Forum Overview :: The Netflix Instant Forum
 
Stranger Things 2 (Spoilerz) by Mischief Maker 10/31/2017, 6:04pm PDT
I liked it. Kinda suffered from post-Laura Palmer syndrome in the middle, but I was satisfied by the end.

However the only thing I really find myself wanting to talk about is the one part I HATED in this second season, which is all the nerdy wish-fulfillment romance subplots. Credit to Winona Ryder, she was able on her end to sell that she was head over heels in love with Sean Astin, but Astin's "Bob" didn't give any energy back. And his dialog was pretty much nothing but saying he was a nerd dating way above his league. I kind of wonder if someone late in production realized Astin wasn't equal to the task so they lampshaded it by having a few characters in the beginning asking each other, "Why him?"

But that is NOTHING compared to the forced romance between the sister and the creepy photographer. One of the things I liked about season 1 was that despite all the teasing, she went back with popular guy after showing zero chemistry with the photographer all season. If anything she has even LESS chemistry with him in season 2. And since the writers have already proven with Bob that they can't write steamy dialog how do they get these two together? By creating Sherlock Bathrobe, a completely out of left field character with the power of reading the script who basically says, "I command by Plot Fiat that you two fuck immediately!" And the worst part is, he tries to sell it by saying popular guy is boring and safe when in fact he's the only interesting teenage character in either season with an actual character arc.

But I enjoyed the rest. After the massive disappointment of Knights of Sidonia it was a relief to watch a story where every Chekhov's gun is fired by the end.
NEXT REPLY QUOTE
 
Stranger Things 2 (Spoilerz) by Mischief Maker 10/31/2017, 6:04pm PDT NEW
    Half-way through, but i am finding the twee fan service out of control by mark 11/01/2017, 3:13am PDT NEW
    According to the interminable behind-the-scenes interviews (also on Netflix) by Fullofkittens (SPOILERS) 11/12/2017, 11:09am PST NEW
 
powered by pointy