Not reading this thread,.......closing my eyes........... Just finished re-watching S1 with the wife. About to start 2 tonight. At the beach, perfect Netflix weather.
OK, Mrs. FromWA and I finished the binge this week... First, the final 5 minutes of the show gave me PTSD to every dance from 7th grade to getting shot down for prom. Including the crying in the corner. Except I never had the modern-day Mia Sara come up and dance with me to soothe my feelings. Second, agree with everyone else about a) Chicago being kinda dumb, but also b) having to be in there for the authentic homage (I was getting flashbacks to Adventures in Babysitting) and for foreshadowing. Where's 1-7, 9 and 10? Mike was getting on my nerves as well. Then again, puberty plus losing your girlfriend was probably weighing on him. The whole "I don't wanna be Winston!" "Why do I have to be Winston?" scene was awesome. The whole episode where Bob bought it, my wife and I were saying "he's so totally going to die, but is it a teaser here, where he escapes this episode to get hit by a truck later, or does he get eaten here?" The tension in the scene with Mike's mom and the CA dude was awesome...same with when Nancy and Jonathan eventually did it.
What a fantastic show this has been. I love it. The pop culture references, the music. All of it. These kids are exactly my age if I'm correct.
The reason why I like it is because it's just like a familiar sip of your favorite drink from when you were a kid. It takes you back. The opening sequence is just so familiar.
Netflix has a show called "Everything Sucks" or something like that - that has a lot of the pop culture stuff from the 90s. It is not sci-fi, horror or anything else like Stranger Things - but if you enjoy the period pop culture references - that show is nice as well, and it is based in Boring, OR.
I thought Everybody Loves Raymond would suck and that Ray Romano was annoying. I was right that he was annoying but the show was awesome. Luckily I didn't let my first judgement stand.
