Stranger Things

Yes. No spoilers please. The 80's seem so grand

Yep, no spoilers here either please. We're about 5 episodes in and it's really getting good.

The 80's seem so grand

They kind of were. It was all about "Me" in that decade. There was an explosion of wealth with opportunities for rapid advancement for the boomers and early Gen-X folks as the "Greatest Generation" retired and deregulation kicked in. Everyone wanted a piece of the pie and would gladly screw over their neighbor to get it. Add in the rapid advancements in technology, lowered costs for consumer products, and the straight-up bacchanalian atmosphere of the decade and they were definitely heady times.

Growing up then was pretty awesome. We actually did a lot of the kids in the show do. Riding bikes EVERYWHERE without having a real curfew or electronic leash for our parents to keep an eye on us. We spent more time out of the house exploring the woods and old abandoned places (factories, rail yards, mines) than we did inside. And when we were inside, it was a night to play D&D or challenge each other at video games. Arcades were the shiznit by the way. None of this Dave & Buster's "ticket games" crap. Just row after row of stand-up cabinets with great games and a jukebox in the corner blaring out the latest hits. My dad called bingo for my sister's elementary school at the mall food court on Wednesday nights, so he'd take us down with him, give us each $15 for food and to either spend on quarters at the arcade or at the record store and cut us loose until he was done. I played the hell out of Qbert, Crystal Castles, Rampage, Dig-Dug, and Road Blasters. Things were a hell of a lot simpler back then and I wouldn't trade childhood then for the 90s or later by any stretch of the imagination.

Stranger Things: Remember Thing?

I wouldn't say that nostalgia is the only thing that makes the show decent.

I'd like for them to get out before dying a slow death. I think greed made Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, and Dexter overstay their welcome.

I had fun with the first season. The plot was good. I got a little bored of the amount of times the show felt the need to harp on the 1980s setting. Just tell me a story, you don't need to wrap it in literally every 80s trope ever. 

I liked how a few of then had Stingray copies