TV: Stranger Things

[wease]

Call this number:

618-625-8313

[Bi_3]

This is not what I was expecting

[washing machine]

Finished Season 3 last night. I enjoyed it more as it moved along. Really got into the low-key critique of crass commercialism this season. That last episode seemed to have several recreations of popular 80s movie scenes, too, whether intentional or not.

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Billy in the mall parking lot reminded me of the Libyans in BTTT. Fight between Hopper and Grigori looked like a climactic Star Wars scene, etc.

[washing machine]

Can't spell "America" without Erica.

[Mickey]

Finished Season 3 last night. I enjoyed it more as it moved along. Really got into the low-key critique of crass commercialism this season. That last episode seemed to have several recreations of popular 80s movie scenes, too, whether intentional or not.

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Billy in the mall parking lot reminded me of the Libyans in BTTT. Fight between Hopper and Grigori looked like a climactic Star Wars scene, etc.

Agreed though

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I thought the Hopper fight was basically straight out of Terminator. There was also the fun house mirror episode--I can't name which movie that's from but it feels very 80s.

It's insane to me that there's a reactionary sentiment on Twitter that ST is just participating in more red-bashing anti-communist stuff when it's really--I thought, anyway--serving up a pretty big satire of this genre. I mean, one of the characters name-checks Red Dawn...

[washing machine]

Yeah, I thought the season bashed Reagan's 80s and capitalism in general more than anything. To that point:

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Alexei's carnival scene and Murray's speech about everything being rigged felt like something out of The Wire. Devastating

[washing machine]

Man, Dr. Owens is so bad ass.

[VinylGuy]

he is great.

[Mickey]

Yeah, I thought the season bashed Reagan's 80s and capitalism in general more than anything. To that point:

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Alexei's carnival scene and Murray's speech about everything being rigged felt like something out of The Wire. Devastating

Oh yeah absolutely, big-time D'Angelo playing chess vibes.

[washing machine]

Let's rank the new characters

[Mickey]

1. Alexei.

[epilogue]

Let's rank the new characters

you first!

[washing machine]

1. Alexei.

2. Alexei

[epilogue]

1. Alexei.

2. Alexei

/list

[washing machine]

Let's rank the new characters

you first!

Top 5

5. Mayor Kline
4. The girl lifeguard
3. Robin
2. Erica
1. Alexei

[washing machine]

Honorable mention:

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Suzie

[washing machine]

Speaking of that character,

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The only thing more embarrassing than a spontaneous break-out into song during an otherwise intense and well done episode was the fact that I didn't know what the song was from.

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Speaking of that character,

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The only thing more embarrassing than a spontaneous break-out into song during an otherwise intense and well done episode was the fact that I didn't know what the song was from.

You're nuts. That was the single best moment/scene of the entire season and a contender for the best of the series. You should 100% absolutely be ashamed of yourself for not recognizing the song, though.

[epilogue]

And Mayor Kline was stupid and a huge waste. You go out and get Cary fucking Elwes and THAT'S all you can do with him?

[epilogue]

Robin and Erica were both great adds, though. Totally agree with you there.