Good GOOGLY MOOOGLY!! Holy HECK!! Good LORD!! Jeebus cripes crispies with milk!!!
I mean, did I just watch that? I watched that. That just happened. That was much better television than we possibly deserve to have. This is at least the greatest show since Lost.
And the kids do not too terribly old either considering it's been over three years since season four. They all appear pretty consistent with their characters's on-screen ages. Even Erica - who I was concerned about most, because I love that character - looks great! The crew did an amazing job with makeup. I totally bought that these were still teenagers.
I totally called it on the title of episode two, which was being called "The Vanishing Of..." ever since the titles reveal last year. The foreshadowing was there all the way back in season one. Can't believe I nailed that one :-)
It was a real delight to see that the copy of A Wrinkle in Time that Holly is reading is the very same edition of my own copy, that I got as fourth grader in 1984. That became one of my favorite books from childhood and it was really something seeing how that classic tale got referenced in these episodes.
I'm just... wow. The past five hours were amazing. Definitely time well spent away from real world concerns. That can be a good thing, in moderation. I've neglected having some leisure time for my own enjoyment for much too long. Tonight I got to have that again.
Today is officially Thanksgiving. I'm going to be joining some friends for a late celebration tomorrow, so I have today pretty much to myself. I'm going to spend it playing with my dog, for fun I'm going to make the dinner that Snoopy cooked in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (complete with toast and pretzels), and I might watch these first four episodes again. I'll certainly watch them again before volume two comes out on Christmas Day.
Okay well, go watch the new Stranger Things. It gets my highest recommendation. And if you've never watched it before, what are you waiting for?? You're missing a heck of a story, with an amazing cast of characters. I hope this comes to Blu-ray eventually, because I would be very happy to have the series in my collection. But you don't have to wait. Get Netflix now, just for Stranger Things. Trust me it's worth it.
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