Well I assumed at that point he figured the kid with psychic powers could defend herself or would get away like they had before.
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Stranger Things |OT| Hey, you guys...it's our time. It's our time in here July 15th
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BrokenFiction
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Looks too damn similar to the Molly Ringwald ones they've done in the past.
The One Who Knocks
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Just finished watching it; I was glued to the seat the entire time and ended up watching the whole show in two sittings today. I really enjoyed the tone of the series. Was it particularly deep? No. Was it the most original idea to grace television? Certainly not.
It was, however, extremely well-executed due to its consistent and strong vision, very adherent in maintaining its tone and atmosphere (which I felt was phenomenally engrossing), knew its limitations and constraints and used them wisely (in particular knowing that most of the side characters were quite shallow, the story was pulpy, the visual affects, and the self-awareness that it was very much like an extended King/Carpenter/Spielberg), and had some great performances. This is definitely my favourite Netflix fictional production so far; it really felt like an extended movie to me and made the best use of the medium of any of their productions to date.
It was, however, extremely well-executed due to its consistent and strong vision, very adherent in maintaining its tone and atmosphere (which I felt was phenomenally engrossing), knew its limitations and constraints and used them wisely (in particular knowing that most of the side characters were quite shallow, the story was pulpy, the visual affects, and the self-awareness that it was very much like an extended King/Carpenter/Spielberg), and had some great performances. This is definitely my favourite Netflix fictional production so far; it really felt like an extended movie to me and made the best use of the medium of any of their productions to date.
kavanf1
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We don't know that he did for sure - it cuts off before making the conclusion of the conversation with him and the doctor explicit. And one of the last scenes in the season is him
getting into the car with the two DoE suits
in some way offered himself to participate in the experimentation with The Upside Down
Ok, here we go:
Some of the edition has already been sold (offered to people who had purchased the previous, Matt Ferguson piece).Today, Friday, August 26th at 12pm ET on Bottleneck:
"Player's Manual" by Glen Brogan. 12" x 16" giclee print, numbered edition of 180, $30
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Please stop trying to make Barb happen.
I don't think those suits were from the DOE...The DOE moved around exclusively in vans. The large black car was seen only twice...once while Hopper was beating up that cop at the bar and again at the end. These (I think) are higher-ups...perhaps CIA or NSA. My assumption has been that they came in after everything went to shit at the DOE and were covering it up. Hopper flatly tells them that "they really screwed up big time" and so it's to be expected that they were getting heavily pressured from above.
PushTheButtonMax
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Another awesome poster for the show:
and a link to the site:
http://www.frodesignco.com/shop/#/stranger-things/
I actually think I'd rather have this one from that site:
Fuck that's hilarious.
Vincent Grayson
Member
Yeah, my assumption is that
he was debriefed and likely told to never breath a word of what he knows. I suspect the government doesn't want any more to do with that entire project, and it seemed to me like it was operating outside any real oversight.
Does anyone seem to have a problem trying to purchase? I keep getting unavailable since the tweet went out that it was for sale. Does that mean they're out?
Edit: seems like they're sold out. Welp
If you get the Inventory Issue page on a site that uses Shopify, just keep refreshing that page. It means that the inventory is in carts and you can oftentimes snag one when it drops out. Item is sold out when it says so on the item page. Sorry to hear you missed it.
Dandy Lyin
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Poor Barb.
Pathfinder
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Barb is already happening.
BrokenFiction
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Barb is the real star of the show.
Thanks bro! That's exactly the type of article I was looking for. If you find anymore, please link them.
BattleMonkey
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Barb happened, it's out of the cage, no turning back
Anyone know the name of the track that plays in this scene?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj1R0n1ZT7A&t=50s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj1R0n1ZT7A&t=50s
Shows up for about 10min total screentime, is loved for her distinct visual design, gets eaten by a giant vagina monster
sounds about right.
Fancy Clown
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Barb was fucking annoying
Captain Zyrain
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The video description says "[this track is named "No Weapons" on the official soundtrack release]"
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
lol
I don't know why those monsters keep reminding people of vaginas, tbh. Gaping holes with scary teeth or appendages? I swear, vulvas aren't that scary, honest!
RPS37
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Doooooope.
Green Embers
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Thanks for sharing this! I really enjoyed the Art of the Title article.
Uh, I'm up to the penultimate episode and shouldn't this kind of stuff be spoiler-tagged?
fake edit: Ah, tags for up to two weeks. Well that's on me I guess lol. I thought I'd be safe given there's a separate spoiler thread but *shrug*, shit happens.
TheContact
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Ending spoilers:
Are we supposed to know what happened? Seems kind of ambiguous. Like what the monster was, what the egg was, what hopper was doing cooperating with the govt, why he left eggos in that box. And Will is now feeling some residual effects of being trapped in the upside down?
I also read, and his name escapes me, but the "papa" guy wasn't killed by the monster. I take season 2 will be a continuation of season 1? For some reason I thought it was a whole new story with a new cast
I also read, and his name escapes me, but the "papa" guy wasn't killed by the monster. I take season 2 will be a continuation of season 1? For some reason I thought it was a whole new story with a new cast
Dangerblade
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Awesome show but too many loose ends for my liking. Hopefully season 2 will clear some of that up.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Agreed, its a well mounted but empty pastiche with basically no ideas or identity of its own. "Tropes" don't excuse lifting literally everything from another source, and just munging them together into a superficially coherent plot.
I'm thankful but still sorta surprised that they didn't just toss in a rehash of the flying bikes scene from E.T. to go along with the other undigested lumps of early 80's genre cinema.
I didn't hate it by any means, but I'd have liked it a whole lot more if there was a hint of a knowing wink about its blatant ransacking of its sources' ideas. More humour and self-awareness would have made it feel like more of a tribute.
She was there to fill an 80s teen drama trope that was never resolved.
We just wanted more.
Being more blatant would have probably been copyright infringement. It seriously couldn't be more self aware.
Chezzymann
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I thought the show was great. Yeah it took a bunch of concepts and tropes from other things but to me it blended together well into its own show. Loved the characters. Cant wait for season 2.
Mix Master
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Finished the first episode and was bored to tears. This show might not be for me.
It literally could.
I have mixed feelings about this. I just finished watching it during the weekend.
I didn't like episode 1 at all, felt too much like a category B horror movie. But my girlfriend kept watching it and episode 2 caught my attention and I really enjoyed it to the end. But now feels more like a missing opportunity or something. I feel a bit disappointed by all the plot being way too "classic" using tropes already overused before. Yes, it does so in a great way and it makes a great show out of it, but I don't feel now any enthusiasm towards season 2.
Also, there is something that bothers me as inconsistent.
I didn't like episode 1 at all, felt too much like a category B horror movie. But my girlfriend kept watching it and episode 2 caught my attention and I really enjoyed it to the end. But now feels more like a missing opportunity or something. I feel a bit disappointed by all the plot being way too "classic" using tropes already overused before. Yes, it does so in a great way and it makes a great show out of it, but I don't feel now any enthusiasm towards season 2.
Also, there is something that bothers me as inconsistent.
How did Will called over the phone? And how did he spelled on the wall, when the lights were turning on in the presence of anybody in the same area in Upside Down. Like all the lights on the wall should be on if he was there.
Loved the first half, liked the second half.
The build-up and mystery is almost always more enjoyable than the events following the key revelation(s).
I think this is why I love Agatha Christie-style murder mysteries and the like, because the whole thing is a build-up, and the revelation happens right at the end.
The build-up and mystery is almost always more enjoyable than the events following the key revelation(s).
I think this is why I love Agatha Christie-style murder mysteries and the like, because the whole thing is a build-up, and the revelation happens right at the end.
(I forget which episode this happened so let's just say Ep 8 spoilers)
Does anyone else get Han Solo-esque/Harrison Ford feelings when
Does anyone else get Han Solo-esque/Harrison Ford feelings when
Hopper is getting interrogated/beat up @ Hawkins Lab? I actually think Harbour could play the role in a Star Wars spinoff film if it came to it
#5
The pacing quickly picked up, uh? Almost every important character is aware of the Silent Hill Otherworld to some degree now.
I don't understand why the institute didn't kill the sherif? They didn't have problem killing people before.
The final scene felt a bit forced, I have hard time believing a teenager girl would into that trunk.
The pacing quickly picked up, uh? Almost every important character is aware of the Silent Hill Otherworld to some degree now.
I don't understand why the institute didn't kill the sherif? They didn't have problem killing people before.
The final scene felt a bit forced, I have hard time believing a teenager girl would into that trunk.
GhostWriter24
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Those of you who love Barb will get to see her on the CW's Riverdale mid-season.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/30/barb-stranger-things-riverdale
Barb from Stranger Things to join Archie reboot Riverdale
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/30/barb-stranger-things-riverdale
Barb from Stranger Things to join Archie reboot Riverdale
afternoon delight
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Probably. She was Disposable Nerd #3, no idea what people are latching onto besides the superficial.
StudioTan
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A lot of the people were the "Barb" in high school. Feeling like you didn't fit in with the cool kids or worse, like in Barb's case, you had a close friend who suddenly is hanging out with the cool kids and you feel like they're leaving you behind to go hang out with the same people you probably used to make fun of before.
Then Barb awkwardly tries to fit in and ends up dying because of it. A lot of people just sympathize with her and feel she didn't deserve to die.