Just started episode 4, this show is pretty amazing. The nostalgia is real thanks to all of the 80s movies my dad made me watch as a kid. I mean, it really captures the spirit of something like ET while being its own thing.
Edit: Also, wow, the emotion feels so authentic. I had tears as during some of the scenes with Ryder.
I'm one of the first to gripe about modern movies and tv show set in the 80s that DON'T feel anything like how the 80s REALLY were. This one has the feel down in SPADES. Hell, a LOT of the characters look straight out of the early 80s(especially the background ones,). And considering it takes place the same year as X-Men Apocalypse... Stranger Things' depiction of the 80s just seems and feels more genuine.
Just barely started episode 5. The four previous episodes just flew by and I'm enjoying every minute of 'em!
After this season's over, I wouldn't mind a second season focusing on a new story, new characters, new town, new strangeness as well as being set sometime in the 80s(maybe 1984 or 1985). I trust the people behind this one!