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First two episodes of Stranger Things 5.

The “kids” look ridiculously old now. Somehow older than the older teen/20s characters.

finished ep 4 last night. this shid sucks tbh 

It’s (and I recognize I’m saying this about a show that’s a pastiche of popular 1980s media) really leaned into the fan service side.

A lot of “people liked this from last season, let’s just do it again but more to be cloying”. And it’s been spinning its wheels. Each season felt fairly unique. This is the last season…again.

I don’t know if Netflix is stretching this to two or three parts. At least this first part has been lame.