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Knowing someone who has suffered from PTSD and having conversations about flashbacks I find it believable that at first Will is reluctant to speak about his visions. From what I've been told (and its mentioned in the show) flashbacks are literally as intense as reliving the experience. As far as we know it isn't until a year later when he starts seeing the mind flayer, when he realizes that he's not just having flashbacks but is actually seeing into the Upside Down. Plus he speaks pretty openly about what he is experiencing by the second episode or so, it's not like he was silent up until the last one.
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This is neat, the Duffer Bros are doing episode-by-episode recaps on the production of Season 2. Good insights that answer questions we've raised, like:quote:Barb’s Role in Season Two Also the arcade is named after the arcade in War Games. And MBB's short hair in episode 2 was CGI!
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I've been listening to IT on audiobook recently and it's crazy how much Stranger Things lifts from it. The kids may as well be the losers club (especially with Max as a Bev stand-in now), Mike is Bill, and the giant tentacle monster is (IT book spoilers) exactly what IT's true form is described as looking like I mean, Stranger Things lifts whole-sale from pretty much all 80s media shamelessly, but in particular it's noticeable here.
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PantsBandit posted:I've been listening to IT on audiobook recently and it's crazy how much Stranger Things lifts from it. The kids may as well be the losers club (especially with Max as a Bev stand-in now), Mike is Bill, and the giant tentacle monster is (IT book spoilers) exactly what IT's true form is described as looking like But I don't want a child orgy at the end of season 3 
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Oct 31, 2017 21:54
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Well, next year in the show it’ll be 1985, and the top three movies that year were Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, and The Goonies. Speculation? They’ve already nailed the Goonies aspect.
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Oct 31, 2017 21:55
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I seriously don't get where the "insane Barb fanbase" thing is coming from. Literally the only times I've heard about it is from goons whining about it.
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Baronjutter posted:But I don't want a child orgy at the end of season 3 The correct term is to run a train.
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Fister Roboto posted:I seriously don't get where the "insane Barb fanbase" thing is coming from. Literally the only times I've heard about it is from goons whining about it. #justiceforbarb and so on was a pretty big thing right after season 1. The Duffer brothers even mention it in the interview posted a few post above.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:03
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Retardog posted:Well, next year in the show it’ll be 1985, and the top three movies that year were Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, and The Goonies. Speculation? They’ve already nailed the Goonies aspect. 5 Elevens from the future are captured and put in Hawkin's Lab detention for most of the season. While they talk about their problems a retard crashes through the wall with a pirate ship.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:06
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Fister Roboto posted:I seriously don't get where the "insane Barb fanbase" thing is coming from. Literally the only times I've heard about it is from goons whining about it. Twitter, comicons, etc, the most vocal fanbase. Not the most representative, necessarily, just the loudest.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:08
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You just know that creepy perverted private investigator went and rolled around in the dirty sheets the moment Nancy and Jonathan left.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:17
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Brett Gelman: Teenage Sex Facilitator sounds like a legit show that Gelman would write.
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Fister Roboto posted:I seriously don't get where the "insane Barb fanbase" thing is coming from. Literally the only times I've heard about it is from goons whining about it. Search "tumblr barb stranger things" and behold all of the fan art and memes. I think you'll find a lot of hand knit barb dolls
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Oct 31, 2017 22:19
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Junkfist posted:5 Elevens from the future are captured and put in Hawkin's Lab detention for most of the season. Sold
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Oct 31, 2017 22:19
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Barb even has one of those ugly ads Funco dolls though to be fair literally everyone else does to.
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Junkfist posted:5 Elevens from the future are captured and put in Hawkin's Lab detention for most of the season. Turns out there were more psychic kids: a brain, a jock, and a princess to join weirdo eleven and burnout 8.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:27
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Penpal posted:Search "tumblr barb stranger things" and behold all of the fan art and memes. I think you'll find a lot of hand knit barb dolls Oh, OK. Is that supposed to make me angry?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:You just know that creepy perverted private investigator went and rolled around in the dirty sheets the moment Nancy and Jonathan left. Sniffed the wet spot with egg still fresh on his beard.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:33
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lmao the school dance was prob my favorite scene.
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Fister Roboto posted:Oh, OK. .....no? My dude you just asked if the Barb meme train was real and I'm saying the internet provides. You can feel good about it if you want to see a bunch of Barb fan art, or feel bad about it if that's your jam I remember going into work after the first season was blowing up, and after touching on all of the elements with a co-worker there would always be a point where someone would go "and Barb???" and you'd go "I know! RIP" because it was gruesome
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Oct 31, 2017 22:48
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I’m not entirely sold that this group would care about the dance instead of ditching it to play dnd (or one of Bob’s games) in the AV room. Who is the rando that suddenly likes zombie boy? Where does the Nancy/Dustin thing come from? Seemed like a good time to overcome the intergroup tensions and reunite but instead we get a first kiss montage, which is fine I guess but could’ve been better.
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Oct 31, 2017 22:51
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most nerds still go to the school dance. nancy was being nice to dustin. it happens.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:00
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i am the bird posted:I’m not entirely sold that this group would care about the dance instead of ditching it to play dnd (or one of Bob’s games) in the AV room. Who is the rando that suddenly likes zombie boy? Where does the Nancy/Dustin thing come from? There's this thing called puberty.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:01
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The Barb Plot realistically would've ruined the school dance like it ruined everything else if it succeeded but it's very unrealistic that it would've succeeded in the first place it's very complex just how bad the Justice for Barb plot was.
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A lot of y’all are revealing your hang ups, and a lot of y’all are showing that as per usual TVIV posters are loving terrible at watching TV. See a therapist, and then see a psychiatrist for an Adderall prescription. Goddamn.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:12
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Penpal posted:.....no? My dude you just asked if the Barb meme train was real and I'm saying the internet provides. You can feel good about it if you want to see a bunch of Barb fan art, or feel bad about it if that's your jam I mean I don't understand why goons seem so upset about it. Like people saying that it ruined the show.
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Groovelord Neato posted:most nerds still go to the school dance. nancy was being nice to dustin. it happens. Sure but like none of this poo poo is narratively earned. I’m not saying it’s unbelievable. I’d just like to see an earlier scene or two that makes later scenes have a good payoff — y’know, better storytelling. It’s still a really good show but sometimes they take shortcuts and it’s frustrating. edit: One of the running themes of season 2 is that of separation, and how people aren’t always there when you need them. It would’ve been nice to see a scene with the party reunited (along with El and Max) but instead it ends with everyone separated again. There’s a way to make that play as well but it’s not by lazily writing Will out of the scene (why is he no longer a pariah?) and making Dustin’s problems about other unnamed girls (as opposed to the actual dilemma of Max/Lucas). i am the bird fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Oct 31, 2017 |
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Oct 31, 2017 23:23
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There was a popular girl crying at Wills funeral in Season 1. It's not hard to think that someone would ask him to dance.
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I'm just glad Dustin learned the important lesson that treating girls badly and negging doesn't work and is the wrong way to go about things. (At least until you've established social proof through a wingwoman's facade of pre-selection)
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Oct 31, 2017 23:38
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idk if anyone else has realized this but Steve is the party's Barbarian and I love it
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i am the bird posted:I’m not entirely sold that this group would care about the dance instead of ditching it to play dnd (or one of Bob’s games) in the AV room. Who is the rando that suddenly likes zombie boy? Where does the Nancy/Dustin thing come from? How are you so bad at watching TV?
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sector_corrector posted:How are you so bad at watching TV? What do you mean? Shimrra Jamaane posted:There was a popular girl crying at Wills funeral in Season 1. It's not hard to think that someone would ask him to dance. The entire season deals with how ostracized he is as zombie boy. All I’m asking for is some hint of a disruption in that narrative in order to get to the happy dance scene ending.
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sector_corrector posted:How are you so bad at watching TV? If you have archives, check the Breaking Bad threads. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in the non-spoiler (read: live viewing) threads for GoT as well. There’s a certain percentage of Goons that are incapable of sitting and paying attention to an episode, or just make up poo poo wholesale, to say nothing of the “well, here’s how I would have done it” which 99 out of 100 times is way more contrived and stupid than what actually happened.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:48
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The decorations at the school dance felt way too fancy and high budget for a small town middle school, or is that one of those things american school systems go all-out on like sports?
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zeal posted:idk if anyone else has realized this but Steve is the party's Barbarian and I love it yeah this rules and is totally in keeping haha Baronjutter posted:is that one of those things american school systems go all-out on like sports? In the day? Yeah.
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Oct 31, 2017 23:51
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Can the correct way of watching TV be communicated to us through an examination of the Star Wars?
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Boywhiz88 posted:If you have archives, check the Breaking Bad threads. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in the non-spoiler (read: live viewing) threads for GoT as well. There’s a certain percentage of Goons that are incapable of sitting and paying attention to an episode, or just make up poo poo wholesale, to say nothing of the “well, here’s how I would have done it” which 99 out of 100 times is way more contrived and stupid than what actually happened. And sometimes other goons are hypersensitive to any form of critique and immediately just assume the other poster is a mouthbreathing idiot. There is a vast gulf of difference between the nerds critiquing itchy and scratchy, and wishing a show was a little tighter in its narrative themes. I think the show is at its best when the party is together. The end scene explicitly splits them all up in a season about isolation, growing apart, ostracism, etc. I think it would’ve been better to end on a note of unity. I don’t think that’s such a wild idiotic idea but man, some of you are touchy.
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The phrase "bad at watching tv" is just so ridiculous sounding I can't take it seriously.
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I thought it was a sweet touch when the presence is being literally burned out of Will, that Johnathon gets understandably overwhelmed and just turns and clings onto Nancy for dear life. He loves his little bro and just couldn't take it.
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