Finished Stranger Things - It was good, but I know it goes against the grain...nothing special. Like I rarely felt it was running great at a high, maybe 3-4 parts throughout the whole show, the rest was just sort of ok. The kids were great, especially Dustin, but the whole dynamic was fantastic. If the show had been nothing but the kids, I'd agree with the hype. But scenes with the kids are maybe half of the show? Feels like less than that. Everything else ranges from sometimes good, mostly coasting and sometimes pretty dull.
I don't think there was a single episode where I didn't pull my phone out and internet browse at some point because I was bored. I don't normally do that watching TV shows, maybe Jessica Jones. But most good shows like The Knick, Mr Robot S1, Better Call Saul, True Detective S1, I'm glued to the set and can't wait to load up the next episode. Almost never felt that way with Stranger Things.
Yeah the music was good, and the title credits were a nice throwback, It's better than Turbo Kid for sure. It's good, but just sort of 7-8/10, hey it works, good. Also the monster ended up being super lame, but maybe that's just since I'm a big horror fan and I've seen tons of monsters that this looked like a straight to TV sysfy channel one.
It wasn't a bad watch, but just not my thing in the end. Would have liked more X-files/Tales from the Crypt/Twilight Zone-esque darker/creepier. Played it too safe & family friendly for my tastes. I'll skip S2.
