Stranger Things season 5

[Anonymous]

Nice to see the 80s kids move right on with their lives. These kids today would have fallen apart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nice to see the 80s kids move right on with their lives. These kids today would have fallen apart.

“Kids today are way too sensitive to travel to another planet to fight a giant supernatural force of evil inside of which lives a monster sucking the life force of children who were kidnapped by demogorgons that emerged through a rupture in the fabric of the universe.”

[Anonymous]

I love how the personal stories wrapped up for the most part, but I am still kind of lost on all of the science fiction.

[Anonymous]

^^ I had to ask chat gpt what the heck was going on with the mind flayer, vecna, henry creel, and will and how they were all interconnected.

And then it led me down a rabbit hole about the differences between Max's and Will's escape from Vecna, i.e., Max escapes from Vecna by running toward love and memory and friends (remember Running Up that Hill?) Her escape is literal through physical movement, sound and memory.

Will, on the other hand, was resistant. He tried to escape by hiding his fear, trauma and identity and therefore Vecna's grip on him is emotional/psychological, not physical. Will's escape was through naming his truth and self acceptance. Vecna lost power over Will when he shared his buried emotions. Will speaking his truth was equivalent to Max's running away.

I didn't really watch the last 2 seasons very closely - mainly it was background while I was doing other things. But I think I lost interest after the first few seasons because I wasn't seeing the big picture. Maybe will re-watch now that I understand the overall framework better.

[Anonymous]

Oh no! They made Sarah Connor a human monster. BTW, she aged poorly in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So cliché that the lesbian character, Robin, ended up at Smith College.

Not for the 80's

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The ending… I loved some of it but overall it was too meh. The only one to die was a minor character. Everyone got their happy ending. Except Mike and El. Surprised they didn’t write in a meet up somewhere.

Because El is really dead. The story was a coping mechanism.

The creators intentionally left it open-ended, giving viewers two possible interpretations:
Eleven truly died in the explosion.
She survived in secret, which is what Mike and the others choose to believe.

That ambiguity is by design, not a plot hole — it lets the finale be hopeful or tragic depending on how you want to interpret it.

But we saw her sister, Eight, die. Mike didn't see the sister die. He imagined her living, so that she could help El continue to live in his imagination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no! They made Sarah Connor a human monster. BTW, she aged poorly in my opinion.

She aged appropriately. I think she looks... her age! Would you rather she be plumped with filler and botox and a shiny shiny forehead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no! They made Sarah Connor a human monster. BTW, she aged poorly in my opinion.

She’s 70? I think she’s allowed to have wrinkles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So cliché that the lesbian character, Robin, ended up at Smith College.

Not for the 80's

I think Smith in the 80s would have been the perfect choice for Robin.