![]() Even the town's chief of police Hopper (David Harbour) is at a loss, as the clues they do have fail to add up. His mother Joyce (Winona Ryder) and his older brother Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) can't find him. After playing a long round of D&D with his pals Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) goes missing. In the sleepy Indiana town of Hawkins, life is normal. It isn't perfect, but it's damn entertaining and thankfully holds up to repeat viewings. From the get-go, the Duffer Brother's Stranger Things won me over. Interestingly enough, outside of how great it was or comparisons to various movies I heard nothing! That got me interested. When people started chattering about Netflix's ode to 80s horror movies, Stranger Things, I put my guard up preparing to wait months to start in on it. From Breaking Bad to Game of Thrones, I've purposely kept my distance so I can enjoy things on my own terms. ![]() Part of it has to do with not wanting my opinions of a work colored by outsiders, but it's also to do with the incessant water cooler chit-chat that inevitably leads to massive spoilers. ![]() When everyone is talking about a show or a movie, my gut response is to run in the opposite direction. A Cultural phenomenon is a tough sell for me. ![]()
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