AgShaun00 said:
so season 2, ele closes the hole, and mind fury lives, but season 3, they close it back, and the mind fury dies?
C@LAg said:I guess they were spying on Hawthorne Labs, like they were spying on everything else./ABATTBQ11 said:
Anyone else curious about how the Russians seem to know so much about the upsidedown and if that one Russian general from the first chapter was being controlled by the mindflayer?
I must have missed if the general was possessed. I did not get that vibe.
That's Jake Busey.redline248 said:
The blonde d-bag at the newspaper is the actor from Starship Troopers, right? I was not expecting that
C@LAg said:No, Casper Van Diem was not in this season.redline248 said:
The blonde d-bag at the newspaper is the actor from Starship Troopers, right? I was not expecting that
aggiepaintrain said:
why do the Russians want the gate open?????
i did find it funny how the demogorgan ran roughshod on the midwest for weeks (or months?) yet in soviet russia theyve already got it caged up like a pet.nosoupforyou said:aggiepaintrain said:
why do the Russians want the gate open?????
Weaponize the demogorgan against the US
Apache said:
Really enjoyed season 3, it's just behind season - imo.
If they knew the mindflayer hated heat, why not make some Molotov cocktails or something more than fireworks?
Can we get rid of Eleven's incessant nose bleeds? Just say she's gotten better at her powers or something and it doesn't happen anymore.
Walt Luddiger said:i did find it funny how the demogorgan ran roughshod on the midwest for weeks (or months?) yet in soviet russia theyve already got it caged up like a pet.nosoupforyou said:aggiepaintrain said:
why do the Russians want the gate open?????
Weaponize the demogorgan against the US
Apache said:
Really enjoyed season 3, it's just behind season - imo.
Random thoughts:
Small towns like Hawkins don't have malls like Starcourt. (Nitpicky for sure)
Harrington's love interest is a lesbian? Didn't see that coming.
The Russians will no doubt have some security cameras in their next installation. Commie idiots.
Can't believe they killed Alexi/Smirnoff..... didn't see that one coming at all. That big Russian was a bad dude.
If they knew the mindflayer hated heat, why not make some Molotov cocktails or something more than fireworks?
Can we get rid of Eleven's incessant nose bleeds? Just say she's gotten better at her powers or something and it doesn't happen anymore.
Similarly, Will's goosebumps were a little played out. They see the flayer coming 100 yards down the road, go in the house and prepare. Then Will announces, he's here. Ya think?!
Russians were a great secondary antagonist. Very true to mid 80s... God I hated those commie ba*tards especially after watching Red Dawn. AVENGE ME BOYS!!!
I really liked Hooper with the Magnum PI shirt. The little scene with him kicking back with the beer on his lazy boy recliner was on point for every working man at the end of a long day.
I hope season 4 finds the gang sneaking into the upside down to get Hooper back (Ell will sense him)
An American military team will also be in the upside down fighting Russians and demigorgons and whatever. We find out more what the upside down really is. In the end, the Americans & Russians teal up to defeat the external evil and have a Rocky 4 moment of perestroika.
It does seem that the nosebleeds are no longer an issue. It's just something that happens, and they *think* there's no problem with using her power whenever they want, even if to just "spy" on their friends, close a door, or make a joke...aggietony2010 said:
I don't remember the exact joke, but El does something subtle for one of the kids and sneakily wipes her nose after.
I've got them on DVDredline248 said:
Should have bought the laser disks
Paul Reiser?dan87 said:
No one has really mentioned the American military general(?) who stared rather power-hungry-like at the gate in the Russian facility when the cavalry arrived at the end.
I have no other insight into that, just pointing that out.
aggietony2010 said:Apache said:
Really enjoyed season 3, it's just behind season - imo.
If they knew the mindflayer hated heat, why not make some Molotov cocktails or something more than fireworks?
Can we get rid of Eleven's incessant nose bleeds? Just say she's gotten better at her powers or something and it doesn't happen anymore.
Yeah, I thought it funny that they just kinda forgot about the whole fire weakness until the end. A few of the early battle scenes were unnecessarily difficult for them because of it.
I think they did an okay job with the nosebleeds. I don't remember the exact joke, but El does something subtle for one of the kids and sneakily wipes her nose after. She also had a double nostril bleed at one point that made it clear she was stretching herself. Maybe there's a better way to do those two moments, but I feel any attempt to write out the nosebleeds would be kinda forced.
dan87 said:
No one has really mentioned the American military general(?) who stared rather power-hungry-like at the gate in the Russian facility when the cavalry arrived at the end.
I have no other insight into that, just pointing that out.
I feel stupid, can someone explain this to me? I see Harrington...is it just funny that he's posing with the Russians?Brian Earl Spilner said:
https://instagr.am/p/Bzvi-hYliVJ
ABATTBQ11 said:
That's the scientist from season 2. That's not a power hungry stare, that's a, "**** my life I thought this was over," stare. He's just realized that the Russians know about the upside down and probably have no idea what they're dealing with, and there's a distinct possibility that a) the mind flayer could return through an opening they create or b) it already has control of them. Considering what he saw in season 2, he's probably peeing his pants a little too.
SIAP but I was just reading this article about the mall they located in Atlanta to do the filming. It's a pretty good read. Here is a snippet that sort of relates to your comment:Apache said:
Small towns like Hawkins don't have malls like Starcourt. (Nitpicky for sure)
Quote:
One of the most difficult tasks was figuring out which stores would have been in an Indiana mall in 1985.
Trujillo said the Duffers specifically wanted to included the fictional Scoops Ahoy ice cream parlor, as well as a Gap and some approximation of a Glamour Shots photo studio. Beyond that, it was largely up to him to decide which stores would be featured at the Starcourt and serve as "hero locations" for the characters.
This required research a whole lot of it. With help from set decorator Jess Royal and art director Sean Brennan, Trujillo went on a deep dive into the history of the malls in America. The goal was to determine which "quintessential mall stores" shoppers might have found in 1985 in the Midwest. It was a complicated task, since "the nature of malls is they're constantly changing," but also an enjoyable one. "You inevitably end up down these rabbit holes reading about mall theory and the nature of consumerism in the late '70s."
Even though he tries to avoid internet scrutiny, Trujillo was "painfully aware of the fact that each frame is being picked apart by someone who is obsessing over the details" and looking for anachronisms, he said. "We definitely feel under the microscope, especially when it comes to getting these really specific period details in a space like a mall where everybody has a memory of it."
