I’ve been avoiding posting about Stranger Things 2 until we finish it, but we watched ep.


I’ve been avoiding posting about Stranger Things 2 until we finish it, but we watched ep. 6 last night, and I thoroughly enjoyed it for obvious reasons. I’m still not sure how they do these homages without descending to winking at the camera. They just play it totally straight and it works.

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  1. Ian ReillyNovember 6, 2017 at 7:34 AM

    Dude! Right?

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  2. Ian ReillyNovember 6, 2017 at 8:03 AM

    I will wait until you finish to say more ugh

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  3. Casey G.November 6, 2017 at 8:05 AM

    We can talk this episode, or before!
    Steve + Dustin = best character pairing this season so far.

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  4. Ian ReillyNovember 6, 2017 at 9:22 AM

    My fav part up to where you're at
    https://youtu.be/sNE8p0E4NVU

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  5. Paul VermerenNovember 6, 2017 at 9:45 AM

    Stranger Things is usually (but not always) a good model of how I like to write and run things: no winking at the audience. If you throw in an homage and they get it, cool. If they don't, don't explain it to them. And for God's sake, don't have the characters riff on everything that happens.

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  6. Casey G.November 6, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Abby and I really enjoyed that scene. Like a mirror universe ET.

    Also, Mercer Mayer, I love your books, man, but I don't want to hear you read them I guess.

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  7. Paul VermerenNovember 6, 2017 at 9:53 AM

    The way that Dustin went from being the guy who was extremely good at figuring out what was going on to the guy who has no clue that the weird slimy thing rummaging through his trash might be connected to the Upside Down bugged me. There are other things that didn't work for me, but you haven't gotten there yet.

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  8. Casey G.November 6, 2017 at 9:56 AM

    We was holding the "idiot ball" as they say on TV Tropes.

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  9. Ian ReillyNovember 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM

    Paul Vermeren I saw it as a blind spot - his chance to be important. This season shows his insecurities a bit.

    Plus he was still very get-things-done going to Steve for help

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  10. Paul VermerenNovember 6, 2017 at 10:08 AM

    Ian Reilly Yeah, he goes back to acting like his normal self once the obligatory "idiot ball" stuff is in place. Not a dealbreaker, but slightly annoying. It might have worked better to have Max as the one that found D'Artagnan and then introduce her to the weirdness that way, but I can also see reasons not to go that way.

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  11. Ian ReillyNovember 6, 2017 at 10:46 AM

    Paul Vermeren I guess I can see that. I thought it made sense that he would have some flaw, and being too emotionally attached made sense with how he talks, if not his cool-headedness in general.

    But also: puberty

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