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Post by Scott on Nov 20, 2017 13:47:11 GMT -5
I watched it. I liked it. Not as compelling as season 1, but I watched it pretty quickly. Still has the nostalgia factor plus a good story arc. There were some changes to the kids’ characters that were disappointing, but overall it was good. There’s also the Beyond Stranger Things show, which is like a Talking Dead for Stranger Things. The host is pretty annoying, but it’s pretty informative.
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Post by grodog on Oct 14, 2018 13:53:47 GMT -5
Heather, Ethan, and I started watching ST this weekend. We're 4 eps into the first season.
Allan.
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Post by rredmond on Oct 14, 2018 16:45:31 GMT -5
And???
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Post by Scott on Oct 16, 2018 6:20:33 GMT -5
Yeah, what does the Grodog opine?
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Post by rredmond on Oct 16, 2018 7:49:55 GMT -5
I'm guessing after 4 episodes he's hooked. --Ron--
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Post by grodog on Oct 18, 2018 13:55:43 GMT -5
I'm enjoying it so far---it has a nice, early X-Files vibe to it (seasons 1-2/early 3), and I'm curious enough to keep watching for now (I assume we'll try to fit an ep in over this weeekend, even with family in from out of town), but I can't say I'm hooked thus far. But I'm willing to give it a whirl and see where it goes, still.
Heather and I watched all of the first season of Sense8, and enjoyed that, but our interest petered out early into season 2. May or may not pick that back up again, we'll see---which could happen with Stranger Things too, perhaps....
Allan.
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Post by grodog on Oct 28, 2018 20:41:21 GMT -5
We've watched up through "The Bathtub" ep thus far (just watched that this evening after dinner, during which we watched two of the new eps of Castlevania, too).
Allan.
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Post by rredmond on Oct 28, 2018 20:44:23 GMT -5
How's Ethan enjoying it? Stranger Things is a show I really enjoyed watching with my girls! Be well Allan, --Ron--
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Post by grodog on Nov 2, 2018 20:19:33 GMT -5
We finished up S1 tonight and it was fun. We're definitely going to watch S2 at this point: that'll be all-new content for all of us (Heather had already watched S1 before).
Allan.
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Post by grodog on Dec 8, 2018 21:41:47 GMT -5
We're definitely going to watch S2 at this point: that'll be all-new content for all of us (Heather had already watched S1 before). Heather and I watched the first 2 eps of S2 tonight---an interesting series of developments thus far! Allan.
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Post by grodog on Dec 17, 2018 22:24:29 GMT -5
Just finished watching "Dig Dug" in Season 2!
Allan.
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Post by grodog on Jan 12, 2019 22:42:50 GMT -5
Heather and I watched the last three eps of S2 tonight. Presumably S3 drops sometime in the summer; has anyone heard a date yet?
Allan.
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Post by Scott on Jan 13, 2019 0:09:37 GMT -5
July 4th.
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Post by grodog on Jan 13, 2019 0:28:44 GMT -5
Thanks Scott!
Allan.
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Post by rredmond on Jan 13, 2019 9:02:54 GMT -5
The trailer has the chapter/episode titles in it. Looks great!
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Post by geneweigel on Jul 7, 2019 7:31:40 GMT -5
About half the way through Season 3 and they had some D&D so far however it was played badly (intentional?). Reminded of some of the 2E era campaigns that I played in.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jul 7, 2019 13:20:18 GMT -5
I strongly suspect the show's writers were not D&D players. That game in S3 Ep 3 looked like how someone thinks D&D is played when they've never actually played it. The wizard robes, the soundtrack, talking to the players in a dramatic voice and calling them "Sir Mike" and "Sir Lucas" -- it just didn't ring true. "Will the Wise"? So, none of them have character names different from their real names? I don't remember anyone playing that way. It's not really detracting from the show, but that and some other nostalgic items are bit off. I'm still enjoying this show.
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Post by grodog on Jul 10, 2019 22:12:41 GMT -5
Heather and I finished watching S3 tonight. It was definitely a significant fall-off from seasons 1 and 2: a 5 out of 10 or so.
There is a post-credits scene in the last ep for S3, after the "3 months later" scene and after the credits begin in general. Doesn't add a lot, per se, but it definitely looks like they're planning a S4, and that they're not done with the new themes introduced in S3.
We found the scene because we were watching the credits trying to figure out if Peter Gabriel was singing David Bowie's "Heroes" but we apparently missed that in the credits themselves (and apparently "Heroes" was sung by PG, from a 2010 album, according to some random internet page).
Allan.
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Post by geneweigel on Jul 11, 2019 7:20:58 GMT -5
The girls were thrilled with this season (OMG! Boys!) but I told them that I did not think the D&D was any "adult fantasy" that I enjoyed. In regards to my experience, maybe my brother's friends 1983 BASIC games (83-88) is what they were emulating but I didn't see it. My brother would sit in on my group of rotating DMs because it was pure BTB chaos.(He was 9-18 yrs old in the 80's and in contrast I was 12-21 yrs old. Everyone in my group was either my age or around a year or two younger/older) but I never even saw what these "Mentzer-ites" of his even looked like. I also had adult sit-ins on a regular basis (Bi-monthly?) as players to "see what this game is all about". (BTW, the house that I was living in was like living in a weekend getaway for Madison Avenue assholes so it seemed like I was "Gopher" on "The Love Boat" half the time. I refused to "hide in the shadows" (basement dwelling) so thats when you see these D&D photos that I have were just "What the fuck are they doing in there everyday?" and photos were random.) On the other hand, my brother had a "Moe" haircut like that kid which is spot on. So I'll give it that. To clarify, most of my D&D playing friends were not on the weed wagon so it wasn't about that factor either. The time that my brother DMed for my group, which was mostly "Aww... he's cute." and nothing to do with any endorsement on my part, was a comedy disaster. By the end of the 80's, he had a collection of invented concepts enough to fill two Unearthed Arcanas but he never looked back so perhaps there is something true to the way D&D was presented in this season of STRANGER THINGS but doesn't relate to me. I'd probably destroy the "mind flayer" with my own version of a "psionic mind blast" and then go play some D&D...
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Post by geneweigel on Jun 25, 2022 14:17:37 GMT -5
I started watching Season 4 of STRANGER THINGS. There is mention of Vecna as a chief part of their campaign. My kids are like the DM is dad in the 80's because of the tales they've heard of long hair and weed references. I was like, hey man, I didn't sell no weed and I got along with everybody...
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