I watched the first episode and liked it a lot. I kept reading that it's a great blend of Spielberg/Carpenter/King and that's vry accurate. I'm into it
Sheriff just cut open the fake dead body. I loved that part. I really wish they didn't make it super clear that it wasn't Will so that when the Sheriff is looking his body over and rips out the stuffing it'd be really shocking and satisfying (that he's still alive probably). Imagine how insane that'd be in the moment without any of the build up with the state suspiciously taking over. IT'D BE COOL
The small twists are mostly predictable so far because it's mostly stuff we've seen before but it's all still really well done. Really starting to like all the characters, especially the lead kids, Sheriff (my favorite), and the older brother. The music is also perfect
I loved it. Adding a dark/horror/thriller spin on a classic 80's adventure story staring children made it pretty ideal for me, it was right up my alley. All the actors/characters were so great, Hopper and Eleven specifically, they were both amazing. Best scene of the series was probably Hopper's brutally sad flashbacks to his daughter while trying to resuscitate Will. That part got me
The main three kids were all great. Jonathan and Nancy were pretty great. Especially Jonathan. Hopper>Eleven>Lucas>Jonathan for my favorites. AND STEVE!!!!! You knew Steve was gonna go down the mega douchebag route by the end of the season, but I was really praying it wouldn't be so black and white and he'd end up having a bit of redemption. He definitely did, I kinda cheered when he showed back up and took the bat to the monster and didn't die
Only complaint is that they perhaps didn't throw enough intrigue/originality behind the government goons/their experiments/the monster, but they also didn't answer a whole lot of questions by the end of the season so maybe a second season will handle that a bit better. I AM really intrigued to see where Will's condition goes and whether Hopper knows that Eleven is out there or is trying to find her because he feels guilty that he sold her out. Rly hoping there's a second season
If there's one (two) reason(s) I'm really happy for S2 it's because of Hopper and Eleven. Both are such great actors/characters and I'm glad there's gonna be more of them, specifically Hopper who always has bit roles in things so it's great to see him as a lead character, especially one he's doing so well with
SAME. I was/am very confused but I haven't seen anyone mention it. Did that have to do with what he was doing involving Eleven at the very end? Did they put him up to trying to find her again or something?
