It does seem exhausting. OTOH, he’s compensated more richly than we could ever dream to do it, and is letting down the rest of the cast.

Monster movies work because the monster is scary and terrorizing. This particular Mummy was HOT. As in too hot to be a monster. Also, Dracula Untold had the problem of a totally relatable Dracula. You want a successful monster movie, then you need the nominal monsters to be more evil, less hot, and no cheesy stuff…

JFC Affleck, sit up and pretend to be engaged. It wouldn’t hurt if you dressed in clothes that fit, either.

Because if there’s no real threat of death then there’s no tension.

Woah - how did you know his Exact. Last. Words?

*these* pearls. Rawrrrr. *cough*

My money is on Dustin dying in the middle of final season.

Richard Jenkins deserved an Oscar for this movie.

Holy cow, are we making an issue out of this? I saw the Beyond Stranger Things episode myself and Sadie was embarrassed, but not traumatized. If you get a job in Hollywood you eventually have to pretend to kiss people you don’t love in real life. It’s how acting works. Quit grasping at straws just because you’re…

you are aware that the family of sites AV Club is now a part of is partially responsible for that, right?

He wrote an episode of network television about making out during Shcindlers list almost a quarter century ago. Its like the world suddenly forgot who Larry David is. The joke isn’t “boy the holocaust sure is funny” its about lechery trumping tact told by a man whose relatives were murdered by nazis. Its odd to me so…

If you actually think this is a spoiler you didn’t finish S1. And maybe just stop using the internet if you’re that fragile.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

But Beyoncé can’t act.

You left out a few places: namely, literally goddamn everywhere

Hot take: Mike is the worst character on Stranger Things. He’s a black hole who sucks the energy out of anyone who interacts with him.

I stopped hating Steve the instant he decided to hang around and fight the monster back in season one, by midway through season two he’s one of my favorite characters.

Fuck that.

I mean the dogs were inconsistent throughout. The kids were able to survive an attack by what... 3 of them? By hiding in a beat up old buss with some metal scrap attached to it. Meanwhile the same creatures overwhelm an entire armed security detail of trained soldiers like they were wet paper bags.

I’m still having trouble with the fact that one of the few people on the planet who has experience with extra-dimensional monsters doesn’t recognize one when it shows up in his garbage can.

So was the direction for the header image “alright kids now pull the stupidest faces possible” or something?