Official Stranger Things Season 3 Thread

[DoubleClutch]

I get your point but fam....I'm white. White people knew RUN DMC in the 80's. It was a part of pop culture.

Granted I was living in a predominantly black area in the 80's and 90's, so it's not the same as the small town in "Stranger Things"....but MTV was playing the fukk out of RUN DMC in the time frame of this current season.

I'm not trying to derail the thread or anything....not even really criticizing the show. Just saying, for them to include everything else from the 80's....and I'm old enough to remember that decade....it's kinda odd, is all. And it'll be even more odd next season, as the 80's go on.

Fred.

I’m pretty sure eleven (Milley Bobby Brown) could force Them to add some hip hop next season since she’s such a big fan of rap in real life

 

[Tunez]

Mike didn't have to say that to Will, Will been through mad shyt

Now he riding his bike while it's pouring

 

[Nero Christ]

Erica got through the vents and opened the door tho

she's Ray Allen

 

[Nero Christ]

Finished it. Pretty good. Though I can’t get over how Winona Rider is so blank on the inside. She has no soul or emotions when delivering her lines. She just seemed so hollow. I’d image it’s related to her alleged drug problem

you can see in her eyes all them years of Weinstein, drugs, and shoplifting done left her broken

I get your point but fam....I'm white. White people knew RUN DMC in the 80's. It was a part of pop culture.

Granted I was living in a predominantly black area in the 80's and 90's, so it's not the same as the small town in "Stranger Things"....but MTV was playing the fukk out of RUN DMC in the time frame of this current season.

I'm not trying to derail the thread or anything....not even really criticizing the show. Just saying, for them to include everything else from the 80's....and I'm old enough to remember that decade....it's kinda odd, is all. And it'll be even more odd next season, as the 80's go on.

Fred.

Lucas gonna be rocking some 1s next season, the banned 1s too

 

[Tunez]

Erica talk that big game shyt

 

[Tunez]

Larry where are you going big fella

 

[Lootpack]

The real D&D

The Upside Down D&D

 

[jwinfield]

I liked her since The Sopranos, she MILF status now

fukked up letting her get away too

 

[En Sabah Nur]

I get your point but fam....I'm white. White people knew RUN DMC in the 80's. It was a part of pop culture.

Granted I was living in a predominantly black area in the 80's and 90's, so it's not the same as the small town in "Stranger Things"....but MTV was playing the fukk out of RUN DMC in the time frame of this current season.

I'm not trying to derail the thread or anything....not even really criticizing the show. Just saying, for them to include everything else from the 80's....and I'm old enough to remember that decade....it's kinda odd, is all. And it'll be even more odd next season, as the 80's go on.

Fred.

And that's the point
Indiana is country whitesville NOW, and we talking about early-mid 80's as hip-hop is just being branched out beyond NYC. Lucas is a square raised up around white boys playing Dungeons and Dragons his whole life. Being black doesn't just trigger some phermone in somebody to make them start loving rap music. So Lucas going from doing everything he's been doing to being a hip-hop head in the midst of his upbringing and surroundings as we've seen could easily come off forced. Like from who in Bamaville Indiana would he be learning to breakdance like dude suggested he do? .



This is LL visiting a cac school in 85....explaining to them what scratching and beatboxing are. Many in white America were still very green as far as hiphop

 

[KalKal]

Makes me wonder what music was like for black youth in small towns before hip hop took off

I think The Jacksons and Prince were all from the Midwest, so probably a lot of that.

Nah, @DoubleClutch is right man.

If this season takes place in 1985 then RUN DMC's "Rock Box" would've been getting play on MTV for a solid year. Not to mention "King Of Rock" came out early 1985 and went platinum. That video would've been all over MTV too.

It's not a deal breaker this season but if next season takes place in '86 or later and has no hip-hop I'm gonna be side-eyeing the show.

Fred.

I think this timeline is a little early for the show. Maybe RunDMC was getting played once or twice on MTV, but remember this show is set before "Walk This Way" and before "Yo MTV Raps" so it would have been rare.

So what movies were referenced this season? The obvious one is Terminator with that lame ass Russian soldier

The pool scenes kinda reminded me of The Sandlot I'm not sure tho

You mean new movies other seasons didn't reference?

Here are a few:
Red Dawn (directly compared to Russian invasion)
Neverending Story (song)
Back to the Future (Clip shown, plus mall setting)
The Blob (exploded rats turned into blob)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (alien give mind takeover)
The Thing (New Coke compared to remake)

Fright Night (this one might be a stretch, but the sun seemed to burn Billy like a vampire)

War Games ("two key" system compared to missile silo)

Die Hard (ok...crawling through vents is an older cliche)

Any number of "Teenage girl gets a makeover" movies

Weird Science (or any other movie where teenaged nerd creates some near magical sci-fi electronic device)

Enter The Dragon (showdown in Hall of mirrors)

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

finished season 3 and it was ok. the russian terminator was pretty good but the whole story and how it unraveled was eh. this would've been a really good note to end on but seems like there will be a season 4.

 

[hex]

And that's the point
Indiana is country whitesville NOW, much less in the 80's I'm sure. Lucas is a square raised up around white boys playing Dungeons and Dragons his whole life. Being black doesn't just trigger some phermone in somebody to make them start loving rap music. So Lucas going from doing everything he's been doing to being a hip-hop head in the midst of his upbringing and surroundings as we've seen could easily come off forced. Like from who in Bamaville Indiana would he be learning to breakdance like dude suggested he do? .

I'm not saying have Lucas and the rest of the kids come out in Adidas track suits, Kangols and dookie ropes....but to acknowledge every other act out in that era....while ignoring RUN DMC, a group that performed in front of 100,000 people at Live Aid the same year this season is set in....is kinda ridiculous. You didn't have to be a hip-hop head to know who they were.

I think this timeline is a little early for the show. Maybe RunDMC was getting played once or twice on MTV, but remember this show is set before "Walk This Way" and before "Yo MTV Raps" so it would have been rare.

Breh their debut album went gold and their follow up went platinum. This was well before both of the things you mentioned. "Raising Hell" propelled them to multi-plat status but they were very well known in the mainstream in 1985.

Fred.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I'm not saying have Lucas and the rest of the kids come out in Adidas track suits, Kangols and dookie ropes....but to acknowledge every other act out in that era....while ignoring RUN DMC, a group that performed in front of 100,000 people at Live Aid the same year this season is set in....is kinda ridiculous. You didn't have to be a hip-hop head to know who they were.





Breh their debut album went gold and their follow up went platinum. This was well before both of the things you mentioned. "Raising Hell" propelled them to multi-plat status but they were very well known in the mainstream in 1985.

Fred.

I grew up in the 80s in a small North Carolina town and Hip-Hop was not that easy to get
I was Lucas's age in the 80s and i was all about Michael Jackson and the parents were playing 70s Motown and copy cats
We got cable with about 20 channels maybe in 1987ish and that was on one TV in the house
We had maybe one R&B/pop radio station that played MJ, Whitney and stuff like New Edition, no Hip-Hop
My first intro to Run DMC was Krush Groove and that was on video tape from the rental store

 

[Kaypain]

I think The Jacksons and Prince were all from the Midwest, so probably a lot of that.



I think this timeline is a little early for the show. Maybe RunDMC was getting played once or twice on MTV, but remember this show is set before "Walk This Way" and before "Yo MTV Raps" so it would have been rare.





You mean new movies other seasons didn't reference?

Here are a few:
Red Dawn (directly compared to Russian invasion)
Neverending Story (song)
Back to the Future (Clip shown, plus mall setting)
The Blob (exploded rats turned into blob)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (alien give mind takeover)
The Thing (New Coke compared to remake)

Fright Night (this one might be a stretch, but the sun seemed to burn Billy like a vampire)

War Games ("two key" system compared to missile silo)

Die Hard (ok...crawling through vents is an older cliche)

Any number of "Teenage girl gets a makeover" movies

Weird Science (or any other movie where teenaged nerd creates some near magical sci-fi electronic device)

Enter The Dragon (showdown in Hall of mirrors)

dope

 

[DoubleClutch]

I grew up in the 80s in a small North Carolina town and Hip-Hop was not that easy to get
I was Lucas's age in the 80s and i was all about Michael Jackson and the parents were playing 70s Motown and copy cats
We got cable with about 20 channels maybe in 1987ish and that was on one TV in the house
We had maybe one R&B/pop radio station that played MJ, Whitney and stuff like New Edition, no Hip-Hop
My first intro to Run DMC was Krush Groove and that was on video tape from the rental store

I guess next season needs some Bobby Brown references then