Neff
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'Perpetual girlboss scowl' is certainly an acting choice
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'Perpetual girlboss scowl' is certainly an acting choice
kazuyamishima
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My wife is a huge fan of the series, She watched it plenty of times already.
In my opinion, they've have dragged the series too much, the highschool/college "kids" all look to be in their early thirties.
Even Priah Ferguson playing Erica is in a fuckable age now (19).
I think that a lot of people (including my wife) are more interested to see who survives and who gets killed at the series finale thank the finale itself.
In my opinion, they've have dragged the series too much, the highschool/college "kids" all look to be in their early thirties.
Even Priah Ferguson playing Erica is in a fuckable age now (19).
I think that a lot of people (including my wife) are more interested to see who survives and who gets killed at the series finale thank the finale itself.
ChorizoPicozo
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"I don't like girls"
That's what I saw about Stranger things.
I'm glad Im not invested in any show.
That's what I saw about Stranger things.
I'm glad Im not invested in any show.
Escape Goat
Member
With such an analytical mind its no wonder no show holds up to it.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Where were all the complaints about plot armor when Jim Hopper, the fat, middle aged alcoholic, successfully took on a Demogorgon in 1v1 melee combat last season?
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DeepEnigma
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You just made the show sound even worse then. All that filler that the bad guy could've just bypassed at any time.
ZehDon
Member
You mean the build-up of a trained Police Officer who worked with Russian prisoners to attack and weaken it, before finally killing the creature? I think they worked up to that and it felt fine to me.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I watched the first five minutes of the latest batch released and I dropped it. I just can't subject myself to even more of this show. Let me guess they made that one guy gay due to pressure from a certain group of people who are much more niche than they would have you believe?
DrFigs
Member
Aside from one scene in episode 7, they handle it pretty well. But for whatever reason they decide that the plot can't move along unless he sits everyone down and explain he loves men.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
You've got it exactly right. This is done on purpose so people who aren't paying attention can still follow the show. Sad but true.
Justine Bateman said in an interview:
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thefool
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Well it's not working due to me still looking at my phone a lot while watching their shows. And it's even gotten to the point where if I feel bored with the show especially if it's Netflix, that I just drop the show right away
YCoCg
Member
Ozempic curse, I don't care how much money a person you shouldn't get that stuff just because you have some chub in your cheeks like most of these industry women are.
wtf
This is either heavy drug usage or malnutrition
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
What? Ozempic doesn't do that and she was already skinny anyway
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Steve might be the only character in the show I don't hate at this point.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
It's crazy how much Maya Hawke resembles her parents(Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman).
Some kids look a lot like their parents. Some kids don't look very much like their parents or more resemble one than the other. She's like an insane perfect split of Ethan Hawke and Uma.
Hugare
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Revolutionary
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Original source without retarded zoomer editing:
No offense to you but Critical Drinker subreddit =
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Soodanim
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Everyone else is using unflattering screenshots to say she looks old, but that's not what I notice. I don't think I've ever seen anything with Ethan Hawke in, but all I think is how much more she looks like her mum as time goes on.
It's crazy how much Maya Hawke resembles her parents(Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman).
Some kids look a lot like their parents. Some kids don't look very much like their parents or more resemble one than the other. She's like an insane perfect split of Ethan Hawke and Uma.
sono
Member
It was awful. It didnt work at all. wrong timing considering everything else going on, and invite everyone together for the big announcement ? Perhaps there is a cunning plan for the last episode to redeem this
MMaRsu
Member
Yeah the moment itself felt forced and at a really weird time
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I'm sorry but as someone that has been rewatching the entire show, Will being gay is mentioned starting with season 1 by his own mother when she mentions some people in school were calling him gay. Hopper asks her if that's true or not and Joyce looks annoyed and changes the subject. She then mentions how her son is more sensitive than most people, etc...
Season 2 Will is always possessed so that was never mentioned. Season 3 has Will frustrated at how all his friends are in relationships with girls and he's just...there, wanting to have his friends back. He never showed any interest in a single girl for the entire season (only kid to not do it). Then season 4 it's obvious where this is going.
It's pretty obvious this was always the plan.
Season 2 Will is always possessed so that was never mentioned. Season 3 has Will frustrated at how all his friends are in relationships with girls and he's just...there, wanting to have his friends back. He never showed any interest in a single girl for the entire season (only kid to not do it). Then season 4 it's obvious where this is going.
It's pretty obvious this was always the plan.
Nocty
Currently Steaming
my wife wanted to watch this over the last few days so I begrudgingly said yes.
Lets just say I am not too happy about this eating my time when I could be doing literally anything else.
It's spoon-feeding extremely generic Sci-fi slop with weird teenage romance mixed in.. Gives me the ick.
Lets just say I am not too happy about this eating my time when I could be doing literally anything else.
It's spoon-feeding extremely generic Sci-fi slop with weird teenage romance mixed in.. Gives me the ick.
ShadowNate
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I remember in LOST season 3 (or was it season 2) the creators were promising enthusiastically that we were going to see Kate's wedding in a flashback. And I still vividly remember that my reaction was "Kate's wedding? Does anyone give a flying fuck about that?"
This is how Will's scene also played out.
This is how Will's scene also played out.
DetectiveBananas
Member
It is weird that Mike's family doesn't seem to give a shit about the Dad. The writers might as well killed him off 
Lambogenie
Member
Ok, right, so, this season so far has mostly been long winded and severely so.
The gay reveal, as a scene, I actually liked it. In the context of saving the world, it's quite dumb and hate the super individualist, near selfish side of it. Yes, it's a massive fear of his even in the time setting, but holy crap, the world is ending, surely there are more scary things to deal with than your friends being homophobic. Surely! This feels like a very modern-selfish-entitled problem today's youth have.
The way the season has constantly wasted screen time on this is absurd. The world is at breaking point but let's focus on the fear of a boy's inner turmoil of being...gay. If I were gay I'd be offended.
Steve is legit one of the few remaining characters I don't hate, and as an actor doesn't look ridiculous. The bizarre inclusion of Robin's joke was dumb, but at least it highlighted Steve's growth. What the hell is wrong with her, indeed.
Robin's actress, no interest in her parents, holy crap she is sick. Get help. Her character has been mad annoying this season.
Millie, classic case of child actor doing weird things. Quite unattractive with the fillers and at such a tender age, acting wise. Totally unnecessary.
Kali, geez, I believe you're a kid. Sure... pfft. That said though, her line delivery is really solid, eloquent and sounds good. She could excel in voice acting, really, a very good voice on her.
Holly, good young actress, really. Hope she doesnt fall into weird facial fillers that Millie has.
The explanation above that viewers need it due to multi screens makes a lot of sense. It does feel very routine as someone else pointed out when they use props to explain, or going back to nerdy references.
Overall this season has been alright. But could be significantly shorter.
Coming out of this, as actors, Steve probably deserves way more roles. He may be type cast, though, but that isn't bad necessarily. He gives me some Chris Evans vibes (CapAmerica, Scott Pilgrim). Holly is the new Milly. Possibly superior.
Let's see how they end it. Happy if a couple of people are just offed.
The gay reveal, as a scene, I actually liked it. In the context of saving the world, it's quite dumb and hate the super individualist, near selfish side of it. Yes, it's a massive fear of his even in the time setting, but holy crap, the world is ending, surely there are more scary things to deal with than your friends being homophobic. Surely! This feels like a very modern-selfish-entitled problem today's youth have.
The way the season has constantly wasted screen time on this is absurd. The world is at breaking point but let's focus on the fear of a boy's inner turmoil of being...gay. If I were gay I'd be offended.
Steve is legit one of the few remaining characters I don't hate, and as an actor doesn't look ridiculous. The bizarre inclusion of Robin's joke was dumb, but at least it highlighted Steve's growth. What the hell is wrong with her, indeed.
Robin's actress, no interest in her parents, holy crap she is sick. Get help. Her character has been mad annoying this season.
Millie, classic case of child actor doing weird things. Quite unattractive with the fillers and at such a tender age, acting wise. Totally unnecessary.
Kali, geez, I believe you're a kid. Sure... pfft. That said though, her line delivery is really solid, eloquent and sounds good. She could excel in voice acting, really, a very good voice on her.
Holly, good young actress, really. Hope she doesnt fall into weird facial fillers that Millie has.
The explanation above that viewers need it due to multi screens makes a lot of sense. It does feel very routine as someone else pointed out when they use props to explain, or going back to nerdy references.
Overall this season has been alright. But could be significantly shorter.
Coming out of this, as actors, Steve probably deserves way more roles. He may be type cast, though, but that isn't bad necessarily. He gives me some Chris Evans vibes (CapAmerica, Scott Pilgrim). Holly is the new Milly. Possibly superior.
Let's see how they end it. Happy if a couple of people are just offed.
He had the Atlantean Sword. Clearly the spirit of his ancestors; Conan, Kull, and Bran Mak Morn was strong within him.
Donald mac Ronald
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Not really even "I love men" so much as "I don't like girls" and "I have a crush on one of you bet you can't guess whooooooooooooo".
As a tactic to defuse Vecnas ability to play their fears back at them it makes a certain amount of sense, IF that very fear had been SHOWN to us, rather than an offscreen event TOLD to us. In a show with such a long run time we really should be seeing everything, told nothing. Even a round table scene of all the characters revealing their greatest fear to break them as a weapon for Vecna would have been cool, instead we get all these little 2 person moments that just make the characters feel more isolated from each other (as these scenes are often very disconnected from anything else going on). Will coming out to Mike and Mike handling it in a mature way (probably the very opposite of how it would have played out in the 80's between 2 kids), especially if the Mike/El relationship had ANY oxygen left so its clear Will doesn't expect Mike to reciprocate, could have been a touching moment and a set up to Will sacrificing himself to save Mike. But the showrunners blew their LGBTBBQ credit with the brash and overlong antics of Robin who has tread all of this water before.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
We were all called gay in the 80s and 90s. It's what we did as kids.
This show is pure 80's revisionism and not how 90% of these interventions or conversations would ever go down.
Lambogenie
Member
Agreed. A heart to heart with Mike would've been better, or just his D&D group. Mike has always supported him so this would've given extra credit and special moments for his character, ontop of dealing with Holly. So both would have been able to mature within the story displaying a beautiful, intimate friendship.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
And some people called gay were gay. Gay people exist since mankind exists dude lmaoWe were all called gay in the 80s and 90s. It's what we did as kids.
This show is pure 80's revisionism and not how 90% of these interventions or conversations would ever go down.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Ok. It's still revisionism with how this show tackles everything.
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Escape Goat
Member
You think all coming out stories back then ended in misery? I doubt that. Certainly attitudes were much less evolved back then generally speaking. Besides there isnt one character that would believably reject Will or Robin. That isnt this show. This show isn't a documentary. Its escapist fantasy so having the best possible outcome is thematically and tonally correct for the show.We were all called gay in the 80s and 90s. It's what we did as kids.
This show is pure 80's revisionism and not how 90% of these interventions or conversations would ever go down.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
If it's supposed to take place in the 80s, then it should hold up to how the 80s were, even in all the 80s escapist fantasies that are supposed to be in the the nostalgia product placement history.
This show fails at that. Especially when the audience they were after were the nostalgia itch target.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
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DeepEnigma
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Escape Goat
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I have no idea what youre trying to say. Are you an AI?
DeepEnigma
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DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Ok everyone, the entire world is about to be consumed by another world and every human on earth is going to die literally meaning the end of the world as we know it. Let's go save the world. But before we do that I just need to say something. Guys, I'm gay.
John Marston
GAF's very own treasure goblin
and cannot wait to see how it all ends
Tiago Rodrigues
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That checks out.