Oh this is hilarious. My favorite #JusticeforBarb bit I remember reading was Bill Corbett's Tweet that the sequel should be: Stranger Things 2: The Revenge of Barb!

Haven't actually had the pleasure of playing that (yet), although it sounds enticing, based upon the comparison!

Oh my God, that's perfect!

Oh yes, gotta love his fidelity to understatedness and the facts of the story.

Interestingly enough, Arlington Road shares quite a bit of the "conspiratorial DNA" with The Parallax View, another highly underrated thriller in the '70s.

The director of Shattered Glass was Billy Ray, who did a similarly magnificent film on an FBI mole called "Breach." One of my favorite "solid" movies.

Neggos?

Ah! Good to see I was on the right track.

Was it? I thought it was just something which reminded him of his Little Girl's toy.

Favorite part about the "Upside Down" for me? The fact that it was pretty much the textbook definition of "uncanny." It wasn't completely alien and abnormal. It was still the same geography and layout of the normal, real-world Hawkins. But there was still enough that was beyond the "ordinary" or "normal" for you to…

I agree with you on the spore front in the Upside Down. It definitely created an alien aura to the whole place.

That portal was being studied by top men (To borrow from another movie released in the 80s.)

Aaaaannnnnd here's where I reveal that I've never seen that actor before in anything. Though I'm sure it's accurate (if not in portrayal than in appearance).

Upvoted for the phrase "Obviously a woman shouldn't have to slay a hell beast to get a little respect." Sounds like Hillary has a new campaign slogan.

In your last paragraph, I first thought you were talking about Barb.

I dug that moment too. With Steve, I always was kinda okay with him, kinda annoyed with him as a archetypal "bad boy" jock creation. But then somewhere on this forum, someone stated how he was similar to a youthful James Spader, and I'll be damned if that comparison didn't stick (his hair style probably helped out on…

Or…slacktivism?

She was only allowed to graduate as a Road Scholar or a Road Warrior.

Good point. Loved their attack on the girl, and whole intrigue before we even meet any of the central characters in the novel. Crichton at his best!

Loved that. Also a good addition to the Olly insult-a-thon: "You crumbling sandcastle-of-a-human-being!"