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    3 months ago

    /boggle

    And yet every season is awesome. Has more viewers each season, have rave reviews etch season… how exactly is it a casualty?

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      Unironically, children. Stranger Things has been in production for ten years, the kids that were too young to watch when season 1 came out grew up hearing about it and then finally being able to watch it. If you see any of the ST communities online, it’s a huge mix of age groups, and I think the writers have had to dumb some stuff down for a younger, more casual, less 80s pop-culture attuned and nerdy audience.

      Also, I wouldn’t say every season is awesome. S5 especially is very much suffering from 2nd screen writing issues that most Netflix shows have, but isn’t apparent in S1 and S2.

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      I agree… and the fact they are actually ending it here is a success when considering Murican IPs only die when they are hated by everyone (looking at you 11 seasons of The Walking Dead, with only 2 worth of content)

      Yes, ideally it would have been 5 seasons in 5 years and call it a day, but I have found a lot of entertainment in the show story and style