@BearsEatBeets Yep, I'm also grateful. With it coming to "an ending" (which is another rarity nowadays; my partner always grumbles whenever there's what he calls a "Nedry's shaving can" left behind, no matter how minor it may be) I'll be tempted to skip whatever Stranger Things projects come next, at least until they're equally complete or an overwhelmingly positive critical reception becomes too loud to ignore. Mostly because you just know they'll have been commissioned by a desperate Netflix terrified at having ended its most lucrative I.P. so definitively, instead of anybody having a creative idea worth putting into production. Roll on late 90s nostalgia in Stranger Things: The Next Generation or whatever!
@Jammer Boldness is a risk. I totally understand where you're coming from, but I'll take a guaranteed safe landing over a potential crash landing any day. Still, I'm glad it was better than you expected it to be!
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I also enjoyed the final season of Stranger Things. Even got me in the feels on a couple of occasions. Although i thought it went a bit over sentimental and over long with some of the monologues the characters did.
They have already announced the first of the spin offs, an animated version. I doubt I will be checking it out, as I will call it time for all things Stranger Things.
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@graymamba You lucky b*sterds! Still waiting for it here. Managed to catch the first three seasons back when a Norwegian broadcaster/streamer had the rights but they lapsed before the fourth season arrived. Now SkyShowtime has it, but only the first two seasons. Love that show so much and while I long since swore off piracy, I am sorely tempted to wade back into those murky waters so that I can catch the final season before I die of old age....
@FuriousMachine really quite strange how this show, off all shows seems to get so much difficult]y securing overseas broadcast deals.
We pirates season 1 & 2 back in the day as it goes (something we no longer do… but I have no issues with those that do), then a little known UK channel randomly had season 3 a couple of years back (think the channel was called Alibi) then nothing for two years. I’ve been googling on the reg and no news at all… ever. Then I switched on the tv and Sky this afternoon and there it is, the main panel.
Hope it means that whatever issues there was in the international licensing have been overcome and you get all the seasons over Scandinavia-way soon. 🤞
@graymamba Fingers crossed, indeed 🤞There were many reasons to love the show, but I think it has the most interesting and possibly most successful blend of horror and comedy I've ever seen. Well, "blend" might not be the right word as it more often went from proper horror to pure comedy and back rather than being both at the same time. Most memorable scene for me was the really intense scene with the evil presence lurking in a dark hallway that culminated in a "boop" on the nose (IYKYK). Gave me serious LOLs!
I want more shows like this, even without the comedy aspect. I have high hopes for Ryan Coogler's "X-Files"; speaking as the world's biggest X-Files apologist (I even liked the "bad" seasons )
Yeah it’s a real tricky show to categorise… and in many ways I’d understand if people thought it was terrible. It has heart… and innocence though, which I appreciate in today’s world. I’ve always thought of it as X-Files meets Buffy… with a Catholic veneer.
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I watched the first episode last night after reading you mention it on here. Tbh I'd never heard of it before, will probably stick with it for a bit as the only other shows in currently into are Fallout and Landman (both great btw). And yeah I kind of get the impression that it's gonna be a kind of churchy X-Files sort of thing.
I did rewatch an X-Files episode a couple of weeks ago and think it's been long enough that I could probably rewatch the whole lot. Now if only I had unlimited time to do so.
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I think it was called Home (Some incestuous hillbilly types) ... Was in a YouTube rabbit hole and some vid said that was the scariest TV episode ever. Not sure that it was but I enjoyed it nonetheless as I don't think I've watched any of the original series since??? ...maybe the 90s!!?
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@sorteddan I probably watched it at some point but it doesn’t ring any bells. Pretty sure I watched all Mulder & Scully eps… but I did fall off a bit towards the end when the partnership fell apart and Reyes and… someone else started taking point. Strangely enough, I would be quite interested to watch those later seasons now though.
The second season of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft ended up just as enjoyable as the first, but for very different reasons. Lara takes a bit of a back seat, acting as a framing device for an incredibly compelling and emotional story about a family of ancient gods who live among us. When a philanthropist attempts to harness these gods' power, Lara and her friends get involved and spark an adventure which ultimately tackles the concepts of "ownership" and cultural appropriation. Hayley Atwell and the core cast still deliver, but it's newcomer O-T Fagbenle who gives the stand-out performance as the trickster god, Eshu. I also appreciated that, despite the shift in focus, there were dozens more Tomb Raider easter eggs, including a perfect deadpan "no" in the final episode which made me laugh out loud.
It's a real shame that Netflix didn't order any more seasons, but I'm very pleased with what we got, and it makes for a great continuity bridge. Here's hoping for a Blu-Ray release someday soon!
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@graymamba Whoops! I obviously didn't check the site very late yesterday and only checked todays news, silly me. I kind of think he has the right look. I am curious if he is going to put in some crazy training to bulk up or have some fancy muscle suit. It always felt like an impossible task to cast for me but will be eager to see how it turns out.
EDIT: @Ash_uk1 She looks pretty convincing 👍. My main concern has always been how the story goes so time will tell.
@BearsEatBeets well… if it were me, I’d be starting some intense strength and conditioning now. It’d make such a difference for his physique to be genuine. Not just because there would be probably many occasions where it just wouldn’t look right if it wasn’t his actual rig… but also, a muscled and ripped physique alters your posture and the way that you move. A suit (or cgi) just wouldn’t do that. I get that he’s getting somewhat on in age though, and how that could impact his appetite to put in the hard yards. 🤞 that he does though.
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