The kid with the missing teeth... I want him in everything ever.

I was born at the end of the 80s, literally only eleven days left of it and I still found the show enjoyable. As well as my other friends who were born in 88-89 so I think you may be a little off. Though I do agree nostalgia can play a part but like the author said it doesn’t come off forced and annoying. To me anyway

True that. What 99.99999% of the internet doesn’t yet realize is that the whole point of the series is Dustin’s journey from being the wimp who yells “cast protection” to the bad-ass who’s all about casting fireball...

What fascinates me about the show is how much they were able to accomplish without a single original idea, and I don’t mean this to sound like it’s a bad thing- it’s not. Everything in this show was something that I’d seen before, but it was all put together in a way that was still extremely satisfying. I was still…

I want to be best friends with Eleven and Dustin so badly.

To me, Stranger Things is one of the most perfect homages to ‘80s sci-fi and horror. It’s an homage because it uses the same tropes and similar scenes, but it doesn’t let the nostalgia for those scenes overpower the actual characters and story. It combines that nostalgia with both great writing and great acting.

I’m sad that the lame first movie’s “stairs move around” interpretation of Hogwarts has supplanted the books’ version in people’s minds. In the books, the stairs didn’t simply rotate while you watched; the entire topography of the school’s corridors altered itself invisibly and unpredictably from one day to the next,…

So...

Only in that it demonstrates how utterly and totally Eleven rules.

Nicole Kidman was on Letterman several months after her divorce from Cruise. He asked her how she was doing. She said, “Pretty good. I can finally wear heels again.”

Yes. I really enjoyed this version. It was so much more about the actual King story.

Interesting order. I’d probably put The Mist and Apt Pupil higher on the list, as they’re both much, much, much better movies than the godawful Tommyknockers and even worse Dreamcatcher.

It would be awesome if Matthew McConaughey walked out of frame at the end of the Dark Tower and right into a remake of The Stand.

Stranger Things is, in the best possible way, the kids from Stand By Me, Charlie & Carrie fused into one person, the bullies from It, Project Blue from the Stand and the creature & parallel world from the Mist all rolled into one! (and if I had more time I could add more!)

My poor, perpetually underrated Haven. Someone else out there has to appreciate you for what you were. Though admittedly, I still haven’t finished the last season, but that’s mostly because I sense a downer ending on the way and haven’t wanted to face it.

Personally, I enjoyed the Garris version of The Shining more than the Kubrick version. Then again, I haven’t ever really enjoyed any of Kubrick’s films, except maybe 2001. It isn’t something I rewatch often, but it was pretty good. His version of The Shining was just ‘meh’ to me.

(only half-kidding)

I remember enjoying this version more.

Much as I love The Shining, Jack is crazy long before the hotel gets to him. Which is actually my biggest problem with the film. Nicholson is a menace from the word Go. No subtlety, no development, just an angry loon. Hot take, I know, but I don’t like his performance much.

One of my favorite opening sequences in recent history. It’s simple, the music fits perfectly, sets the tone for the time period, and it’s not too long.