i actively avoid popular stuff like this. ill probably watch stranger things in 10 years or so.
Quote from: Branches on April 13, 2017, 05:18:30 PMi actively avoid popular stuff like this. ill probably watch stranger things in 10 years or so.Yeah, I still haven't seen or read Hunger Games because I got so sick of people talking about it nonstop in middle school.I was sick of it before I had even been exposed to it pretty much.Same Reason I haven't seen Stranger Things yet.
Quote from: Fishcakes on April 13, 2017, 05:37:04 PMQuote from: Branches on April 13, 2017, 05:18:30 PMi actively avoid popular stuff like this. ill probably watch stranger things in 10 years or so.Yeah, I still haven't seen or read Hunger Games because I got so sick of people talking about it nonstop in middle school.I was sick of it before I had even been exposed to it pretty much.Same Reason I haven't seen Stranger Things yet.congrats on being special!
Quote from: Branches on April 13, 2017, 05:18:30 PMi actively avoid popular stuff like this. ill probably watch stranger things in 10 years or so.I decided to watch it, and committed to it when Tony popped a Joy Division tape in the cassette deck of his '68 Mustang, but seriously regret it.It fails to understand the problems of our generation, and instead thinly transposes aging themes on a modern face, pretending the issues are exclusive to us.I think the show fails to see the point that nobody actually cares anymore.It skips right over just how hollow American teenagers are and fills a modern high school with 80s problems and tries to pass it off as inspired.If they really wanted to make a statement, they would show the main character getting ripped to pieces emotionally while alk the supporting characters couldn't care less, but instead the theme is that everybody is worried and dramatically flailing about that the hidden truth will come to light.