Episode 53: Stranger Things

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The LFTS team discusses the cultural impact of Stranger Things, the differences between the first three seasons, and how the series balances nostalgia, horror, and fun coming-of-age stories all at the same time.

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Show Notes

LFTS Video on Stranger Things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rxss4wEL4w

Michael's appearance on "Missing Frames" talking about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: https://www.thenerdparty.com/missingframes/episode-92-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay. Today we're talking about
0:10.3	Stranger Things, the TV show began in 2016, created by Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer. I'm joined by
0:17.0	the Lesson Trump screenplay team, Trisha Rand. Hello, everyone. Brian Bittner.
0:21.3	Hello, hello.
0:22.2	And Alex Coyotes.
0:23.4	Hi.
0:24.1	There's a lot of things to talk about with Stranger Things, three seasons of lots of fun and
0:29.4	adventures.
0:30.5	And I'm curious to hear what all of our reactions are to all the different places that
0:36.1	the show goes.
0:36.7	And that's one of the things that I love about the show is that it goes to so many places and does so many things.
0:41.5	I was thinking earlier today about the first time I watched Stranger Things. And it was a kind
0:47.4	of unlikely viewing for me, right? Because so I hadn't heard about it that it was coming out at all.
0:52.8	And then it was just like people on Twitter and friends were like, have you seen
0:56.1	stranger things?
0:56.8	You should check it out.
0:57.6	And I was like, okay, what's it about?
0:58.6	And they're like, well, it's like the 80s.
1:00.2	It's like all those 80s movies and like that style.
1:02.5	And I was like, yeah, I don't know.
1:03.5	And they were like, no, just shut up and watch it.
1:05.1	Okay. and really, really enjoyed it. Super duper won me over. So yeah, I want to hear from you guys
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