"Stranger Things, my impression " Topic

I started Season One last week, just for the heck of it.
I wasn't looking for anything beyond an excuse to not go down cellar and paint.

I was immediately hooked. This has all the earmarks of a Stephen King story, without the things that make King so annoying. I can't quite put my finger on what makes him so annoying. He just is, and ST has none of them.

One of the first things I noticed was that the usual types of people that sophisticated programs disrespect are treated as good decent people. The first was the fat cook who gets killed after his one scene. He was very concerned about that little girl. Not much of a SPOILER, but it interested me.
Ditto the slob of a hungover police chief.
Even Steve the Jock became a very nice and good person.

The Government scientists? Hey. They're always beyond hope. But the head guy in Season Two was another deceptively decent person.

So my primary takeaway was that there a heck of a lot of decent salt of the earth people having Bad Things happening.

Plot? You've seen it before. Stephen King small town horror, Scientists meddling where they shouldn't. Etc.

The cast is excellent. The main star is Millie Bobbie Brown. She's an amazing pre teen actress. Her facial expressions are amazing. I really hope she doesn't go the way of too many child stars.
The sherif is a great, get things done, DECENT man.
Winona Ryder is not afraid to look and act bizarre.
Again, the show keeps toying with your initial impression of characters. Steve is a totally annoying jock. And he really is. But he's a really nice guy too and another key Good Guy.

It's really all about the kids, though. A Gang of Four Dungeons and Dragons players, total nerds, keep coming up with the right answers.

I would highly recommend you take a week or two to binge watch both seasons on Netflix.

I read Mad Magazine's recent parody of the show,redubbed "Strangely Thin";it's quite funny.

Maybe the insistence in so many shows that "government" scientists are evil is the reason why America now hates science.

One of my favorite shows. I agree with your assessment.

Maybe the insistence in so many shows that "government" scientists are evil is the reason why America now hates science.

That's quite an opinion. Not sure I draw the same conclusion from Winston's review.

They get the early/mid 80's right (there are a few things I said "hmm" to, but the look and feel is right, even for a guy from California, not Mid-western suburbia).

There have been evil/duplicitous/absorbed-in-the-work-of-science/didn't-think-anything-would-happen Scientists for a long time. Frankenstein, anyone? But America's antipathy for Science has another, older, source (and that's all I'll say on that, lest I go back for a sojourn in Club Dawg).

Barb's parents, lovely people, got closure when the Government lied to them. I like that.

Agree entirely, highly recommended. We're hooked on it.

America hates science? I missed that memo!

Just based on history, as to the skeptical view of governments and scientists, one can look at the case of WWII asbestos exposure and that of uranium workers and radon.

It is not 'evil scientists,' but the intersection of science and government's view of the greater good (or just CYA on the part of officials involved).

At any rate a very good show – have just seen the sheriff rescued (and the cat eaten) and looking forward to the rest of the series.

One of my favorite scenes has Dustin and Steve (how did they get together?) chumming the railroad tracks with cut meat to lure the demogorgon into a trap.
Steve has his trusty baseball bat studded with nails slung over his back.
The dialogue? Steve is telling Dustin how to get the Ladies to like you, and how to use Farrah Fawcett brand hairspray to achieve his look.