[Netflix] Stranger Things - Page 5

We were much less certain than you guys seem to be about a new season. The only hint we found was that the shadow spooky bro was still in the Upside Down, but why does that matter if there isn't a portal?

Second 'hint' was 009, but meh...

Also, the moment I saw Bob, I knew he was going to die because he's unattractive and needed to make room for Hopper.

I thought maybe they'd save Bob and have him run away, but then his last name was Newby and you knew.

There's other dangling threads... Dr. Brenner is alive (supposedly), and more mundanely we've left Max, her Brother, Steve, and a few other characters without really complete resolutions.

But I really hope this is an intentional trilogy. The show suffers from the escalating power problem and it's ok for now, but there's really not that much room to keep escalating from here on out without things going over the top.

I thought the last couple of minutes were supposed to wrap up all those threads. Max: she's the boss now and her brother leaves her alone. Steve: realises he's lost her and drives away. And I figured the Dr. Brenner thing was a ploy from that guy to save his own skin.

Sorry, I should have been more explicit.

They never really wrap up Max/Mike's relationship (is she in the party?).
Also like yeah Max is the boss now, but with her step brother being a racist is he going to really keep letting Max and Lucas get closer?
Steve is sort of wrapped up, I guess, but it'd be a very uh discarded ending for someone who kinda showed a lot of growth over the season.

But I agree in some sense, it doesn't feel like there *has* to be another season which is nice.

tricked me. When I first saw them, I swore that Billy was another escaped gifted child, except he was an earlier project, and thus he was much more mentally unstable, while Max was a newer one, sticking together. Turns out, Billy is literally just a fucking asshole, who didn't seem to mind he was going to run over 3 middle schoolers.

I did too, I thought maybe we'd find out Max and/or Billy was like #4 or something, but turns out Billy's really just a giant douche and his parents are as negligent as everyone else's.

I also really liked some things from this season that were uh not subtle, but well handled. Billy's racism was one of them, but also the way they work Guten's (Dustin's) condition into the show in a way that's not heavy handed or outright "feel bad for this guy" or how uh most of the kid's parents are really just not there as parental figures (Mike's and Max/Billy's at least).

Finally finished season 2. Have to say I really enjoyed the season except for episode 7. I guess the episode was needed for El's development, but I felt it came at a time I was much more interested to know what was happening in Hawkins.
Every other episode was stellar, and I still love how they managed to make the usual stereotype pretty boy one of the most likable characters in the series. I hope he catches a break though next season, he really needs a win.

In general I think the show does a great job of taking characters based on stereotypical 80s characters and then giving them dimension or other attributes that make them both more human.

I find Steve, Nance, and Hopkins do that particularly well, but even Bob Newby this season was like that (he was the typical 80s bumbling fool, but then he was pretty knowledgable and when things going serious he was able to be a solid likable and competent character).