Stranger Things

[Lucky Planet]

We cannot let Netflix buy WB dawg they're gonna make Denis Villeneuve rewrite Dune 3 this way next.

and don't forget that everything will take twice or 3 times as long to be made since Netflix loves to do that lol.

did we really need to wait so long for this final season of stranger things???
no it was not worth the wait.

this show should have ended in season 4. they should have finished everything and wrote season 4 to be the last.
so far nothing in season 5 has been that amazing or revealing, and some plot points of this season actually ruin the rest of the show.

Everything with Dustin is an absolute highlight this season. Going from one of the sweetest dorkiest characters, into them effectively being "Punished Dustin" flows surprisingly seamlessly with how the character has been thru the whole show, especially with how his relationship with Eddie impacted him. I really love that his rocky relationship with Steve from Season 4 carries into this season and isn't just layered over or forgotten. They both clearly care a lot about each other, but are very stubborn and have grown to become very different people than the versions of themselves that met years ago. I'm very satisfied with where their arc together ends up by the end of this batch.

I'm also really satisfied with Lucas' arc so far. Saw someone point this out recently, but Lucas has always styled himself after Steve, since he was the one to save them in Season 2. This leads to him trying to be a cool kid and school athlete in S4, styling his hair and working out; only to find exactly what Steve found out in S1: that the jocks and cool kids are awful friends and awful people, reaffirming his loyalty with the dorks.

Spoiler: Spoiler talk for S5 Lucas arc

Unlike Steve though, he is never actually successful in saving the people he cares for. He very nearly loses Max multiple times. He wasn't able to save the kids from the Demogorgons in the tunnels in S5A, the way Steve did for him. Both Eddie and multiple of his jock friends die against Vecna. But despite every loss, he keeps consistent and he doesn't waver in his dedication to his loved ones. And in the end, the wrap-up of the incredible "Running up that Hill" sequence, the best scene in the show, is Max realizing that it wasn't really Kate Bush that made her resist death and fight to
live again and again, it was her loved ones. And specifically, Lucas' consistent love and attentiveness through everything. I think that's a great way to put a bow on both characters' narratives.

Lots of messiness this season. Lots of moments of genuinely poor writing and unfinished visual effects. But also just enough genuinely great moments and character-driven scenes to keep me going, and for me to be satisfied enough with Stranger Things as a finished show.

I felt the complete opposite with Dustin. I felt like they ruined a great character. he was my favorite and this season just kinda ruined him.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

So this is how GoT fans felt.

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

I fail to understand why everyone is so damn upset. A LOT honestly happened, we have gotten answers people have begged to get since season 1&2.
I like it as much as volume 1.

Seeing the finale in theatres upon release. Glad to see this all finally wrap up.

 

[SeventyOne]

So this is how GoT fans felt.

As a lunatic A Song of Ice & Fire fan, at least the final season of GoT gave us 1.5 quality episodes (horrible as the other 4.5 were). ST is now mathematically eliminated from meeting even that bar. When Dave & Dan lost their passion, they bailed on the show and cut it short. The Duffer Brothers clearly continued for the paycheck.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I fail to understand why everyone is so damn upset. A LOT honestly happened, we have gotten answers people have begged to get since season 1&2.
I like it as much as volume 1.

Seeing the finale in theatres upon release. Glad to see this all finally wrap up.

yikes.
there's been 7 hours of content in season 5 and maybe only 1 hour worth of "story"
a lot of wasted time in drama and stuff no one really cares about. a lot of time wasted in rooms talking about stuff we already knew about.
there are "Some revelations" but a lot of pointless padding.

things I care about:

Spoiler

Vecna's backstory and the children he took.
flashbacks to vecna's past
Max and Holly lost in the forest
Will getting powers.
the military research in the upside down
finding 7
11 training
Hopper
I love Murray
I love DELIGHTFUL Derek
I love Erica, not enough Erica.

things I absolutely don't care about or hated

Spoiler

the drama with Nancy and Jonathan. just, God no.
the drama with Dustin and Steve, kinda ruined Dustin the past couple episodes.
everything with Robin. got really annoying.
any stuff with Joyce
Nancy and Jonathan stuck in a melting room

this season has had some good moments and a lot of wasted time. specially the last 3 episodes

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

yikes.
there's been 7 hours of content in season 5 and maybe only 1 hour worth of "story"
a lot of wasted time in drama and stuff no one really cares about. a lot of time wasted in rooms talking about stuff we already knew about.
there are "Some revelations" but a lot of pointless padding.

things I care about:

Spoiler

Vecna's backstory and the children he took.
flashbacks to vecna's past
Max and Holly lost in the forest
Will getting powers.
the military research in the upside down
finding 7
11 training
Hopper
I love Murray
I love DELIGHTFUL Derek
I love Erica, not enough Erica.

things I absolutely don't care about or hated

Spoiler

the drama with Nancy and Jonathan. just, God no.
the drama with Dustin and Steve, kinda ruined Dustin the past couple episodes.
everything with Robin. got really annoying.
any stuff with Joyce
Nancy and Jonathan stuck in a melting room

this season has had some good moments and a lot of wasted time. specially the last 3 episodes

I think just because you don’t care about those doesn’t mean you can call the show comparable to the downfall of GOT. They aren’t even in the same tier.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I think just because you don’t care about those doesn’t mean you can call the show comparable to the downfall of GOT. They aren’t even in the same tier.

no I never mentioned GOT I never watched GOT lol

and if you said, "those characters need resolutions and need development" if anything I feel like they are going backwards, some of them feel like they devolved,
and we really did not need some of this drama for the final season.
plot wise feels like there's very little plot.

it really feels like the show runners were padding the episodes up and stretching the runtime with drama to justify the long runtime.

like I said, I deeply care about the stuff I put in spoilers. I care a lot. I care so much about Max for example.
but the other stuff is some of the worst stuff this show has had. the drama stuff.

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

no I never mentioned GOT I never watched GOT lol

and if you said, "those characters need resolutions and need development" if anything I feel like they are going backwards, some of them feel like they devolved,
and we really did not need some of this drama for the final season.
plot wise feels like there's very little plot.

it really feels like the show runners were padding the episodes up and stretching the runtime with drama to justify the long runtime.

like I said, I deeply care about the stuff I put in spoilers. I care a lot. I care so much about Max for example.
but the other stuff is some of the worst stuff this show has had. the drama stuff.

Mb lmao. I’ve read a lot of stuff regarding this season and it all blurs together.

One thing I wanna point out though is that your list of likes is greater than your dislikes atleast!

 

[Lucky Planet]

Mb lmao. I’ve read a lot of stuff regarding this season and it all blurs together.

One thing I wanna point out though is that your list of likes is greater than your dislikes atleast!

I think that's why it's disappointing.
I wanted more time with Holly and max. more vecna.

 

[belloq87]

Obviously, I'm still going to watch the final episode, but I'm quite underwhelmed.

It feels like the Duffers thought they had to go bigger to end things, but in the process, they've actually stripped a lot of the mystery out of the Upside Down and added a bunch of nonsense pseudo-science in its place.

And I don't know why we're wasting time bringing back the military/government as bad guys, which feels like a major regression for the show after organically moving beyond such things in earlier seasons. It's just a very unnecessary distraction from the Vecna stuff, and Linda Hamilton as the leader has absolutely nothing to work with. Compare that character to the dimension that Matthew Modine and Paul Reiser brought to their government stand-in roles, and it's a pretty clear example of how the writing has dropped off.