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Stranger Things is a unicorn. A science fiction series where things

actually happen. There are so many science fiction series where nothing happens. I first noticed this with John From Cincinnati. The previews made the series look extremely enticing. All sorts of unexplainable events start happening to a SoCal surf family (like levitating off the ground) at the same a mysterious stranger shows up. The show was cancelled after one season because over the course of 10 shows, nothing else happened. The trend has only accelerated. Apple released Invasion, a show about aliens taking over the planet. But none of the show focused on the aliens. The focus was on day-to-day problems people were having during the alien invasion. Two or three episodes focused on some kids stuck in a giant hole. The big reveal of the fourth episode was (spoiler alert) the kids climbing out of the hole. And now there’s Night Sky, a show about an older couple who somehow have a portal to another dimension. Never learning my lesson, I tuned in for the first episode. Majority of the show was about the wife’s doctor appointment while the husband went to the grocery store and a diner. I will not be watching the second episode. The writers have a premise, but not nearly enough substance for a series, so it’s all filler. No thanks.
Posted: 05/27/2022 at 12:15 PM ET

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Stranger Things is a unicorn. A science fiction series where things
RoswellGAHokie 05/27/22 12:15 PM ET
Agree. SciFi is hard to get right for some reason
DallasHokie98 05/28/22 09:41 AM ET
SciFi is just a setting
Beerman 05/27/22 04:54 PM ET
I thought of Star Wars as being a western set in space
EDGEMAN 05/27/22 09:05 PM ET
I worked with a guy eons ago in NYC wrote scifi. He hated the stuff we see
Vtskier1 05/27/22 07:03 PM ET
Agreed - we got 2 episodes in and I'm done**
HokieMacDaddy 05/27/22 03:44 PM ET
Agree on night sky. Got sucked in for 1 episode**
ColoVT82 05/27/22 02:46 PM ET
Thanks for the warning on Night Sky
Happy Dog 05/27/22 12:49 PM ET
Stranger Things and Cobra Kai are both outstanding
Seikoh_04 05/27/22 12:38 PM ET
So i should watch Stranger Things?**
psychobilly 05/27/22 12:19 PM ET
Yes - I watched the earlier seasons with my teen-aged daughter and we both
vt90 05/27/22 12:37 PM ET
Appropriate for a 12 year old that has heard plenty of curse words?**
psychobilly 05/27/22 01:57 PM ET
Agree with Roswell. Some 'weird' scenes as well as intense and ...
vt90 05/27/22 02:45 PM ET
Yes. Some scenes are pretty intense in a scary, suspenseful way. If he can
RoswellGAHokie 05/27/22 02:31 PM ET
Does she keep saying, "I see dead people" when you watch together?**
PhotoHokieNC 05/27/22 12:43 PM ET
Indeed. Still waiting for her inheritance.**
vt90 05/27/22 12:51 PM ET
Yep. **
RoswellGAHokie 05/27/22 12:20 PM ET