I was thinking it would have been a real mic drop last episode if instead they let Henry / Vecma win, and the planet collides killing all on Earth. Now THAT woulda been something.
I didn’t really connect with the final season, and that bummed me out more than I expected.
Somewhere along the way the Upside Down stopped feeling like an eerie parallel world and started feeling like a generic sci-fi battleground, complete with an unclear villain problem--is it Vecna, the Mind Flayer/ the spider thing, are they aliens , or all of the above? And why should I care anymore?
The late-game flood of new characters didn’t help either; suddenly there's twenty Naomi Wildmans I'm supposed to find the bandwidth for and care about, and if you don’t know who Naomi Wildman is, be glad.
Add to that the barrage of endless close-up shots that started to grate me. Anytime there was an emotional moment, dramatic moment, a comedy moment, etc., they did a close-up of every actor's reaction.
What really disappointed me, though, was the storytelling drift: Seasons 1 and 2 were tight and grounded--kids on bikes facing impossible odds--and then it’s Russians, hyper-militarized government nonsense, and saving the universe, which feels less like escalation and more like the storytelling fell off a cliff.
That said, there were bright spots: Steve and Dustin’s arc landed beautifully, and the final scene in Mike’s basement was genuinely outstanding. I still like all the main cast a lot, and most of the additions that were picked up throughout the seasons added tremendously to the show. I'm glad they got rid of Suzie from Utah, and the nurse didn't add much. The pizza guy was the worst part of season 4, didn't miss him even a little bit. Why the hell was Linda Hamilton there? It feels like they completely wasted her.
But Max and Billy, Robin, Murray and Alexi, Eddie--all added so much to the show, and drove the narrative forward.
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I thought it wrapped up pretty well given it was like 40 episodes over 9 freaking years. You certainly had to suspend belief a little bit (popping out the top of a truck and mowing down a dozen highly trained military guys).
Also, Mike's last slow-motion scream almost made me burst out laughing. Seriously, watch it back. It's so comical and out of place.
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Finally finished the finale, ending was OK overall but just too damn long, easily could have shaved 30min or more from that last episode. I did have to fast-forward through Will's coming out party, it was just too cringe with how bad of an actor that guy is
I was never a super fan that analyzed everything in the show, so I thought the finale was excellent. I loved it and watched it with my 14 year old as he loved it. For me it was like an epic 80's movie. The 80's science fiction vibe was always great in the show, reminded me of being a kid in that era. I saw all the super fans on social media dissecting everything.... how many science fiction movies from that era had no plot holes? Maybe it wasn't as great as the first season, but not many shows can still be fresh after 4-5 seasons.
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The ending was long, but it was also an epilogue, something were just not used to seeing very often anymore but was at one time standard. I didn't find parts of it all that entertaining and thought they could have been cut down, but I can see why some fans would want to know that Steve and his friends will meet for beers, Nancy dropped out of school, etc...
Finally finished the finale, ending was OK overall but just too damn long, easily could have shaved 30min or more from that last episode. I did have to fast-forward through Will's coming out party, it was just too cringe with how bad of an actor that guy is
Honestly, the four boys (Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas) are all pretty bad. I generally like the show and can look past it, but the acting from a big chunk of the cast isn't great. Will is particularly bad, but they did a pretty bad job of building his character into anything interesting.
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Honestly, the four boys (Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas) are all pretty bad. I generally like the show and can look past it, but the acting from a big chunk of the cast isn't great. Will is particularly bad, but they did a pretty bad job of building his character into anything interesting.
Its a great job though. He spent most of this series laying around doing mostly nothing. Thats a cushy paycheque for not a ton of work.
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If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
Honestly, the four boys (Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas) are all pretty bad. I generally like the show and can look past it, but the acting from a big chunk of the cast isn't great. Will is particularly bad, but they did a pretty bad job of building his character into anything interesting.
Mike, Finn Wolfhard, isn't nearly as bad as the others. He's had other acting jobs and is likely to have an ongoing career as an actor....the rest....
Sadie Sink is a legit actor. Millie Bobby Brown will probably be around for a while too.
Mike, Finn Wolfhard, isn't nearly as bad as the others. He's had other acting jobs and is likely to have an ongoing career as an actor....the rest....
Sadie Sink is a legit actor. Millie Bobby Brown will probably be around for a while too.
Yeah, I dont get that one. She seems fine, acting as Eleven was probably kind of tough, but I cant say that I've ever seen her in anything else that impressed me.
The girl in Godzilla?
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If you thought this season would have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
Honestly, the four boys (Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas) are all pretty bad. I generally like the show and can look past it, but the acting from a big chunk of the cast isn't great. Will is particularly bad, but they did a pretty bad job of building his character into anything interesting.
I like Mike, I thought he was good. But ya agree on the rest. It's the classic problem with child actors, they grow up and you realize they are just bad but you can't do anything because they are a part of the show. Like lily in Modern Family
Yeah, I dont get that one. She seems fine, acting as Eleven was probably kind of tough, but I cant say that I've ever seen her in anything else that impressed me.
The girl in Godzilla?
I thought she was quite good in the Enola Holmes movies. She’s talented enough. I think she’ll end up having a decent career after this.
I thought she was quite good in the Enola Holmes movies. She’s talented enough. I think she’ll end up having a decent career after this.
I didnt watch those. I watched the first ~25 minutes of the first one probably 3 times and it was so relentlessly boring that I thought I was going to need to be hospitalized. I just cant get through it.
And I LOVE Sherlock Holmes, the British Sherlock is one of my favourite series, I've read all of the books but for whatever reason I found Enola Holmes just criminally boring.
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