Suzie insisting on that song got Hopper killed. I hope she can live with that.
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That's assuming you think he died in there.Comment
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Joyce's faffing didn't do Billy any favours.Comment
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He’s almost certainly not dead.Comment
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So just finished and, while I agree that it sort of got more ludicrous than ever, I didn't think it was over-stretched, unlike the 9th episode last season.The Russian element was a welcome extra plot twist and another excellent 80s reference. I enjoyed the other 80s references - The Terminator one being the most obvious and, perhaps, a touch too obvious if you aren't already sold on the series but, there again, you wouldn't have got this far if you weren't. There was one episode that has some visual references to 'American Werewolf in London' which I didn't think remarkable until I remembered that AWIL is a British film and it made me wonder how big it was in the US.
[SPOILER]The scenes over the credits obviously point to a season 4 but also mention an American in the next cell to the guy that . There are only two American characters unaccounted for and that it Billy and Hopper. Actually, Billy is accounted for as he dies in Max's arms (which isn't 'ok' El) and you have to assumed that they stayed with his body until the army/paramedics turned up and, certainly, there were no live Russians around. We never see Hopper's body or him killed - although it is very close - so I can only assume that he is in the cell. The only other characters are the mayor - arrested, Nancy's parents, well, Dad, referenced in the post-script, Murray got out with Joyce and that is it. [/SPOILER]Comment
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By the way, from my experience, children roughly of the age of the children in the programme are very much interested in it even if they aren't all watching it. I do wonder what the ones that are make of it though, not least the technology. They must be shouting at the TV, “Why don't you use your I-phone?"Comment
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They're teenagers not idiots. They understand the way that period dramas workOriginally posted by Bordeaux Education View PostComment
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Your belief that teenagers =/= idiots is life-affirming. When you say that they understand how period dramas work, I genuinely wonder what period dramas are big amongst teenagers. 'The Woman In Black' seemed very popular amongst them but I can't think of any others. Not doubting what you say, just that I can't put my finger on them presently.Comment
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Hmm, sorry to anyone who's not watched until the end yet. Is it just me for whom spoiler tags aren't working? I can see all of every post on this thread, whether or not there are spoiler tags used for them.Comment
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You have to use the advanced editor options. There's an eye looking icon. It's tricky though--I keep typing the part I want hidden in the part that you can see.
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OK, I got it now--type what you want shown in the pop up, then type the hidden part between the tags. It's not very intuitive.Comment
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It was the most forgettable season so far, I thought.Comment
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You have to use SPOILER=whatevertextyouwanttoappearinstead as opening tag. Closing tag is /SPOILER as usual.Originally posted by Sam View PostComment
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It was my favorite season so far.Comment
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I would have thought that a massive thing saying 'Spoiler' would desist someone from reading on but anyhoo, here goes.
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Woo-hoo!Last edited by Bored Of Education; 07-08-2019, 21:40.Comment
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Ah, so you have to type something in that pop-up, then. Okay. I left it blank thinking it'd still hide everything between the tags.Comment
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Oh and Bored, I'm not saying I don't think they're good. I just didn't automatically assume that the character you mention got out alive, for the reasons I put above.Comment
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Ah, yes. We'd actually forgotten about that character when we watched the end of it, hence my mentioning them in my post, but separately to our collective thoughts on the final scene. After reading the article you tried to link to (that link is broken, by the way, but I found it through a quick bit of googling) I think my money would now be on that character.
(Think this was sufficiently spoiler free to not bother with tags, but obviously readers who haven't yet seen the end of series 3 shouldn't reveal the text in Bored's post to which I'm replying.)Comment
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I enjoyed this series. Yes, the plot may well have been the daftest yet, but the monsters and the Upside Down were always really macguffins--the appeal of the series was always in the characters and, to a smaller extent, the period details.
So there was lots to like really. Robin was the standout character. Also Max was much more fleshed out in this series and the Max-El scenes were very good. And Erica (although I knew that, as she stole the show in her few scenes last season).
The Neverending Story rendition was hilarious.
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Well, that was glorious. My favourite season yet. And holy crap, have those kids grown up fast. They'll be shaving in the next series.
My son, that age exactly, binged it in a day. And my daughter finally caught the bug and watched the whole series.
I couldn't stress to them enough that that mall is exactly...down to the finest detail...what a mall of my teenage years looked like. Whoever designed / art directed that series should be awarded with...well, whatever they want. Maybe two of them. If they kept that place as a tourist destination, I'd go.
I have to be honest; the Neverending Story thing came out of left field and was really rather stupid.
But otherwise, more of this sort of thing, for sure.
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It was very accurate partly because they used a wing of a dying mall (at least, I assume it's dying. They all are) in Georgia for the set.Originally posted by WOM View Post
The only 80s store that I didn't see was a Chess King. Chess King is the most 80s thing that ever 80sed. Even more so than Limahl. Perhaps it was there and I missed it.
I recently learned that my cousin worked at an Orange Julius in a mall in the 80s. In Iowa. DQ bought them in 1987 and mostly just added that brand to DQ places, but apparently there are still stand-alone Orange Juliuses in Ontario.
I didn't think that was stupid. That's exactly the kind of song that kids like that would make "their song." And now its stuck in my head.
Nice of Wikipedia to curate this for us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1980s_fashion
The nostalgia is making me sad. I know the 80s weren't really that great, but life felt hopeful then and I had moments of unfettered contentment. Now I just worry about stuff.Comment
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It's so odd when things like this happen: I've literally never, ever heard of Chess King. Never seen one, never heard of one, never heard reference to one.
Orange Julius shows up as a sideline to DQ more than a standalone operation, but I can't say I see it around much. I love the idea that someone, somewhere keeps pushing brands like that forward in the market.
And yeah, that song is jammed into my brain sideways now. Thanks Limahl. But I meant stupid in the context of the story; it was stuffed in there as a plot point, but had no support or prior. It was extraneous.
I'm with you on the '80s. But it was supposed to feel hopeful for us: we just realized we were people and the whole show was still ahead of us. And great music. I seriously dug it at the time and still do. Probably a major part of why I enjoyed this seasons so much. I really did feel like a bit of a time machine.Comment
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Almost as if you grew up in a different country . . .Comment
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Well, the beauty of American cultural influence is that you can live the experience without actually being a resident.Comment
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