I've always bounced off it every other time I've tried to watch it (usually just catching it on cable), but actually making the point to watch it & I have to say I liked it more than I thought I would. Still not as good as First Class & it was a bit overly long, but a decent enough superhero action (would have liked to see more Psylocke though).
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@NintendoByNature Starnger Things is clearly 80s kids who liked Stephen King films growing up and then made their own Stephen King show only it's not actually based on a Stepphen King book so I'd give IT, Christine, Firestarter, Carrie, Needful Things, Stand By Me, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, The Dead Zone etc a watch. Doctor Sleep in particular is criminally underrated.
Watched Thor Love and Thunder, I loved it more than Doctor Strange MOM, and I'm not allowing any of you to be spoiled by me. Try asking me, I dare you. I won't spoil you.
Let me guess, does the good guy win at the end of the movie after 2+ hours of constant quips which removes any underlying tension and emotion from the movie whilst the audience chased pop culture references even if they don't know what the references are or am I thinking of every single Marvel film? ;p
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Watched Thor Love and Thunder, I loved it more than Doctor Strange MOM, and I'm not allowing any of you to be spoiled by me. Try asking me, I dare you. I won't spoil you.
Let me guess, does the good guy win at the end of the movie after 2+ hours of constant quips which removes any underlying tension and emotion from the movie whilst the audience chased pop culture references even if they don't know what the references are or am I thinking of every single Marvel film? ;p
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, let's just leave that unanswered.
Stranger Things is interesting from a social point of view as the creators were born in the mid 80s. Therefore the whole set up (er, being school-aged, not monsters) is not based upon any recollections or emotions.
It's more like a hypnagogic creation predicated on puiblicly-available tropes.
So it is a show based upon recollections of what it was like in the 80s - however it is not the authors' recollections.
A borrowed nostalgia, to quote a famous song.
@Tremblucay Agreed, it's a really well crafted film. The final scenes were incredibly subtle and was very beautiful at the same time. I loved the scenes where Jiro was talking to Caproni too, the symbolism of his words were perfect, especially at the end. Walking through the once-green field now riddled with felled planes, spoken to by the ghost of his late wife, all with his imaginary hero. Perfect.
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@Rambler Yeah, it’s the same with Marvel. People are chasing these pop culture references they don’t know just so they can get the high of excitement from seeing a character they knowingly loved for decades come to life without having to invest decades or their love into it first. It’s also like an odd zeitgeist fandom when your local sports team get to the final or England are playing so every idiot comes out to watch them in the pub.
Not that either Stranger Things or the MCU are bad but its too derivative and palatable at times compared to their influences/source material.
Although saying that I’m just as much as a sucka as I would have seen the new Marvel film already if I didn’t have covid at the moment.
@Rambler That’s, actually what I like about it. I know it sounds odd but I just like how they do it with no shame, it’s not like there hiding it, they want you to know, they loved those movies, they loved those characters and such.
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I think Stranger Things is ace. I love the title sequence as I reminds me of all those early 80s b+movies, and having Winona Ryder and him from the Goonies starring is casting on a Twin Peaks level (Some of the orig cast of TP are there due to their place in pop culture).
But yeah, it's pop culture references bolted together (lots of Stephen King, lots of Cronenberg, John Hughes, etc) without really being a comment on them. Postmodernism without the nous.
At least it's not as lazy as The Wedding Singer.
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@Snatcher - I think it works really well, but it's really odd - an absolutely artificial nostalgia trip. I suppose in one way it should be no different to someone today writing a thriller about the cold war or second world war, but for some reason it interests and amuses me.
@Rambler I’m still watching Stranger Things but I lose more interest the more it focuses on the kids than the sci-fi horror and even more with these expendable Russian adult subplots.
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@jump good to know. Went to see the Flaming Lips recently, and that felt like a bit of a concern. Wayne was inside his bubble for most of the gig, so seemed to have contagion worries of his own.
@Rambler The bubble was an idea they had during lockdown and they did a few gigs in the US where everyone in the crowd each had their own bubble so they could socially distance but still be part of a gig. It looked awkward and weird so perfect for a Flaming Lips gigs.
I saw them recently too, great show as always from them and the Nick Cave covers were really cool and unexpected. Did you catch the support band Heartless Bast****s? They really impressed me and I've gotten really into them since.
With every musician having spent two years off everyone has decided to tour this year even the acts that don't tour so it's becoming a mental year of gigs for me.
He's done the bubble thing for quite a few years, but only for one or two songs to do some crowd surfing. I read about the OK gigs with the whole crowd in bubbles, but he did seem quite nervous. Michael seems to have mysteriously left the band as well, so only Wayne left from the original lineup (and he was the guitarist then!).
Did they have the girl singing the Nick Cave stuff? She had a fantastic voice and didn't seem nervous at all about being in front of a crowd.
Yeah the support were ace! A bit like a country Pink Floyd maybe? The singers voice seemed really familiar, but I couldn't place it, and it seems like she hasn't been in any other bands that I have heard. Maybe she sounds a bit like Isabel from Drugstore (although that is a blast from the past!)?
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