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Brother Friendship posted:They were called away twice. Once to ambush the troopers in the cave and a second time when the kids light the cave on fire. But Hoop finds Reiser well after the troopers are ambushed and immediately before the kids light the fire. I'm just disappointed we didn't get to see Joyce opening the fridge and finding out all the food has been replaced by a dead dog.
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I'm hoping Mike's parents are kind of forced into the know-how, by complete accident. I just kind of want to see Ted freak out, honestly.
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TheGamerGuy23 posted:I'm hoping Mike's parents are kind of forced into the know-how, by complete accident. I just kind of want to see Ted freak out, honestly. Ted wouldn't give a single gently caress.
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Oct 31, 2017 03:25
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:I'm just disappointed we didn't get to see Joyce opening the fridge and finding out all the food has been replaced by a dead dog. that would have been amazing
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Oct 31, 2017 03:27
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Watching the first episode. the scene with (not a spoiler) the KFC front and center in the shot was really distracting and obvious. Did they even say “KFC” in the 80s? “Finger-lickin good” made me cringe
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Brother Friendship posted:Another annoying thing for me was the lack of a payoff for putting the demidog into the fridge. I actually got really tense when I saw it because I thought that the cold air was going to restore the demidog and it would get set loose on the kids. After Billy showed up and the kids left I thought we were going to get a scene with it coming alive and devouring Bill. When -that- didn't happen I was expecting the science teacher to congratulate Dunston or whatever, the kid with no teeth/new teeth, for discovering a new species of amphibians (a nod to the government cover up plot). Instead...absolutely nothing? I thought Billy would wake up, go looking for a beer, find the dead monster and realize weird poo poo was going on. And Ted won't care about anything other than the Mind Flayer's language.
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Verisimilidude posted:Watching the first episode. the scene with (not a spoiler) the KFC front and center in the shot was really distracting and obvious. Did they even say “KFC” in the 80s? “Finger-lickin good” made me cringe As a teen in the 80s, we totally did in my small Illinois town.
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Yeah, Billy never having a watershed moment was a big waste of screen time and build up of him as a lovely person for no payoff.
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Verisimilidude posted:Watching the first episode. the scene with (not a spoiler) the KFC front and center in the shot was really distracting and obvious. Did they even say “KFC” in the 80s? “Finger-lickin good” made me cringe They went heavier with the 80's stuff this time for sure. Next season the NES will be released though! Bet that's gonna be a big thing!
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I liked the season! I was annoyed that it took so long to feel like there was a central conflict driving the plot, as opposed to season 1 where poo poo is going down and there's this mystery and a missing kid right off the bat. But by episode 6 I was really digging it. End of episode 6 felt like the first real cliffhanger. I didn't mind episode 7 because in the context of a show designed for binging, it was a bit of suspense/delayed gratification before El throwing herself back into the main plot. I appreciated the story beats her side adventure hit, even if they were tropey. I loved Els fight with Hopper. She has so much pain and trauma but it also felt really true to an adolescent who is just growing up and is sick of being stuck where she is and just wants to be out with her friends. But that window shattering frustration is exactly what puberty felt like, except without the psionic ability to shatter windows with my mind. 8 and 9 were great. They made me forgive the rest of the season for everything else. I mean, it isn't going to keep me from typing the below paragraphs, but I loved it anyway. My main nitpick is that I'm pretty sure those flat fronted busses were anachronistic. We didn't get those in my district until the mid to late 90s. The earliest flatnose bus I could find online was listed as 1998. Wikipedia says "transit style" school busses weren't introduced until the late 80's. I don't remember being mad about this last season but I am mad now. Were these the same busses as last season? Did we talk about this last year? Second, in season 1 we saw the big glowing eggs in the upside down. They were 1-2 feet tall. These were way too big for demdogs, seeing as their pollywog stage can fit in the palm of a kids hand. What's the deal with the eggs! I feel like the implication was supposed to be more demigorgons, which happened, except that the size was all wrong. Also Billy was pointless. Also why didn't Paul Reiser get eaten. Also it was implausible they put together the map that way with all tubes and elbows.
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Knockknees posted:I liked the season! I was annoyed that it took so long to feel like there was a central conflict driving the plot, as opposed to season 1 where poo poo is going down and there's this mystery and a missing kid right off the bat. I mean season 1 already laid the groundwork for the Demogorgon using its victims as incubators. Barb had a slug crawling out of her mouth and Will had a tentacle down his throat probably laying an egg/larvae, followed up by throwing up the slug at the very end. I think the eggs are some other species.
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Did the Byer's dog die? I don't remember it in this season at all.
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Verisimilidude posted:Watching the first episode. the scene with (not a spoiler) the KFC front and center in the shot was really distracting and obvious. Did they even say “KFC” in the 80s? “Finger-lickin good” made me cringe I dunno, I felt like Steve trying to make an awkward little joke by throwing out that line just highlighted how uncomfortable he and Nancy felt in that scene and he was poorly attempting to break the tension.
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Verisimilidude posted:Watching the first episode. the scene with (not a spoiler) the KFC front and center in the shot was really distracting and obvious. Did they even say “KFC” in the 80s? “Finger-lickin good” made me cringe Yep. And “Finger-lickin good” was totally KFC's motto.
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Davros1 posted:Yep. And “Finger-lickin good” was totally KFC's motto. Are there people that don't know this?
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I think in the shower scene he should have had his hair like Ferris Bueller like in the Domino's commercial.
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Brother Friendship posted:There was plenty of blood coming off the dogs during the climax and, to me, that indicated that they were getting mowed down. They also only took a handful of hits to get downed. I was more annoyed that there was a plot based on/off switch for how killable the demodogs were...there were plenty of guards armed with rifles in the lab (did they seriously send every single rifle (all 6) into that obvious trap?) and, more than that, why did Reiser survive a mauling without any indication of how he got away from the dog?) Because at that point they were hunting for other characters. Who knows how long he hid first.
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Knockknees posted:Second, in season 1 we saw the big glowing eggs in the upside down. They were 1-2 feet tall. These were way too big for demdogs, seeing as their pollywog stage can fit in the palm of a kids hand. What's the deal with the eggs! I feel like the implication was supposed to be more demigorgons, which happened, except that the size was all wrong. Yeah I was kinda hoping we'd get to explore more of the upside down's 'ecosystem' or whatever it is.
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I really liked this season. I loved the last two episodes. I'll probably be in the minority here but I thought the ridiculously cute finale scene at the dance was perfect. When everything is dark and edgy, sometimes the way to be subversive is a good old fashioned happy ending. I absolutely loved it. 
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:1. Neglect is abuse. The reactions from Billy and his stepmom in that scene make me think that there's a whoooole lot more going on with his dad than what's actually shown.
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I just realized, if the (season spoilers) demodogs are supposed to be the same creatures as the demogorgons, how on earth did Dr. Reiser survive with that leg wound. Barb, Nancy, and Jonathan slicing their palms was enough to draw the demogorgon's attention right to their location. Dr. Reiser's leg wound should have brought every demodog in the building down on him.
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In It For The Tank posted:I just realized, if the (season spoilers) demodogs are supposed to be the same creatures as the demogorgons, how on earth did Dr. Reiser survive with that leg wound. Barb, Nancy, and Jonathan slicing their palms was enough to draw the demogorgon's attention right to their location. Dr. Reiser's leg wound should have brought every demodog in the building down on him. I think the Demodogs might behave differently from the Demogorgon because they are immature or because the Mind Flayer is controlling them, but it wasn't controlling the full grown Demogorgon from before.
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In It For The Tank posted:I just realized, if the (season spoilers) demodogs are supposed to be the same creatures as the demogorgons, how on earth did Dr. Reiser survive with that leg wound. Barb, Nancy, and Jonathan slicing their palms was enough to draw the demogorgon's attention right to their location. Dr. Reiser's leg wound should have brought every demodog in the building down on him. Sensory overload. That building was awash with that poo poo.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Did the Byer's dog die? I don't remember it in this season at all. What about the drat turtle?
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Verisimilidude posted:Watching the first episode. the scene with (not a spoiler) the KFC front and center in the shot was really distracting and obvious. Did they even say “KFC” in the 80s? “Finger-lickin good” made me cringe I thought it was meant to be really tongue-in-cheek and he pulled it off just right.
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Knockknees posted:My main nitpick is that I'm pretty sure those flat fronted busses were anachronistic. We didn't get those in my district until the mid to late 90s. The earliest flatnose bus I could find online was listed as 1998. Wikipedia says "transit style" school busses weren't introduced until the late 80's. I don't remember being mad about this last season but I am mad now. Were these the same busses as last season? Did we talk about this last year? I grew up in IL nw of Chicago and "transit style" school busses were definitely not a thing in the 80s or early-to-mid-90s in the school districts out there. The ones I recall were of this general style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_B-Series (don't remember for sure if they were Ford, but definitely built along those lines). The most jarring thing (as somebody pointed out upthread) about all the vehicles is how generally not-rusty they are. 80's vehicles after a few winters in the midwest never stayed pristine, in my recollection.
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Has anyone pointed out all the Grant Morrison Invisibles Chaos graffiti splattered all over episode seven?
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I'm glad I'm not the only person who was triggered by the anarchistic cab-over school buses. It's a weird detail to get wrong, why not use any old classic 80's school bus of which there are still tons around?
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Thursday Next posted:My biggest loving problem is that they wrote El as being a jealous bitch to Max. You are really, really over reacting here. It's cringeworthy, really. Also, I hope season three's plot is something new. Season 2 was basically a repeat of Season 1 with bigger monsters. The mind flayer did have an unnerving as gently caress screen presence about it, though.
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So I just finished episode 4, "Will The Wise," and you guys were right, the first three episodes are just a giant, slow burn, but Episode 4 really gets into the meat of the show, with Eleven flipping the gently caress out and using her powers all over the house in the very beginning and Jim digging that hole in the pumpkin field
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Just watched ep 8 Bob's death pissed me off more than anything I've seen lately. Rip you component pusher Loving the show this season
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Thursday Next posted:gently caress, that pissed me off. Stop wanting to be so mad at the world, and just enjoy a loving TV show, jesus christ. This show is fun, spooky, and just as nostalgic as it was last season. I absolutely love El's Chicago look, and Dustin's dance makeover! I swear to christ Nancy is the 21st century Mia Sara. The casting is so damned good, even Max's brother looks ripped straight from Three O'clock High. Still good.
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