watched it together. Finished a week or two before Series 2. Watched that in about a week.

Excellent stuff. Homages to all things kid. The eighties were that transition between outside and inside.

Loved it. Can't wait for Series 3.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:55 am 
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This season was fantastic. And after both Season One, where they broke the douche boyfriend trope, and Season Two, Steve is one of my favorite characters on the show.

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