Stranger Things - Season 1

At the time, this show was an incredible breath of fresh air and a joyful mishmash of Stephen King, Amblin movies, Dungeons & Dragons, and the '80s in general. The show has never reached this level since.

The first season of Stranger Things. When the kid actors were still kids, and the mystery of everything was still alive. This was prime television before the franchise became bloated with worldbuilding and characters. It's almost fair to say that Stranger Things might be best enjoyed if you ignored everything post Season 1.

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There’s something about the first season of Stranger Things that goes far beyond mystery or the supernatural. In my case, it was a direct emotional journey back to childhood. To 1983. To a time when everything felt simpler, cleaner, more real. It’s not just cheap nostalgia: it’s the very specific feeling of recognizing a world where you were happy without even realizing it. The series works because it never tries to be cynical. It truly... - Full Review

Not outright bad but not very good either, feels like there's alot of dead space and some of the side stories are just so uninteresting and the story somehow feels slow despite something happening all the time, the concept is pretty interesting though but thought this might have been better as a movie or some content cut, like idgaf about them interviewing someone with a similair experience and then on top of that it goes nowhere. overall not bad but idk if im gonna watch the next seasons atp

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