Stranger Things Review SPOILERS - Netflix 2016
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- Stranger Things Review today with SPOILERS! Beyond The Trailer's reaction to 2016 Netflix series starring Winona Ryder in 8 episodes!
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Stranger Things Review today with SPOILERS! Beyond The Trailer host Grace Randolph gives you her in-depth review aka reaction to Stranger Things on Netflix from The Duffer Brothers, including a breakdown of the cast! What's the Upside Down? How'd you like that ending with the monster? Should it get a Season 2 aka sequel?! Enjoy this reaction aka review of Stranger Things before you see each full episode on Netflix in 2016! And make Beyond The Trailer your first stop for entertainment news on RUclips today!
CHAPTER TIMES
An 8-Hour Movie - 00:24
Movie vs TV Feel - 1:19
Spielberg & Simplicity - 3:58
The Duffer Bros - 6:30
Unknown Talent - 7:55
--- SPOILERS BEGIN
The Mystery - 9:44
Sequel - 10:57
Diversity of Cast - 11:59
Chief Hopper - 12:35
Winona Ryder - 14:11
Her kids, Jonathan & Will - 15:28
Matthew Modine - 16:15
Eleven - 16:51
The Wheeler Family - 18:23
Lucas & Dustin - 20:19
Steve - 21:03
Ensemble Cast - 22:19
Conclusion - 22:47
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This show is like if Steven Spielberg and Stephen King had a baby
It totally is stand by me and It meets ET
Stevphen Skinberg
Agree 100%
exactly....pure gold
Dylan Sevin that's not an image I want in my head...
Recast the kids! Seriously?! No way, I feel in love with them. How much older do you want their characters to be? Umm, have you seen the Harry Potter films!? Kids sprout quick. I honestly think recasting them would turn a lot of viewers off.
You said exactly what I was thinking. She even talked about aging them up. Kids grow over time, so will the actors
Eleven was straight up giving me X-23 with Jean Grey realness.
It's the best Netflix exclusive to date in my opinion.
I'm a huge HoC fan but I have to agree.
Daredevil season one has the honor for me. This comes a close second. I could care less about house of cards or orange is the new black
Personally for me, Bojack.
THE BEST piece of media I've consumed in ages. I can't stop thinking about it and want to watch it again asap. I feel like my next day off is gonna be fully devoted to my repeat viewing.
Kids in Goonies swear quite a bit - I felt like the kids swearing was actually a throwback to Amblin rather than a departure. Now-a-days, if you see a kid swearing on a TV/movie, it's done for outlandish humor ("Look at the 5 year old dropping the F-bomb! blahahahaha") which is totally lame. Here, it felt like normal and natural - like, kids their age are going to swear, and they're not doing it for humor in this show, but for authenticity.
Also, please god don't let the Duffer Brothers get sucked into Marvel/DC/Disney... I think it would be a terrible waste of talent.
Yeah, they have the Russo brothers. Let the Duffers make the second season of this!
They should stick to the show. They're clearly invested in the idea. They wrote a 30 page document explaining what the upside down was and all its rules like why there's one monster etc. We know barely anything about it yet and there's more to be explored.
You are incredibly articulate and I really appreciate your reviews and your opinions.
Aw thank you! That means a lot!
I, too, was pleased that Steve didn't turn out to be an utter a-hole. I was pleasantly surprised that he genuinely cared about Nancy, was understanding, and proved himself to be a decent human being. He also got a cool moment; unleashing a flurry of hits on the monster.
The whole thing about El living secretly in Mikes house gave me ET vibes. In closer inspection it was probably an inspiration in a sense
Greatest Show On Netflix Period
Boy Targaryen 2nd season for Stranger Things?
I like stranger things. But it hasn't surpassed breaking bad yet. Stranger things needs consistency. You can't really call it the best show after one season. Because imo breaking bad has four seasons better than stranger things.
Smart 13 yr old who knows everything Not really
+Smart 13 yr old who knows everything it's stupid to compare stranger things with breaking bad they are very different series and they are both very good
+Smart 13 yr old who knows everything they have no similarities you cannot compare the two shows, breaking bad has a rating of 9•5 out of ten and stranger things has 9•2 so they are both incredible shows
I just love those 'painted' posters à-la Indiana Jones / Goonies, it always brings up something eye catching and warm to me.
Absolutely. When I saw it I thought surely it was done by Drew Struzan, the artist responsible for the original Indiana Jones and Goonies posters - along with Star Wars, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, First Blood and MANY others. In the 80s, if you saw a great, hand-painted film poster - there was an excellent chance it was a Struzan.
Turns out it was done by an artist named Kyle Lambert - he cites Struzan as one of his primary inspirations for the work. Great stuff.
SPOILERS!
Was anyone else annoyed that Nancy got back with that asshat, Steve? I really thought he deserved to die. And I need to know what's going to happen to Will!
Like i understand he changed and what not. But i thought she was going to end up with Jonathan!
Ralf Ortiz
Same here, man! Hopefully in season 2 Nancy will leave Steve.
Taylor Ward i totally agree! And i don't feel like she likes him or is happy with him. I see some connection going on with her and jonathan. Also Barb :,(
Ralf Ortiz
I know, what the heck is she thinking? Just because he technically got Johnathan another camera, and helped Nance & Johnathan, doesn't automatically make him a good guy now.
Taylor Ward preach my friend! Idk. It took me by surprise. I was like you are still with that imbecile? After what he did to you?
I actually don't think it needs a timejump. I think they don't have to make a second season next year. They could wait 2-3 years and then the child actors will be teenagers anyway. They already said in interviews that the second season would be more like a sequel series. So this is more like an 8 hour movie and you don't make movie sequels the next year.
It would be cool if they came up with a whole different story but keeping the same 80s time frame, style, etc.
Also i think they said that they want people to grow with the kids if it is possible kinda like Harry Potter so i guess will have the next season next year
Jim Knopf It's a year one time difference anyways so it all evens out.
9:41 two days? I literally finished it within 24 hours!
9 hours
+Scarvelli Bravo👏
Lol i finished in one day and in one sit
Two days tops.
I watched it all without a single break...
Get different actors??? No way, these are the best kid actors I've seen in a long time. Hell, maybe since the Sandlot
I'd paid to spend 8 hours at theatres, and watch this on the big screen. It was that good that I'd be willing to watch it all over again in one sitting.
finally someone who also really likes Steve and his redemption, and that he should end up with Nancy.. this may change in season 2 but for now this was the best choice in my opinion
finished watching the whole series yesterday. And now, i have nothing to watch. 😢
Same
*****
Should I give 'Gotham' a try? I've read good reviews about it... however; personally, I am not really into super-power-human crap. Got any suggestion for me, please? :-/
Marco polo ?
+Natty S uhhh prison break?
Sergej Gugenheimer Sounds weird. What is it about? 😓
"It feels like an eight hour movie" I felt the same way! I have never experienced this before you totally hit the nail on the head with that one, total game changer. I love your channel Grace!
That is what I enjoy about most Netflix shows. They usually feel more cinematic than TV shows and are less episodic.
Steve kind of reminded me of Jean-ralphio from parks and rec 😂
Omg I thought of that too😂😂😂 I even thought it was him
Holy shit it all makes sense now 😂😂😂
Andrew Garfield is all I could see
Yah he does
Dude i know!!!!!!
So I had a full day planned last Saturday.... right around before lunch, we decided to catch... "just the first episode..."
I lost my Saturday to this XD
hehe :)
I'd never want them to recast the kids to make them older. That's a ridiculous suggestion. They are one of the things that made the show as great as it was. So I say no to recasting. Bring back all of the actors
I really love what you pointed out with Steve. When I started this show I positively loved it but the one of the things that I was slightly disappointed with was that Nancy's 'love interests' as you could say were unfolding as one of the most tiring stereotypes.
(Spoilers) We had Steve - the obnoxious 'bad' boy jock who was most likely only fueled by lust and would later be revealed to be an asshole. Then we had Jonathan - the angsty but sweet, misunderstood loner who would be the one Nancy would end up with.
That specific trope had always been so irritating to me and I was so positive that by the end of the show, Steve, in a fit of obnoxious fury, would die either by his own stupidity or at the hands of the monster. But then, surprisingly, he didn't. He told off his friends for being assholes, admitted he was being one as well, tried to make amends with Jonathan, and when given a chance to escape from death, he went back and saved both Nancy and Jonathan.
Then to top it all off, he and Nancy actually ended up together and I loved every bit of it. It was just so refreshing that they turned that trope upside-down. I really hope if they get a second season that they won't turn Nancy, Steve, and Jonathan into an angsty love triangle or break Nancy and Steve up. It was just really refreshing to see that the athletic, popular guy didn't also have to be the bad guy, ya know?
Christ. how much diversity and multiculturalism do you expect in a tiny American town in the 80's? Your review is brilliant, but this obsession with having as many different colors on the screen as possible is just illogical sometimes.
I know its pointless. "Diversity for the sake of diversity is the liberal epitome of idiocy"
Agreed.
I agree. Diversity for diversity's sake is silly. I mean, it's nice to see, but not if it doesn't make sense to the setting and story.
WTF xD Spoiler alert : black people EXISTED in the 80s! Just...Just like other people of color!! Hard to believe right ???
And they existed much more than one black kid in the whole town but I guess you watched so many tv shows without any diversity that are just an endless realm of white faces, so how would you know.
The commit was more of a response about the opinion that this show morally needed more diversity.
P.S.
Diversity is a social construct... Or is that race is a social construct?
I hope the Duffer Brothers finish this series before they go off to Hollywood.
This show reminded me so much of Stephen King that I honestly thought it was based on a book by him. It has that combination of psychic powers, horror elements, and youth perspective that made him famous (like 'It', Carrie, and Firestarter.)
The opening credits are just like the terminator. I gasped when I saw them!
I watched this show last week straight through and it's AMAZING! Netflix is taking over (or it soon will). Your review is spot-on and I enjoy listening to how truthful and in-depth your reviews are.
Other actors to play the kids?!?!? The kids are what made the show!
SPOILER!!!
So I was actually surprisingly happy with Steve's change towards the end of the series, and it made hope that he wasn't going to get killed when he entered the house... But damn that ass beating in the alleyway was so gratifying!
The first show in a very long time that actually made me watch it without even stopping, I inhaled that thing.
I loved everything about this show! The simplicity, writing, cast, etc. The thing I liked the most though is how good the child actors were and how relatable they are. I was genuinely surprised when they cursed because it rarely happens in media (the only one I can think of is Stand By Me), which as a 14 year old I don't entirely get because it happens so often. I really appreciated how they actually had the kids act like kids instead of darling angels who never do anything wrong.
This will probably go down as one of the best "TV" series ever not just netflix series
Glad to see you reviewing this Grace. Binge watched this show the day it debuted. I agree that it really feels more like a movie than a television show. I liked the show, the acting and all the characters. I even teared up on three separate occasions thanks to Joyce and Hopper. Looking forward to a sequel/2nd season.
I loved Steves character arc! I don't like that Nancy ended up with him in the end I preferred her and Jonathan but he still had a great story
This was a small town in the Midwest how diverse can you really get. Use your head bruh
You can tell it's a good show when you're sad it's over and start searching about season 2.
I thought the children were the best part. They were such good actors for their age.
Kinda wish Stephen King's IT would get an 8 episode adaptation like this show instead of the movie being made.
same
that mini series back in the 90s was awesome!dont think tim currys frightening voice can be improved upon in the movie!
+bernhardtsen74 its good but I think it'll be a lot more scarier now
Finn Wolfhard, who played Mike in 'Stranger Things' is going to be in 'It' though. I am actually excited, because he was a pretty good actor.
+Raymond Mach good to knoe
I'm on episode 5 into the second season and I have to say, without spoilers so this is safe to read, that my favorite character Hopper is starting to annoy me. The decisions he makes, especially ones to go It Alone, are completely counterintuitive and ridiculously dumb as hell.
This was a wonderful show. One of my coworkers was like you gotta check it out. I gave it a shot and was instantly hooked. I really felt like a kid again back in the 80's watching the show!!
Just finished it. I absolutely loved it!!! All the actors were perfectly cast! The mystery-horror vibe was perfectly balanced! And the music! OMG the music!!! We need season 2 now! And like you said, it's not a tv show. It's an 8 hour movie!!! And that is a very good thing!!!
Two days? Ha...ha... that's funny....
I did it episode too episode, in one day? did you?
+brock adams yep. Whole season. In one day. No regrets.
+IReadIReviewILove we are winners
+IReadIReviewILove same here
Some people have jobs and other things to do than watch TV shows...
"Casting coup..." couldn't agree more. Just finished this series and immediately had to come see if you had made a review. Thanks Grace, great vid!
this is how 80's nostalgia should be. lookin at you X-men Apocalypse.
Kids swore like crazy in 80s movies. Hello Goonies?
I think you nailed it in terms of the length of the season. 8 episodes definitely allowed brisk pacing, the tightly weaved storylines, there was very little downtime in the story, everything came together beautifully. This is easily my best piece of entertainment this year. That includes tv, movies and games. Out of nowhere it came for me and utterly blew me away and I'm so happy it did yet utterly sad I can't experience it freshly again. But now I get to re-experience it again and look for the things I missed the first time around :) .
Truly amazing acting from the child actors which is very refreshing.
Theory WITH spoilers:
I believe Eleven created the Upside Down. The Hawkins Lab was unsure about the portal, as was Dr. Brenner. They were experimenting w/ remote viewing, and Eleven's fears and powers led her to unintentionally populate and then open the upside down. She said as much. The monster was a conjuring of her nightmares, and once the gate was open it could "reproduce" both itself and the world w/ hosts such as Barbara and Will. At least that's what made sense to me.
Millie Bobby Brown went for the role of x-23 for Logan, she would have been amazing for that role
Started watching it yesterday evening and just finished right now...and my first point of call?.... come see all Beyond the Trailer coverage on it! Haha. x
Thank Kirby that El did get to have a happy life with Mike after all.
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SPOILERS!!!!
Just finished watching. I loved it. even though i could have done without and episode or two, the payoff was sooo worth it. It ended up great! Regarding a sequel.... hmm. Having just finished watching it, do we want a direct sequel? I felt the story was pretty self contained and everything wrapped up nicely. yes, it definitely left it open for a sequel, but i would rather the show/movie comes bac, with the same 80's style, but maybe tackling a different mystery. having the sequel take place years later, with eleven coming back all warrior princess just feels so cliche and meh to me. maybe i could be wrong and they do something totally different that blows me away, but as of i right now, i feel pretty satisfied with how it ended.
Beyond the trailer, you have such a captivating style in your discussions which makes you one of my favorite critics. Good job and keep on the work.
OMG, this "show/movie" was so addicting. I loved the retro setting of the series. The supernatural/scific mystery elements of was so refreshing. I wished there was more movies/shows were like this. Congrats Netflix. Today's tv and movies are getting so boring with all the remakes and superheroes stuff. I want to see more original and creative shows and movies like Stranger Things. Thank You netflix I hope there is a second season. The ending was open so its possible.
I finished watching the show last Sunday, and I don't regret it. Definitely one of the best shows on Netflix.
I need a series of unfortunate events now!! Hope this tops this.
IKR!
YESSS
This is probably my new favorite Netflix series.
I'm going to make one complaint though and this is a real nitpick.
I feel the designs for the alien was a little generic and also they didn't really do anything creative for the lab. I hope as this show progresses and we get more creatures, they think a bit more creative and come up with something we've not really seen before.
i love this show , the season caught me off guard of how it was so good. I'm waiting for season 2
Oh wow so glad you did a review for this !! Spot on with almost everything you just said Grace !
NOOO! If the kids are replaced I'm not watching season 2. I loved those rascals.
was waiting for you to review this show!! searched yesterday if you already reviewed it cuz I finished the show yesterday and man it was awesome! watched it in 2 days
doing myself a big favor and stopping myself from the spoilers! actually going to watch it. saw winona ryder on the cover on netflix and wasn't sure about the show/movie so I'm glad you made a video about it!
Same here. :)
This show is easily the best reason to get or keep Netflix. Great review! This show has also founded a new love for scifi/ horror in me.
You're brilliant and dead on, as always! It is a rare pleasure to hear your timely and insightful reviews, especially when you so easily draw from your vast wealth of entertainment knowledge. I love this show, yet have only just watched the first 4 episodes, and I get those same tingles that the first season of The X Files induced. I will come back to your review after I finish watching the rest of this spellbinding series.
So now having watched Stranger Things in its entirety, I am in complete agreement with your analysis. I would like to add that it evoked an emotional response in me on many levels. This show hit all the spots. I hope to see more work like it soon.
I've really come to the fact I need 2 watch ur reviews b4 I go to a movie or series !!!! On point with what I feel or view of a story !!!
So glad you watched this! I've been waiting for your review :D loved it & love Winona
Great review Grace! I finished binge watching it last night. Favorite show so far, can't wait to re-watch it again 😃
I really want to sketch Eleven as an Xman
Had to stop to avoid spoilers but I really need to see this. Thanks for the reminder Grace.
Absolutely loved Stranger Things, just finished it and I loved every minute of it. I loved the old school feel to it, though I did get more of a 70s feel from it haha. I loved all the little homages to 70/80s pop culture, like the movie posters, technology and even some of the hairstyles and attitudes that existed back then. However Grace, you should be a little more careful with how you explain some things, I noticed you calling Eleven's powers telepathy, but it was more Psychokinesis than that. I also think you're opinion that things should be made more diverse isn't necessarily bad but you don't need it in literally everything nowadays, in my opinion having the same diverse characters and patterns in movies and shows is starting to feel too contrived and patronising. But Stranger Things doesn't go overboard with this, which I'm pleased about. Without a doubt one of the best shows I've seen so far, I hope it continues to be great and can't wait for season 2.
I really enjoyed the 80s nostalgia; especially being old enough to remember when Ryder & Modine, were young. They did a great job of making so many of the characters relatable:)
Finally watched this series and so amazing! I enjoyed this so much. Every character is captivating and the emotions are projected so well. I teared up when Eleven saved them. I want to see the follow up as Eleven as a Phoenix like they referred in the race with the bikes.
I loved the introductory scene of all the boys playing Dungeons and Dragons eating pepperoni and sausage pizza. An exact callback to ET. Enjoying so far. Thanks Grace for all your amazing content. Love your reviews.
Grace!!!! In case you haven't seen, this show is currently #16 on IMDB's list of the Top Rated TV shows!! It's only been out for 5 days, and yet it's right up there with Sherlock, True Detective, and the Sopranos!! I don't know how prestigious an IMDB list is, but that seems like a pretty huge accomplishment to me, kudos to the show!!
Thank you so much for this review! I'm rewatching this again with my wife, it is so good. I agree with every single thing you said. My only correction is (don't be mad lol) you were using telepathy in place of telekinesis. Carrie had telekinetic powers.
Amazing show.. have started watching recently and done with season 1. Just loved it 😁
Great review. Good point for it being a new kind of thing paving the way possibly for more like it to come. You needed to mention how good the soundtrack more and how its 80ish theme was as good as an element of the series/movie as the acting, storytelling and direction and a 80s-loving driver through parts of the series. Grace you rock, big fan.
I watched this show in 3 days, while in school and playing sports
Yay you're reviewing this, thanks so much for the content you provide!
About to watch it now 😬 thanks for the recommendation Grace
Your animations and images during the review are funny and cute :D
Happy to see so many people from so many different walks of life connecting to this show. The acting was impeccable but I think the Duffers deserve some of the credit for that. It wasn't blind luck that they found such a perfectly put together cast. They're responsible for unifying them to each other and to the moments they are in and they obviously did a good job. While the atmosphere and 80's set was fantastically done, most reviews I've seen have focused on the characters and acting. I hope Season 2 (and a likely bigger budget) doesn't affect the focus on what makes this show successful.
The emotional heart of Stranger Things for me was Winona Ryder's quest to find her child. She has him back now and to repeat his absence in a second series would be a lazy retread. I also thought the point of the ending was that El sacrificed herself for her friends, knowing she wouldn't survive unleashing the power needed to kill the monster. I don't see how a second series would work. The nods to the 80s were brilliant one-off that will swiftly become tiresome.
Grace is right. This is an eight hour film, and as is the case with most films, the sequel suffers in comparison.
Phenomenal review. You're great with this... a total pleasure to watch!
Saw your review and checked the show out, now you've got me hooked!
Very nice review, I watched it straight through with some friends. We could not stop watching
I'm surprised you didn't talk about super 8!
I loved this show and I can't wait for the next season
And great review keep it up!
My only gripe was the special effects. I wish they would've gone full 80s style and done practical effects and makeup for the monster. It just would've fit the cinematography better imo. Show was really captivating though and well done
a large portion of the effects in the show are practical effects, and they only opted for CG when they couldn't do it with practical effects
Yeah, when the monster is stationary it is practical. When he is moving, it is cgi.
Grace, I have been watching you for sometime and I have found that your content very refreshing, smart and insightful. You bring intelligence, fun and focus into our SyFi/Comic book world. Thank you...
Grace, thank you so much for reviewing this series. I fell in love with it! :D :D
I loved this show so much! I think it's the best thing Netflix has ever done. I watched all eight episodes in one day and it was the best tv viewing experience I've ever had. I am very much looking forward to season 2.
Last time I was this early Stranger Things was just a Toy Story song
Dear Grace, it is a treat for me to listen to you talk. Doesn't matter what the topic.
Paused at 9:40, I'll see you tmmrw to finish the rest grace :) thanks for getting me excited to watch this, I must say I was skeptical but you sold me.
this was a great review! you did a great job at breaking down the "movie"
i really liked this series as well. one of my favorites!
I'll resume this once I'm done with summer exams. but great find Grace!
toothless was by far the best part of season one. if you can't even seen that much i'm not sure you should be reviewing movies
Hi Grace! I have a question for you:
Often I've heard you describe actors as being viable for TV but not movies, I was wondering what you meant? I understand that TV shows have smaller budgets, so often can't always afford top name actors, and I get why behind the camera talent would be different because of writing, vfx, etc, but for the most part, when I watch a TV show and an actor is believable, I don't understand why they wouldn't be considered for a movie. What are the differences between TV talent and movie talent?
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TV talent and movie actors have a different way of acting in believability. It is very hard to cross over from TV to movies there are many factors that go into it. 1. Popularity 2. Fan Base 3. Demand of talent 4. Timing 5. PR how well are you known to the public 6. Charisma- what does the audience find attractive about the actor, personality, looks, intelligence, image, trust factor 7. Talent- mostly if a person can truly act and they can become the role they are playing or they can create their name brand around popular and successful bodies of work they usually can cross from TV to film. 8. Money and Connection- its about who you know.
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Good Examples of Tv actors- Wyona Ryder, Johnnie Depp, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Benedict Cumberbactch, etc..
Actors who are struggling to cross from TV to film- Stephen Amel, Liam Hemsworth,Victoria Justice, Blake Lively, Chance Crawford, Jessica Biel etc....
Many actors/actresses may have started out on television and even been on successful movie franchises but they are no Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, Bill Murray, Hugh Jackman, etc who are successful Hollywood Box office draws.. Hope that helps.
Okay I see, so it's not so much about the actors ability to act then right? I mean obviously that's a factor, but it's not a hugely important one, all of these other things have to be at play too
Thanks! :)
Stranger Things is like… E.T. meets Super 8 meets…Altered States.