Stranger Things

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Finished S4 (part 1)

 

Thought it was OK but the writing is falling away now. Hope pt2 finishes strong and they leave it be and dont string it out any longer.

 

 

[skend04]

Binged the whole 7 parts today. I thought it was great. The longer episodes allowed for some better storytelling but then had some filler characters like the basketball team. Possibility of trimming some of the fat however the episodes fly by so the pacing was good.

 

A bit strange that the second part of the season is only 2 episodes but hopefully they'll round the season off in good fashion.

[Pete]

7 hours ago, skend04 said:

Binged the whole 7 parts today. I thought it was great. The longer episodes allowed for some better storytelling but then had some filler characters like the basketball team. Possibility of trimming some of the fat however the episodes fly by so the pacing was good.

 

A bit strange that the second part of the season is only 2 episodes but hopefully they'll round the season off in good fashion.

I think the last two episodes are feature length and total over 2.5 hours in run time

[skend04]

7 minutes ago, Pete said:

I think the last two episodes are feature length and total over 2.5 hours in run time

Yeah, saw they are 85 minutes for the next and 2.5 hours for the finale.

[Mudface]

15 hours ago, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

Finished S4 (part 1)

 

Thought it was OK but the writing is falling away now. Hope pt2 finishes strong and they leave it be and dont string it out any longer.

There'll be one more season it seems- https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/will-there-be-a-stranger-things-season-5-16711946/

[ZonkoVille77]

I'll be honest, I thought that was very poor. I was bored shitless. 

[Pete]

43 minutes ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

I'll be honest, I thought that was very poor. I was bored shitless. 

Not watched S4 yet (other things to watch) but it's definitely a show of diminishing returns with each season.  And I'm still pissed they killed Mikey off in season two. 

[redheart]

Watch the first 4 episodes and its great fun.

 

The 4th episode in particular was splendid and engaging. Loved the Silence of the Lambs nod with Freddy Kruger

[manwiththestick]

I need to watch Ep4 again, stupidly watched it early hours of Sunday after a full day on the ale so last night I started Ep5 and didn't have a clue what was going on.

[John102]

Yeah i thought 4 was great. I was actually on edge when Max was pegging it.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Yea I watch yhe second half of season with a hangover so maybe that's why it wasn't as good.

 

But I think some of the resolutions to problems they have are just lazily written. 

 

- crazy world ending situation

- out of nowhere a solution is found with zero effort

 

Seems too easy that I slowly stopped caring.

[ZonkoVille77]

3 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

I'll be honest, I thought that was very poor. I was bored shitless. 

 

I should clarify that it was S4 Ep1 that I watched. Will watch the rest over the next few days. 

[TD_LFC]

2 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

I need to watch Ep4 again, stupidly watched it early hours of Sunday after a full day on the ale so last night I started Ep5 and didn't have a clue what was going on.

Same, got 30 minutes into Ep4 last night and realised I wasn't actually watching it and had no clue what was happening.

 

Really enjoyed the first three episodes though.

[Baltar]

Seen the first 2 episodes, so far so good. Interesting that they are trying to add a kind of supernatural horror element as opposed to just a sci-fi horror like previous seasons. Let's see how it plays out.

[manwiththestick]

6 hours ago, TD_LFC said:

Same, got 30 minutes into Ep4 last night and realised I wasn't actually watching it and had no clue what was happening.

 

Really enjoyed the first three episodes though.

I've just re-watched Ep4, this time cold sober, it's amazing how much I missed the other night.

 

Really good episode, the girl who plays Max is such a good actor.

 

Oh, and Kate Bush must be rolling in the royalties.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Two episodes into the new series. I love it, this shits right up my street, 80s style horror. 

[manwiththestick]

Finished all the released episodes last night and thought Ep7 was particularly brilliant, no spoilers but the way they linked everything together was very well done and I can't wait for the final two in July.

 

Overall I liked the darker tone of this season and I like the size of each episode, all coming in at over an hour to emerse you more into the story. The introduction of more characters was hit and miss, Eddie Munson was a good addition but the stoner pizza boy was annoying and a bit Jar Jar Binks territory.

 

Excellent.

 

 

[Guest]

Must be something about episode 4 ask kept tuning out then getting pulled back in. A lot of filler.

[TD_LFC]

Finished the first volume, thought it was really really good and can't wait for the last two episodes in July.

 

They really like that song.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Just watched the dear Billy episode, thought it was excellent.

[ZonkoVille77]

Episode 4 was excellent. Glad I stuck around. 

 

Aslo noticed at the end credits that Robert Englund played Victor Creel. Definitely a series to suit his talents. 

[skend04]

23 minutes ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

Episode 4 was excellent. Glad I stuck around. 

 

Aslo noticed at the end credits that Robert Englund played Victor Creel. Definitely a series to suit his talents. 

Loads of callbacks in this season. Nightmare on Elm Street, Silence of the Lambs. There's even a Die Hard one.

[Elite]

That finale was brilliant.

[Clem H Fandango]

Is it a gory version of twin peaks?

[skend04]

7 minutes ago, Clem H Fandango said:

Is it a gory version of twin peaks?

Nope. It's more straightforward and not stuck up it's derierre, making you switch off part way through an episode and cry about how they axed the original run of Penny Dreadful for some self-indulgent shite