The Reel Rejects - STRANGER THINGS Season 1, Episodes 7 & 8 REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:00:39 Okay. Amazing. How do you feel, Andrew? I want to just watch season two right now. I know. Season one was freaking. There are so many different ways to describe season one. I'll start off with epic, Tara.

Starting point is 00:00:55 How's that? Yeah. It was pretty flawless. I mean, it had everything. thing I love first of all the 80s even though I only got to live in it for I would say about a year and a half so I didn't really get to experience it but like obviously everyone knows who has ever heard me talk a movie music rather is my favorite music the other type of music that's my favorite is the 80s I think that just 80s movies I am drawn to the 80s yeah and this is your

Starting point is 00:01:23 this is your show and so for years Greg and many other people in my personal life have been saying this show was made for you. Why are you not watching it? I don't know why I did that in a Keanu Reeves point break type of delivery. But anyways, point being is apparently people have been telling me the show was made for me and why have I not seen it? They are so right.

Starting point is 00:01:43 I love this show so much. And I know it's only season one. We still got two, three, and four still to go to. And I can't wait. And this show did such a great job of just giving me everything I love. It gave me great characters. It gave me immersive stories. it was just it was the cinematography the synthetic music from the 80s the aesthetics just making me feel like I was back in that decade as well the the balance between horror and sci-fi and just everything like I was just so immersed in everything that we watched yeah also I never for one second not one episode even if an episode was a little bit weaker than the last and if I ever say weaker I mean because the last one was like up here maybe this one was right there whatever I'm not talking about this one I just mean

Starting point is 00:02:26 from one to the next never once did i feel like there were pacing issues too i never once felt like this is dragging out and taking too long or it's or it's too fast i just felt it was always really nuanced and balanced in regards to pacing so very flawless season for the most part i really don't have anything negative to say yeah no it's perfect um i'll get i'll get into stuff that i really did love about the last two episodes but how do you feel i mean i love it i'm so glad there was so much heart in these last two episodes, specifically between Joyce and 11, Joyce filling in as a mom figure to her, like, basically like, even when I saw her hold her hand and just hug her, I was like, 11 has never had that. That's so sad. And I really felt the heart there. And I really very much

Starting point is 00:03:15 love how this is written and directed by the Duffer Brothers is that we do not have exposition when it comes to Hopper, we are only specifically shown what happened with his daughter. It's not him talking aloud, here's what happened, blah, blah. They do a really nice job of placing those flashbacks in the really the right, right places to show that there is a parallel between his lost daughter and Will. And you felt the heart in that as well. And I thought, you know, the next really heartful part was between, Mike and 11 and when he is really trying to explain to her no not a friend I like you um and then

Starting point is 00:04:00 he kisses her and her face sort of is like when she looks after him you see this very subtle smile on her face really great acting on her part nothing overdone you can tell she enjoyed that and then it's just it's it's it's it is very obviously upsetting when she when we go from seven to eight she's obviously you know very very uh tired i mean she had to go in the water then she killed eight people and then like she kills the monster and then she's evaporated like we don't see what happens with her which um it's just like dang so you're kind of pissed off about that right you're like oh my god no but they do a good job in in in carrying us through to where we are all taking a moment to just take in what happened. Will is back. We're at the hospital. Elle is dead to us. Demi Gorgon,

Starting point is 00:04:59 we fought it, but mostly Elle killed it. Elle also killed a bunch of people. And then it's a really happy moment going back to life when we see these four kids get back together with Will and the hospital bed, like how it should be, life as it should be before all this shite went down. They give us a peek at that, which we really only got. If you remember the first episode, we got literally 10 minutes, maybe five minutes of it, of them playing the game, and that's it. And then we cut to this episode where we do see how they've moved on in this friendship. But obviously, we are still reading and without exposition, thank you very much,

Starting point is 00:05:43 still reading how Nancy is still struggling with the loss of Barbara, but she is also happy right to have her brother back she's she's also you know keeping jonathan in her life with that gift i liked that i was absolutely stunned that she's back with steve that i was like wait i understand that he he won us back a little bit he cleaned up the thing and then he goes to save him we get it and he he says f you to his shitey little friends but i'm still like wait what i think what um i mean overall right now with where they have left us i just think that they did fantastic job giving us obviously all the really good sci-fi effects i mean that demi gorgon look freaking amazing they use a lot of practical effects in this it all looks really really great

Starting point is 00:06:42 and I never have a bad thing to say about the acting, but of course leaving us on a note where a hopper leaves A goes on top of this food in this box in the forest where we normally were stomping around in the underneath. I'm like, ah, it's great. It's great. Yeah. No, there's all some great points, Tara. And I want to start off with in episode seven.

Starting point is 00:07:08 I feel like there's a theme of forgiveness. obviously it starts off with 11 or rather Lucas kind of asking saying he's sorry and kind of asking for a little bit of forgiveness, you know, from 11 in regards to how he's treated her up to this point. Obviously there was a lot of jealousy and also like confusion in terms of like not understanding something as well in terms of like all the powers that she displays to. And obviously like I just mentioned, the detection of jealousy and like he's best friends with Mike and now she's kind of taken his place. understandable and then also to the forgiveness of Mike with Lucas as well because they got into a little spat over L as well but also to Steve seeing the errors of his ways and kind of wanting the forgiveness of Nancy and Jonathan so I like that theme that they played with in episode seven I thought that was good I do under I do agree with what you are saying it's I did not see that coming with Steve and Nancy getting back together I will tell you this I mentioned it like right before it happened

Starting point is 00:08:09 not that knowing it was going to happen in regards to Steve. And what I mean by that, when he was with the friends and they gave him, I think it was $1.50 for the Tylenol or whatever and the Coca-Cola, which let's get back to a ton of that. There was a look on his face and the actor did a great job displaying that. And that's why I was just reading his emoting. And that's why in his body language.

Starting point is 00:08:32 And I think that's a credit to the actor. I could just tell he was, could see the error of his ways and how sorry he felt. and that's why my light bulb started going off my head like it feels like he's you know he's wrong Nancy and he wants to have a little redemption that's why I kind of made that comment right there it was not so much a prediction was just me reading his body language and the way he was expressing himself right there yeah so I think again a little bit credit to that actor but again I do like that theme that they were playing with in episode seven and I'm glad that he actually came to the

Starting point is 00:09:07 or helped in the I wouldn't say come to the rescue but I would say like I'm glad he helped and I think they killed that. Was that just clarify for me, Tara, was that the same monster at the school that they were fighting that Jonathan and Nancy and all them were fighting or? No, I don't think so. I think you were right in that because they gave us that little lead in with the egg. Okay.

Starting point is 00:09:27 And I think that there, I think it was different. Okay. That's where my head is at, but I'm not sure. Well, you guys let us know in the comments because I was a little confused about that. I could see it either way where, because it looks at it honestly. the one that they fought at the school looked a little smaller than the one that they fought at the at Joyce's house right that they burned yeah the one that they looked like they took care of you know so uh and I agree with you in regards to I'm glad and again when exposition is done yeah in regards if it's done in a way where hey these are natural conversations and this is and obviously we need to know this as an audience but again it's a natural conversation and it's regression for the characters I don't mind that I agree with you I think this was a really special. smart way to show. And also these are natural triggers for this character, whether it was like the little bear or whether he was telling Joyce to calm down in the situation, because his

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Starting point is 00:14:11 with what you are saying in regards to that and i think it was i don't remember i remember them telling us earlier on again it's been a few weeks here and there since we watched the previous episodes i think they i remember they did tell us his daughter died i just don't remember if they said cancer maybe they did but it escaped me either either way i really thought these flashbacks were just emotionally effective in displaying like his backstory and why he is the way he is now and also besides the fact that everything was just wrong in terms of like his skepticism towards this government agency and why he's helping out Joyce and all that just because it's the right thing to do but it's kind of a redemption a little bit for him because he couldn't save his daughter

Starting point is 00:14:51 now he gets to see now he gets to save will i am so fascinated too just for season two just because i'm in love with the show and i just want to see the the journey continue where we go here now with will because it's kind of like we mentioned a few times it's got that alien aliens effect where he's now spitting out the little yeah slimy bug thing out of his mouth so i'm like what is excuse me what are going to be the ramifications and the consequences here with will and by i'm curious too because will has been tortured all season and tormented and obviously now he's going to have to deal with he's going to have to deal with PTSD as as are as everyone else but i would imagine will's is going to be the worst because he was in that I don't know what the passage of time was it was a one month later it was no

Starting point is 00:15:37 no no it was one after he was found I'm talking about when oh from the moment in episode one to episode eight how long he was oh I see what you're saying yeah I don't know I don't know what the passage of time but I can even imagine a day in that underworld would give you yeah crazy PTSD the rest of your life right especially being that age too but I got to imagine that's going to be something in season two but also dealing with whatever is inside of him growing whatever so i'm curious where we go there and also too i'm obviously with l now with the agos she's clearly alive i don't know who else he's leaving egos for right so and also too like how does hopper know is she communicating with him is he working with the government agency guys and now he know i'm so many questions are going on because he he he left

Starting point is 00:16:22 in the car with the agency people and then we saw him lead the agos exactly exactly that's why i'm I'm thinking that and asking that. There are so many questions, and I think like this season, it ended on a sort of, or pretty much happy note, but it also left us with so many questions, too. And I think that's the proper way to end a season to get ready for the next one. So I'm just fortunate for Tara and I, because I have no idea when we're going to film season two. I've got to imagine at some point soon, but I'm just fortunate that we don't have to wait as long as you guys in. That's not a knock on you guys. We probably will only have to wait a week.

Starting point is 00:16:58 Yeah, but I'm sad that you guys had to wait. So, because I will tell you this, if I was watching when this first came out and I'm like, I have to, I, I'm imagining you guys didn't know it was a year and a half, two years when the next one would come out. But I don't know if I could wait a year and a half, two years or whatever it was. It was tough. I could not. I just do remember the feeling of going, of talking about it for the first time of going like, everyone was like, are you watching stranger things? of like, uh-huh.

Starting point is 00:17:24 I watched it in one night. And I think I did the same thing where I think season one came out and I watched it in two nights, which is like not surprising to me why I wouldn't remember any of it. Yeah. Because it was such a talk of the town and even just Halloween was very much 11 and the boys and Duffer Brothers and Stranger Things. And yeah, it was a tough wait. Yeah, no, I can imagine.

Starting point is 00:17:49 Last thing I just want to talk about in regards to a point you made, which I thought was very astute and awesome 11 and joy and joy joy i thought that was just awesome what she was doing there and just comforting her because she went to 11 or jane i believe her real name is right she went to jane's home to see like what the back sort what what the dealia was and she found out they had turned her mother into her mother's mind into mush and they really snatched her up when she was just a little baby or so so she had never really been comforted like you mentioned from her real mother. So like taking that in and also too up to this point she had really not had any interactions with any girl or any women or girls at that point. It'd just been with the boys. So it was nice to get

Starting point is 00:18:35 that that comforting feeling from an adult and as a female as well because she did not have that up to that point. So it was nice to get. And also for Joyce, I think it was very cathartic for her too. Yeah. Because she had been missing Will up to this point. Yeah, she had Jonathan. But that that that feeling of a little child like will so i think that was just very comforting they comforted each other in that way yeah i thought that was just really well executed by both actors in that moment that it it was really like for us the audience we could feel a little relief for both of them and ourselves i agree it was a really good writing when um you know winona says i'm going to be with you the the entire time and if you need to get out i'll get you out like we'll stop immediately um and and even she said you know you're a very

Starting point is 00:19:22 girl. Everything in Joyce's dialogue was spot on for her being a supportive, motherly figure 4-11 to actually feel very safe with her. I mean, because you're not going to feel as safe to go, I'm ready, right? But I feel like Wynonna's character, Joy specifically made her feel safe. And that's really just important, obviously, in any relationship, but for her, seeing Ellen going through all of this stuff with her her kid and the underneath and what to heck all these monsters it's it's a beautiful that's the beautiful heart of of this like this series and that episode specifically absolutely and also too like up to this point whenever she'd gone in the deprivation

Starting point is 00:20:12 tank yeah whenever she'd gotten in the deprivation tanks like she'd been treated like an experiment and completely isolated and obviously when she's in there she is isolated but the that Joyce embraced her and told her that you're not alone when you're in there. I'm going to be holding you the entire time knowing that we are together in this. I think that's really bitter. It was so sweet. It was really sweet. So like it's just like that's that's what this show does a really good job of of like it's

Starting point is 00:20:38 not just an action adventure sci-fi thriller, which is obviously 10 out of 10 in regards to stranger things. They do an amazing job with the suspense. You're on the edge of your seat. The music is perfect. the acting is perfect the pacing is perfect but they also really know how to add in heart in the right way and not make it feel corny or expositional even when mike in 11 like went to kiss because she kept he kept going i like you but then she said uh as a friend because she kept saying a friend friend

Starting point is 00:21:08 friend she doesn't know like the words right it's so smart for him to just go okay i'm just going to kiss her because that's the only way right even if he said no like a girlfriend like a girlfriend romantic she'd have 50 other questions what's romance mean like what is a girlfriend mean right and so i just love that little part of writing that he just goes in for the kiss and her little look at the end i just this show is just it gives you everything it's just it to me it is a perfect tv show that gives you all the feels makes you want to just like keep watching it's so addicting and just there are shows few it there are shows there are shows that are like few and far between

Starting point is 00:21:52 that give you and deliver you this type of emotion. Like this type of feeling that you get from stranger things is unlike really any other. There's some out there. It's rare. Yeah, no, I agree.

Starting point is 00:22:09 And last, a truly final thing I will say in regards to this season and the episode we just watched, I'm anxious to for season two, two types of different relationships. I'm anxious to see how they progress. in regards to Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan.

Starting point is 00:22:24 Because we did see them having a moment and it looked like they were about to kiss right before Steve started knocking on the door. So I'm curious how the triangle is going to be, you know, it's going to be dramatic and interesting and emotional as well. So I'm fascinated how that progresses again in the next season. I really like Hopper and Joyce.

Starting point is 00:22:42 I think like there were so many interactions that they had where I kind of mentioned it. I think once they sound like a married couple. Totally. But it's like, but it's genuine. too. It's not like I didn't just mean like a married couple like they're just arguing with each other like no they actually sound like they they know each other so well and like they they're there for each other too like that and they embrace each other and like I meant it in that way

Starting point is 00:23:05 and you can feel that chemistry. Oh yeah. Oh for sure they were so good together. So I'd really like to see that again progress relationship wise if they don't. I'm curious where we go with there but those are the two relationships I'm anxious to see and assuming a lift comes back obviously Mike and Jane 11, whatever. I'm curious where that goes as well. So, yeah, the relationships are really, again, they're so important to me already. And like I am so on board with all these relationships.

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