Perfect Ending Edition>>217049875
That >friends? No way>...we're best friendsdialogue was taken straight from drake & josh
Um our response Derekcels...??
>>217052230You call this a perfect ending OP?
>>217052291Huh, guess they didn't actually age that badly to be honest.
>>217052230Dustin had a lot of unflattering shots in the epilogue
>>217052230>Playing The Trooper during the graduation ceremony instead of during one of the numerous action sequences
I DON'T WANNA SWIM THE OCEAN
>>217052373It's fine, dude's clearly owning his appearance and doesn't mind looking goofy.
>>217052375It was a callback to Eddie, chud
>>217052367maybe its really the lighting
Why did the Mindflayer feel so much more dangerous and powerful in Season 3? How did it become such a jobber?
>>217052230>WONsteve, dustin, derek>good lifehopper, joyce, lucas, max>oknancy, mike>not so good of an ending but whateverjonathan, robin>shit endingwill (he is gay and will get aids)
>>217052406Which is why it would have been perfect during the moment when Dustin said, "THIS IS FOR EDDIE" while fighting the Mindflayer (which was really more like a Tarrasque, but this is the season with the anachronistic Sorcerer bullshit so clearly these fags don't play D&D anyway).
>>217052230These Gen X nerds-turned-elites never fail to repulse me. The midget geek character becomes Chad's best friend and gets asked out by Stacy, the young hip kids all play Dungeons and Dragons at the end. How convenient
>>217052375The whole point is the graduation speech is a tribute to Eddie
>>217052303We won.
>>217052417How did he used to fit inside a shopping mall
>>217052417Too many characters built too much plot armor, so it never felt like there was any actual stakes by the end
I never thought the show was that great. Why is it so sad that it's over?
>>217052230Is this build achievable natty?
>>217052417him and vecna jobbed hardvecna jobbed to fucking BASED derek in fact
>>217052459>best friends with Mike>is Holly's boyfriend>clearly the star player on Steve's baseball teamDerek won
Why was Vicky Robin gf and not Tammy ?
>>217052417Mostly what >>217052472 said. These characters weren't going to survive through all this time to die at the very last second. Everyone except Kali had immense amounts of plot armor, and since it's a show for women they're not going to kill off any of the kids.
>>217052459>we won>friendzonedcuck bros... we won!
>>217052479Things are always bittersweet when you finish them, even if they're bad. I get the same feeling whenever I finish a book.
What the heck happened to Vicky?
>>217052303>>217052459Correct, that bitch classmate was lying and that's why the otherwise perfect Holly had to bash her in the head with a boombox
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They clearly wanted to kill off hopper in both season 4 and 5 but pussied out both times.
>>217052512Keep coping, currycel.
>>217052417>is more sinister and powerful from another dimension>is weak and pathetic in its own natural turf and also being 10x largerIt makes no sense
>>217052530KEKgoddauymn boy
>>217052519she looked away
>>217052536How many times he had a farewell moment? it got annoying
So Will coming out didn't matter in the end?
>>217052471it wasnt his full form, just what he hobbled together from Hawkins civilians goop
>>217052530This just convinces me they could have done the AI ending where everyone was S1 ages and they just finished their D&D campaign.
>>217052530>50 gallons of water btw
>>217052530Hood rat 11 looking better than the real one this season lmao
>mind flayer>no mind was flayed during the final battleIs it retarded or what?
>>217052581Nope. It was a forced scene that did not matter in the least. It would have been funny if some of them disowned him after coming out, but clearly this was a made up 80s middle America town.
>>217052230weren't they already seniors in season 5? why did they graduate 18 months after killing Vecna?
>>217052519I killed her
>>217052367nancy looks ridiculous with the chiseled bogged square face
>>217052472Season 5 had zero stakes. >the wormholes and earthquake at the end of season 4 were patched up>somehow nobody in hawkins realizes that there's something supernatural happening, the town never feels it's threatened like in season 4>nobody fucking dies except the midget pajeeta from season 2>eleven only dies after they defeat the antagonists and save the day already making her death super contrived>the military subplot is so poorly integrated into the show that they disappear without explanation after eleven dies>vecna is a jobber who gets his ass kicked by everyone and can't even walk into a cave, doesn't kill anyone besides some military people>the demogorgons and dogs are all killed with ease, are nowhere to be seen in the dimension they come from>vecna and mindflayer are killed off with cartoonish ease
>>217052581To play the double's advocate, I thought the entire point of it was that Vecna preyed on Will's fears and insecurities, so the purpose of this was to allow Will to shake off those fears and strengthen his resolve.
Uh time travel bros???
>>217052611School was shut down for Covid, so they had to wait
>>217052609I feel like if youre fighting interdimensional demons trying to end the world being gay isnt a big deal
>>217052607They didn't put any thought into it. The final battle was basically>how do we get rid of the monster in an hour so we can have the epilogue
>>217052607It was just a name they gave him, he wasn't actually a mind flayer nigga
>>217052628It's sad when time travel fan theories end up being better than the actual material
>>217052625>double's advocate
Forgotten...
if only there was another 7 episodes they could have tied up loose ends inoh well, 40 minutes of the last episode will have to do
I believe…
>>217052628ngl I had the same idea.
>>217052479the older kids on the radio station drinking beer and talking about how they should get together once a month really hits me as a 30 year old
>>217052611They were juniors in high school in this season so 18 months later is indeed May 1989
>>217052530The fag isn't gay enough
>>217052611I don't think. Doesn't the series start when they're 12 or so? That's 7th or 8th grade. That was in '83. S5 is in '87 so they could be juniors.
>>217052695she won
>the dialogue in that final scene between Steve, Jonathan, Nancy and Robin
Do you think Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin and Max will stay in contact?
>>217052619>somehow nobody in hawkins realizes that there's something supernatural happening, the town never feels it's threatened like in season 4This was the most egregious one. None of the townspeople even show a concern about being in a forced quarantine or question why the military is there 24/7. Robin's girlfriend thinking she's on drugs because she somehow hasn't seen ANY evidence to substantiate Robin's story is hard to believe.
>>217052705please understand, there's only so much you can do with 400 million dollars
>>217052479Because we convince ourselves the show wasn't that great because people criticize it, and we don't want to feel like we're low IQ and have shit taste for liking. Okay season 5 was kind of shit for half or most of the episodes, but the show overall was good. We also don't know when we'll have another show like this, it's a pretty unique tone and setting.
>epilogue is twice as long as the final battle
>>217052739I think Lucas and Max might
>>217052717It's sad because it never actually happens.
>>217052739Mike and Will, yeah. I can see the other two drifting off on their own. They already were in the show. Lucas with his basketball thing and Dustin with Steve and Eddie.
>>217052738same feel, at least the harry potter one didn't drag so long
>>217052730no she didn't, Dustin blew off her party to roll dice with the boisDisregard bitchesAcquire XP
>>217052739Will will totally ditch them once he gets some more gayboys and fag hags to hang around with.
>>217052530That demogorgon face pendant actually looks pretty cool, I wonder if the AI came up with that all on its own.
>>217052739Other than Lucas and Max staying together, I don't think so. The ending is really sad because it is exactly how it feels in hindsight to drift away from old friends as you get older. They played their last campaign together and went their separate ways.
>>217052739I know people split up after high school but they literally spent their whole childhood fighting monsters. There’s no way they don’t stay in contact.
>>217052774They finished DND before dinner time (which was getting cold) and also those were different days lol
>dad Wheeler STILL got nothing
>>217052717Realistically, they do the once a month thing for a year, and then start doing it every few months instead, and eventually making it a once a year thing, assuming they haven't already drifted completely apart by then. Unless they all end up living in the same town again, they'll just end up being friends from HS they used to talk to.
So when they make a special reunion or whatever in 10 years, where do you think these actors will be in their careers?
>>217052752>We also don't know when we'll have another show like this, it's a pretty unique tone and setting.This is what hurts the most for me. This was the only show in the last ten years I really cared about, so it feels like there's nothing left to watch anymore.
>>217052406EDISDEADUH HUH HUH HUH
>>217052739>Will will die of aids>Max and Lucas will separate due to domestic violence>Mike will develop schizophrenia due to his obsession with the idea of Eleven being alive
>>217052739Will will immerse himself in big city fag culture fully, only to return home once he gets GRIDS so Joyce can watch him die.
>>217052798This. They survived a world ending event. They'll stay in contact for the rest of their lives through shared PTSD at least.
>>217052779This happened with my friend Brendan, we were worried about him during college because nobody had talked to him in a long time and he didn't come on nights out, we talked about it and thought he might be depressed and isolated. Turns out he was just off getting his boyhole pozzed on the high-pitched-voice side of town and didn't need us any more. fuck you Brendan, you fucking homo!
How that negress girl turn out good looking now after the series ended
>>217052835The real canon ending
>>217052367charlie looked like a ghoul from the beginning
>>217052821Holly will be the next Angelina Jolie. Everyone else will have of fade into obscurity.
>>217052821>where do you think these actors will be in their careers?Most of them finished their acting career with this show
>>217052625It was the point, but an interdimensional being with God-like powers bullying a teenager about being a faggot so that he can't stop him is an insanely retarded idea that can only come out of a netflix show.
Nancy's feminist haircut is fucking horrendous
>>217052821Millie, Finn and Sadie will keep getting roles in medium to big movies.I wouldn't be surprised if we never see Caleb and Noah again.Gaten is unclear, but I wish him all the best, because he was clearly the best of the bunch.
>>217052798The older kids didn't. Nobody knew Nancy had dropped out of college. If it hadn't been for them coming home for the graduation they might never have spoken to each other again.
>>217052882>Millie, FinnNobody wants to see them in anything
>>217052417yeah, it was made from melted corpses in s3 and some kind of exoskeleton in s5...doesn't make any sense
>>217052695God she was so cute
>>217052271>drake and JakeWho?
>>217052625Venca should have started talking about the AIDS epidemic
>>217052891But they still get roles for some reason.
>spend most of the season on Holly, to lesser extent also on Derek and other kids from their classroom>don't give them any intimate moment in the epilogue to show how they're coping with what they went through and how they're moving onThey could just have added another 5 minutes to the runtime, wouldn't have made much difference, but at least there would have been better closure on their storyline.
>>217052481only natty. so natty, in fact, it comes right from the womb>>217052717yeah and you know it'll never happen
The Principal didn't even look like an asshole, that shit was so forced
>>217052891Millie has been consistently working in shit the entire time. She's making the third Enola Holmes movie right now.
>>217052882>Noahhe's a gay jew, he'll keep getting roles.
>>217052779They are not going to have a single thing in common with an openly gay Will that hangs out in gay bars anyway. There is no way they can stay close with him as they get older.
>>217052916I couldn't tell you 1 thing I've seen them in outside ST. Millie is over-shilled here, and Finn is just ugly. Maybe they get small roles, but they aren't ever getting anything as relevant as their roles in this show.
>>217052918They are doing fine a coping by playing their board game
>>217052695why do little girls wear lipstick sometimes anons
>>217052763Aren't they as old now? None of them look that old. People in their mid to late thirties generally don't.
>>217052739Max gets pregnant that summer. She and Lucas become townies. Will gets AIDs and dies. Mike tries to be a normie in college but flunks out due to depression, he later becomes an hero after Will dies. Dustin gets a B.S. in Computer Science but ends up as a lifelong retail slave, he continues to play D&D with other grognards.
>>217052945they want to be grown up
>>217052821I think they'll wait 30 years to make the setting match the release time of the original show. Bobbi Bongiovi will be in her late 90s by then and most likely retired.
>>217052921>Millie has been consistently working in shit the entire timeCouldn't name you 1 thing she's been in
>>217052918Seeing the hanging out together during their older siblings graduation and then playing DND and throwing bantz at each other tells you everything you need to know.
>it's another "villain can easily kill a named character but takes 20 minutes to do so and gets interrupted" episodeI swear to God this happened 500 times this season.>demidogs roll through unnamed soldiers immediately>run right past the dykes because "it's ok, they're not looking for us!">max and holly stopping to talk for 10 minutes while at the escape portal>vecna does nothing>demidogs in the basement of the hospital all search the room as slowly and meticulously as they possibly can, never approaching the corner of the room half a dozen named characters are at>get blown up by a washing machine because all 3 of them stand directly in front of it at the same time>there's also no more than 3 demidogs sent there instead of demigorgons because reasons>henry has el by the throat in his house>doesn't kill her immediately because reasons>vecna has max by the throat>doesn't kill her immediately because reasons and lets Will take him over again (which if he was able to reliably do so often what was even the point of the 10 minute long coming out of the closet scene?)
>>217052809>and also those were different days lolThey weren't. Why do you think that Mike said>I have a better idea!
>>217052882gaten will continue to book roles, but will unfortunately be limited by his conditionsurprisingly, i feel like caleb will have the most consistent career, although it will be small bit stuff. he'll be that "oh yeah, i know that guy!" without knowing his actual name kind of thing
>>217052921>She's making the third Enola Holmes movie right now.Tell me when she works on Enola's Holes
>>217052739No. Mike is the Hawkins version of My Hero's Deku. Friends will move on and he's unable to move on from the past.
>>217052970Enola Holmes 1Enola Holmes 2That dragon thingThe Electric Statethe Godzilla flicksthe fact that it's all garbage doesn't change the fact that she's been in a decent amount of high-profile projects over the past few years
>>217052936>they aren't ever getting anything as relevant as their roles in this show.You say that like any film franchise in the past 20 years has reached Stranger Things levels outside the MCU and SW, which are dead in the water.
>>217052918>to show how they're coping with what they went through and how they're moving onThey never showed that for the main characters either, they went through hell every year and the next year it was like nothing happened. Except for Max on season 4 and Dustin on season 5, and that's only because there were deaths involved.
Now that the dust has settled, name the exact episode Stranger Things officially jumped the shark
>>217052809They literally changed clothes dumbass
These people should be in their 40s and 50s now
>>217052945Have you ever interacted with one? The universal constant of most little girls is that they want to "be pretty"The irony is that most of them don't have to try at all
>>217052758it happens and then you get older and it happens less >>217052818my high school friends will always know that no matter the time difference, we will still always be close
>>217053017Godzilla is the only thing I recognize in that list, but fair enough. I'll concede to your point. >>217053020Also fair point.
>>217053034how long does it take you to change clothes anon
>>217053003I got that impression too and it was really depressing. He's going to stay in Hawkins his whole life waiting for El and his friends to come back...
>>217053034Meant for >>217052979
>>217053017Yeah sorry incels, but Millie has literally already won and is set for life
>>217053030The show was relatively grounded until the shitty season 2 pajeet episode
>>217053030It was always the season 2 episode that introduced the pajeet
>>217052818Yeah Steve gets fucked over. Way farther a drive for him than the others. He'd eventually stop, even if ever happened to begin with.
>>217053049How old are you?
Here's those 20 year olds I was telling you about
>>217052619>>217052745To be fair season 5 was super focused on finding and killing Vecna, and so much of the screentime is in the upside down and Henry's mind. We barely get any scenes involving the regular town folk and minor characters to hear any thoughts from them about what's going on, though they easily could have.
>>217053030Russian infiltration was the point of no return. S1 and 2 are very grounded and serious compared to 3 onwards.
>>217053055Why would they change clothes after lunch?
So is the "80's nostalgia" finally gonna endkid onf Stranger things ruined 2010's for that vibe
>>217052417It felt more like a lovecraftian being beyound or comprehension (before this was a saturated trope) in its giant shadow form which made it more interesting, now it was just some giant spider from space.
>>217052980It all depends on what they're willing to accept. I think all but MBB will be willing to take random roles in most projects. The careers that die hard and fast are the divas who think they're too good for bit roles.
>>217052417What about wynona rider going psycho and massacring Vecna in front of the children? Which probably caused more trauma to them then Vecna.
>>217052966kek
>>217053030Season 2, Episode 1
>Vecna turns to Joyce as she approaches him>"Joyce, is that you? It's me Henry, Henry Creel, from the school play!">*20 minute flashback*>"I'm sorry Joyce I didn't mean to do any of this">She kills him out of mercyThe final episode could have been way worse than what we got.
>>217052821Finn and Noah are both Jews, with Noah being a gay one on top of that. Even if all they get is indie gay Jew shit, their futures are secure. Caleb will probably get a bunch of black race grievance shit. Millie may get a few more decent sized things, despite her inability to act. Sadie seems the most likely to possibly have a real career. Gaten is so weird looking, he'll either coast on that, or fade like so many other weird looking people before him.
>>217053078Yeah indy to philly is literally the same distance of indy to ny lmao. Pittsburgh would make more sense
>>217053090they changed out of their graduation clothes smooth brain
>>217053084Is it normal to be a sex ed teacher at 23? In those days the girl students would just fuck the teacher
>>217053084>laughing at the idea of buying residential property before returning to their renthutches in the hustlin' bustlin' big cityIn 20-30 years ol' Stevesy is going to be laughing all the way to the bank
>>217053078Steve will be the first one to have a family and resort his priorities. He would definitely be the first one to lose contact
>>217053112Yeah, it could have been Demon Slayer, true.
>>217053056This is the relatable plot trajectory Will originally had, before they overwrote his entire character with "gay sorcerer"
>small child gets shot in the hand>he still has enough strength in that hand to beat an adult to death with a rock and open latches on a briefcase>he picks the rock up with the hand that has a gaping bullet wound instead of his one good handthis is so fucking retarded
>>217053122Graduation clothes are just normal clothes. You have to be 18 to post on this site anon.
>>217053107>Which probably caused more trauma to them then Vecna.lol
okay is the spinoff going to be Holly, Derek, and the other kids in a new generation kinda way, or Steve, Nancy, Robin, and Whatshisface in Philadelphia doing a whole Scooby-Doo shtick in the loony uncle's house? (is Dustin Scooby?)
>>217053114Gaten is going to be the guy at conventions in 30 years who takes all the pics with fans and signs autographs but that's wishful thinking on my part that people will care about this show by then
>>217053107Kinda strange she was the one who got to finish him off
>>217053030How the fuck did the rest of the crew get to the top of the cliff so fast? She didn't give them time to set up, just started fucking blasting.Why is the ridiculously large mind flayer even responding to bullets? It's like throwing pebbles at an elephant.Why was the mind flayer, the ultimate antagonist and most powerful being, so ridiculously lame and underpowered? It wasn't able to kill anyone at all and just bumbled around while they shot it, threw flames at it, and stabbed it.Why did Vecna not telepathically link himself to Will and just kill him at any time? He had Will by the neck when he used him to spy on Max. He could have just gotten Max's location and fucking killed Will immediately, especially since he was aware that Will could intervene in his own mind.
>>217053122>graduation clothesHi raj
>>21705308134. all of my friends are partnered
>>217053114Esquire is already writing about Finn's future. His jewishness is enough to overpower his shitty rat-faced acting.
>>217053142they were wearing suits anon, do you spend the day in your friends basement hanging out in suits?
why does Jamie Campbell Bower say Jamie Campbell Bower so muchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bkIT11zcI
>>217053141Adrenaline.
>>217053030that little jaunt they did with the fucking indian and her gangwhat the fuck was that about, funny how they brought her back just to kill her off
>>217053160Vecna can't do anything this season. In season 4 he was able to track down and telepathically kill people whenever he wanted and wherever they were in the world. In this season he can't even walk into a fucking cave
>>217053127You know he does. See Robin's randomass comment about his hog.
so this show is mainly just an advertisement for 5e right?
>>217052445Same thing with Cobra Kai
Maya Hawke is a terrible actress
>>217053142>Graduation clothes are just normal clothesYou're supposed to dress up for graduation, silly anon
>>217053191they neutered his powers by revealing their secrets, did you watch the show?
>>217053185adrenaline leads a kid to pick something up with the hand that just got shot, instead of their one good hand?
>https://x.com/Foahshipper/status/2006778107039199284The gay jew and the other jew are dating?
how did they get prince songs?
Flint Wolfhard will continue to get roles because they have been pushi g him hard since the show begane. Just like millie bobby
>>217053183Wouldn't have guessed he was English. Also, his normal speaking voice is rather distinct from his character voice as Henry.
>>217053062Noah said the show has him set up for life. They pay on the show was obviously good, but I guess they're also getting a lot of royalties from all the Stranger Things merch with their likeness on it.
>>217053030>Lost Sister moving the plot out of townAlthough they realize very fast that the audience hated this and never brought it up again until this season.>Massive Russian complex miles under a mall that was built to hide said complexThough not really a shark jump, I would say the stage play did the most damage to the show by changing Henry's backstory from what we saw in S4.
>>217053160>>217052417My headcanon is that the mindflayer in the finale is not the real mindflayer, its just Vecnas interpretation of it because it was a last ditch effort to conjure it up because the kids escaped and he didnt have the full power to unleash the real mindflayer. Thats why it looks shitty and cobbled together and not the smooth looking version we see in Wills vision from previous system. Also explains why it just acts like a retarded brute, because its just Vecnas dumb golem. Yep, thats my cope.
>>217053225Yeah I did watch the show and they repeatedly said "he's more powerful and ever" but he doesn't do shit the entire season besides kill some military men fodder
>>217053097i don't think finn will take random roles, although he's more into indie stuff anyway so he'll be finesadie will be fine, MBB is already seti think noah is the only casualty here
>>217052821Jonathan’s chasing a pipe dream movie career when he’s not even Jewish, Nancy’s entering a career path that little more than 10 years into the future is going to crater hard. Robin’s entire character path is that she’s going to lez out in college so who knows. Steve’s the only one with a genuine chance at a happy future with his offscreen beau and six nuggets.
It's just a really gay and woke version of Stephen King, without the drug fuelled madness. Whack.
>>217053234>Hello, Prince's estate people. Would you like to make an assload of money doing absolutely nothing?>Why yes, Mr. Netflix sir, what would you like?
smooch sound obviously edited in lmao
>>217052934Vecna was totally right about how he would end up alone. Just because they didn't immediately abandon him for being a homo doesn't mean they'll have the same bond. Will will get aids and turn to drugs as many gays do, especially in the 90s, and anyone helping him out of pity will soon give up as he'll become impossible to deal with.
>>217053260His movie did sound like it would have been pretty based, though not exactly within the zeitgeist.
>Steve still dicking down 5 different girls every monthWhat a loser
>>217053255I dont think you did anon or you wouldnt be asking questions about thinhs that got multiple long exposition scenes
>>217052530will looks cool now
>>217053234Both Prince songs were horribly misused, I'm not sure what they were thinking >When Doves Cry is the victory song after defeating Vecna -- all the tension is deflated and the song isn't even that triumphant >Purple Rain actually is more triumphant in a melancholic way but it's used for Eleven's death scene where she doesn't do anything except stand in place motionless. If it was an epic, intense sacrifice it would've been appropriate but it isn't.
>>217052530AI couldn't understand Dustin?
>>217053157See I feel that way but with Noah. I can picture Noah as the Hairspray girl... "Hi [insert celebrity name here], it's Noah Schnapp from Netflix's Stranger Things!"
>>217053169You're an exception to the rule then. Most people barely talk to their HS friends by the time they reach 30, unless they still live in the same town as them. I personally only touch base with less than 3 people from my HS. I talk to people from college much more frequently than HS, but it's the coworkers that I talk to the most.
>>217053176>this is a suit
>>217052850He did you guys a favor. If I found out one of my friends was a homo I wouldn't want to hang out with them anymore, and if they push you away themselves you don't have to feel any guilt.
In the 90s one of them will become a grunge musician because grunge is 90s
>>217052523Nah anon.Holly and Derek are besties.Holly had Josh over at the end for BBC.While Derek gets Holly’s two best friends on his fat one.Everyone wins.
>>217053219Nah, you can put a dress shirt on sure but then you just take it off afterwards.
>>217053211Most of the cast were terrible actors, to be fair.
Hopper's epilogue wig looked cheap as shit
>>217053298In 30 years there may not even be traditional TV shows anymore. It's just going to be short-form videos and AI slop. Stranger Things may go down as the final major cultural event from television.
>>217052591>gpen
>>217053303>these aren't suitsand Dustin was wearing one he just ripped off the shirt and tie, did you watch it?
>>217053234That's what they blew their budget on
>>217053298No way, Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things?
>>217053291Purple Rain for the destruction of the Upside Down makes sense though.
>>217053114Gaten will end up as a character actor who shows up here and there in eccentric roles. His career will end up being the only one that lasts, even though it will mostly be in small side-character roles.
>>217053325Mike will be the alternative dude into weird shit. Dude liked the Butthole Surfers in 1987.
>>217053360Exactly, they are just dress shirts over t shirts.
>>217053298Noah Schnapp is worth $10 million and goes to Wharton he can jus slide into a producer role if it comes down to it
>>217053241in the finale, when he's asking about where el has the children, listen to how he says "they" - his accent is normally good, but he stumbles in this scene a bit
>Max giving a shit about a DnD gameThat was so out of character.
>>217053084Funny because everyone looked older in the 80's.Though I really want to say that despite everything, they really did cast an amazing group of people that looked like they were ripped right out of the 80's. I think that's what made S1 so special.
Lmao how did Max graduate with them all. She spent two years in a coma
>>217053390I feel bad for your parents raising such a scruffy little man
This was hot as fuck and made girls wet themselves.And I came.
>>217053049It never happens. People drift apart right after they graduate high school and everyone goes into different direction. You could be the closest and greatest of friends, but still drift apart because that's just how modern life is. Solid college friendships are more likely to last.
>demogorgons, demidogs, and demibats come from the abyss>the mind flayer controls his seemingly endless supply of them from the abyss>conjures up a fraction of the total amount of them to take down scores of US soldiers armed to the teeth like it's absolutely nothing>the main cast goes to the abyss armed with 1 rifle, 2 spears, some molotovs, a slingshot, and a flare gun>zero demogorgons>zero demidogs>zero demibatsWhenever the antagonists have to fight anyonr that's not a named character, they execute them with ruthless precision. The only reason the main cast prevails is because of ridiculous amounts of plot armor that usually rely on the antagonists being completely and utterly incompetent or unwilling to kill them. Scores of US soldiers got torn through effortlessly, yet two named characters with spears are an insurmountable obstacle.
>>217053373So basically zoomer Clint Howard? I can possibly see it.
>>217053282he's only 23, let him fuck
>>217053397Didn't she play D&D in one of the earlier seasons?
>>217053413Cool. Whites will be minorities in their countries by 2020 btw
>>217053412You literally think dustin went home and changed his shirt before dnd while everyone waited on him lmao.
>>217053415Stop projecting anon
>>217053404Summer school and night school
>>217053415I mean youre wrong because thats not the case with me
>>217053424Yeah, more or less.
>>217053328Except ted, having zero chance at grandkids with his older two and a mixed grandkid from Holly
>>217053291Should have played some Michael Jackson for real kino.
I wasn't expecting much, my gf made me watch the series with her, but it was kind of lame.>Mind Flayer thing retconed from BIG BAD to just some lame monster spider thing>Vecna retconed from just a general to BIG BAD and spends the season hanging out with kids not doing much>Linda Hamilton's character has no reason to exist at all>Poojeeta no one cares about is brought back and it's obvious it's just to die>Eleven le half-baked heroic sacrifice that doesn't work because they wanted to leave the door open for her to come backEven the character arcs were bad.>Finn Wolfhard becomes Bill from It for some reason>Steve is flanderized back to "the hair">ugly dude goes back to being full cringe/creepy>eating disorder chick le drops out to become le reporter>ugly dude and eating disorder chick fizzle out without explanation >dyke autist...nothing>the fag kid goes to the big city to fag out (lol)>blacked white trash angry red head stays le plucky (and blacked)>black guy reverts back to full nerd without introspection >beard nerd guy...nothing>Wynona Rider and cop dude...together
Season 5 sucked in general but the ending I kinda liked, I think it was about as good as it could have been
>>217053431Fuck no
>>217053422I realize that there's no point in even trying to figure out this show's writing. They clearly did not care. The plot exists for the sake of existing -- they need to get to the finish line and so they just made shit up to get there.
>>217053272Exactly. It just makes me think of those scenes in Bohemian Rhapsody where Freddy Mercury sneaks off to gay bars and truck stop bathrooms while on tour. Will is going to become unrecognizably and unrelatably degenerate to the others in short order. Only close friends he'll have will be women at that point.
>>217053413Lucas is underrated
>>217053422I don't know why they didn't devote even a single line to it, but it's pretty clear that the Abyss is a dead world and the Mindflayer can't do shit anymore and wants to come to Earth so it can do whatever it plans on doing and not just waste away in a barren wasteland.
>>217053415Trvth Nvke
>>217053436they all went home and changed, are you dumb? They're wearing jeans in the last scene
>>217053292Dustin is in another video
>>217053491...almost like it's a different day you fucking retard. No one goes home and changes their t shirt for no reason.
>>217053485How?
>>217053507lol youre so retarded lmao
>>217053507It's not like you have to go home to change your shirt, anon.
>>217052581>the demogorgons and dogs are all killed with easeThey are invincible against the military but somehow kind of weak against civilians Home Alone traps.Also, a 5 foot female journalist can outgun a squad of american military man...I know this line of criticism is not that welcome here normally but come on
>>217053415For me it was because everyone I knew went to college except me.
>>217053475Fucking kek
>>217052798>>217052844I think the whole going to another dimension and helping kill an interdimensional God and his gigantic monster partner, then continuing on with life with school and boring regular careers, like they didn't just save the entire world, is wildly unrealistic. They should be feeling insanely inflated egos for the rest of their lives.
>>217052619>nobody fucking dies except the midget pajeeta from season 2a lot of soldiers died>eleven only dies after they defeat the antagonists and save the day already making her death super contrivedshe didn't die
>>217053434Everyone except white men think that's a good thing
>>217053514Please explain>>217053520Why would they change their shirt by lunch?
>>217053415College friendships last even less in my experience. I still have a couple of friends from high school that I talk to regularly, but haven't seen or talked to any college friends since about a year or two after we graduated. There's less of a foundation for lasting friendship in college imo.
>>217053547Those graduation gowns are hot as fuck. Half our class had pit stains down to our waists.
>>217053091Now it's time for the 00's nostalgia.
>>217053341If you're going where I think you are, tv shows have a higher likelihood of surviving than movies do
>>217053458Prince is up 2 million listeners on Spotify already. That's why his estate agreed to include the songs
>Will goes to a fag bar in the late 80'sAIDS out of his fucking ass
>>217053525>nancy uses a shotgun 3 times>she is the designated marksman of the group and the only one of them that can ever even DREAM of using a firearm>outguns squads of trained US soldiers with ease so 38 year old childless women can scream "YAAAAS QUEEN SLAY" from their couch
>>217053577They are a light gown lmao, maybe wear some deodorant you fucking mongol
>>217053415I think the only people who have a chance to stay in touch after HS are the ones who never leave their hometown. You go somewhere new and you make new connections. As you get older, you realize the only reason you make friends is because you're thrown into the same environment and have enough in common to enjoy each other's company. Humans are social creatures and will always prioritize the interactions they have day to day over the ones they had in the past.
>>217053272Reminds me of Dave Brockie's (Oderus Urungus from GWAR) brother, who Dave wrote about. Dude was smart and gay, then went off to San Francisco or some other city in the 80s to fag it up in bath houses and clubs. He only returned to Richmond after he got pozzed, so his mom could look after him until he died in the early 90s.Truly, he was just a person with AIDS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzS6D_ZFsAs
>>217053541>she didn't dieThat's up to the viewer's interpretation because the writers didn't want to commit. Mike's story doesn't make sense though since the jeet was already dead, and Hopper would have been able to tell.
>>217053596That scene would be the year 1992. He would be 18 in 1989 and he's drinking in that scene.
>>217052920that seemed so uncalled for, wtf did the principal do that was so awful, is there something I forgot? is it just because Eddie had a beef with him for some reason and Dustin was honoring him?
>>217053600>They are a light gownThat doesn't breathe in the slightest.
>>217053241He is distinct in everything. Dude looks like Shaggy from an aborted Scooby-Doo live action.
>>217053594Makes sense. It is easy money.
>>217053488Yeah its pose when it's first seen as the "fortress" is that of a dead spider on its back. Vecna does some shit to wake it up but the Mindflayer ain't at its prime.
>>217053475My boy Jeff did nothing wrong.
>>217053634Mine was
>>217053617>Mike's story doesn't make sense though since the jeet was already dead, and Hopper would have been able to tell.>using logic after watching S5 of stranger thingsLOL No body, no death.
>>217053505Why is everyone always up on Eleven except for Mike? Is Mike a cuck in the Stranger Drip 'verse?
>>217053538I don't know about egos, but it would definitely prevent any of them from just moving on and having a normal life. You can't go from the constant adrenaline highs of fighting monsters, running from the military, and exploring another dimension and then just be content working a normal job for the rest of your life as if it never happened. This is why so many veterans always become alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless, etc. Even without PTSD, it's impossible to feel fulfilled and important afterward.
>*beep beep*>I hope you don't mind if I borrow your "girlfriend", Josh. Just going to stretch her out a bit with my FAT ONE. Later loser.
>>217053596Yeah this was such an odd ending for him. They should’ve just shown him as an artist with a boyfriend instead of at a bar.
>>217053656Sure thing, kid.
>>217052644The problem is that Will acted like it was a big deal by doing a teary speech, but nothing else about it justified it being a big deal since everyone including Will is acting like homophobia doesn't exist
>>217053291Only truly somber 80s Prince song I can think of https://youtu.be/y-C7XYq6o7w?list=RDy-C7XYq6o7w
>>217053579tell me what kind of 00's nostalgia we need?
>>217053617The girl illusioned being shot to fool them both
Anybody have the webm where a bunch of people walk into the room? I think it had the caption “fuck it who cares
>>217053692I'm 36
>>217053685The fact that the duffers made that jeet seethe for 2 weeks running with a joke speaks of their power.
>>217053698frutiger aeroaffordable housing
I.... I kind of hated it
>>217053725Damn, just a kid.
>>217053671>This is why so many veterans always become alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless, etcIt's more because the military is ass.
>>217052953They don't look remotely old in the ageup, they look like mid20s with bad hangovers
I was genuinely surprised that the evil doctor woman didn't get killed. I thought for sure she'd get ripped in half by Vecna or trapped in the Upside Down as it was collapsing. Instead she just vanishes from the story and doesn't get what she deserved at all.
>>217053725And you still didn't graduate high school?
>>217053733I'm too burnt out by the show to actively hate it -- the season just bored and depressed me
>>217053617>Mike's story doesn't make sense though since the jeet was already deadShe wasn't shot, the kike blew up the helicopter before the glowie fired
>>2170536989/11 and Merica fuck yeah patriotism. Also lots of denim.
>>217053698An Internet that was actually fun.
>>217053725Fellow 89er
>>217053752I did in 2008 dipshit
>>217053733Same desu. That's why I'm in these threads, to feel validated about my opinion.
>>217053769>She wasn't shot, the kike blew up the helicopter before the glowie firedThe glowie had the gun to her head, he was jolted by the explosion and that is why he shot her in the torso.
>>217053748You must look even more haggard than Robin in S5 if you think that's how people in their mid 20s look like. They look at least 45 in that age up.
>>217052367No, you just got used to the fuckin goblins
>>217053786No, you didn't. You dropped out, which is why you still can't form a sentence or punctuate.
>>217053030The retarded russian invasion and the introduction of Robin and Vecna
>Derek gets Holly's two friends who are way hotter than herMy nigga won
>>217053776It was more fun in the 90's. Things really started going down hill after Facebook.
>>217053769unless the jeeta was using her powers of illusion to make it seem like she was shot, she was definitely shot
>>217053617her dying makes even less sense>somehow teleports from the grasp of 20+ soldiers plus 5 sonar guns to the underworld>is able to project herself into mikes mind despite there being 5 sonar guns aimed at her>no nosebleeds after going inside wills mind
>>217053062That was true after season 2 but okay, whatever makes you feel better champ.
>>217053796Which allowed her to live long enough to do it. Why else do you think that plot contrivance happened?
>>217053808Whatever you say raj
Last 10 minutes were a good sendoff Everything else was horrifically weightless and contrived like the rest of the season. Should've ended at season 4 with a final battle against Vecna where Will kills him by gaining his powers
>>217053733I'm more of the opinion that the ending was as good as it ever could have been, but this season was a massive let down and the show truly peaked with seasons 3 and 4. Nothing this season did was even remotely as epic or climactic as those
>>217053596That is usually where the put the AIDS, yes.
oh no no no don't look at holly's instagram
>>217053698Girls wearing sexier clothes than now.
>>217053813He gets all three.
>>217053836>clearly an esl>n-no you're the jeet!
>>217053127Theres no such thing as a sex ed teacher. I went to six high schools in the late 90s/early 00s and it was always lumped in with health class, and it was always the dumbest 10 minute lesson on dicks and pussies ever.
>>217053864Ours was lumped in with phys ed, bizarrely. A couple classes with the men's coach and a couple with the women's.
>>217053816I'd say 90s to 2008 or so was the peak. You're right, you can see the end with Facebook opening up, and the Iphone coming immediately after. Even this place was more fun. The retardation felt less serious, now so many people are fucking angry over nothing. Fighting paper tigers in their own heads.
>>217053864The dicks were always circumcised, which made me very confused when I was a kid. i had no idea foreskin was supposed to retract until I hit puberty
>>217053802Well, yeah. Go look at some unaltered humans, no botox, no microderm, no cake makeup, etc. Every 30+ yo you see on a TV screen is artificially aged down by 10+ years. Ugly and haggard on a Netflix show is just average looking in real life.
>>217053864>and it was always the dumbest 10 minute lesson on dicks and pussiesCan cofirm because I was like Beavis & Butt-head laughing at every word during class.
>>217053698the dying last gasps of rap musicthe death of music videosremembering pre internet hang outs (none of you zoomers will relate)hard to describe but people just LOOK like they know what covid is anymore, less of that
>>217053917The influx of India onto the internet has been very noticeable and impossible to ignore.
>>217053689The writting is shit, lazy and shallow. I'm sure most of it was AI generated and they didn't bother thinking about the actual personalities and backgrounds of any of its characters
>>217053920i didnt know what the proper term for a girls genitals was until middle school
>>217053858No way, lol. 00s had the worst fashion sense in the last hundred years. Frankly only 70s was worse. Everyone dressed like a bum and stupid gel hair was hip.
>>217053733i wish i hated iti felt hatred from umbrella academy, this it just feels like there's something good that we could have got, but we didnt and never willnetflix will never let it have a real ending
>>2170539172006 with phones and social media was the death of society with 2015 being the nail in the coffin, it was a fun ride that wont be fixed til the comet comes and turns us all into mad max
>>217053864Yeah, it was 9th or 10th grade health class for my school.
It's just a matter of time until the Goofers pull a Wachowski
>>217053924>Go look at some unaltered humans
>>217053750They need a villain for the new round of milking the franchise.
>>217053944We need a great firewall for India so badly.
>>217053973But little girls dressed like this.
>>217054018Nah, the two spinoffs will be the cartoon set between s2 and s3 and something set in Montauk. Hamilton will be forgotten like Suzie.
>>217053973ill take frosted tips over shoulder pads for females any day of the week, thanks.
>>217053685>>217053727>Samefag timmy
>>217053965Pretty sure most kids learn "cock/dick and pussy" before penis and vagina.
>>217053341Stranger Things has been a huge phenomenon, and this entire season was literal movie length episodes, with the finale being 2 hours long, and even zoomers watch it. The Avatar movies are some of the highest grossing movies of all time and they're 3 hours long. I'm not seeing that trend.
>>217053973It's funny because the super baggy clothes from the 00s is making a comeback
>>217053750She failed to get Eleven’s blood and lost the upside down for government research purposes. The funny thing is that Hopper, Joyce and Murray did more against the Russians than she ever could.
Serious question here, is Vecna a nigger, a nigga, a nibba or a nigguh?
>>217053415forget high school and college, all the friends I still keep in touch with I met in elementary school.
>>217054115When does school start up again? Monday?
>>217054018Ironically enough, I am 100% convinced they plan to do a sequel series set in the 90's. From one line of dialogue in the finale no less. When Hopper asked Joyce if she would be interested in moving to Montauk, New Jersey so he could take a sheriff job there, I knew what they were getting at. For those unaware, Montauk is/was home to a real life version of the Hawkins Lab called Camp Hero at the old Montauk Air Force Station. where all sorts of things from time travel, invisibility cloaking, biological weapons, psychic experiments, and animal mutation were alleged to be conducted.
>>217053302I dont think youre wrong, I am lucky. I've gone through various friend groups from HS to college. My group is superior, which is not normalI also live close to one of the three urban metropolises in america. fuck if I'm going to move to LA or NYC this is a great point though, perhaps my lack of empathy for people in more rural america where people are more likely to leave for better results is actually a little bit cruel
>>217054196It's just a reference bro
>>217053835she died anon
>>217054196It won't feature any ST characters, though, or any of the lore. It's just set in the same universe.
>>217054227A reference, sure. Maybe even tongue in cheek for those who know what it is. But one that leaves a door cracked open pretty clearly. Especially since one of the characters moved to New York too.
>>217054196As soon as they get away from this world and these characters, the better. This show really ran out of steam by the end
>>217054237But El didn't. Hence the whole my story ends here, yours doesn't have to exchange.
>>217054285Who cares if El lived or died. The ambiguous shit is always the worst cop-outs.
I thought it was weird that they didn't give Murray his own small scene in the epilogue. He started on the show as an investigative journalist and that was kind of just forgotten about, it would have been nice to wrap that up. I guess they didn't want a scene of him trying to publish his account of the events and everyone thinking he's a conspiracy nut, but I would have liked it.
>>217054332Agreed, but it's part of the discussion. It's basically the S1 ending. She's alive but hiding.
>kali is the sacrificial lamb for the seasonLame.
>>217054336Him being so detrimental to the end plot alone is enough of a send off for a character that could have easily been pushed aside like a bunch of other characters.
>>217053698
>>217054336They just didn't give a shit anymore. Happens all the time with shows that overstay their welcome.
>>217054237Of course she died, hopper even blew up the building she was in to destroy the exotic matter
>>217054387Fantastic, 10/10 even. Everyone lives but her, I love it.
New>>217054419>>217054419
>>217054387She wasn't really "sacrificed" she just died, and nobody cared, which was great. Stupid forced character.
>>217054426>>217054011
>>217054403>he wants women to wear pants Cuckold.
>>217054336Murray is a character that I personally thought should have been killed off back in season 2 or 3 anyway. Such a smarmy cunt.
>>217054426Fake>>217054011>>217054011
>>217053698>alt emo stranger things in the 00sYep, looks like kino is back on the menu boys
>>217054453>>217054498404'd
>>217054525>malding seething janny
>>217053702This.I’m surprised more people don’t realize that. Murray’s explosion saved her life at that moment.
>>217053860Nope.Josh gets Holly.That’s why the 5 of them were in the basement.
>>217052581I just truly love that multiple people in that scene never even have lines shared with Will at any point in the entire series. Why on earth would he want to tell fucking Murray that he's gay?
>>217053702>>217054579Its intentionally vague so they can retcon it in the future to which ever way they like
>>217053864They changed it to “Health Class” in the 1990s. Same concept with mostly the Phys Ed teachers teaching it.
>>217054565Why would it be scrubbed? I'm not a janny.
>>217054336He was at the graduation ceremony. So he’ll always be a part of the group.
>>217054610Even funnier is that Murray is entirely the character that would roast him for it too, because he's a dick to everyone.
>>217054565I linked to my thread first therefore it stayed up. First come first serve in this town
>>217054768The other thread was also created first, so yours should have been scrubbed. I don't care either way.
>>217054768>linkedcheck the catalogue zoomzoom
>>217054621>retcon in the futureit's over man
>>217052523She wasn't lying. Holly just changed her attention from a kid who went along with evil cult to the one who helped save everyone.
