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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4326447, member: 833"]
Watched the first season of Stranger Things.  I am not a big fan of the supernatural or horror, but my son was watching so I decided to give it a try.

A few things:

1) The show is not great about following its own rules for how things happen when it comes to the super natural.  This is my issue with most shows about the super natural.  Stuff just happens without rhyme or reason.
2) A great cast saves what could be kind of a tedious bore of a show.  The kids are all strong actors and their timing is surprisingly excellent in the scenes where they are talking over each other.  
3) I like the call backs and salutes to 80's pop culture and horror trailblazers.  All the scenes in the lake by the water and the characters doing obviously stupid stuff guaranteed to get them in trouble is lost on my son but is pretty funny to anyone that watched old school horror flicks.  I think the plot arc between Brenner and El traces Firestarter pretty closely, although it has probably been 3 decades since I saw Firestarter.  
4) Is Nancy supposed to look like a young Winona Ryder or is that a coincidence?  It was disorienting the first two episodes.

Please no spoilers for season 2.
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