Just done with this season and now i'm sort of pissed that i have to wait another year for the next season! 
Without going into spoilers i love how they effortlessly continued the story of this group and gave each character their moment and a bit of development. Since it's a current thing one of my favorite books is IT by Stephen King because i love how he manages to write about a group of kids whose friendship lets them conquer all and Stranger Things is exactly that, in fact it could have been easily a Stephen King novel adapted to the TV screen.. hell, it even includes supernatural events and powers
Kudos to the Duffer Brothers for coming up with this, pushing it through the Hollywood process and turning out this fantastic show, striking gold with all the actors and writing characters and events that makes you care for them. I usually dislike child actors because it's rare that they are any good.. it's not their fault because i think they lack the life experience to draw from in acting and sometimes the directors just can't direct them properly (or the material they have to act out just doesn't sit right for kids) but this time it all feels so real which is why so many people relate to this show so well.
I know it's also been said many times but i love the 80s setting so much and to a big degree because i grew up in the 80s and know and remember it all.. from the music, the kids stuff (Atari, Dungeons & Dragons "It's a manual!"
) and all the little things.. it brought back so many memories and a smile rarely left me when i watched it.
Without going into spoilers i love how they effortlessly continued the story of this group and gave each character their moment and a bit of development. Since it's a current thing one of my favorite books is IT by Stephen King because i love how he manages to write about a group of kids whose friendship lets them conquer all and Stranger Things is exactly that, in fact it could have been easily a Stephen King novel adapted to the TV screen.. hell, it even includes supernatural events and powers
Kudos to the Duffer Brothers for coming up with this, pushing it through the Hollywood process and turning out this fantastic show, striking gold with all the actors and writing characters and events that makes you care for them. I usually dislike child actors because it's rare that they are any good.. it's not their fault because i think they lack the life experience to draw from in acting and sometimes the directors just can't direct them properly (or the material they have to act out just doesn't sit right for kids) but this time it all feels so real which is why so many people relate to this show so well.
I know it's also been said many times but i love the 80s setting so much and to a big degree because i grew up in the 80s and know and remember it all.. from the music, the kids stuff (Atari, Dungeons & Dragons "It's a manual!"
) and all the little things.. it brought back so many memories and a smile rarely left me when i watched it.Oh my god.. what a finale! Jane going full on Eleven on the Shadow Monster/Mind Flayer was so amazing that i was blown away.. the scene itself, her torn up but rage filled face.. i can't praise Millie Bobby Brown enough for her performance because she has it all.. talent, looks and judging from interviews i've seen of her personaliy that i could easily see her becomng an A lister in Hollywood a few years down the line if that's the path she's willing to take.
However the best part was the aftermath and i can't thank the showrunners enough for going that way because it's, at least to me, central to the show and what makes it so good.. the character moments. Our heroes get their moment of joy and it doesn't turn into ash immediately.. they get to enjoy themselves and take the first tentative steps to growing up. My heart broke for Dustin who got all dressed up, full of self confidence only to get shot down brutally and then be rescued and given a bit of advance wisdom, Lucas and Max finally taking that step forward as well as Mike and Jane.. it was so fun and heartwarming to see this.
I also love that few characters are downright evil on this show.. the government doctor who turns out to be a decent guy (love the scene where they have a meeting to decide the fate of Will and he blows up because he will not give up the fight and sacrifice him, even that dickhead stepbrother of Max got his scene that at least explained why he's a dick. Doesn't give him absolution (maybe in season 3) but it's still a bit of background so he's not just a cardboard cutout character.
Hopper and Jane was a brilliant pair and i had a big smile when it was made "official" that she's his daughter concerning the government, he was it already both in spirit and heart so it's all good.
Now i'm curious to see more of the shows mythology evolve over the seasons.. to learn more about the upside down, the Mind Flayer and to see all those kids grow up and become teenagers. Bring it on!
However the best part was the aftermath and i can't thank the showrunners enough for going that way because it's, at least to me, central to the show and what makes it so good.. the character moments. Our heroes get their moment of joy and it doesn't turn into ash immediately.. they get to enjoy themselves and take the first tentative steps to growing up. My heart broke for Dustin who got all dressed up, full of self confidence only to get shot down brutally and then be rescued and given a bit of advance wisdom, Lucas and Max finally taking that step forward as well as Mike and Jane.. it was so fun and heartwarming to see this.
I also love that few characters are downright evil on this show.. the government doctor who turns out to be a decent guy (love the scene where they have a meeting to decide the fate of Will and he blows up because he will not give up the fight and sacrifice him, even that dickhead stepbrother of Max got his scene that at least explained why he's a dick. Doesn't give him absolution (maybe in season 3) but it's still a bit of background so he's not just a cardboard cutout character.
Hopper and Jane was a brilliant pair and i had a big smile when it was made "official" that she's his daughter concerning the government, he was it already both in spirit and heart so it's all good.
Now i'm curious to see more of the shows mythology evolve over the seasons.. to learn more about the upside down, the Mind Flayer and to see all those kids grow up and become teenagers. Bring it on!
