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Storyline
In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to the disappearance of a child, which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town, while a few of the locals begin to understand that there's more going on than meets the eye.
Written by
Charles J.
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It only gets stranger... (Season 2)
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Trivia
In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including The Clash, Joy Division, Toto, New Order, The Bangles, Foreigner, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel, and Corey Hart, as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter, and Vangelis.
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Goofs
In reference to a previously listed goof, Lucas was referring to John Carpenter's "The Thing"(1982) being a remake of "The Thing from Another World"(1951) not the 2011 remake. Whether it stinks or not is irrelevant. Season 1 takes place in 1983 and season 3 takes place in 1985.
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Quotes
Dustin Henderson:
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whenever the kids are about to do something stupid]
Let's engage!
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Crazy Credits
The Stranger Things opening titles and fonts mimic the film grain and look of 1980's television series opening credits.
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Soundtracks
Stranger Things
(Title sequence & end credits theme)
Written & performed by
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Stranger Things is the newest foray into Netflix's original programming, of which brings us their most impressive- and strange- production to date. When a young boy named Will Byers goes missing, his friends, mother and the town are thrust into a conspiracy involving a mysterious girl named Eleven and something even more sinister hiding in the woods of Hawkins, Indiana.
From the get-go, you can tell this is an homage to classic '80s Spielberg, drawing on E.T. and Close Encounters, as well as JJ Abrams' Super 8. But, as the show progresses, it becomes more and more like a twisted Stephen King story set in a Spielberg movie. It becomes a dark and twisted ride into an even darker and more disturbing world where the stakes feel higher than anything before it.
I can't go into great detail because spoiling even just a bit of the story takes away from the greater mystery, but I can say, it's one of the most thrilling and intense series to be on TV, without being on TV. If it were to continue, they have to pull the same punches they did with the first season, because they took a great many clichés, and somehow made them fresh and surprising, save for just a couple that they purposefully left cliché.