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Is anyone else watching this?
The wife and I watched one episode last night...then had to start the next one. I would have kept going if I could stay awake. We were both into it from the first few minutes.
The tension wire that is snapped to taut ten minutes in hasn't let off since. The soundtrack and score are a pleasant mix, for me. I thoroughly enjoy both. I think that so far this show is what Super 8 could have been.
Instead of rebooting an old movie, it is nice to make an original story using elements that invoke nostalgia of a time period or more specifically films about the time period. Many nods to Spielberg and King works abound but none feel forced or shoehorned.
Winona Ryder does what she does best and the child actors are decently natural. I'm not familiar at all with the creators/directors, the Duffer brothers, but I'm impressed so far. The composition is usually really compelling, they strike the balance between referencing some great things without being slavish to the style (*ahem* Super 8 *ahem*).
Cannot wait to watch the rest of this. Limited series tend to interest me more, when there are 8 episodes to tell a story they don't muck around or set up potential future installments. I can tell from the first two the story is cruising along; I like that.
The wife and I watched one episode last night...then had to start the next one. I would have kept going if I could stay awake. We were both into it from the first few minutes.
The tension wire that is snapped to taut ten minutes in hasn't let off since. The soundtrack and score are a pleasant mix, for me. I thoroughly enjoy both. I think that so far this show is what Super 8 could have been.
Instead of rebooting an old movie, it is nice to make an original story using elements that invoke nostalgia of a time period or more specifically films about the time period. Many nods to Spielberg and King works abound but none feel forced or shoehorned.
Winona Ryder does what she does best and the child actors are decently natural. I'm not familiar at all with the creators/directors, the Duffer brothers, but I'm impressed so far. The composition is usually really compelling, they strike the balance between referencing some great things without being slavish to the style (*ahem* Super 8 *ahem*).
Cannot wait to watch the rest of this. Limited series tend to interest me more, when there are 8 episodes to tell a story they don't muck around or set up potential future installments. I can tell from the first two the story is cruising along; I like that.