quite a touching and meaningful episode; I recommended a friend of mine who recently lost his sister to check out this show, and I await his reaction once he reaches this episode someday. There's a glimpse of Planet of the Apes in this one. I'm also curious on what music was used during the children scenes.
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Thanks, I noticed how each of our comments were written in the month of January :ok_hand:
That was a BOMB season finale! :boom::pizza:
Also, for the record, I am a pro pineapple pizza person! I've had all kinds of pizza, including Hawaiian style (ham and pineapple), for as long I've eaten pizza!loading replies
@roth Speaking of, with '4' and 'pizza', it's a matter of time before they finally reference the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but it probably won't yet happen until they reach 1987 which will likely be season five (next season) of Stranger Things (current one is in '86):pizza::turtle:
The blush on the cheeks scene was a nod at The Simpsons: I remember Marge's mom telling Marge something like "whores use rouge, ladies pinch" ("ladies leech", in Disenchantment). There were probably more nods at The Simpsons (and Futurama?), but clueless as I am I was already lucky enough to find that one.
The humour is a little bit wonky at times (i.e., not working), but this first episode was mildly enjoyable. Definitely not a breath of fresh air (unfortunately), but I found it to be watchable. Honestly, after watching BoJack Horseman I can hardly find any other cartoon show entertaining, but I'm willing to give Disenchantment a chance.
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@emmemaiuscola Oh snap! 8-O
The blush on the cheeks scene was a nod at The Simpsons: I remember Marge's mom telling Marge something like "whores use rouge, ladies pinch" ("ladies leech", in Disenchantment). There were probably more nods at The Simpsons (and Futurama?), but clueless as I am I was already lucky enough to find that one.
The humour is a little bit wonky at times (i.e., not working), but this first episode was mildly enjoyable. Definitely not a breath of fresh air (unfortunately), but I found it to be watchable. Honestly, after watching BoJack Horseman I can hardly find any other cartoon show entertaining, but I'm willing to give Disenchantment a chance.
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@misnomer I thought the same about the rosy cheeks part, and as for Futurama, I think the king (Bean's father) is the same voice of Zoidberg or something. They both bare the orangey-red color too.
♪
Mr. Chuckleteeth, happy as can be
Mr. Chuckleteeth, won't you play with me
When I'm feeling lonely
Lonely as can be, oh
Mr. Chuckleteeth, won't you play with me
Mr. Chuckleteeth, we all love you so
Stay with us forever, and never let us go
Mr. Chuckleteeth, it's time to say farewell
If you try to run and hide, we'll send you straight to Hell.♪
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@roth Alternate ending:
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Mr. Chuckleteeth, happy as can be
I will be a friend to you, if you'll be a friend to me.
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⊗ I'm diggin' tonight's X-Files exploring the Mandela Effect, but I can't be the only one in this alt universe who remembers a female Foxy Mulder (aka Denise Bryson of Twin Peaks)
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@roth also, BING BING BONG BONG BING!
Shout by Dalibor Nedeljković
VIP3Wow, took them only 10 months to make episode about Pokemon Go. To bad everyone forgot about that game ages ago.
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@dborg Funny is subjective; works on some folks; same with other emotions like Fear. I dislike when the Internet talk crap about The Simpsons and saying it's not funny, yet they still watch. Just enjoy the damn show.
I'm pretty disappointed in this show, I came to the conclusion that I only watch it to support the walking dead family and in the event that there might be a crossover with TWD in the future
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@tasa24 Glad that you're sticking around for that crossover because tonight it's going to pay off.
"I am the FBI."
I dropped tears and sighed in relief at that moment as the theme song "Falling" played in the background.
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@thoroughmas I use it when I feel like it's a spoiler. I'm quite careful with what words/names I write as to leave a little mystery but if you were able to guess who said the quote without having watched the episode, then I apologize, and highly urge you to see this episode right away. Have an : - ) ALLright day!
I am surprised that Jughead looks so familiar because he's one of the Zack and Cody twins, Cole Sprouse. He's actually pretty good in this.
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@jim222001 oh man I thought the exact same thing. Well, I was like: is that the kid from Full House (and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody brothers)? It's gotta be! (I haven't looked at the cast to see for sure yet)
Little Mac & Dozer: The Younger Years
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@roth You bet there would be Pokémon! #geekachu #nerdasaur
Keep it classy, Mac. It's a good change of pace with the added moments with the ladies like this. Normally, the show is overloaded with epic music and action; needs a breather every now and then, you know.
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@didouph For a lack of better term, I used the word "epic" as an adjective to describe the tone that the composer is going for; Not necessarily a good thing because I don't want it to sound too epic-y. That's why I put "overloaded" in there, but I guess some readers take the impression that I think it's good...? when I don't; and is quite annoying and stereotypical unlike the orignal 1985 show. Even the actual composer Liked my tweet when I tweeted that same thing last night, and probably for the wrong reason. Thank you for your misunderstanding.
I see that they're borrowing some ideas from the Daredevil series with these one-take fight scenes. It's well-fit for these types of characters.
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@ehte92 I had not noticed. I know Arrow existed before Daredevil, and I was there for the series premiere, but I'm just referring to the directing style here. It's not true one-shot in Arrow though as it does cut in some closeup shots here and there. But it seemed like it was kinda getting Daredevil-ish, not quite there though.
To be clear, what I mean by a one-shot take is an extended scene where the camera floats about while the action happens. It doesn't cut away, or at least the transitions are smooth. There are a couple of amazing ones in Daredevil (2015), but of course that style has been done before in films like Oldboy (2003) and The Raid (2011).
"Honestly, I'd murder for a Coke Zero."
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@alex-a-f4575973-b68f-4f02-bfd5-036d8555f783 haha yeah, that's why it felt out of place when I heard it said, hence why I quoted it here. The person also mentioned Uber too.
why FBI computer shows 2015?
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@alan7 The episode was filmed around July/August of 2015
Love this show. Finally a first that gets the mechanics of hacking right.
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@mizmizuki mmm I wouldn't say it's the first; definitely plenty more before it, and a lot came out the same year too, Blackhat (2015), for example.
How can anyone like Arrow, Flash or Super Girl when we have this show?
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@fabioacribeiro For one thing, maybe because those shows are more accessible. Second, the Arrow and Flash shows are awesome, especially the latter. iZombie, I dig. Super Girl is alright too, only seen a couple episodes, but will catch up. Gotham, meh. Daredevil is a nice exclusive that won't work on basic networks (the CW, ABC) due to the violence and blood, maybe AMC but it's not really their style. That's why services like Hulu, Amazon, Crackle, Shudder, or in this case, Netflix, is a good fit. Now let's rid of silly questions like this (rhetorical or not) and enjoy all the shows while we have them.
I'm thinking eleven caused the portal. And she's scared to go back. It looks like the creature is definitely attracted to blood. Barb's bloody finger...the deer.
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@dfabro I think the portals are pre-existing but not necessarily caused by El. (I would say it's caused by those "things".) Although, she can channel herself to reach this dimension or space-between. Except, what we saw in her flashback there at the lab, was that she wasn't the only one dwelling in that territory. I like your speculation on the blood though, and it seems so.
I wanted to write this in earlier comments: Does anyone think of Black Mesa while the Hawkins Lab scenes (the current time, not Eleven's flashbacks)? specially when they send in the one dude in the Upside-Down. That could've been Gordon Freeman.
Anyway, as a i expected the protagonists are shifting now in the offensive. But i cringed on Hopper's plan. What was his exit strategy? I know, he is more an intuition type, but that was seriously dumb. Another thing that felt out of place was the scene at the vigil with Mr. Clarke. Firstly it was an unusual amount of explanation for Stranger Things, secondly this punch-a-pencil-through-paper-explanation was very cliché. And not 80s cliché, i looked it up. It was first used in Event Horizon in 1997 (or has Mr. Clarke the ability to watch movies from the future, which would be awesome btw.), then recently in Interstellar.
I really enjoyed the duo Nancy-Jonathan. Nancy finally left her 80s-trope-shell and showed some soul. The confrontation developed both characters much further.
Speaking of Duos: Joyce was in combination with Lonnie also very good. She used her maniac energy, that she had built up in the last episodes in converted it into an emancipatory act.
One final thought, that i also wanted to write in earlier comments: I think they showed the monster too early. We saw already the head and parts of the body in episode 3 or so. I would've wished they wanted until the end of this episode to show anything of the monster directly. So the picture analysis in the dark room and everything else connected to finding the monster would have had so much more impact.loading replies
@vanilla-chief oh yeah I see the Black Mesa/Half-Life thing you mentioned there. I actually thought it was more like The Poltergeist (1982) because it being a portal (or gateway to the other side), and tied to a rope.
I agree with you on the early reveal too, but that seems more fit for a full-length film. I'm not too bothered by it though. There could be more "things" (as the show title suggests) later on.
So is the milk still good?
YupI like the little comedic moments like this.
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Yeah I guess it only works for some people. This style of comedy is what's called "Dark humor" which does set the tone to the kind of story this is. I hope we see more of it! I get your point though, @Nerve33. It was a dick move, and a change in character which heightened just after the wife shouted at him and exited frantically. But having that scene at the table just hearing the chunky milk clumps pouring into the bowl for a good long 3-seconds just sends a chuckle. For a kid that looks about 6 or 7, you'd think he'd know whether milk is good or bad just by the smell (or sound in this case) of it.
sips some damn fine cup of coffee
Fun to see how Barry meets Kara in this little crossover episode
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Yeah, but come on, they're young, meeting each other for the first time. It's cute to see that. They saved the world together. What more do you want. If there's more to tell, they'll do it in the next one.
Written and Directed by Glen Morgan
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It's written by James Wong
