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First trailer for Netflix supernatural thriller series Stranger Things

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Fantastical

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Samurai G0SU said:
Hope they have it in 4k. cant wait to watch
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No way they won't. I think Lady Dynamite was in 4K. :p

I'm all in for this... looks really good IMO.

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I was listening to a podcast a few days (forget if it was Reply All or Invisibilia) and they talked about this. There was a study in the 70s or 80s, the first to observe children unobtrusively, and the kids of the town had tons of freedom. Fastforward to now, and studying the children of those original children, and now the kids only roam as far as their yard. Yet, crime hasn't increased at all since the 70s/80s; it's just that the parents feel that it's less safe
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And no matter how much you explain that to these parents they will never believe you.
 
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So what was wrong with Super 8? To be fair, I have zero nostalgia for that era or those movies from the 80s. The only one I've ever seen was ET. I just love the atmosphere of that settings and era, and the general concepts of those kinds of movies (kids on their own adventure, against events and dangers far greater than themselves)
 
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More_Badass said:
So what was wrong with Super 8? To be fair, I have zero nostalgia for that era or those movies from the 80s. The only one I've ever seen was ET. I just love the atmosphere of that settings and era, and the general concepts of those kinds of movies (kids on their own adventure, against events and dangers far greater than themselves)
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I didn't realise there was any hate for Super 8. Huh. It's a bit too predictable and I would have preferred a darker take on the story but it did feel a lot like a Spielberg 80's era movie.
 
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Looks good. My irrational adoration for Winona Ryder would've compelled me to watch this anyway though.
 
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Foggy

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Super 8 wasn't particularly bad, it was just an obvious hollow imitation of the Amblin approach. Also, the creature design was lame.

This has my curiosity. No way this would fly anywhere other than Netflix or Amazon. Love it.
 
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mm04

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Yep, looks good to me. That's my target nostalgia era and I had a crush on Winona Ryder growing up as we're the same age. Hopefully it's good!
 
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Akahige said:
Looks good but goddamn I forgot how bad Winona is at delivering a line, shits embarrassing to watch.
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I never really noticed this until recently, but yes-I agree she's a bad actress. It was really apparent in Show Me a Hero where she basically torpedoed every scene she was in.
 
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kiri

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Looks fantastic, logo gives me strong 'Revenge of the Jedi' vibes and reminds me overall of E.T,/Super8/Eerie Indiana so overall - love it!

Plus I have a major crush on Winona Ryder so that helps things too!
 
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bonesmccoy

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Watched the trailer and Im in. Expecting a good bit of cheese. Agree with others that this seems like a show that fits better with the self contained season formula.

More_Badass said:
I was listening to a podcast a few days (forget if it was Reply All or Invisibilia) and they talked about this. There was a study in the 70s or 80s, the first to observe children unobtrusively, and the kids of the town had tons of freedom. Fastforward to now, and studying the children of those original children, and now the kids only roam as far as their yard. Yet, crime hasn't increased at all since the 70s/80s; it's just that the parents feel that it's less safe
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Interesting! I wonder if the # of children couples have now compared to back then has something to do with that.
 
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More_Badass said:
So what was wrong with Super 8? To be fair, I have zero nostalgia for that era or those movies from the 80s. The only one I've ever seen was ET. I just love the atmosphere of that settings and era, and the general concepts of those kinds of movies (kids on their own adventure, against events and dangers far greater than themselves)
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My problem with Super 8 is that it was trying way too hard in being a Spielberg impression. It hits all the same notes as an Amblin film, but for some reason the magic was missing.
 
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Fusebox

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I really like movies and shows like this and not just mystery/thriller/horror type stuff but set in small US towns in the 70's and 80's. I guess its nostalgia but its like that time period is perfect for this kind of stuff thanks to movies like the Goonies and Scooby Doo and all those types of media reinforcing the image of quaint happy towns with kids running around, but a mysterious or scary underbelly to the Sunny afternoons would entail.
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Hadn't thought about it like that before, you're right too, I'm totally conditioned to the idea of the 80s happy town with secret cliche.
 
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BlueTsunami

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Looks like test subjects, hope it isn't aliens. That shit always ends up underwhelming. In fact I hope they're willing to buck genre tropes.
 
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Bobby Roberts

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kiri said:
Looks fantastic, logo gives me strong 'Revenge of the Jedi' vibes
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That ain't Revenge of the Jedi:

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