The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Phroobar]

I didnt like Max at first but that might be because she played her role well. I like Robin too. Gaten is great! Curious to see how he'd do in a different role.

Saide Sink is good at drama. Maya Hawk looks just like her mom. Finn Wolfhard has a few movies under his belt and should have a good career. I think Millie Bobby Brown is going to implode.

 

[D.Silentu]

For any theatre fans here, Gaten got his start on stage as Gavroche in Les Miserables. Would have loved to see that.

 

[Touchdown]

Season 1: That first season was perfect it’s the whole reason the show became huge. No notes.
Season 4: Vecna, Eddy, Master of Puppets, just a great tight narritive of increasing tension. However the Hopper plot was stupid and over the top. Should have actually killed him or made him have to survive a year in the Upside Down, not end up in Siberia. The California stuff was also meh, but thankfully ended quickly.
Season 5: Incredibly bombastic, the first half and the finale were great, the rest of the second half not so much.
Season 2: The finale saved this season, it was was dark, Hob was great, but it was too depressing at times and lost a lot of the whimsy other seasons had.
Season 3: This season was a correction from season two that way overcorrected, this season had too much whimsy, the plot was just a little too ridiculous and the finale while fun was also a bit much.

Loved the show, I bet I’ll rewatch it again

 

[mickEblu]

Season 1: That first season was perfect it’s the whole reason the show became huge. No notes.
Season 4: Vecna, Eddy, Master of Puppets, just a great tight narritive of increasing tension. However the Hopper plot was stupid and over the top. Should have actually killed him or made him have to survive a year in the Upside Down, not end up in Siberia. The California stuff was also meh, but thankfully ended quickly.
Season 5: Incredibly bombastic, the first half and the finale were great, the rest of the second half not so much.
Season 2: The finale saved this season, it was was dark, Hob was great, but it was too depressing at times and lost a lot of the whimsy other seasons had.
Season 3: This season was a correction from season two that way overcorrected, this season had too much whimsy, the plot was just a little too ridiculous and the finale while fun was also a bit much.

Loved the show, I bet I’ll rewatch it again

Interesting. We pretty much have the same ranking except for the fact that I enjoyed all the nostalgia and summer blockbuster feel of season 3 and you didnt. My sister / bro in law in their early 30's (with no 80s nostalgia) both had season 3 as their least favorite.

 

[Parteecia]

Can someone explain to me why the collapse of the upside down wormhole stopped at the gate?

I won't ask why only soldiers seemed to die during fights.

And I loved the Lego Creel House at the DtD store.

 

[Phroobar]

Can someone explain to me why the collapse of the upside down wormhole stopped at the gate?

I won't ask why only soldiers seemed to die during fights.

And I loved the Lego Creel House at the DtD store.

It would have raised the stakes if a character or two died.

 

[Phroobar]

Here is Daisy meditating during the runnaway train breakdown.

 

[Touchdown]

Can someone explain to me why the collapse of the upside down wormhole stopped at the gate?

I won't ask why only soldiers seemed to die during fights.

And I loved the Lego Creel House at the DtD store.

Because the wormhole ceased to exist, but Earth continued to, when a universe collapses in on itself it implodes, not explodes, the door simply shut. If anything it may have pulled some things into it, but it wouldn’t have exploded.

The real question is, since the Upside Down is a wormhole the size of Hawkins emanating from the lab, how did Russia tap into it and why did Hopper find himself in Siberia? The mall portal never fully opened, how did a demogorgon end up in Russia?

Which again goes back to why I like season 3 the least.