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Oct. 5th, 2019
Torionic on Eerie Indiana
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froodleYou know you could be binging "Eerie, Indiana" on Amazon Prime right now, right?
— Tori Preston (@Torionic) October 5, 2019
You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/6kreDnKbIK
froodleStranger Things is a ripoff of Eerie Indiana, which is a ripoff of Stephen Kings books.
— Sheldon Allen Writes (@SuperSaiyanShel) October 5, 2019
PAPantaloon on Eerie Indiana
Oct. 5th, 2019 12:50 pmfroodleI still think about that Tupperware episode!
— Awesome Pantaloons (@PAPantaloon) October 5, 2019
All. The. TIME.
— Kate Hudson (@HudsonKate) October 5, 2019
Forevvvvveeeeeer wear
Between that and Are You Afraid of the Dark's trapped in a mirror episode so much tv trauma.
— Awesome Pantaloons (@PAPantaloon) October 5, 2019
froodleI could die and go to heaven- my box set of Eerie Indiana is here and already spent a lot of the afternoon watching!!!!!!
— Madison (@nycbunnymadison) October 4, 2019
Ooh! Might have to pop round.
— Julie Smith (@ExBatsforEver) October 4, 2019
Wait whaaaaaat? Its on dvd? Omg. Eerie Indiana was epic. Now I need to get me this
— Frankie Onion (@TheOnionMaid) October 5, 2019
LavenderHillBilly on Stranger Things
Oct. 5th, 2019 01:17 pmfroodleAnd so with It Chapter Two now well and truly out (and I use the term advisedly) one's thoughts finally turn properly to Stranger Things's third season...
Other people have been more than happy with the latest Stranger Things, and some even reckon it's got back on track after Season 2's slightly tired rehash of Season 1 (and indeed its disastrous 'Lost Sister' episode). Alas, I rather feel that with this new one the Duffer bros slightly took their eye off the ball. I mean it was charming and enjoyable and all, but it still managed to get itself bogged down and distracted.
( Read more... )
So what are my final hopes for the last two seasons (because I'm not predicting any more than five in all)? My big one, at least in terms of tone, is that the show will get back on form with the subtlety and creepiness of its early promise and will perhaps even end on a downbeat 1990s vibe. As it happens, I've never really thought of Stranger Things as a 1980s-type show, despite its setting and source materials. For me it feels much more like Twin Peaks or The X-Files (without UFOs) or Eerie, Indiana or American Gothic or perhaps even Quantum Leap (without any time travel - so far!). Originally it was meant to be an anthology show, like The Outer Limits, which had a reboot in the 1990s (albeit in Canada, oddly enough!). Like The X-Files, at any rate, it would have had a whole multiplicity of unconnected spooky stories to tell rather than just one. One reason for this may be that it was in the 1990s that television started telling the sorts of stories that had previously always appeared first at the cinema. After the 1980s' golden age of genre movies, the following decade was a comparatively dry period for sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies†††, so the small screen took up the slack and really came into its own.
If Will Byers and his friends end up leaving their childhoods behind as they find strange lights in the sky, it would feel strangely fitting.
Other people have been more than happy with the latest Stranger Things, and some even reckon it's got back on track after Season 2's slightly tired rehash of Season 1 (and indeed its disastrous 'Lost Sister' episode). Alas, I rather feel that with this new one the Duffer bros slightly took their eye off the ball. I mean it was charming and enjoyable and all, but it still managed to get itself bogged down and distracted.
( Read more... )
So what are my final hopes for the last two seasons (because I'm not predicting any more than five in all)? My big one, at least in terms of tone, is that the show will get back on form with the subtlety and creepiness of its early promise and will perhaps even end on a downbeat 1990s vibe. As it happens, I've never really thought of Stranger Things as a 1980s-type show, despite its setting and source materials. For me it feels much more like Twin Peaks or The X-Files (without UFOs) or Eerie, Indiana or American Gothic or perhaps even Quantum Leap (without any time travel - so far!). Originally it was meant to be an anthology show, like The Outer Limits, which had a reboot in the 1990s (albeit in Canada, oddly enough!). Like The X-Files, at any rate, it would have had a whole multiplicity of unconnected spooky stories to tell rather than just one. One reason for this may be that it was in the 1990s that television started telling the sorts of stories that had previously always appeared first at the cinema. After the 1980s' golden age of genre movies, the following decade was a comparatively dry period for sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies†††, so the small screen took up the slack and really came into its own.
If Will Byers and his friends end up leaving their childhoods behind as they find strange lights in the sky, it would feel strangely fitting.
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Oct. 5th, 2019 08:32 pmfroodleIf you watched
— jupiter_bear (@bear_jupiter) October 6, 2019
-The Secret World of Alex Mack
-Strange Alien
-Animorphs
-Eerie Indiana
-So Weird
You’re either bi or pansexual and into astrology, witchcraft, or anything supernatural. Sorry I don’t make the rules.
LazyHedwig on Eerie Indiana
Oct. 5th, 2019 10:16 pmfroodleI loved Eerie Indiana!! Brisco County Jr is quite fun. I'll also vote for Century Falls. And Bugs is … something
— Hedlesswig 🎃 (@lazyhedwig) October 5, 2019
And Crusade for completist B5 reasons only
Hammard1987 on what to watch next
Oct. 5th, 2019 10:18 pmfroodleOnce I am done with Babylon 5, what 90s SFF series I have not seen should I try next?
— Hammard House of Horror 👻 (@hammard_1987) October 5, 2019
Any suggestions that I might not have seen.
— Hammard House of Horror 👻 (@hammard_1987) October 5, 2019
Here is my current longlist I am working from:
— Hammard House of Horror 👻 (@hammard_1987) October 5, 2019
Berserk
Tales From The Crypt
Gargoyles
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The Pretender
Early Edition
Brisco County Jr.
Spawn
Lexx
Eerie Indiana
ReBoot
Sailor Moon
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
American Gothic
Earth 2
Outlaw Star
Crusade
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AndiPreller on Dick Miller
Oct. 5th, 2019 10:33 pmfroodleBecause it’s October and Joe Dante is a king, how many likes can Dante regular, Dick Miller get??! What’s your fav Dante flick? Is Miller in it?! #80smovies #Spooktober pic.twitter.com/barSx9xkLw
— Cris Hurtado (@HurTastic_Cris) October 5, 2019
The Burbs, and of Course Miller is in it.
— Andi Preller (@AndiPreller) October 5, 2019
But being a co-host of Eerie, International (@eerieINT) I need to give a shoutout to Dante‘s TV show Eerie, Indiana as well.