I just finished binge watching on Netflix ‘STRANGER THINGS‘.
I loved it!
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I don’t want to give out any {{spoilers,}} so go watch then come back here. *SPOILER*
Creators; Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
I can compare this movie to other writer’s work and past shows, but only if I want to nitpick at a really great Netflix original.
When the show started I didn’t love the character of Joyce played by Winona Ryder. I started complaining at how she didn’t even seem to notice her teen was making breakfast. Later on, she redeemed herself by accepting responsibility for her shortcomings.
Winona Ryder played a stressed-out, guilt-ridden, divorced mom running through stages of grief. She had me believing she was heading for a one-way-ticket to a nervous breakdown and living in a cardboard box. Her house is a mess, her life is a mess, she is a mess. I felt sorry for her.
Police Chief Hopper (David Harbour) his daughter died of cancer before this story started. He is dealing with that loss with beer and pills.
The show has four preteen kids. Gaten Matarazzo who plays Dustin Henderson. Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair the lifelong next-door neighbor of Mike Wheeler, played by Finn Wolfhard. Lastly we have Noah Schnapp who plays Will Byers, the character that everyone is searching for or believes is dead.
These boys are friends, who live by a code of chivalry that they learned from playing Dungeons and Dragons. They prove their friendship, with cooperation and using strategy to find the real enemy.
I wondered about the accuracy as they played the game, especially when they ran into Demogorgon. No one faces Demogorgon and lives. So tossing a fireball at a creature that is from a flaming pit/the Abyss/ it is Hell’s most powerful demon, well, that won’t kill it. When Demogorgon pops in, you run for your life. Just… RUN!
The boys meet Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) while they are out looking for their friend Will
Nancy is a teenage girl, who now has two boys who are smitten with her. Here we see normal teen hormones running rampant. Nancy’s little brother, Mike, takes in Eleven and she hides in their basement.
Nancy (Natalia Dyer) has a crush on Steve (Joe Keery), a popular boy at school. Jonathan Byers played by Charlie Heaton, has a crush on Nancy. Jonathan’s little brother is Will.
I hope you followed me as I set up the characters.
Everyone has something they want or something they are trying to overcome. The government has their own agenda, which is capture Eleven, they will go to extreme measure to accomplish this goal. Eleven wants away from ‘bad people.’ The creature wants to feed. Joyce wants her son back. The boys want to find Will. Police Chief Hopper he couldn’t save his daughter, he needs to save Will.
Nancy wants to find her friend. Without being able to read Nancy’s mind, I can only guess she wants both boys. Steve wants Nancy. Jonathan wants to save his brother and maybe end up with Nancy.
The mentioning of, Hugh Everett the American physicist who came up with the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics-multiple universes, gave this story believability.
Now, I wonder if someone or something is trying to communicate with me, through my flickering hall light.