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re: Stranger Things S5 - Volume 2
Posted on 1/1/26 at 4:32 am to Uncommon Idea
Posted on 1/1/26 at 4:32 am to Uncommon Idea
I feel like they stuck the landing enough. Not perfect by any stretch, but lots of loose ends tied up. Some not. The battle was a bit weak for 9+ years of lead up and a 2 hour finale, but it got to the point we were getting to so we move on. As much as I didn't enjoy most of the eps from this season, I think I will do a rewatch as I've only watched each episode once and there was a decent amount of stuff I didn't get that first time. I'm thinking a lot more will make sense and hopefully I enjoy S1 like I did the first time around.
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 4:36 am to Lsut81
Well, the finale sucked from beginning to end. Complete trash.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:22 am to Frac the world
Why do these creators insist on putting vague endings left up to interpretation ? Sometimes they should just spell it out.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:54 am to WicKed WayZ
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He’ll be a writer whenever they do the reunion show in a decade
How flaming will Will be in 10 years?
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:03 am to boogiewoogie1978
Meh, don't know what to think about the final. Not terrible, but certainly not great. I'd say a 7/10.
Weak arse climax with how easily they defeated the mindflayer, plus what was the purpose for the kids, just to wake him? They weren't under their trances when he came to life and were escaping the cave.
Was really expecting a surprise in the last 45 min when I looked at the clock and realized it was just over halfway done when the battle was over. Lots of filler as was most of this season.
And I don't understand all the cast comments about everyone balling eyes out. The end wasn't sad and was easily predictable. Hell, the end of S3 when El is reading the letter from Hopper was much sadder than this ending.
Hard to land a series finale with such hype, but think they still could have done so much better.
Weak arse climax with how easily they defeated the mindflayer, plus what was the purpose for the kids, just to wake him? They weren't under their trances when he came to life and were escaping the cave.
Was really expecting a surprise in the last 45 min when I looked at the clock and realized it was just over halfway done when the battle was over. Lots of filler as was most of this season.
And I don't understand all the cast comments about everyone balling eyes out. The end wasn't sad and was easily predictable. Hell, the end of S3 when El is reading the letter from Hopper was much sadder than this ending.
Hard to land a series finale with such hype, but think they still could have done so much better.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:09 am to Lsut81
Them shooting fire and bullets at something the size of the Superdome made my eyes roll in the back of my head like a Henry possessed kid.
Its the equivalent of me trying to set a bear on fire with a lighter
Its the equivalent of me trying to set a bear on fire with a lighter
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:11 am to boogiewoogie1978
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Them shooting fire and bullets at something the size of the Superdome made my eyes roll in the back of my head like a Henry possessed kid.
Yup, bullets and the likes wouldn't harm a 7ft tall demogorgen, but they sure as hell take down a 200 foot tall super beast.
Not to mention what someone called out in this thread, the fact that the kids scaled the side of those mountains inside of 2 min. You have to suspend belief for a lot of shows like this, but the writing the last couple of seasons has been comically bad.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:33 am to Lige
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Why do these creators insist on putting vague endings left up to interpretation ? Sometimes they should just spell it out.
This isn’t even vague just chicken shite. They didn’t have the onions to kill off any one but nameless soldiers
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:37 am to Jack Ruby
Yeah, where the hell did Paul Riser's character go? That was ridiculous there was no follow up in the final credits. What a disappointment.
And the way they did Bob, showing him as demodoggie chow... a bit disrespectful.
But the elements of a new series are certainly there. Don't know if I trust the Duffer bros to do it though.
And the way they did Bob, showing him as demodoggie chow... a bit disrespectful.
But the elements of a new series are certainly there. Don't know if I trust the Duffer bros to do it though.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:05 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Yeah, where the hell did Paul Riser's character go? That was ridiculous there was no follow up in the final credits. What a disappointment.
Yeah because the complaint was spending too much time on secondary characters and not the main kids. We should have had a whole segment on Dr Owen’s. That would have been perfect.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:22 am to Lanelsu83
And Linda Hamilton has become a one note character. From Terminator Dark Fate antinatalist & stone hearted military 'leader' , just like she was in Resident Alien, and again in Stranger Things.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:38 am to Uncommon Idea
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The Abyss monsters probably because the physical Mind Flayer. It does help explain the lack of monsters since volume 1.
Lots of Demos were around when he had the physical room to add kids to it. It just felt more like plot convenience to exclude them. Physical mind flayer didn’t have that meat goo exterior he had when he was physical on Earth, but more traditional spider. No meat goo tentacles on the exterior, just his spider legs.
The meat goo mind flayer seemed much more dangerous than the abyss one.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:40 am to Dire Wolf
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This isn’t even vague just chicken shite. They didn’t have the onions to kill off any one but nameless soldiers
Yeah I agree. The writers on ET, The Goonies, and stand by me were chicken shite. They didn’t have the balls to kill off any of the main characters. Should have been a red wedding scenario and ended up like game of thrones.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:09 am to Lanelsu83
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The writers on ET, The Goonies, and stand by me were chicken shite.
The fate of the world wasn’t on the line in those movies and the characters didn’t have to fight an inter dimensional space monster or superhuman psycho murderer banished to another dimension.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:10 am to Lige
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Why do these creators insist on putting vague endings left up to interpretation ? Sometimes they should just spell it out.
Was it though? Mike realized at graduation when he hears the feedback from the speakers that El had to be far away from the speakers the military was using in order to communicate with him like she did. He can’t confirm it. But I didn’t think it was that vague.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:13 am to npt817
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The fate of the world wasn’t on the line in those movies and the characters didn’t have to fight an inter dimensional space monster or superhuman psycho murderer banished to another dimension.
Social media truly ruined tv experience for you guys. I feel bad for you.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:15 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Don't know if I trust the Duffer bros to do it though
There was an article linked in one of the threads about this season that said the spinoff would NOT be run by the Duffers. They will have a hand in it, but apparently they now have a production deal with a different studio. Shawn Levy was mentioned as involved.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:17 am to Lanelsu83
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Social media truly ruined tv experience for you guys. I feel bad for you.
lol what the hell does social media have to do with pointing out the stupidity of your comment.
We get it, you liked the show. That doesn’t mean that they limped to a finish. The writing was incredibly weak this season. They had 3 years to make this and put out a subpar product.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:18 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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And Linda Hamilton has become a one note character
Getting a big name like her, I expected a LOT more from her character. There was so little done to show her motivations, her background with the project etc. why bring in a big name for such a one note generic military baddie?
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:18 am to BluegrassBelle
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Was it though? Mike realized at graduation when he hears the feedback from the speakers that El had to be far away from the speakers the military was using in order to communicate with him like she did. He can’t confirm it. But I didn’t think it was that vague.
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