Wonderfully old-school, Spielberg-y poster.
Has anyone watched this? Is it any good?
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Wonderfully old-school, Spielberg-y poster.
Has anyone watched this? Is it any good?
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Four episodes in. So, so good.
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Prepare to enjoy yourself!
Tons of 80s pop culture references.
A Goonies kid-venture vibe mixed with some Beyond the Black Rainbow/The Shop from Stephen King.
Same as Martin, four episodes in, and we’re really liking it.
Yes, watched it over two nights. Loved it! 🙂
We binged the whole season this past Saturday. Loved it!
I watched two episodes Saturday and finished up on Sunday. The only reason I didn’t finish up Saturday was my gaming group playing EotE. The show was awesome! It also does a good job at staying true to the characters and not giving you what you expect from some tropes. It’s really good story telling.
Despite this basically being a documentary about my life, I am suuuuper on the fence three episodes in. It’s making promises I am really skeptical it can keep. And the fetishizing of eighties technology is really cloying.
So far I am really liking it!
It’s on my list to watch
phenomenal
It is absolutely wonderful. And yes, like Jason Morningstar this is a show about my own childhood.
My wife and I are actually a little old to be the target demographic for the show (I was a sophomore in college in 1983), but we did find ourselves repeatedly pointing out ’80’s technology (the first call on the rotary phone made me feel old) and talking to our daughters about things that were different back then.
I like it a lot. But I’m not that picky and don’t have the attachment others might have to the 80’s
A lot of it felt like Stand By Me too.
Haven’t seen it, but I clearly must.
Oh yeah! As soon as the music started, I told my wife “That sounds an awful lot like the soundtrack to Big Trouble in Little Chine”, and then had to google to confirm 🙂
I marathoned the shit out of it. It is some strange lovechild of Goonies, It, and … Pan’s Labyrinth?
It is amazing, and if you have an affinity for 80s coming of age movies and kids playing D&D watch it asap.
Victor Wyatt Stand By Me was a Stephen King story, so yes, it has a lot in common with that too (since it’s clearly a huge homage to King).
I knew that, just pointing out the vibe I kept getting. 😉 The show just has me really excited for good TV.
It is all good things. Great homages to John Carpenter, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, and John Hughes. Plus D&D!
Alright, I’m hooked now.
Fucking demogorgon
Tight. The pop culture references are, whatever (enjoyable, but hardly necessary), but the writing is pretty damn good. There are cliches, but overall, this is an example of how to put together a plot-driven story without skimping on efficient character development. Sooooo refreshing after all the GoT slow-boat BS.
I’ve only seen the first episode so far, and it’s mostly cliches, but they’re used incredibly well. Nothing wrong with a good cliche to get your story started.
They’ve out every one of my favourite 80s movie in a blender and that’s what came out. It’s the most fun show I’ve watched on Netflix. Not the best, but the most fun by far!