NETFLEX is great for sure.
Spoilers Netflix's New Series Stranger Things
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NETFLEX is great for sure.
Here's a great article about the homages in Stranger Things:
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/stranger-...84380113#_ga=1.31671102.1629848328.1367250278
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/stranger-...84380113#_ga=1.31671102.1629848328.1367250278
She was definitely a tool for espionage, but I got the impression that Brenner had her open the gateway on purpose. Presumably that was just scientific/military hubris, thinking about the potential importance of making contact with a new lifeform/dimension (or maybe hoping to use the creature as a weapon), but not recognizing the possible consequences.
My biggest question was how the gates actually worked - supposedly only the one in the lab was permanent, yet Nancy could go through the one in the woods, stand around for over a moment, spend time running from the monster and still be able to go back through the gate. Meanwhile the gate in the Byers house closed in seconds (and opened before the monster even arrived.
My biggest question was how the gates actually worked - supposedly only the one in the lab was permanent, yet Nancy could go through the one in the woods, stand around for over a moment, spend time running from the monster and still be able to go back through the gate. Meanwhile the gate in the Byers house closed in seconds (and opened before the monster even arrived.
Also, after finishing the show this morning I immediately went looking for more information and found out that season 2 has already been confirmed:
http://www.slashfilm.com/stranger-things-season-two/
It will follow the same characters, and introduce some new ones and there's talk of more exploration of the upside down and learning more about the monster.
Good news. Just finished it, and loved every minute. Looking forward to more.
I loved this series from the moment the opening credits began.
Great series!
I'm just confused on one poin...
I'm just confused on one poin...
Why the bad guys din't try to kill the monster before the showdown at the school? It was scary and had the advantage of passing from one dimension to the other, but in practice it was no more dangerous than a wild bear.
, buts houldn't this thread belong to the "Science fiction & Fantasy" section..?
They shot at it with a lot of guns in the school but it didn't seem to hurt it. Not until 11 sacrificed herself did it die.
Yes but
they never tried anything before the school. They sent just one man in the other dimension. I would send a battalion and set a military base!
Seems to me Papa and his goons still hoped that Eleven could somehow make contact and turn the "Demogorgon" to their will. I Imagine having a dimension-hopping assassin under their control was too tempting to simply waste with killing it. If they had captured one and the one doing all the hunting/killing was its mate trying to find it that might have added a nice wrinkle in the last "act" of the season though. Overall I think they were just not that concerned since it hadn't directly attacked them yet. They needed Eleven back, that was priority numero uno.
I loved this show and pretty much think it's perfect. Amazing performances from the entire cast and the kid actors too. They really did leave enough threads open for a great season 2 as well. I'm more excited to see more of this show than Game of Thrones or anything on TV right now.
Bit late to the party, but I just got done watching the last episode. Not much to add beyond to agree with the prevailing sentiment. Holy crap, that was the best, longest and every 80's movie ever!
There was one bit though that made me hate myself a little. It was the part where El was levitating the Falcon toy and a tiny, pedantic part of my brain yelled out "that's not the original Kenner model! It's the 90's Hasbro one!" Shut up brain and enjoy the show!
There was one bit though that made me hate myself a little. It was the part where El was levitating the Falcon toy and a tiny, pedantic part of my brain yelled out "that's not the original Kenner model! It's the 90's Hasbro one!" Shut up brain and enjoy the show!
Stranger Things was a pleasant surprise.
It brings everything I loved from my childhood to the table: Nightmare on Elm Street, Aliens, Lost Boys, Goonies, X-Files, Twin Peaks, etc., etc., etc..
It's been about two weeks since I finished it, and plan to watch it again already (which is something I rarely do; usually it's YEARS before I'll rewatch something.)
It brings everything I loved from my childhood to the table: Nightmare on Elm Street, Aliens, Lost Boys, Goonies, X-Files, Twin Peaks, etc., etc., etc..
It's been about two weeks since I finished it, and plan to watch it again already (which is something I rarely do; usually it's YEARS before I'll rewatch something.)
I know it's probably not meant to hold up to scrutiny, but I'm not 100% clear on how the upside-down place is supposed to work. I mean I get it's an out of phase, parallel or pocket universe of some kind but what I'm not clear on is how can it contain mirror versions of man made objects like buildings, cars and even the kid's little tree fort. Do these things just spontaneously appear in that world?
If it's a place of decay where nothing can live then what is all of that bio-matter all over everything? Why are there trees? Could it and the creature all be descended from some primordial form of life that crossed over from out world billions of years ago and only managed to eek out an existence, feeding on shadow matter that leaves it in a constant state of decay and whatever random scraps it can snatch from our world? Or is it not from there but some other dimension and found itself trapped there?
Is it possible that none of this even existed until just recently and that El somehow unintentionally brought it into being the instant the opened the gate? Like that universe was a vacuum of reality and instantly manifested it's form when it came in contact with out universe? That would explain the cars and buildings but what about the creature and the growths?
Could all that be a collective reflection of all terrestrial life? It all does seem connected. The roots, the fungus like egg pod, the creature, the slugs all appear to be part of the life-cycle of one collective organism.
If it's a place of decay where nothing can live then what is all of that bio-matter all over everything? Why are there trees? Could it and the creature all be descended from some primordial form of life that crossed over from out world billions of years ago and only managed to eek out an existence, feeding on shadow matter that leaves it in a constant state of decay and whatever random scraps it can snatch from our world? Or is it not from there but some other dimension and found itself trapped there?
Is it possible that none of this even existed until just recently and that El somehow unintentionally brought it into being the instant the opened the gate? Like that universe was a vacuum of reality and instantly manifested it's form when it came in contact with out universe? That would explain the cars and buildings but what about the creature and the growths?
Could all that be a collective reflection of all terrestrial life? It all does seem connected. The roots, the fungus like egg pod, the creature, the slugs all appear to be part of the life-cycle of one collective organism.
^It seems to be something along those lines, but not quite as simple. Not all things are exactly the same in the upside-down. The pool that Barb was hanging out by when she got nabbed is filled with water in our world but bone dry and covered in those necrotic bio-mass fungus-plant-things in the other place. Why is the water absent but buildings and cars are both visible and solid? Are those cars always stationary or do they move around as they do in our world? Why aren't people and animals visible in this world and yet plants (most notably trees) are?
I know the answer to a lot of this is "because it looks creepy this way" but I just wonder if any thought was put into how this is all supposed to work. What it reminds me of most of all is the Other Mother's world in Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline', which is a deliberately crafted distortion of the real world, though in that case a supposedly more inviting (yet unintentionally off-putting and unnatural.)
This inclines me to favour the notion that El created this world out of her subconsciousness, or rather gave form to something that was until that moment, formless and truly alien. As if that whole universe is a living entity, like a Lovecraftian cosmic god of the outer worlds.
I know the answer to a lot of this is "because it looks creepy this way" but I just wonder if any thought was put into how this is all supposed to work. What it reminds me of most of all is the Other Mother's world in Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline', which is a deliberately crafted distortion of the real world, though in that case a supposedly more inviting (yet unintentionally off-putting and unnatural.)
This inclines me to favour the notion that El created this world out of her subconsciousness, or rather gave form to something that was until that moment, formless and truly alien. As if that whole universe is a living entity, like a Lovecraftian cosmic god of the outer worlds.
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