re: Netflix does a disservice with its Stranger Things release format

I actually agree with this.

As frustrating as it can be to wait for a show week to week it also builds buzz and fuels interest in a way that binging an entire season over a weekend simply can't do. I watched all of ST3 in a single day. Talked about it with a few people for the next 3 or 4 days, did a few posts here, and then I was essentially done and on to the next show (one that isn't even on Netflix).

Had it been released week to week we would all be in much larger season long threads talking about it, talking to friends and co-workers about it, gobbling up articles about the Starcourt Mall that are slowly dripped out, talking about all the 80s references in each and every episode and how they might relate to the show at large, etc etc etc.


Not only that, but since we would all have to go back to Netflix once a week to watch the new episodes the odds of some of us noticing and watching OTHER Netflix content would increase. Since it all dropped at once the wife and I went directly to Stranger Things, watched it all in a sitting, promptly shut off Netflix, and have yet to go back to it b/c we are now watching shows on different platforms.