"Guess what, motherfucker, now you’re in Connecticut in the middle of a snowstorm. You don’t get any cell phone service. You’re not getting a car out here, either. So the only thing you can do is focus on the goddamn movie."

"Nope, not going to suggest all of pop culture needs to "come down on the side of kids." "
Who said that?
Certainly not ME!
ALL OF POP CULTURE?
Now who's overreacting?
I loved "Mad Men" with it's non-stop smoking and drinking.
But that show was targeting an adult audience.
This show clearly includes kids the same age as…

Once you wrap your head around the idea that this was made to include kids in the audience, no one making a film strictly for adults would restrict their vocabulary, then you have to ask yourself was the smoking really essential? And you seem to agree with me that it wasn't. Then lets come down on the side of the…

It's a family film. The creators have given many interviews now and they always say that films like "The Goonies" and "Close Encounters" and "ET"were their inspiration. Then of course other than the smoking there is no "R" rated content. Most of the violence, the diner cook's head shot for example, is not graphically…

I'm only condescending to people who toss insults.

Have a couple of kids and get back to me.
I realize that is at least 10 years off for you but it's all part of growing up.

I Guarantee you kids by the millions watched that show. Again if it wasn't aimed at including 10-15 year olds in the audience it would have been more historically accurate and included the "F" word. And it probably would have been a whole lot more scary. All the smoking did was give the actors a crutch to use. It…

Not one "f" bomb in 8 hours = family fare. I'm pretty sure that not only the adults used it liberally but the kids did too back in the 80s. But Hollywood has decreed that 'fuck' will not be said in films and tv where kids are a part of the target audience.

Yes. Here's how you can tell for certain that it's a family show. An 8 hour series about the 80s did not use the word 'fuck' once. In Hollywood the 'F' bomb is verboten in family fare. This is a gather the family around the electric campfire for a good old fashioned goosebumper. And just like they banished the 'F'…

Good for you!

OK Hunger Games then.

"hypothetical kid"
With actual kids your attitude will probably adjust.
Steven Spielberg for example famously went back and made several changes to E.T. including removing the guns and dubbing over some of the dialog ( I think "penis breath" got the ax) After he had actual children.
It's a FAMILY oriented horror series…

Not discounting what you are saying just qualifying it.
I would let a well-adjusted 10 year old watch that show but not without the talk.
We would probably have a word or two about the violence as well.
14-15 probably don't need it.
Still those actors are creative enough to find another way to convey those emotions…

I watched every minute of it because i liked it very much.
I never said they didn't smoke a lot in the 80s.
Just that it's not a documentary and yes the PRIMARY audience for that show is the same as the 4 kids at its center. If memory serves there is not one "F" bomb in the whole show. I'm pretty sure people said "Fuck"…

If it was a show targeting adults like Mad Men then sure it's part of the times. But it's a family show with a target audience that includes kids so some discretion is in order. Smoking is really that awful that we need to really think about how it is used in films and TV. If you are including kids in your audience…

Not a parent?

It just doesn't need to be there at all.
It would have been fine without it.
But yeah like I said "have a sit down with your kids before you let them watch it."

It is the most derivative thing I've seen all year.
But they made that work for them so it's not always a bad thing.
Tarantino is derivative but who else would recycle the theme from "Ironside?"

Of course it is. Harry Potter is scarier. The target audience is the same as those 4 kids. It's called YA in the biz.

1) Nonsense. It's totally YA. But like Harry Potter there's plenty for adults to enjoy.
2) It's not 1983 anymore. There is no practical reason for putting that much smoking in a family tv show. I suspect they were paid to put it in.