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re: Stranger Things S5 - Volume 2
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:19 am to slidingstop
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:19 am to slidingstop
quote:Oops, sorry. Got that mixed up with Moving to Florida. He used to sing the 'dancing one legged in the rain, CHILD" lyric.
"Bitchin Camaro" was by the Dead Milkmen in 1985
Also 1985.
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:19 am to slidingstop
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:33 am to jmcwhrter
quote:
Amazing that this little town has produced:
Nancy - deadly from medium range with an automatic rifle
Erica - Smartest science kid in her science class -- even smarter than Dustin and the teacher. Probably a grandchild of one of the black science ladies who got us to the moon
Karen Wheeler - Wine bottle assassin.. MacGyver with an O2 tank and a commercial dryer
Robin - successful therapist and relationship counselor, also runs tech support and maintenance for a 50k watt radio tower.
Max and Holly - Upside-down tag team duo of Survivorman and Sherlock Holmes
11 - Future olympic high jump champion
This town is a hotbed of glass ceiling breakers!
Can't take you serious when you leave out a Mind Flayer, upside down world, and telekinesis/telepathy created from science experiments.
Never forget that this show is fiction.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 11:51 am to Upperdecker
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This board was mostly of the opinion that season 4 was much improved over season 3. MTV board generally thought season 3 got stale or slow. The board loved Eddie in season 4
Yes, I did love Eddie in season 4, but most of my friends loved season 3. It still had that humor that was around so much in the early seasons. It still really felt 80s. After that, it lost a lot of the kitsch that made it so fun.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:10 pm to Lsut81
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The unnecessary dialogue is killing this thing.
Almost the entire season has been an exposition dump of one character explaining to another character what’s happened/what’s happening/why stuffs happening
Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:10 pm to LaLadyinTx
This season really had potential. The first batch of episodes were pretty damn good. I did start to be concerned that there is still way too much meat left on the bone.
The part 2 episodes were pretty flat for me. Dialogue was too long and we didn't do much to move the plot along. Had way too many threads to weave to get to the finale.
Someone else said it in this thread but I don't feel any fear or consequence for any of the characters. I mean Karen would have been the easiest to kill off but they had her zombie MacGyver the O2 bottle into the dryer. I like the idea of getting her more involved but again, no consequences.
Now we have 17 main characters going into a 2 hour finale with no clear end point. I'm trying to stay optimistic that they can get it done but I'm feeling that they can't do it. I will be watching in the theater so hopefully they exceed my expectations.
The Will stuff is not surprising. I remind my wife all of the time when we watch something that netflix produces that they can't help themselves to force things like this down our throats. Again, unless Will felates Vecna to death, I'm not sure what the point of having a 10 minute all hands on deck meeting about him not liking girls is supposed to accomplish.
Again, there are too many plot lines to resolve in the final two hours. What is the point of Linda Hamilton? She's had all of 10 minutes of screen time the entire season to what, be featured in the finale?
There's still time, but they should've written out several characters so that we are going into the finale with the main group of kids.
The part 2 episodes were pretty flat for me. Dialogue was too long and we didn't do much to move the plot along. Had way too many threads to weave to get to the finale.
Someone else said it in this thread but I don't feel any fear or consequence for any of the characters. I mean Karen would have been the easiest to kill off but they had her zombie MacGyver the O2 bottle into the dryer. I like the idea of getting her more involved but again, no consequences.
Now we have 17 main characters going into a 2 hour finale with no clear end point. I'm trying to stay optimistic that they can get it done but I'm feeling that they can't do it. I will be watching in the theater so hopefully they exceed my expectations.
The Will stuff is not surprising. I remind my wife all of the time when we watch something that netflix produces that they can't help themselves to force things like this down our throats. Again, unless Will felates Vecna to death, I'm not sure what the point of having a 10 minute all hands on deck meeting about him not liking girls is supposed to accomplish.
Again, there are too many plot lines to resolve in the final two hours. What is the point of Linda Hamilton? She's had all of 10 minutes of screen time the entire season to what, be featured in the finale?
There's still time, but they should've written out several characters so that we are going into the finale with the main group of kids.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 12:20 pm to BilJ
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This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:00 pm to blueboy
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Why do they keep calling Tom Riddle Voldemort when they know he's Tom Riddle?
Not everyone knows he was Tom Riddle. That detail is mostly known by Dumbledore, Harry, and a few others who dug into his past. The general wizarding population only knows him as Voldemort.
Names have power in the magical world. Voldemort deliberately erased his old identity to control the narrative. His followers and enemies alike reinforced that by using his chosen name.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:08 pm to Monday
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Again, unless Will felates Vecna to death, I'm not sure what the point of having a 10 minute all hands on deck meeting about him not liking girls is supposed to accomplish.
I've asked this question way too many times.
Vecna uses fear to control, right?
How is he going to control Will with being in the closet? How does that information translate into removing Will's powers?
None of this makes sense
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:21 pm to Oates Mustache
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How is he going to control Will with being in the closet? How does that information translate into removing Will's powers?
I'm not sure what you are asking here?
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:28 pm to Salmon
The whole argument as to why Will needed to come out of the closet is because Vecna uses fear to control people.
I don't get how him being in the closet translated into Vecna holding this over his head and controlling him.
Vecna manipulates the kids because they're easily lied to, but that's not the case with Will.
So how is his hidden gayness being weaponized to control him?
I don't get how him being in the closet translated into Vecna holding this over his head and controlling him.
Vecna manipulates the kids because they're easily lied to, but that's not the case with Will.
So how is his hidden gayness being weaponized to control him?
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:33 pm to Oates Mustache
quote:
So how is his hidden gayness being weaponized to control him?
He mentions in his conversation that Vecna showed him that everyone around him would reject him if he came out. Vecna was playing into Will’s fear of abandonment with it.
It makes a lot of sense on paper but it just didn't translate well to the show with how it’s written.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:35 pm to BluegrassBelle
Ahhh ok, that makes a little more sense explained like that. But yeah, it absolutely failed in the show.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:36 pm to Oates Mustache
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So how is his hidden gayness being weaponized to control him?
I don't believe the show had ever implied this to be the case.
The show has repeatedly stated that Vecna chose Will because he was a weak and scared kid, which made him easy to manipulate and control.
It was never wholly about him being gay. Did his insecurity about being gay play a part in his weakness and fear? Sure. But I don't believe the show has established, or even implied, it was wholly because he was gay.
Will coming out was simply part of his acceptance of himself and a symbol of him no longer being insecure and afraid.
quote:
He mentions in his conversation that Vecna showed him that everyone around him would reject him if he came out. Vecna was playing into Will’s fear of abandonment with it.
Well shite, nevermind
I admittedly checked out during the coming out scene
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:54 pm to BluegrassBelle
They didn’t establish any type of outward homophobic behavior by anyone within that group prior so to completely regress after gaining confidence just hours ago was just dumb and felt like it was trying to manufacture something for no reason
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:56 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:
how it’s written
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:26 pm to jmcwhrter
quote:
Every episode in Season 5 could be 15 minutes shorter if he spoke in a normal cadence instead of this drawn out over-acting bullshite
Reminds me of Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:28 pm to BilJ
I mean its the 80s you don't need some character to be obviously homophobic to know why it would be tough for a kid to come out
All that being said I feel like the scene would have been much better had it just been Will, Joyce, Jonathan, and the boys. Maybe you can justify adding Robin or Max maybe even Steve.
All that being said I feel like the scene would have been much better had it just been Will, Joyce, Jonathan, and the boys. Maybe you can justify adding Robin or Max maybe even Steve.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:32 pm to dawgfan24348
The scene just took away from then ending of episode 4 when he found the powers. Not to mention they have the world ending so the time to sit and have a conversation is not there.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 5:43 pm to boogiewoogie1978
quote:
Not everyone knows he was Tom Riddle. That detail is mostly known by Dumbledore, Harry, and a few others who dug into his past. The general wizarding population only knows him as Voldemort.
Names have power in the magical world. Voldemort deliberately erased his old identity to control the narrative. His followers and enemies alike reinforced that by using his chosen name.
TBF, if you haven't read the books, they don't really explain things that well in the movies. It's a fair question if your only source of knowledge is the movies and how much was left from the movies.
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