I notice though that nothing from other dimensions ever seems to find our world horribly unlivable. We go to some other dimension and we're breathing acid, we hate it. They come here and they love it. The eldritch abomination never slithers through the portal and then immediately suffocates, or explodes because the gravity is all wrong. They're gonna make this place their dang summer home.
Reaching kinda far back here but From a Buick 8 is a novel by Stephen King that deals with this.
A group of small town state troopers have a car that looks sorta like an old 58 Buick in a shed, the car is a conduit between dimensions (because of course it is) and over the course of the story several things go from our dimension to the other. Most of the stuff that comes out of the Buick from the other dimension into ours dies almost immediately, one creature is described as "wrong" in the "completely alien" sense, and one of their dogs bites it and ends up puking out its own guts before dying.
"Cthulhu dies by super-bends from ascending too fast" would be an anticlimax.
I remember one of the old Choose Your Own Adventure books had a similar idea: you come upon an alien in medical distress on Earth, and the story involves trying to save it. In one of the endings you follow it back to its homeworld and find that its atmosphere is essentially all petrochemical fumes and the rivers run with toxic sludge. The alien celebrates, but you immediately keel over, and the last thing you see is alien paramedics helpfully rushing towards you with canisters of carbon monoxide and a face mask.
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It's like John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China soundtrack distilled into perfection and injected right in your eyeballs.
I really like this collection of music (only two from the show, but the others were picked for having a similar vibe), it also shows up in the suggestions for the video you linked.
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Writing standards gave changed since Orson Wells' time. Back then, having these great monsters felled by sickness wasn't some anticlimax, it was one unknown beating another.
That doesn't apply here. We know nothing about the Upside Down other than that it is spreading. Who knows if what we were told by the spooks was true or not.
I just finished this yesterday, now I'm making my way through the thread and enjoying all the comments. Just to resurrect a couple of long dead posts...
There were only ever one thing that rang "untrue" with me about the show, and it seems FCH had a lot more of that.
That was the police chief going right to the facility without telling anyone, even the mother, after discovering the body was fake. I honestly couldn't buy it the way the show sold it, that he never even seemed to consider the possibility and was risking letting the whole thing go undiscovered.
It almost happened again with the whole "entering the tree without even signaling she'd found the portal", but at that point I was beginning to feel the upside down had this weird pull on people, because it felt like they'd grown pretty distant despite being next to each other just before she found that it just registered as an intentionally weird thing.
Everything else always felt adequately emotionally motivated, if not logically motivated, which is fine for a show in which the characters are obviously driven more by emotions than cold hard logic. The characters did plenty of things that were outright stupid, but unlike in many horror shows it always felt like they had an adequate emotional justification to being stupid in terms of their personal priorities.
The thing to me about Hopper was that this whole missing child mystery is hugely shaped by his own failure to save his daughter.
He's been on a multi-year campaign of self destruction ever since.
So when he realizes the body is fake, and that therefore Will is still out there somewhere, he's reliving his own trauma with his daughter. He calls up his ex-wife before he leaves to the research facility to make nice, because he's resolved to either save Will or die. He's already self-destructive, now he's been presented the opportunity to go on a suicide mission and he jumps at it. He doesn't inform the other cops because, well OK A) to be fair to Hopper from what we've seen the other cops are useless as fuck, but also because he's not necessarily trying to maximize his chances of victory in the first place.
Which is why him getting drugged and returned home instead works so well for his character. He's denied the kamikaze death he was sorta kinda seeking, and that failure forces him to take a step back and instead finally actually start working with other people again. And he becomes so fixated on saving Will that he is willing to sell out Eleven to do so. He's reliving his own trauma vicariously through Will's mom, and as long as she gets her kid back he's willing to do whatever it takes.
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I'd say Stranger Things has one of the best, most distinctive soundtracks I've heard for a pretty long time. Not only is it exquisitely well-crafted to match the period, it is bathed in a feeling of building action and spooky otherworldness.
My sister convinced me to watch the show and the intro theme alone had me immediately and irrevocably hooked on the series.
As a general policy, I don't tend to watch trailers. They either tend to spoil plot points, or make the movie seem better than they are, and so the general viewing experience is lessened for me when I finally see it.
But OMIGOSH, AWESOME! Seriously, with the exception of Dirk Gently, this is the show I'm wanting to see above all others.
Though I'll reiterate a statement I made last year, if Copper Hopper doesn't adopt Eleven by the end of the season, I'm gonna riot. Sure, that riot will probably be just me throwing a tantrum in my room, and maybe sending NetFlix a "You suck!" email, but a riot all the same.
I didn't see it mentioned here, but Netflix put out a free Stranger Things game for iOS and Android that seems to take place between S1 and S2. It's a top-down adventure game ala NES Zelda, with a bunch of unlockable characters to help you solve dungeon puzzles.
If you like the Stranger Things theme song, check the genre "outrun" seminal album that popularized it was the soundtrack to Drive.
Kavinky's Outrun? Yeah, that's a good album. The song that was used in Drive ("Nightcall") is actually kind of the outlier of the album, which is quite energetic.
I didn't see it mentioned here, but Netflix put out a free Stranger Things game for iOS and Android that seems to take place between S1 and S2. It's a top-down adventure game ala NES Zelda, with a bunch of unlockable characters to help you solve dungeon puzzles.
As a general policy, I don't tend to watch trailers. They either tend to spoil plot points, or make the movie seem better than they are, and so the general viewing experience is lessened for me when I finally see it.
But OMIGOSH, AWESOME! Seriously, with the exception of Dirk Gently, this is the show I'm wanting to see above all others.
Though I'll reiterate a statement I made last year, if Copper Hopper doesn't adopt Eleven by the end of the season, I'm gonna riot. Sure, that riot will probably be just me throwing a tantrum in my room, and maybe sending NetFlix a "You suck!" email, but a riot all the same.
As a general policy, I don't tend to watch trailers. They either tend to spoil plot points, or make the movie seem better than they are, and so the general viewing experience is lessened for me when I finally see it.
But OMIGOSH, AWESOME! Seriously, with the exception of Dirk Gently, this is the show I'm wanting to see above all others.
Though I'll reiterate a statement I made last year, if Copper Hopper doesn't adopt Eleven by the end of the season, I'm gonna riot. Sure, that riot will probably be just me throwing a tantrum in my room, and maybe sending NetFlix a "You suck!" email, but a riot all the same.
SAY WHAT?!
You heard me!
I stand by my statement. Bart is awesome. And the rest of the show is pretty darn good.
I didn't see it mentioned here, but Netflix put out a free Stranger Things game for iOS and Android that seems to take place between S1 and S2. It's a top-down adventure game ala NES Zelda, with a bunch of unlockable characters to help you solve dungeon puzzles.
Is it good?
I liked it a lot. Each "dungeon" has a new character to unlock and new puzzles to solve. Haven't finished it as there is a lot to collect.
This thread made me queue up some s u r v i v e this evening and I am now suitable squicked out on Friday the 13th
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I suppose this thread will be really revving up again soon!
My wife and I finally watched season 1. We started it last Monday and finished it tonight, which is record time for us. Obviously, we enjoyed it! I don't have much to add to the pages of discussion here.
One thing I couldn't do was click on the "Skip Intro" button that appeared during the title sequence in every episode. It just seemed wrong to skip over that soundtrack.
Oh noooo, I did a rewatch of season 1 to prepare for 2, watching an episode a night, but it turns out there were only 8 episodes, not 10, so now I have two thingless days to wait.
Oh noooo, I did a rewatch of season 1 to prepare for 2, watching an episode a night, but it turns out there were only 8 episodes, not 10, so now I have two thingless days to wait.
The first episode of the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is free on the BBC America app.
Oh noooo, I did a rewatch of season 1 to prepare for 2, watching an episode a night, but it turns out there were only 8 episodes, not 10, so now I have two thingless days to wait.
The first episode of the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is free on the BBC America app.
Dangit America, why do you get all the cool things first?
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All of the spoiler-free reviews for season 2 have been pretty good. Sounds like it might start off a little slower this time.
I'm actually impressed at how much my wife is looking forward to it. Normally she wants to take a break from a show after watching a season of a show, but I think we'll be diving right in tomorrow night.
So if you go to the Stranger Things page through your browser there is a countdown for the new season. There is also a link that takes you to an upside down version of your Netflix browser. I don't know if there are any easter eggs there because I was murdered.
All of the spoiler-free reviews for season 2 have been pretty good. Sounds like it might start off a little slower this time.
I'm actually impressed at how much my wife is looking forward to it. Normally she wants to take a break from a show after watching a season of a show, but I think we'll be diving right in tomorrow night.
Starts off way faster imo
Season 1 was a pretty slow burn before things blew up
Season 2 hasn't been an inferno of holy shit or anything but so far after two episodes it feels like big things are happening much more quickly
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I'd say overall it's much faster, but there are a few individual story lines where I feel like they could pick up the pace a little.
I didn't see it mentioned here, but Netflix put out a free Stranger Things game for iOS and Android that seems to take place between S1 and S2. It's a top-down adventure game ala NES Zelda, with a bunch of unlockable characters to help you solve dungeon puzzles.
Is it good?
I liked it a lot. Each "dungeon" has a new character to unlock and new puzzles to solve. Haven't finished it as there is a lot to collect.
You got me started on it, too. It's good! I love the 80s NES game look, the 8-bit music is giving me childhood flashbacks. And the game has a nice Zelda exploration vibe going on.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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Minor spoilers of episode 1, mainly down to new characters introduced
love that they're keeping the aesthetic real with the timeframe, all of the original cast are fun to see again, Nancy looks great rockin that Justine Bateman Famiy Ties hair, but holy hell that opening chase was cringe and felt like it was made by a modern day emo. Go on get, get out of here in this nice 80's environment, emo!
And I'm really really hoping they do something with Max that isn't cliched as fuck as her character is this episode (the same way they made Steve worthwhile), because she feels like a checkbox of hella worn out ideas.
Paul Reiser, you're a nice addition along with Rudy but please don't be like Burke, you come across like Burke. Is the Upside Down LV-426 ?
The number of licensed musical cues in the first episode is ridiculous. I literally stopped trying to count them because they were so piled on top of each other.
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"Cthulhu dies by super-bends from ascending too fast" would be an anticlimax.
I remember one of the old Choose Your Own Adventure books had a similar idea: you come upon an alien in medical distress on Earth, and the story involves trying to save it. In one of the endings you follow it back to its homeworld and find that its atmosphere is essentially all petrochemical fumes and the rivers run with toxic sludge. The alien celebrates, but you immediately keel over, and the last thing you see is alien paramedics helpfully rushing towards you with canisters of carbon monoxide and a face mask.
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I really like this collection of music (only two from the show, but the others were picked for having a similar vibe), it also shows up in the suggestions for the video you linked.
That doesn't apply here. We know nothing about the Upside Down other than that it is spreading. Who knows if what we were told by the spooks was true or not.
Hey, I don't want to dictate how you listen to music or anything but... generally, you don't... inject it into your eyeballs...
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Oh sure, you just keep listening to your human music.
The thing to me about Hopper was that this whole missing child mystery is hugely shaped by his own failure to save his daughter.
So when he realizes the body is fake, and that therefore Will is still out there somewhere, he's reliving his own trauma with his daughter. He calls up his ex-wife before he leaves to the research facility to make nice, because he's resolved to either save Will or die. He's already self-destructive, now he's been presented the opportunity to go on a suicide mission and he jumps at it. He doesn't inform the other cops because, well OK A) to be fair to Hopper from what we've seen the other cops are useless as fuck, but also
Which is why him getting drugged and returned home instead works so well for his character. He's denied the kamikaze death he was sorta kinda seeking, and that failure forces him to take a step back and instead finally actually start working with other people again. And he becomes so fixated on saving Will that he is willing to sell out Eleven to do so. He's reliving his own trauma vicariously through Will's mom, and as long as she gets her kid back he's willing to do whatever it takes.
My sister convinced me to watch the show and the intro theme alone had me immediately and irrevocably hooked on the series.
But OMIGOSH, AWESOME! Seriously, with the exception of Dirk Gently, this is the show I'm wanting to see above all others.
Though I'll reiterate a statement I made last year, if Copper Hopper doesn't adopt Eleven by the end of the season, I'm gonna riot. Sure, that riot will probably be just me throwing a tantrum in my room, and maybe sending NetFlix a "You suck!" email, but a riot all the same.
Kavinky's Outrun? Yeah, that's a good album. The song that was used in Drive ("Nightcall") is actually kind of the outlier of the album, which is quite energetic.
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Is it good?
SAY WHAT?!
'Cause he will preach the Good Word about that show.
I stand by my statement. Bart is awesome. And the rest of the show is pretty darn good.
I liked it a lot. Each "dungeon" has a new character to unlock and new puzzles to solve. Haven't finished it as there is a lot to collect.
My wife and I finally watched season 1. We started it last Monday and finished it tonight, which is record time for us. Obviously, we enjoyed it! I don't have much to add to the pages of discussion here.
One thing I couldn't do was click on the "Skip Intro" button that appeared during the title sequence in every episode. It just seemed wrong to skip over that soundtrack.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
The first episode of the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is free on the BBC America app.
Dangit America, why do you get all the cool things first?
I'm actually impressed at how much my wife is looking forward to it. Normally she wants to take a break from a show after watching a season of a show, but I think we'll be diving right in tomorrow night.
https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXc3KPAjGyPdm
There's also a little spoopy effect that they do while listening to it to help promote. Pretty neat.
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So good.
Starts off way faster imo
Season 1 was a pretty slow burn before things blew up
Season 2 hasn't been an inferno of holy shit or anything but so far after two episodes it feels like big things are happening much more quickly
But regardless, it's so very good.
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You got me started on it, too. It's good! I love the 80s NES game look, the 8-bit music is giving me childhood flashbacks. And the game has a nice Zelda exploration vibe going on.
love that they're keeping the aesthetic real with the timeframe, all of the original cast are fun to see again, Nancy looks great rockin that Justine Bateman Famiy Ties hair, but holy hell that opening chase was cringe and felt like it was made by a modern day emo. Go on get, get out of here in this nice 80's environment, emo!
And I'm really really hoping they do something with Max that isn't cliched as fuck as her character is this episode (the same way they made Steve worthwhile), because she feels like a checkbox of hella worn out ideas.
Paul Reiser, you're a nice addition along with Rudy but please don't be like Burke, you come across like Burke. Is the Upside Down LV-426 ?
And Mr. Mom is perfect.
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