Think the major theme of s3 was about how the characters are “growing up/coming of age” so I think they’ve got this covered
Just a lot of fun isn’t it. Can’t be bothered engaging or scrutinising it on a much deeper level cos that doesn’t really seem the point.
Hopper’s speech at the end with the ambient/pianoy music sounds like a post-2014 Mark Kozelek album closer
I found the second half of the season more enjoyable than the first half.
Going to be the party pooper and say I didn’t like it much, other than Robin and Winona Ryder. The whole “communism is bad and Russians are evil” was so boring and annoying and all the product placement really annoyed me. I find Mike and Eleven’s relationship really uncomfortable as she’s still so socially immature.
It’s a bit corny having Soviets as the bad guys I guess, but it’s not like American powers that be have been portrayed as all wonderful over the three seasons to date
Isn’t “the Russians are the baddies” just another 1980s movie/culture thing? The whole series is a fun patchwork of 80s culture and Russia was the bad guy in pretty much every 80s action movie.
I’m sure Red Dawn even gets directly referenced by Dustin when he and Steve are looking for a Russian spy in the mall.
I know it’s supposed to be a reference to red scare tropes but I thought it was boring that it was played so uncritically. I know it was necessary for the plot, but it was cartoonish that a bunch of teenagers could overpower them so easily.
That’s totally fair.
I think I’m willing to be far less critical of it than most TV shows because it’s always had a bit of a summer b-movie kind of vibe and I’m just along for a fun, nostalgic ride.
By now they all should have died about 20 times over so
I think this show’s becoming like Black Mirror for me: I feel compelled to watch it because there are always a few good bits but mostly it’ll be quite average if not actually bad.
3 is the best season imho. Really, really enjoyed it. So much fun
The only way Murray and the guard laughing could be bettered is if Konstantin from Killing Eve was there laughing with them
There must be a YouTube compilation of Konstantin’s laughs
I can’t find one, someone is yet to do the lord’s work
Well this is quite good
Sounds a bit like Francis Lung
Polished off the last 3 in one sitting. What a triumph! Just end to end fun wasn’t it?
Absolutely hated when the action paused for two minutes in the penultimate episode for a coke advert. Tried to make it wry and meta but was just fucking lame.
Not showing Cooper dying and then hinting at an American being alive was a poor decision imo. I didn’t feel emotional because I didn’t feel like it had actually happened.
There was also one too many ‘saved in the nick of time’ moments every time someone was about to be killed.
Eleven was just a cheat code for the season, so it was good that she lost her powers for that bit, shook things up
Also agreed re: your spoiler. I actually think this would have been a great finale for the whole show (with a few tweaks obviously)
