The Reel Rejects - STRANGER THINGS SEASON 5 Episode 1 & 2 REVIEW!!!!!

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Starting point is 00:01:48 five by one five by two we'll feel like we'll combine these and then we'll see what the other ones are you know kind of figure it out in the moment of time if they're going to be separate uploads or a combination depending on how the episodes are executed but definitely feels like one and two are a complete story chapter yeah comparatively right well all right let's kick it off my gosh so much happened in two i'm trying to jog my mind of what happened to one i know well i mean i guess yeah like one has a good amount of like it's weird it has a good amount of place setting and it has a good amount of like okay we're at the outset what's the mission we're at the outset of the mission and there's like that there's a thing about the first episode that is kind of like similar to some of the other shows we've been watching where it's like it feels more like you're joining this season in the middle of something rather than like having like a very punctuated like this is the pilot of the season you know and so after the first episode i was sort of like yeah i really like the flavor of the performances and like you know the kind of both maturity that is being projected

Starting point is 00:02:53 across a lot of the writing, but especially on the younger cast, but also yeah, just sort of like the wear and tear that this journey authentically feels like it's taken over time. Like, I liked a lot of the flavors, but, you know, the actual impact of the episode feels more complete having seen the second episode.

Starting point is 00:03:09 Yeah, I'm with you. The structure of the seasons the structure of the seasons every time it starts off as a brand new chapter. It's a new introduction. And this is playing out in a very different, it feels like a part two to season four, even though there's a big time jump, usually the first episodes

Starting point is 00:03:28 of these seasons go, here's where these characters are not just that physically, but here's where they're at mentally and emotionally, and then you're sending them up for potentially where they might arc or what internal journey they might end up going on as they go through the actual plot. Usually the characters don't even know what the threat is at the beginning of the story. This is the first time where it kicks off and they're already, on a mission. Normally the mission doesn't really commence until like the second or third episode after the fear starts coming

Starting point is 00:03:58 back into Hawkins or whatever the hell's going on, right? So this is a very different thrusting you into its start, which should be complimentary and in some ways it is and in other ways I feel like they kind of shy away from some stuff

Starting point is 00:04:15 the quarantine part is the part where I feel like they kind of shy away from it because it doesn't really feel on one hand I was like, oh, it's kind of refreshing to see, I think I said it out loud, it's kind of refreshing to see a quarantine world where it's not treating it like all hollow and bleak. And it's, it's treated like the kids have acclimated to this world. Yeah. And like, you know, you can get used to, you know, life proves you can get used to a lot of things. And like in a situation like this, yeah, I get it. It's like there's a refreshing nature to being like, yeah, this is an ideal. But like, we've been living with with this for long enough that there's a new status quo. There's a new kind of. not calm because I guess that's the interesting thing about the transition from four to five is yeah instead of getting like a reset we're like oh things are normal and everyone's happy and like even if there's like the idea that this isn't over yet like I don't know everything's kind of normal life again for a minute and this is you know joining back where like normal is not a thing anymore and like the situation they live in is directly kind of segueing out of the previous season so like some of that yeah sense but I do sort of wish it's weird it's like we're pat you know we're out of the lockdown pandemic time now and part of me was sort of looking forward to having some of that

Starting point is 00:05:35 texture and flavor of like yeah what is life in this little quarantine like now that you know it doesn't feel so close in my you know I think I bet Netflix told them to shot that's what I was thinking when watching is that Netflix had them shy away from it because they don't want to remind people too much of real life because that's the one part where I do feel like it falls short. It feels too normal. Like I don't get the sense that like the community of Hawkins has been oppressed or contained here. You know, like a town that gets contained for that long where they can't leave and they're under martial law, you know, there's a, it should have a different vibe. And there's also no sense of mourning the giant loss of what

Starting point is 00:06:16 happened, you know? Like that's what I mean, it's like it's kind of a cool start, but it was missing the I feel like it just would have enhanced the tension and the danger and and the the bleakness of the situation they're in and it because like I get they were just showing it through Robin's perspective and the radio DJ and all that stuff but when they're like they're like everything looks pretty much normal and the same without it feeling like they're under quarantine martial law and I thought there would be a little bit more personality enhancement to that considering the devastating events like when you look at part of the start of four they were all like all the debts that occurred uh in season three we are

Starting point is 00:06:57 mourning that and then they had this devastation where people like so many people left hawkins yeah so many people died during those uh you know earthquakes or whatever they justified it as and they're also contained here yet it it there's something that's kind of missing on on that front of it feeling like they're trapped so it should also make 11 and having to navigate these rains feel even harder, you know? Yeah, because it's like you have the tunnels and you have them, like our core characters have to skirt around in a new way because of the military presence. So like it does feel like the dynamics are different with them.

Starting point is 00:07:34 But yeah, I feel like the quarantine stuff could have been a really nice opportunity to like Hawkins is a character. And I was looking forward to that being the flavor of Hawkins for right now is not only quarantine because of some kind of like gooey alien threat, but also it's martial law. It's military occupation and stuff like that. science happening here and like yeah during the school scenes i would forget about that and be like it feel like business as usual yeah you know and it feels like even with some way it kind of would be because you get you get used to it but yet there should be something that's kind of casting a shadow

Starting point is 00:08:05 it felt like this circumstance should have been more of a like thread that carried through the episode as just again the flavor and personality of hawkins and you see like how this affects what life in school is like because like you know maybe i don't know this is all just brainstorms, but I'm like, I don't have a great sense for like, we were just complimenting that it's not super somber before and I appreciate that. I still feel like you could acknowledge like the trauma a town would face being set up this way now. And also I feel like the school I would make feel like more, less populated. You know, like things feel in certain areas like, oh, everyone's here, you know, and I feel like, I don't know,

Starting point is 00:08:47 It would be nice to feel like the town itself has changed and has gotten used to this. There's fun and games to that, but there's also the trauma of that. But either way. I like the whole like Murray showing up early with the shipment. Like that's like a war movie trope that's kind of funny. He's like, oh, I've got some weapons and shit. I've got some intel and I've got some fun stuff. You want some candy?

Starting point is 00:09:09 Like, you know. Yeah. And I think there's a lot of improvements already from season four to five. I think they really took note of. I'm enjoying Jonathan, Will, and Mike like way, way, way, way more. I know they're probably not the main talking point that people are going to be going to,

Starting point is 00:09:29 but, you know, one of the main talking points of four was they were definitely the weakest part for many people. They were, even if you like them, they were one of, they were undoubtedly the weakest part. They got sidelined hard. Yeah, and like, well, you know, especially while Will had a moment, too, where you can see he's dealing

Starting point is 00:09:46 with the struggles of being gay and they allude to that a good amount. He has some powerful scenes and four and a really tender moment with Jonathan. Overall, the storyline there and how it affects the plot

Starting point is 00:09:58 and overall what they gave them just wasn't as strong. So to see what they're doing here where Jonathan feels a little bit more akin to what we knew him as in the earlier seasons instead of just some person who's in denial and being a pothead

Starting point is 00:10:09 and like, we don't know what to do with this actor who will have dead. But specifically Finn Wolfhard, I'm like, oh my God, not since season two have I enjoyed him this much. Yeah, same. He feels both, what they're giving him to perform is really appealing and he's doing a great job at it and also just his involvement in the plot of the story feels way more engaging. They're leaning into him being the middle child by giving him the relationship with Holly,

Starting point is 00:10:34 seeing him as an older brother, which reminds you of how he was in season one, and then now leading into being the younger brother with Nancy. And we've never leaned into that. like there was a little moment at the end of season one where they do talk to each other but they don't ever have like an adventure together and it's often it's easy to forget when they're in group dynamic danger situations oh yeah they're related aren't they their brother and sister yeah you know that you don't really get the sense of the sibling concern uh amidst them that that really gets kind of dropped as the shows progress so it's nice to bring it back to that

Starting point is 00:11:09 So I'm so happy they're really giving that to Finn Wolfhardt because that's been a common criticism. I know we're not alone on that. And so to see them, there's something that feels like really rewarding about getting that with him, honestly. Yeah, I like that. I mean, I really like the evolution so far of everybody or at least, I mean, I think the core kids, Will and Mike and Lucas and Dustin. Like, they're all doing a really terrific job. I mean, it's lucky that they've all gone. grown up to be pretty great actors and so uh i'm i'm curious like i feel like Lucas has had the least

Starting point is 00:11:45 to do so far but like that scene where he's guiding hopper in with uh oh who is it it's him and uh Dustin or will or somebody when they're in the tower and oh mike the sniper mike yeah that like that whole scene was like really cool and his back and forth with mike was really fun it's the scenes where he's talking with max with max and like the emotionality his little confessional boother yeah and i mean he's got to do all that stuff alone so like that's impressive and i love what you picked up on really quickly that, you know, Dustin is essentially kind of turning into Eddie in a lot of ways or is at least kind of carrying on his image and, you know, his good name, you know, in the way as a tribute to him or at least as a way of doing what he can to like not let this guy's memory die, even if it leads him to direct conflict with assholes in school and otherwise. And I mean, it's hard to watch. Like his, he's been such a fun character and a ray of light across the show. He's one of the most. lovable presences and he's been definitely in an isolated

Starting point is 00:12:43 more angsty place this season but it's I mean good work from him and I mean it's a good mark of his range and I really like that stuff and too I love the radio station motif you know partly because that is another sort of 80s trope thing of like the constant

Starting point is 00:13:01 radio chatter especially you watch like old movies like the fog or something like that or you know Night the Living Dead even this is just like constant news reports or a DJ like rattling off things that are sort of tonally rambly but also in fitting with what's going on

Starting point is 00:13:17 and I love yeah like the transmitting of the codes and the we're playing the specific song and all that like that's really a fun new place for them to be like every season you get an expansion like oh there's scoops a hoi there's the mall there's you know all these different things or it's Halloween time and so like to have them at the radio station

Starting point is 00:13:33 I don't know how much like actual broadcasting we're going to do at this point because obviously they're off on a whole other adventure now but that is just a cool thing to bring in you know that i'm looking forward to developing this season that whole idea of radio waves and antennae and like oh maybe will is an antenna of sorts has been like a fun game i think yeah yeah that's a fun idea too is like actually explaining truly how that works more than him just being some type of miscellaneous hive mind connection because he had you know some stuff left in him like it seems that that seems like a genuine thing

Starting point is 00:14:08 and it's been there since season one. You know, like they had the opening scene where Vecna was there in the room when he was put up there. I'm like, I don't know if that was really there the whole time. Maybe they made that up for this. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:14:20 But the idea that Will is the antenna and all this, it seems like it's been there the whole time. And, you know, I think they're doing a good job on building him back up as a threat because re-watching season four, I was like, oh, yeah, Vecna's scary. But then, you know, you get a scene

Starting point is 00:14:37 where baby 11 you know whoops his ass and then you get another one where you know 11's like chained up to see where it looks like Max might die

Starting point is 00:14:49 and then 11 beats him and then the other trio you know shotgun blasts and set him on fire yeah so it's like Victor kind of got his ass but like several times yeah

Starting point is 00:15:00 it's gonna come back here and be like Victor's back and he's gonna be more angry this time You have to sell that he will be scarier and he will be harder to beat. And so I like the idea of going back to Will and tying into season one just being like, no, he's had a long game plan that we haven't been aware of. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:15:24 And we don't know really what he's doing with the kids. Like it's a fun little trick to pull out of their sleeve. Yeah. So I kind of, I was, I was craving a little bit more. of establishment as i like that setup of per season it makes every season feel like a new book installment that way when you're calling it chapter one it's like chapter one here just felt like an episode of television it didn't feel like a chapter uh whereas like one and i believe i believe episode one of i think the episode one of of of this whole series was the vanishing of will buyers

Starting point is 00:16:02 i think that's chapter one yeah well because it's the inciting incident of everything it would make sense and so it makes more sense why episode one and two feel like a chapter versus an episode of television yeah that feels like a solid chapter and like chapters in a novel whereas this feels like we're in chapter two of season four yeah so like i'm like i'm waiting i wanted to see where these characters i wanted to like like okay the ones who are very clear dustin very clear where he's at he's still grieving i like that he's getting a lot of his own independence and more dramatic scenes He's really proven his strength where it seemed like they were running out of ideas and range of what to do with Will and Mike. And to an extent, Lucas, they seem like they were really trying to bring it back for him in season four.

Starting point is 00:16:50 But Dustin has been, I think, out of the main kids that are not 11 and max, the main boys, Dustin is the one who has stayed really strong every single season in some way. You know, there's been something. And he's not even really with the other three throughout a lot of the show. You know, he's either with Steve or Eddie or something like that. It's been a lot of his character. Yeah. And so to have him be on his own and have his own, like, he's the one where the, with the true, he's exactly what I was, what I wanted for more of the characters, you know, like he has an internal struggle and he's involved in the plot. And as he's going to go through the plot, we're going to watch him grow or overcome or whatever, right?

Starting point is 00:17:30 Let go of some of this, yeah, pain and rage and trauma. Yeah. And it's like, okay, we don't really know where Jonathan's at. I mean, Jonathan and Steve, they're behind for Nancy's heart. Like, okay, we're doing that still. Yes. Like, we're bringing that going. And then maybe it is about Jonathan and Steve actually having a friendship and an understanding,

Starting point is 00:17:52 like really bringing that to a close. Yeah. Perhaps, you know, because I do feel like in earlier seasons, Nancy would be there with Jonathan, like really trying to make this shit happen especially with what's going on right now and trying to like embark on this mission together whereas I'm not getting the sense

Starting point is 00:18:12 of their partnership at all again that's still like that was completely dropped in forward and now it's like still kind of carrying over even though they're back together yeah and so yeah there's like there's things I'm craving for I'm like

Starting point is 00:18:25 I'm not finding it to be like a perfect new season it's a final season and I see how it's going to be the final season season and there's things i'm excited about to see unfold and you can't really judge the whole thing until uh it's all completed but you know as of now where we're at in this moment of time there are some things i'm i'm i'm itching for that i hope they do bring some stress i'm really hoping joyce is more than just there and it's there for david harper you know and and uh 11

Starting point is 00:18:57 even you know we got to find some like 11's like she's not really in episode one she's a lot more in episode two but right now she's just feeling like plot mechanic she's just a functional character at the moment and it's a very common you know it's a relatable sort of like yeah she wants to beat her time and be you know completely capable of doing any mission in front of her but yeah it's not the most impactful character over these couple episodes not a whole lot of like big emotional beats that are new or fresh or feel like they're in direct response to like the previous season or anything and i like I really like the moment where Hopper gets

Starting point is 00:19:30 to open up to her about his past and why he's been acting this way about her coming on the missions and stuff but I mean 11 of everybody in the ensemble for as important as she is doesn't feel like we've gotten an intimate look at where she's at right now

Starting point is 00:19:47 beyond her determination yeah because when 11 is central and is the main presence Millie Bobby Brown shines like nobody's business you know like rewatching this show i was like i've heard completely i think she she's like the most famous one from the show and yet i feel like her talent as an actor is not that recognized yeah because they're so used to stranger things and she's 11 but no she's born to play this role she's

Starting point is 00:20:14 phenomenal the depth and especially the attention given to her in seasons one two and four like unbelievably incredible and and i thought it would kind of resonate more these first two episodes but it's not really there they got a lot of things they're setting up and getting through and granted the first two episodes of every one of these seasons not usually the strongest ones you know it's it usually is a lot of setup because of how giant the cast is yeah yeah so we're we're still like getting into it but you know those there's the it's weirdly out of i think it's weirdly at this weird crossroads right now because the first as i'm examining some storytelling you know like we could sat here and theorize and whatever

Starting point is 00:20:54 We're going to find all that up. But from storytelling point of views, the first couple episodes of each one of these seasons has been so good at setting up a mystery and tension and we've got to investigate. And it's not really as strong here. You know, it's kind of like very straightforward. We're on a mission to find Vecna.

Starting point is 00:21:12 And now it's, again, trying to like, now what's Vecna's next plan? And maybe there's going to be some mind-blowing thing. We were like, holy shit, didn't see that coming. Or, oh, my God, this is a game changer. And I'm hoping for that because right now it's very, kind of I don't want to say by the numbers that underplays how good

Starting point is 00:21:30 a lot of it is but you know what I mean? Yeah there's at the moment it's like there's a lot of really good acting and though the writing of the scenes between characters is very well articulated there's a lot of really beautiful effects and there are a lot of moments that are exhilarating

Starting point is 00:21:46 and intriguing and mysterious but I think what is kind of at least in contrast to the previous seasons the things I am missing is like yeah a strong sense of like what's the motif that makes season five specifically season five and what is going to be like the yeah surprising kind of new element or new threat beyond just the stuff I know to expect like it's the first time where I'm like yeah we're we're doing Vectna again like every season has dealt with like a new threat

Starting point is 00:22:18 a new threat on top of the old ones and you get how they all kind of are of the same place it's not like you have to reinvent the wheel but I'm also like what's the new thing aside from like two scenes with linda hamilton and the radio station and like this half half quarantine that we're kind of in because uh yeah and before i forget it was just with linda hamilton like i was so excited about her being here and to me she kind of feels like a guest star i would see in like the supernatural show you know where you're like okay she's just kind of here so far pretty pretty he's kind of generic so far yeah and when i kind of feel like you want to have that an instant impression of you are a new type of um uh energy or new type of presence that there even though

Starting point is 00:23:06 you're you're feeling a certain type of role here as general or whatever you want to feel like you're a new type of dynamic you're going to bring something new to the table you want a strong first impression of that you want a strong yeah introductory moment or something and i'm like she's charm like I'm charmed at least that she's having fun here and I like I'm interested but I also yeah am sort of not just like Paul riser had that like yeah like right away and you know and he's going up against Matthew O'Dine yeah yeah yeah like and they seem to like especially introduce but generally handle those characters as if they are bringing in like you know a veteran performer and they're giving them something juicy and right now it mostly feels like she's bringing a good amount to

Starting point is 00:23:50 yeah some pretty normal you know sci-fi character stuff and I am aware of the trope obviously like oh what's she building in there what's her deal she seems both you know sort of like over like you know she's a little bit bored and amused by this and everyone around her is like kind of incompetent or whatever and and you know all those things are fun but yeah like yeah I just can't really make an assessment about it and I'm more intrigued than I have really any conclusion is she reminds me of timothy oliphant in the alien show uh and even and even though i was semi i was kind of doubting myself just because it i think i threw out that prediction not that like i get a lot of predictions wrong and a lot of things we do i really do um but then i think

Starting point is 00:24:38 like very very early on that my first inclination was oh it's probably henry you know and then they have this big reveal moment that it was henry this whole time like oh I thought it would be something like, I was even down for just a brand new character we've never seen before. Honestly, that's what I was hoping for. That's what I was thinking we were going

Starting point is 00:24:56 because I'm like, oh, okay, I feel like if it was Henry, we would have known by now. Well, and the first time you see that silhouette shot, I love that shot in the window where you see the silhouette

Starting point is 00:25:03 and the water's dripping down, so it gives him that oscillating Vecna look. And I think that's like good. It would have been a cool mislead. Yeah. And again, I'll wait to see what they do. But I thought that was going to be an opportunity.

Starting point is 00:25:17 I was more interested like, oh, yeah, what is this, Mr. What's the thing? And what's up with Holly? And, like, you know, they keep doing the whole wrinkle in time thing, which, as I remember, you know, there's an element of, like, it's an older sister and two siblings. And I think there's, like, a middle child boy. Like, they're doing a lot that mirrors parts of that story and the journey to a distant realm and all that stuff. And especially how this is mirroring the time travel. That is mirroring in, like, a very specific moment in time of these characters.

Starting point is 00:25:42 Yeah, and I need to go back and revisit the story. I don't have, like, the freshest record. so I don't know if you remember it really well if you like go oh imaginary friend must be you know the villain or whatever but yeah I was looking forward to that being something new or surprising and I guess again we'll see where it goes but like by episode two to be like oh that mystery is done and it's Vecna it's not like it's just it highlights that want still for like a new interesting motif which I feel bad kind of saying because this is still really beautiful work and I really love the demigorgan scene like it felt scary

Starting point is 00:26:18 you mentioned poltergeist like it that was the low and it being the most in a long time they felt like a real threat and like that was really cool and gripping yeah it was a really suspenseful scene that was actually really scary the demigorgan was actually scary yeah you know the demigorgian

Starting point is 00:26:34 in Russia is is cool it's like a video game character though yeah and like when it's like wreaking havoc on the prisoners and stuff like it's intense there's an intensity to it but I wasn't exactly scary especially because I'm like, well, Hopper will make it out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:26:49 And like, it's crazy. It's cool. I mean, I actually don't remember what my first, I mean, it's recorded. So I don't remember what my first response was. Put the lasting impression. But yeah, especially in that moment. But in this moment, what made it scary was like, oh, characters I know who have been around for a while might die right now. Who don't know how to handle this.

Starting point is 00:27:10 Yeah, who don't know how to handle it. So that made it really scary. And whereas, like, in Russia, it's like offing a lot of prisoners yeah but you know hop rule at least be fine till the final episode is it well and you're in a place that's all harsh and and dank and drippy you know like the hardest of the harder out here so like to see it in like yeah like a suburban home is even more just a contrast and a spot where you shouldn't see like i think yeah i heard gambor go toro sum up horror perfectly of what makes something scary he said like oh my god i wish i just committed it like to memory like if it was a mantra because

Starting point is 00:27:44 it would be so good for someone who anyone who writes horror It's like committed to memory. It's when like when you're when there's something there that shouldn't be there. If you're at a place and and what makes something scary is something's there that shouldn't be there or on the verse or on or the inverse of that where like was the first one example I said. Something is there that shouldn't be or something shouldn't be there. Yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:28:10 It's like one of those. So this is one of those examples. It's like something is there that shouldn't be there. of like the demigorgan is here and it's very nice night that they're having in a home and we thought we were done with this. And so yeah, to have this moment

Starting point is 00:28:26 was really scary scene. And yeah, what they're doing with Holly, I'm glad she gets a chance to act. And I actually had that thought. There's a scene in season three with Karen where she's telling Nancy like, no, if you want to be a journalist and complete this story, like you fucking go for it.

Starting point is 00:28:44 And I remember having that thought of, You're probably one of those actors on this show who, like, I don't even know her name, but you're like, oh, Karen? The character name, Karen, but I don't, you know, the actress. I think it's Carabono. Okay, so it's one of those things, like, oh, we got, you know, if you're like, we're all those actors from Stranger Things here, you wouldn't immediately go to her. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like, you wouldn't be, like, the most excited. Sorry, I forgot, she watches this, but it. She's not the first person you think about it in the ensemble.

Starting point is 00:29:14 Yeah, and. Karen is not the top and you're like oh you're the mom character like that's what you would do you're one of the moms yeah and so I I thought it was really cool because they kept trying to like find something for her to do that was a little bit more I noticed in certain seasons and by four they kind of stopped caring but then here I'm like oh you get like some of the most memorable shit now yeah yeah I think that's really cool that after all these seasons to give her that yeah because she was one of those actors and like oh you've been around the main cast you've been one of the series regular since the beginning you've been holding it down yet no one would really think of you yeah well you're doing strong work but you're also not the most demanded on character and you're not in the most like crazy sci-fi of circumstances yeah going to overshadow yeah like roles like that that you need that are important that you need great actors to fill but that yeah don't get as much of the limelight yeah it was cool to see sad for the characters we had to see her in such a fierce moment and you know that's a little bit aliens where she gets to tell off the creature and that whole thing

Starting point is 00:30:15 with a wine bottle and her going at it was like really gripping and she really seemed like she threw down for the physicality of that moment and I believed like the you know intensity definitely in her performance so yeah like a standout moment and standout sequence like from all that stuff

Starting point is 00:30:31 in Holly's bedroom down in the kitchen Ted getting pulled into the mix that's fucking badass it was a great scene it was a great scene and yeah liking everything with a hopper glad we get to see and be a soldier watching all that really pay off I feel like we got a lot of like his serve you get a lot of the soldier stuff throughout the seasons.

Starting point is 00:30:50 But this is the first time it's very direct like it's pointed to season feels like they went back through the show Bible and they were like tallied up like okay what are all the major themes we got to pay off what are some of the opportunities we have to pull in a character or a thing from before we haven't used as much you know and various other things but yeah I mean it's it's yeah I feel like I like so much of what's here there are some things that could get back. better and hopefully they do and hopefully they do and 99.9% of people who watch this show will not stop to think about it yeah there's on to episode three already yeah yeah they're already there and they're formulated opinion and they're probably already like stop talking you should just watch episode three and all your opinions will change yeah but you know just from a structure storytelling point especially compared to the other seasons there are some things that I'm noticing of why it's not feeling as strong as I like it to feel currently like it's it's stranger things so I'm I'm i'm enjoying the hell out of it regardless like i'm i'm enjoying it immensely because it's stranger things yeah but there is there is parts around like i feel like it could be stronger already well the stakes is high and i feel like everybody has a little bingo card of like all the things they need for this to stick the landing and it's doing a lot of that stuff already and yeah there are just a couple of little spots on the bingo card i would like us to be able to fill in before this is done yeah especially at time volume one gives us a cliffhanger yeah Because, you know, especially, it's like they want everyone to tune on Christmas Day. Yeah. Like, volume one cliffhanger better be like the craziest fucking cliffhanger. What's inside the wall?

Starting point is 00:32:25 You know, like maybe some really truly horrendous crazy shit is just beyond Vecna's weird, bubble-y sack wall. Who knows, maybe it was completely changed our tune once we're done with episode three. But in the meantime, guys, that's their thoughts for episode one and two. Keep a lookout. Hopefully tomorrow for VEPSA 3 reaction. That's the goal. thank you for being here thank you for subscribing thank you for leaving a like

Starting point is 00:32:47 thank you for being on this journey with us for so many years we'll see you guys for episode three

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