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Decks 2 Sep 2019 08:45:48 31,013 posts
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It just irritated me. Everyone was just shouting all the time and the obnoxiously loud soundtrack. It felt like someone screaming "IT'S THE 80'S IT'S THE 80'S IT'S THE 80'S IT'S THE 80'S" in my ear. I really couldn't face watching anymore of them.

nickthegun 2 Sep 2019 08:49:44 87,711 posts
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I think you may just have been on your period.

Decks 2 Sep 2019 08:54:29 31,013 posts
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Possibly, I was feeling kind of frumpy at the time.

Here's a question for you though, DO YOU REMEMBER SCRUNCHIES?! LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT THE SCRUNCHY. LOOK AT THE FUCKING SCRUNCHY. LOOK AT IT.

nickthegun 2 Sep 2019 09:04:17 87,711 posts
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Yeah, it was definitely weird to see a series set in the mid-80s to have a load of 80s stuff in it.

elstoof 2 Sep 2019 09:07:36 28,125 posts
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Is it? I just thought that’s as far as Indiana have gotten culturally

Decks 2 Sep 2019 09:08:33 31,013 posts
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It was just too heavy handed for me this time. It felt like an 80's parody like the Wedding Singer or something.

Rhaegyr 2 Sep 2019 09:13:07 5,499 posts
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Finished it yesterday - decent but probably the worst of the three.

Joyce is practically unbearable now. It's a pretty mean feat that even after all the stuff that's happened to her, the character is that annoying that I feel no sympathy.

Edited by Rhaegyr at 09:13:47 02-09-2019

Deleted user 2 September 2019 10:00:09

I actually liked Joyce in this.

I did find the kids annoying this time, though the friendship between Elle and Max was pretty good.

Dougs 2 Sep 2019 10:22:50 100,414 posts
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Mike in particular was really annoying

Decks 2 Sep 2019 10:25:49 31,013 posts
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Yeah puberty has hit that kid like a freight train.

elstoof 2 Sep 2019 10:27:21 28,125 posts
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Yeah, I remember you alpha chads all held it together so well without acting like a prick when your telekinetic girlfriends dumped you while the Russians reopened the portal to another dimension

Rhaegyr 2 Sep 2019 10:49:17 5,499 posts
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The kids didn't bother me tbh - they're teengagers/kids, they're supposed to be annoying and irrational.

Joyce and Hopper were nigh-on unbearable. Joyce's shtick of 'the CIA/Russians will listen to me over the phone because I get shouty and finish the rant with an apology' was tiresome.

Steve and Robin were easily the best thing about this season imo.

Also - what the fuck was the segment with Dustin's girlfriend singing about!? Felt like a parody.

dominalien 2 Sep 2019 10:55:32 10,703 posts
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It was the '80s. People did stupid things then. The show accurately represents that.

Deleted user 2 September 2019 11:03:34

Steve and Robin were great.

I think Joyce shouting over the phone makes sense if you consider what the CIA /agency know what she's seen. Not much more sense, but a bit more. She and Hopper are known to them already.

But yeah, it was a frothy season, but still quite tense and dramatic at times. And the different thread came together in a fairly satisfying fashion. Not essential but at least I had fun, which is more than I can say for Season 2, which was just unfocused and seemed to be set mostly in indistinct caves.

billythekid 14 Feb 2020 16:22:28 12,595 posts
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brokenkey 14 Feb 2020 17:10:21 11,128 posts
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billythekid wrote:
SPOILER]

Not your fault, but any surprise that teaser trailer had is ruined by the thumbnail.

Deleted user 14 February 2020 17:18:15

Yeah I'm not overly happy with that decision.

Both the decision to say fuck what little mystery there was, and the plot decision in general. It's just cheap.

neilka 14 Feb 2020 17:22:41 24,021 posts
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I hope there's a scene where they sit down and watch Gremlins in its entirety.

And the soundtrack is the soundtrack from Gremlins.

Remember Gremlins?

richarddavies 14 Mar 2020 10:37:24 8,312 posts
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Bit late to this one, but only just got round to watching series 3. Two put me off a bit but it's a big upturn for me in quality. The only thing I found slightly annoying was the ramming down your throat of 80"s references. When it got to a point when they sing the entire theme runebto the never ending story while everyone else just looks embarrassed about the script is a particular highlight.

And looked at the posts above and didn't know Robin was uma Thurmans daughter. And that gif was very nice.

DUFFMAN5 14 Mar 2020 10:51:06 26,890 posts
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richarddavies wrote:
And looked at the posts above and didn't know Robin was uma Thurmans daughter. And that gif was very nice.

Once you realised I assume you noticed she looks just like her.

richarddavies 14 Mar 2020 10:54:55 8,312 posts
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You're not kidding.

https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2019022/rs_634x1024-190122171514-634-uma-thurman-maya-hawke-giorgio-armani.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&output-quality=90

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