Anybody else find Uma Thurman's daughter to be a ####ty actress and an annoying character? Can't stand her. She is so outgunned by the rest of the cast. Seems like she's acting in a high school play or something beside a bunch of pros.
My daughter and I look at each other and roll our eyes every time she bogarts a scene.
Well, I just learned that Uma's daughter is in this show. It's funny, I kinda thought I recognized her, now it makes sense as she kinda looks like Uma.
Well, I just learned that Uma's daughter is in this show. It's funny, I kinda thought I recognized her, now it makes sense as she kinda looks like Uma.
And Uma played Ariana Huffington in the Uber series, Super Pumped, and was totally unrecognizable.
The only thing I don't like about the scene where Max runs away from Vecna with the Kate Bush song playing is that my kid won't stop talking about it and playing the damn song.
Really well done show and the writing is fantastic. The Duffer Brothers do a great job crafting this story. Check out Hidden. One of their early projects and a test run given to them by the studio to see what they could do after pitching the Stranger Things idea.
The only thing I don't like about the scene where Max runs away from Vecna with the Kate Bush song playing is that my kid won't stop talking about it and playing the damn song.
I have to admit, I hadn't heard that song in eons and I've been playing it often the last few days. It was a great choice of music for that scene. Although the lyrics were originally written about a couple being able to hypothetically switch shoes and better empathize with each other, it fits very well with the scene and thematically with Max being depressed.
I'm not one to pay attention to Billboard charts but I had heard that "Running Up That Hill" is higher on the charts now than it was back in '85. It peaked at #16 in Canada and #30 in the US in '85; it's currently #4 in Canada and #8 in the US.
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I have to admit, I hadn't heard that song in eons and I've been playing it often the last few days. It was a great choice of music for that scene. Although the lyrics were originally written about a couple being able to hypothetically switch shoes and better empathize with each other, it fits very well with the scene and thematically with Max being depressed.
I'm not one to pay attention to Billboard charts but I had heard that "Running Up That Hill" is higher on the charts now than it was back in '85. It peaked at #16 in Canada and #30 in the US in '85; it's currently #4 in Canada and #8 in the US.
When Kate Bush came on back in the day you changed the channel. But yes, very catching song and perfectly used in that scene.
I noticed a Jeep Cherokee in the background of a scene in the first or second episode. The Cherokee was in production from model year '84 through 2001, and there are subtle visual differences between "early" ('84-'86) ones built by AMC, ones thereafter ('87-'96) built by Chrysler, and the last few years of production after a "refresh" for the '97 model year. Film and TV productions often #### this up. E.g. Cast Away, the movie starring Tom Hanks, had Hanks' character driving a Cherokee, which Helen Hunt's character kept around for the years after he went missing and returned to him in the dénouement. He went missing in 1995 so it should have been a '95 model at the newest, but it was clearly a '97 or later.
Stranger Things actually got this right! It's set in '86, and they had an '84-'86 Cherokee in the background. The badging on the tailgate gave it away. The '84-'86s were available with the 2.8 L Chevy V6 as an option and had a "V6 2.8 L" badge on the bottom left of the tailgate when so equipped. At the bottom right was a "Jeep" badge, with "Cherokee" centered above the licence plate:
Spoiler!
After '86 the V6 was no longer available, replaced by AMC's own 4.0 L straight-six; the badge at the bottom left read "4.0 Litre". The "Jeep" and "Cherokee" badges also swapped position, with "Jeep" in the centre and "Cherokee" at the bottom right:
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I'm impressed they got this minute, unimportant detail correct.
EDIT: Oh, it's not just a background vehicle, it's the ######y jock's car! (Just watched episode 3)
Dude. I looked up the same vehicle. Pressed pause and everything and my whole family was yelling at me. I thought I was going to bust them on having a vehicle wrong, but sure as #### they were right.
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When Kate Bush came on back in the day you changed the channel. But yes, very catching song and perfectly used in that scene.
Yeah I was never a Kate Bush fan—a little too esoteric for me—but I respected the talent. I knew she had to be great given how much other musicians from disparate genres respected her.
Dude. I looked up the same vehicle. Pressed pause and everything and my whole family was yelling at me. I thought I was going to bust them on having a vehicle wrong, but sure as #### they were right.
Nice to know I'm not the only who geeks out and notices these things. I think I spotted a "split-grille" Wagoneer in one of the later episodes, but I can't remember if they went to that style of grille in '86 or '87...
Main Hawkins group: Awesome. Characters have such fun dynamics between them, including familar pairings (Dustin and Steve) and new (Robin and Nancy). Max as the feature character in the group feels right. Eddie's a nice addition. Erica is less annoying than she was in previous seasons.
Eleven: I'm digging that they're diving into her origin story a little more, and it's really great writing that after three seasons, they can expand her origin story and yet not have it feel tacked on.
Guys in a van: The weak link in my opinion. The home invasion scene was awesomely shot, but the lack of any development in Will and Mike's friendship, beyond one clearing-the-air scene, is a bit disappointing... though Will did bring the poster he made so hopefully there's some payoff to that. Jonathan's a disappointment, and Argyle might be my least favorite character in the series thus far. It was surprising that they left this group out of episode 7, so I'm hoping that they've got a good plan for them in the final two. If they could ditch Argyle in Utah, that would be a good start.
Joyce and Murray: Fun, pure comedy team. The airplane fight was a great scene.
Hopper: Decent, if unspectacular. But the payoff of his reunion with Joyce was worth all his moping and despairing.
The Jocks: fun sorta-villain group - even if jocks vs. nerds trope is generally overdone, it just feels such an important part of the 80s experience (especially if you were a nerd).
The Vecna/orderly reveal was really good. Prior to it, I said to my wife that I think he's going to be subject 001; she said to me that she thought he was going to be Vecna. Amazingly, we both could feel that we were right, but also be surprised by the full story. The double-reveal with Eleven and Nancy both learning parts of Vecna's origin story in different ways was one of the more novel villain monloguing scenes I can recall.
I should add, the scope of this season just feels amazing. So many plot lines, and other than Mike/Will, it never feels like any of them were neglected, and few of them (maybe the trip to see Suzy?) feel tacked on.
I'm not one to pay attention to Billboard charts but I had heard that "Running Up That Hill" is higher on the charts now than it was back in '85. It peaked at #16 in Canada and #30 in the US in '85; it's currently #4 in Canada and #8 in the US.
A week later and "Running Up That Hill" is now #2 in Canada, #4 in the US.
It's been an improvement on season 3, but personally, I think the first will always be the best season for me...
it was a lot more earnest and everything felt fresh...I know many like the comedic stuff, but it doesn't really work for me. Hopper's redemption story was incredibly poignant as was 11's and the kids innocence.
the mid season finale this season was really good though; the reveal was pretty phenomenal.
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I know they said they might not go any further with the series because of Winona Ryder becoming part of the pop culture lexicon starting in the late 80s, but I think it would bd pretty incredible to write that into the story somehow.
I have been rewatching the series and love the nods to pretty much every movie out there, like Aliens, Halloween, Lord of the Rings, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.
Finally caught up! Season 2 was meh 7/10 and season 3 was better but still only only above average 7.5/10
Holy crap this season 4 is off the wall. 9.5/10! I hate it that they made it into a horror season... lol I had like goosebumps for 50% of it. 11 created Voldemort!
The only annoying part of this season is that Eddie looks like he is 35 but still in high school.. and also waiting for Paul Reiser to do the double cross and screw Ripley.. umm 11.
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Winona Ryder is AMAZING!! I didn't even know she was in this before i watched it. lol
The X-Men 134 comic that Dustin promised to give Will in the 1st episode is one of my favourite comics of all time. 1st appearance of Dark Phoenix. Who pretty much has the same powers as 11 but she can fly and consume planets.
Seeing those old 80s slurpee cups and white dorito bags were amazing. Too bad it wasn't CDN so they could throw some O'Ryans in there.
Ok Season 6 better have Molly Ringwald in it or I'm going to be super disappointed.
Looks like only 2 more episodes for Season 4. 85 mins and 2.5 hours!
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You guys geeking out about the period correct Jeep Cherokee have nothing on the HVAC nerds who get enraged by non-period correct AC units.
Now I hate this show.
Lol....for me it just shows how much effort they put into getting all of the details they did correct. If your biggest gripe is an appliance, that only people in the appliance industry would know about, they are doing a lot of things right.
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This season is my favorite so far. Hard to say though, the first one was so unique.
I feel like they're pulling story cues from the Civil War to Endgame arc in the MCU. The heroes are scattered, some in hiding, some presumed dead. A great threat to the city and world has emerged and against great odds they must unite and save the world again.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all in, love it, and the writing is great. Some of it just seems familiar.
