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Stranger Things 2 is coming to Netflix 2017.

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Loved the first season, but I wish they let it be. I mean yeah, it ended
with an unnecessary cliffhanger
, but honestly, as much as I liked the characters and had fun with the story, I feel like we spent enough time with it, and while not everything was explained, I personally got everything I needed from the story.

Oh well, I still hope for the best and will be there day 1.
 
awilliams213 said:
Not shocking but I don't want them to rush a second season. I thought 2018 would be the earliest.
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It's a tv series, people do seasons one per year all the time... plus wait till 2018 and those kids get even older and you'd have to do a two year time jump

Chichikov said:
Loved the first season, but I wish they let it be. I mean yeah, it ended
with an unnecessary cliffhanger
, but honestly, as much as I liked the characters and had fun with the story, I feel like we spent enough time with it, and while not everything was explained, I personally got everything I needed from the story.

Oh well, I still hope for the best and will be there day 1.
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I thought that about Bojack Horseman and boy was I wrong about that...
 
Arkanius said:
We didn't ask for this.

Stranger Things was a fun series but some things are better as one-offs.
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Sanjuro said:
Yeah...not sure that I wanted a season two to this program.
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Chichikov said:
Loved the first season, but I wish they let it be. I mean yeah, it ended
with an unnecessary cliffhanger
, but honestly, as much as I liked the characters and had fun with the story, I feel like we spent enough time with it, and while not everything was explained, I personally got everything I needed from the story.

Oh well, I still hope for the best and will be there day 1.
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You people are weird.
 
Patryn said:
I loved, loved, loved Stranger Things.

But I'm honestly expecting a True Detective Season 2 level car crash for Season 2. I just can't see how they follow it up with something of the same quality.
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For some reason I expected TD to take a few years between seasons. Some show has to be the first.
 
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Patryn said:
See my edit. UnREAL is another show that had a heralded first season and then a thud of a second season.
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UnREAL had a major creative shakeup when they lost Marti Noxon at the beginning of Season 2 and there had been a lot of backstage fighting leading up to that.
 
Winona Ryder was great. Not everyone has to act the same. Especially not a character who has gone through traumatic experiences like Joyce.
 
SpaceWolf said:
This man understands what's up.
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He doesn't because the issue was the writing and pacing for her character. One of the few flaws in the series. A different actres eould make little difference we'd just be complaining she was always hysterical too.

The correct solution is the writers avoiding this mistake again.
 
So what do the words mean? I thought it was going to be inspiration films but Mad Max is the only film.. and a DnD monster? Hmm

Edit: episode titles?
 
ConfusingJazz said:
You people are weird.
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What do you mean "you people"?

But for real, I don't need any expository explanations, like, if we had a scene where Matthew Modine say "I wanted to create a clean energy" or whatever, would that make the story better?
If I knew the backstory of the monster would it matter?
Would more quasy physics "explanation" of the upside down world make it more creepy or effective?

To me the answer is 'no' on all of these.
 
Before I finished the season, I had read impressions where people kept saying they didn't see where the show could go for a second season, and hoped that it would become an anthology series. Then I finished the season, and had no clue what these people were talking about. The show left plenty of room for a second season, and even left dangling plot threads with the obvious purpose of teasing a second season.
 
Eidan said:
Before I finished the season, I had read impressions where people kept saying they didn't see where the show could go for a second season, and hoped that it would become an anthology series. Then I finished the season, and had no clue what these people were talking about. The show left plenty of room for a second season, and even left dangling plot threads with the obvious purpose of teasing a second season.
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Or it could be like a Twilight Zone thing.

The title "Stranger Things" can easily imply a series of "strange" stories.
 
Sanjuro said:
I didn't interpret the ending of season one was a cliffhanger at all, outside of Will's condition.
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There's also the sheriff's involvement. What happened when the two men picked him up just before the time transition? Likely to explain the entire situation but I'm sure he learned more.
 
teruterubozu said:
Or it could be like a Twilight Zone thing.

The title "Stranger Things" can easily imply a series of "strange" stories.
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The entire last 10 minutes of the show were an obvious set up for a second season. I don't know how someone could finish it thinking otherwise.
 
karmaforgotme said:
My theory is Barb is now some form of a monster in the Upside Down World.
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I have seen the theory and I won't say it's impossible, more importantly to me it would not ruin the show for me on a personal level if they did go that way, but seriously she was green, moldy, and things ate her insides dead.
 
Fav new show of the year far and away. Loved it! Can't wait.

But man the Barb memes... I'll be glad when that trend dies down.
 
Chichikov said:
What do you mean "you people"?

But for real, I don't need any expository explanations, like, if we had a scene where Matthew Modine say "I wanted to create a clean energy" or whatever, would that make the story better?
If I knew the backstory of the monster would it matter?
Would more quasy physics "explanation" of the upside down world make it more creepy or effective?

To me the answer is 'no' on all of these.
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I don't care about answers either, I gave up on that when Lost suckered me.

I just like the world, and want more of it.
 
Chichikov said:
What do you mean "you people"?

But for real, I don't need any expository explanations, like, if we had a scene where Matthew Modine say "I wanted to create a clean energy" or whatever, would that make the story better?
If I knew the backstory of the monster would it matter?
Would more quasy physics "explanation" of the upside down world make it more creepy or effective?

To me the answer is 'no' on all of these.
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Agree 100%, which is why I want all the same characters to be experiencing some completely different and new adventure with only vague references to the first season.
 
Meffer said:
There's also the sheriff's involvement. What happened when the two men picked him up just before the time transition? Likely to explain the entire situation but I'm sure he learned more.
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I meant in regards to the final scene mostly.

ConfusingJazz said:
I don't care about answers either, I gave up on that when Lost suckered me.

I just like the world, and want more of it.
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That's why we need Vince Vaughn in season two.
 
EGM1966 said:
He doesn't because the issue was the writing and pacing for her character. One of the few flaws in the series. A different actres eould make little difference we'd just be complaining she was always hysterical too.

The correct solution is the writers avoiding this mistake again.
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I completely disagree.

The writing in terms of the character's dialogue in any given scene and the general pacing of her character arc were absolutely fine. If criticism should be deflected for the shoddiness of Winona Ryder's performance to an outside party, you could lay a fair share of the blame from the directors for not getting more out of her as a performer on set...but that still doesn't change the fact that Ryder's acting in that show was shrill, hammy and largely over-acted in an ensemble based drama where the vast majority of the cast delivered incredibly strong, fairly nuanced performances. I feel that's on Ryder's ability as an actress, not on anyone else.

If you've read the scripts for the show and are criticizing certain directions given to Ryder within the writing itself, I'd be interested to hear more. Otherwise, I don't really see it.
 
SpaceWolf said:
I completely disagree.

The writing in terms of the character's dialogue in any given scene and the general pacing of her character arc were absolutely fine. If criticism should be deflected from the shoddiness of Winona Ryder's performance, you could lay a fair share of the blame from the directors for not getting more out of her as a performer on set...but that still doesn't change the fact that Ryder's acting in that show was shrill, hammy and largely over-acted in an ensemble based drama where the vast majority of the cast delivered incredibly strong, fairly nuanced performances.

If you've read the scripts for the show and are criticizing certain directions given to Ryder within the writing itself, I'd be interested to hear more. Otherwise, I don't really see it.
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I though the first few episodes Winona was definitely shaky, but she eased into the role by the end of the season pretty well.
 
People slating Ryder must be smoking something, she played her role perfectly considering the circumstances of her character. That scene where she
cries for her missing son while holding a string of lights
would have been laughable with a lesser actor, but her pain was palpable and she made you believe it.

Also there's loads of scope for a second season even excluding any big "what's really going on" arc - the way the missing kid came back and clearly wasn't quite right was grounds for an entire season on its own. Also I don't think we have seen the last of
11
.

Garrett Hawke said:
Bring back Barb!
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No, please. I wish people would stop trying to make her character a big thing.
 
9 eps confirmed by those titles?
 
ConfusingJazz said:
I don't care about answers either, I gave up on that when Lost suckered me.

I just like the world, and want more of it.
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I like the world, I liked the characters, I'm worried that they'll have to go into more explanations and backstory in season 2, and I don't think that's good. I got the perfect amount of explanations in season 1, and it's one of my favorite things about the show.
I also thought that the pacing of the first season was just perfect, set up a cool mystery and move the plot just quick enough that you don't get frustrated, and I'm worried that they wouldn't be able to pull it off again, because I fear they'll fall into that old x-files "dang it! the aliens got away again and my film is destroyed" trap of storytelling.

But I would love to be wrong on those things.
 
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