STRANGER THINGS SEASON 1 REVIEW SERIES

Once the characters who had bits and pieces of knowledge of the events all started talking together, I was so ecstatic.

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 1 REVIEW SERIES

The team of Sheriff Hopper and Joyce that develops further into the series is really enjoyable, because theyвЂ™re both so determined to find Will and get to the core of whatвЂ™s going on. In my own mind, IвЂ™d like to think that this was done purposefully, like an alternate universe where King took inspiration from true events of a child with supernatural powers used by the government after their own experimental drug testing on her parent. Stranger Things takes place in 1983, and Firestarter by King was published in 1984. She is Carrie White with the backstory of Charlie McGee ( Firestarter ). The biggest (and arguably most important) is the character of Eleven and her backstory.

There were so many King references that there are whole articles on it, but IвЂ™ll keep it short. Watching STRANGER THINGS is looking watching Steve KingвЂ™s Greatest Hits. SPOILER ALERT!ДЄfter finishing the season, and being a huge Stephen King fan, it was excellent to see King himself praise the series. Winona Ryder is amazing in the frantic mother role, and the sympathy for her and other characters creates another dimension of the desire to binge, if only to make sure they end up okay. ItвЂ™s excellent to see kids actually casted as characters around their same age, and these kids are excellent actors. All of the good characters grew on me, and I loved to hate the villains more and more as we got further in. The flashback scenes were vital in telling these, as any other way would not have done those histories justice in the charactersвЂ™ minds. There are so many sympathetic characters in this series, and so many backstories that beg to be told. Not only is the intrigue built well through the action, but the characters add to the viewerвЂ™s desire to binge as well. The episodes meld together well into one coherent narrative, not being chopped up like regular shows with a вЂњrecently on Stranger Things вЂќ at the beginning of each episode, as it just continues on what the previous episode ended with. It views like chapters of a book (also suggested by each episode being labeled a chapter in their title), with a snippet of the action and an abrupt cliffhanger just waiting for you to turn the page and continue on. This combination and format work perfectly in NetflixвЂ™s favor, as each episodeвЂ™s ending makes it so easy to say, вЂњJust one more.вЂќ Not only does it work well for Netflix in their quest to make many easily-binged series, but it works well for the viewer. The Duffer Brothers clearly were influenced by horror movies of the вЂ80s and horror/sci-fi miniseries Г la Stephen King.

Stranger things season 1 review