The Reel Rejects - STRANGER THINGS Season 4 Episode 2 REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:00:28 We are going to go to our patron questions. That's the first thing we do after a review. That's why you become a patron, because if you got questions for us, we'll answer them for you. All right. Here we go. Stranger Things 4 times 2. All right.

Starting point is 00:00:53 The first question is from Jess Delane. Taryn Andrews, Stranger Things. Who's your favorite characters? Oh, yeah. If you could expand that. Great, thank you. Who's your favorite character so far this season? Why is it Eddie?

Starting point is 00:01:07 He is epic in every way, and I love him so. Thank you for the question, Jess. I mean, Eddie definitely, I will say, I think he's doing a great job of just showing, like, the ramifications of, and the psychology of what happens to someone who has all this confidence and what happens. to a person when they experience such a traumatic thing like a supernatural murder right in front of their face and then seeing like how they deal with that and you know within a day or so after

Starting point is 00:01:41 that and explaining it I think I think Joseph Quinn's the actor's name he just mesmerizing the way he's portraying the character and again we're only two episodes and so I'm fascinated to see like you know how they portray the the rest of the season with that character and I think it's an interesting storyline too, Tara, that we're going to, like, especially with Steve now and with Dustin and with Maya Hawk

Starting point is 00:02:06 and how we're, and with Sadie Sink here, I think it's, and Max, I think it's interesting that we're going to be going through this whole thing of, like, proving his innocence, because you have the whole thing, which I love that you call that with Gaston, or Jason, rather, and that whole crew of, you know, going into

Starting point is 00:02:22 like hunting after him, and also you have the police and all of them looking for because he's the prime suspect that happened in her place at Eddie's place, rather. So it's going to be fascinating, like, because they know he's innocent, these group of characters. It's going to be fascinating to watch how they're going to, like, kind of protect him and also they're going to have to rally the whole group together to prove his innocence as well and also fight off this demonic dark wizard.

Starting point is 00:02:49 So Eddie is definitely a very fascinating character. The show just does a great job of naturally inserting new characters like Erica. last season, my Hawks character last day. They do such a great job of naturally infusing them in such an ensemble cast and not making it feel forced in any kind of way and still giving other people that we already do care

Starting point is 00:03:08 about and that we are so invested in still giving them their limelight and still advancing the plot and developing their characters in such a nice way as well. So I think the show just such a seamless job when it comes to that. But Eddie is fantastic and I can totally see why he is your

Starting point is 00:03:24 favorite character. And I would say so far he's definitely up there in the new season. Yeah, he's great. You know what? I really like the nerd alert that Nancy's working with that obviously he's under the spell. I forget his name at the moment. Fred. And then Argyle is a huge

Starting point is 00:03:41 comedic relief. He's doing a really great job at playing Jonathan's friend, but also just adding comedy in there because this is like, it's getting rough for all of us, right? It's getting rough for like for Murray and Joyce and then, you know,

Starting point is 00:03:56 We've got Hopper in the freaking prison being tortured. We've got Elle being bullied. I mean, there was a lot in this episode that I was like, this is all really terrible. But I do think that Argyll, these are not like my favorite. I absolutely agree with you that Eddie is, obviously he is a prime character, a lead character in this because he has a lot of skills as an actor and he's bringing his A game.

Starting point is 00:04:23 but I do appreciate those notes that those new characters bring that we haven't seen a ton of them and I think it's been enjoyable but I also guest on the doucheerama I also forget his name but Chrissy's boyfriend his name was Jason I believe it is I guess that's fitting for him Jason I think is doing a good job

Starting point is 00:04:46 of playing that attractive yacht boy who's egotistical and we see him as kind of an asshole so we don't really put it past him that's like maybe you could have hurt her but we all knew the story but now that he's getting he's being like guest on of like let's go hunt this beast

Starting point is 00:05:06 I'm intrigued I want to see where it goes but I do believe him in that character I would not be surprised if he was popular in high school and always got the hot girl and is a little bit of a jerk we'll see um okay

Starting point is 00:05:22 all right from billy barns thanks for being a royal reject and for the question we appreciate it even though you're only two episodes in how do you see well fitting in do you think he is finally getting that break after so many traumatic seasons would you say he could

Starting point is 00:05:39 have managed to catch up for all the lost time about five questions there hopefully they tie into each other love you guys thanks billy yeah I mean we've definitely mentioned this before he has gone through the ringer when it comes to the first couple seasons, especially the first two. And yeah, I mean, it's tough right now because, you know, they've moved away. They're in

Starting point is 00:06:00 California. And he does, I mean, seems like at least in the first episode, it didn't really seem like, well, it seemed like there was a girl that was into him and, uh, he kind of, like, she was touching him or flirting with him or something. And he kind of like, you know, hit her hand away or, like, wasn't into her or something like that. And so I, I mean, we didn't see a ton of time with him with other people and he's trying to be supportive of l but she's obviously going through a very difficult time too because people are making fun of her she doesn't have mike and the other support system as well there so you know it's definitely tough for will i mean he's the fascinating thing with all these characters they've got some serious trauma that they're

Starting point is 00:06:39 dealing with from all the events of everything especially will so i mean the show just does such a great job of like that's what makes the show so grounded and feel like real is that they do a great job of showing like what happens to these characters and how they have to deal with it so i mean it's but i think that's what is the the power of this show is that they have such amazing friends friends to rely on and obviously there's times where it's like you know uh what's interesting is like okay now you've got lucas is trying to go on the popular boat with the bad basketball team, and he's kind of dealing with a facade thing, you know, like, all right, let me try this. My friends didn't come to the game, so they're not being supportive.

Starting point is 00:07:23 And then you got L, like, kind of writing to Mike and saying, like, you know, trying to make things up right now to kind of live in a facade of everything's cool, everything's good right now. And it's fascinating to see how that's going right now. But then at the end of the day, you know that things are going to go right for all of them, and they're going to, you know, uplift each other and that's, and rely on each other because that's what they are. They're really a family at the end of the day, so that's how I see things fitting in for Will. The group of friends and the camaraderie and the family that they have are going to uplift him at the end of the day. Yeah, I don't see Will fitting in, obviously,

Starting point is 00:08:00 currently. He's having a really difficult time. And then you said, is he finally getting a break after so many traumatic seasons? Yes, but he's not, he doesn't want that break. Like he is, we can see that he is more emotional and more sensitive than really everybody else in this. Although Mike can be more sensitive with Elle, because as he said, he's like, well, that's my girlfriend. You're my friend. There's a difference. But, you know, Will is really missing that, like, the love and the connection that they used to have. And I feel bad for him.

Starting point is 00:08:38 So I feel like, and you're saying like, oh, would he say that he would have managed? catch up for all this lost time. And I'm like, yeah, he's caught up, but in all the worst ways. He would probably rather it be like, let's go back and I have less time if it can be like where it was before. Because I, when you see him just a hurt in his eyes, he currently right now is alone and isolated even when he is around his friends. That is the worst way to feel.

Starting point is 00:09:12 ever always and that's exactly where will is and he doesn't really have anybody that he can open up to to talk to about it because right now him and l are kind of on the outs he's like you lied to mike him and mike are a little bit on the outs they're searching for l so um you know i feel really bad for him he's he's alone he's isolated and i i you know in you saying hopefully they tie into each other. I think they do because as I'm saying, I think that him fitting in, he's just not. And hopefully eventually down the line, we will see that he does. I'm just not sure how it's going to get there. Well, and even to your point, just really quick, he was even opening up slightly to Mike, even though he was just telling him more about, you know, what was

Starting point is 00:10:04 happening with Elle, like, dude, she's completely lying to you. And that's why I was rolling my eyes. And everything was more about that than broaching the subject of like what he's going through. And And also, he did kind of go into it a little bit about what's going on with him saying, dude, you've never, you haven't called really called me this whole time. He's like, the phone works both ways. Like, so, yeah, I do agree with you there. So I think eventually he's, that is the worst thing to have friends like right there and like not recognizing the things that are bothering you. And also like, I can't tell you these kind of things. But again, I think like it presents an obstacle that later on is going to be rectified and is going to eventually get resolved.

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Starting point is 00:12:39 time. I'm all about efficiency. That's the most efficient way. Anyway, feel smart, feel good. Thanks to heal for sponsoring this video. Jessica Houser said seeing Elle struggling is heartbreaking. She's been through so much and now has no powers. How do you feel about this gate rinking in this episode? Do you think Elle went too far or was she justified? Personally, I'm with Elle completely. Angela needed to get her bell runga i know terran i understood that reference yes it was awful how she was treating oh it was disgusting and i can totally understand jessica why you feel that l or rather that uh it was justified i i get it and i think we're with ell in like doing something back to uh what's her name angela like

Starting point is 00:13:31 she's an she's just an awful person i'm just not a big fan of physical violence to someone over words as bad as the words were like from someone like Angela and again I would want if it were possible if she had her powers or even if she doesn't have her powers to do something whether it'd be in a pranky man or just not take an actual skate and do something where she can like be charged with assault or be taken away just something like that like as much as I loved seeing it I just don't want Elle to get in trouble I think it's the biggest thing like it was not it felt good in the moment but like because we care about Elle so much and we know the the consequences of doing such an action.

Starting point is 00:14:13 That's where I was just most worried about. You know what I mean? And I, again, I don't believe in physical violence in such a manner, like, unless it's in self-defense. Like, that was my only thing. But I totally get why you feel justified. Angela is an awful human being, especially the group of friends that she had, too.

Starting point is 00:14:29 And, like, that was terrible what they were doing. But how did you feel about it? So in the skating rink episode, I mean, the skating rink scene in this episode was, horrific. Just when you think it's going to stop, it keeps going, right? Not only are they filming it and then the milkshake thing, but then they don't just even let her, like, walk off. They're still like following her and laughing at her. It's freaking awful. And when I see her grab that freaking skate, I literally, I'm like, vengeance is ours. I'm like, we ride at dawn, go get her.

Starting point is 00:15:06 But then at the same time, I'm like, oh, God, this is going to be bad. but so bad in such a good way but also not good like I wanted it because you heard me saying please just slap her please just punch her like I can't and it's not even like a thing that I would normally like for me that I would normally do right like I'm not going to go around punching anyone or like slapping anyone but seriously Angela was she is the literal worst and I'm going to tell you you saw my reaction of that I was like so shook when she did it I was shocked but I believe there was a huge smile on my face which is bad but like literally I hate that character Angela and the skating rink scene went really far they took a lot of time on it and that's what makes

Starting point is 00:16:05 this story and the way that it was written and directed so good because you take enough time on that so when that character finally seeks vengeance we are on her freaking side no matter how much juice there is behind it meaning no matter how violent it is and in that moment i i am with you where i was like yeah i'm with hell i don't know you messed up angela even though i'm not thinking about the after effects of like until immediate like oh crap she could get sued and be and be charged with assault and be like arrested it's really bad but in the moment i'm like hell yeah yeah this woman's gone too far just do it yeah all right from amelia holmes thank you so much for being a royal reject and for the question we appreciated do you know anything about the satanic panic

Starting point is 00:17:01 in the 80s, as you can see, it was hinted at at the very end of the season three finale and is a larger part of the cultural context in season 4. I've never heard of it. I don't know anything about it. What about you? It was hinted at the very end of the season 3 finale with the 4th of July.

Starting point is 00:17:21 Huh. Okay. I don't know anything about satanic panic. So maybe Amelia on like the next one, maybe when you ask that to give us some juice on it and then we can answer we'll answer more for you like give us a little background on what that is because I didn't catch that but I also don't know what it is I don't either sorry all right last one's from kev B strangeer things always drops plenty of mysteries and strange clues along the way was there a moment detail or line in this episode that made you go wait what does that mean and what's your wildest theory about what's

Starting point is 00:18:01 really going on. I don't know if anything made me go particularly wait, what does that mean? But again, I'm just very fascinated to know more about whatever this dark wizard, was it, Beckna, is that what it's called? Beckner or whatever

Starting point is 00:18:17 Beckner's Curse. Not Beckner's Cruz? No. I'm very curious if like what Eddie's uncle was saying, if that's who it is Victor, whoever he said that was, because I really...

Starting point is 00:18:31 Victor Creel. I want to know the backstory on who this is, how we got there, if it's just something from the upside down. Like, I just... I don't know if I have an actual theory on it, but, I mean, again, it's very easy to presume that this is very inspired by a nightmare in Elm Street this season, rather. So I'm curious if there's going to be anything

Starting point is 00:18:56 that, you know, kind of is a little bit of a parallel in there that they're... being inspired by with with uh the character but yeah i just like that's the biggest thing like that has me like intrigued to see in terms of like revealed and backstory i want to find out more about why is this thing doing what it's doing and what it and the backstory i'm so curious what about you i'm really trying to think a moment detail or line in this episode to make you go wait what does that mean? I'm really, I'm, I'm trying to think through all of the characters and like what they're saying, but I don't really feel like there was anything that made me think, wait,

Starting point is 00:19:45 what does that mean? I think I automatically knew that Victor Creel, like, it's very easy to check because he's still in the psych ward. We got to figure that out. Nancy can do that, right? Yeah. I, I, I, And now that Vecna is revealed and he's going after Fred is sort of like, oh, now we know, right? We sort of know what's going on, especially with the episode being titled Vekna's Curse. Again, it leads us back to D&D, which is great. But I guess I'm really trying to think of all the lines in here. I think maybe. what does

Starting point is 00:20:27 Rie for Rick really mean I will say this while you're thinking of that I do love how besides the camaraderie and the teamwork and the family dynamic of the group and I love how them being experts on D&D makes them perfect proponents

Starting point is 00:20:44 for why they are so well equipped for beating whoever like the main villains creatures rather are for these for each of these seasons. They've gone through it on these games for hours. That's why they're such, you know,

Starting point is 00:21:00 top level experts for this. Maybe Eddie will be like the, like in terms of wild theories, he's going to like, I've beaten, I have been Vecna so many times. I know exactly how Vecna thinks. I'm ready to go at this.

Starting point is 00:21:12 Yeah. Also, too, I'm so intrigued because we saw with Fred, like what he was dealing with. And again, I love the inventiveness. I've already said it a few times. And like the traumas that, you know, this creature, or the dark wizard, rather, Vecna,

Starting point is 00:21:26 that he exposes when he puts you in this nightmare trance. I'm so interested and also horrified to see, like, in the foreshadowing, in the upcoming episodes, what he's going to expose and the inventiveness that they're going to come out with, with each character or victim that he goes after. It's fascinating to see, because with Fred, you saw, like, obviously with the victim of the car crash

Starting point is 00:21:49 and how that trauma still stays on with him. So I know it was a couple. Do you remember what it was for Christy? I remember it was like she was like having like some domestic or some family issues, right? I can't remember. And particularly what I was. Because a couple of weeks ago, we watched that episode and we've watched a ton of media in between. So I'm kind of already spacing out.

Starting point is 00:22:10 And some, some shit's happened since then. So my mind's not as clear as it normally is. But again, I'm intrigued again. Like I said, I hate the whole when he does that. It's very gruesome to look at as visceral as it is and gruesome and inventive as the kills are when he does it. It's horrifying at the same time. But I do like, again, the inventiveness of when he exposes their traumatic takes. But have you thought of anything?

Starting point is 00:22:43 So I'll go back to my line in a sec. But like with Chrissy, you know, initially we thought, you know, they're praying after the week, right? there was a weakness she's going to get drugs because she literally just can't stand it. She's going through a lot of pain. But then when you think about Fred, you're like, he isn't really in this most vulnerable position, right? He's helping Nancy.

Starting point is 00:23:04 He's a smart kid. Sure, he's a nerd. But then, you know, the second they pull up, he's already seeing, you know, in that cop, the visions. And then obviously he gets pulled in and he gets to see his worst fear. The car crashed. And that's why he has the scar.

Starting point is 00:23:19 but there's still nothing that I'm like fully adding up of like wait who how can I guess who our next victim is going to be based on who is at their weakest because that's obviously it's not adding up so I'm not sure exactly why he's choosing what he's choosing and then specifically the one the one line I think from this episode that made me go wait what does that mean is really just even though I know what it means is Mike going why am I the bad guy? Why does this make me the bad guy? And then Will doesn't really answer, right? And then they're just like, let's go find her. There's a reason that was written in there. And I'm curious as to what it, what's that subconscious underlying thing

Starting point is 00:24:11 that we're supposed to get from Mike telling Will, why does that make me the bad guy? because right now their friendship is on the outs and I'm not really sure how we're going to get back to it and the fact that Will didn't answer him means that when he does we're waiting for a real plot twist I think

Starting point is 00:24:31 so I'm waiting, I'm waiting for that and the wildest theory I would say about what's really going on is now that we have revealed Vecna I think that Vecna is just I don't know, he's doing the D&D thing. He's just trying to take over the, the, what do you do? When you play D&D, take over the planet.

Starting point is 00:24:55 You curse him? Yeah, you take it over and you, you kill all the things in your way. I don't know, I don't know. If I knew D&D better, I'd be like, oh, Vecna's using them to feed himself. I don't know. Like, I would say that's like my wildest theory. Is Vakness got to go after, he's got to. get them all just like it was in the

Starting point is 00:25:19 other one. The monsters trying to get everybody on their side to go to take over the land or whatever. Yeah. This is a again, I think I've mentioned it already a few times in season one, but it's season one. Episode run. Excuse me. I think it's a fascinating

Starting point is 00:25:36 theme that they are playing on, especially with at their age that they're at with all our main kids, you know, with Dustin, with Mike, with Will and Lucas. The whole group, and the rest of the core group, too. The whole growing apart theme and I think they're executing on it in such a methodical and fascinating way and it's going to be interesting to see because again it makes the show feel so grounded and

Starting point is 00:25:58 it adds like a dramatic residency to the whole show and it gives it another layer on top of the suspense and the horror stuff so and the fantasy the sci-fi fantasy so I'm very I'm very again interested to see where we go along with that because again we're in such a different places with our main group right now like jonathan's off in california nancy's still in hawkins and then dust and step and and that whole core over there lucas is with the basketball guys and will and mike are completely uh you know very distant with each other as well so it's going to be again our favorite moments i think you know pretty much when the whole group dynamic comes together in the last couple episodes so i'm going to be fascinated to see when everything comes

Starting point is 00:26:47 and we resolve our issues when it comes to the whole growing apart thing so i think they're they're really executing on it nicely so far yeah we shall see all right guys we do have to get out of here but do all the right things leave a like leave a comment um subscribe all that stuff we love y'all and we will see you on the next one

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