Unpopular take: I actually found it pretty good. All characters got their screen time and the main characters all got a resolution that felt satisfying to me. The action scenes were good. I even liked the revelation of what the upside down really is, though I would’ve preferred a slightly different version of that explanation.
Comment on the last season was so ass
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 2 days ago
I feel like Stranger Things went from must watch tv to not even sure I’ll ever watch the finale simply by word of mouth. Is the final season really that bad? I was excited for it at the end of season 4, then it seemed like the season came out and it cratered the show in 2 days.
griselbrandalf@reddthat.com 2 days ago
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Different unpopular take: it was the same quality all the way through and that was 5% cool monster ideas, 20% average TV, 75% “shmacting” through long exposition.
chisel@piefed.social 2 days ago
Maybe true for everything after season one, which was top-tier.
Aqivex@fedinsfw.app 2 days ago
Is the final season really that bad?
No. It is perfectly fine to great, in parts.
There is some media literacy required to understand a few things that are called plot holes, aren’t, is the worst I could say about it.
The hate is about as real as that of the ragebait videogame situations.
Eq0@literature.cafe 2 days ago
What have been called a plot hole?
To me, while not great, it felt like a neat clean up of all the threads that had been started.
::spoiler Mild Spoiler The only problem is that it solves the question of Vekna by pushing it back in time, so there are still questions there ::
BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Tap for spoiler
I thought it was hilarious that the protagonists (L and that other chick) cared about exacting justice against the military, and then nuked a bunch of captive pregnant women in the upside down Didn’t they say they were going to come back for them?
psycotica0@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
This doesn’t render as a spoiler for me, BTW
Eq0@literature.cafe 2 days ago
Edited, can you let me know? What seems to be the problem?
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
It had nothing that made the first season(s) interesting. It’s not horrible, just incredibly boring.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yes, it’s bad. It’s not super bad, or anything (this isn’t GoT) but the more you think about it, the less sense it makes. It mostly just rushed, not well thought out conclusions. Some conclusions create glaring plot holes (the upside-down explanation makes it impossible for the Russians to have opened a portal to the upside-down, for instance).
Mostly it commits the most egregious sin of not taking itself seriously. End of S4, shit is completely fucked in Hawkins with the ground being ripped up by the massive portals. Beginning of S5, the portals have been tacked over with sheet metal and never once matter.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I was really into the series while it aired. It was so long until the final season came out I no longer cared if I watched or not. I did though. It was okay but nothing spectacular.
LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
From someone who watched it from the beginning, Season 5 was fucking terrible. Full stop.
I’m not even someone who goes into watching something as something to dissect and analyze. The fan theories were much better endings than that garbage of a season.
Watch until Season 4, then pretend Season 5 doesn’t exist. It’s among Game of Thrones now. No one really talks about Stranger Things BECAUSE the last season was that bad.
Schal330@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Honestly I thought the finale was good. Great? No.
Thinking back on the show I remember it positively. I don’t think I’ll ever be massively eager to rewatch it ever again, but if someone asked me if they should watch it I would say sure give it a go.
It wasn’t a catastrophic ending like Game of Thrones was. That is a show I wouldn’t even bother to sit down and watch knowing how it ended.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
After seeing so many catastrophic endings over the years: lost, Dexter, how I met your mother, game of thrones…
I’m fine with the ending of Stranger Things
quadrant5835@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
I sometimes wonder if I made the right decision by only watching GoT through season 7. Then I get reminded to just appreciate what I got 🤣
Is Dunk and Egg good? I saw season 1 on disc at Walmart the other day to learn that it exists.
FLP22012005@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I completely agree. I struggle to think of similar shows that did end great.
BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I think if I were to do it again, I’d call it good after season 1
Same feelings as you on it, but I think season 1 held the magic as far as rewatching needs goes and is pretty self contained