Such a tragedy that so many Movies and TV are kid stuff.

This show is similar to the work of Stephen King, and draws a lot of inspiration from it. He's one of the few writers who can consistently pull off horror with children or teenagers as protagonists but adult plotlines. I don't know why King's canon is so difficult to make into good movies but Stranger Things is like a perfectly done TV adaptation of one of his novels. Read IT, Hearts in Atlantis, or even The Dark Tower series, and most of the main characters are early teens to young adult, but the books certainly don't read like teen or YA fiction.

This is why ST appeals to such a wide range of viewers. Its teen, young adult, and adult characters are all equally critical to the story, which doesn't condescend to any age group. Those who think its older fans are drawn primarily by nostalgia are getting it wrong. That's just a neat little bonus for those of us who happened to grow up in the 80's. But a retro soundtrack and some pop culture references simply couldn't account for the show's popularity, even among those who didn't.

I doubt many will agree with you but i do.

I enjoy the nostalgia factor of this but then there are very...kid orientated elements to this show that i couldn't get into. The very end of season two with the ball thing for example, i was cringing like crazy. Felt really awkward seeing kids kiss.

I'm not a kid anymore, nor are the vast majority of viewers of stranger things i would assume, so why pander to kids? Having girl problems in middle school is not something we can relate to anymore. I enjoyed the non kids stuff but it's still a shame i had to endure them fighting over max.

I understand the need for kids in the show but not the need to see kid problems and issues.

in Stranger Things it's part of the nostalgia... the fans of the show miss being kids... otherwise all of the ghostbusters and other silly references wouldn't work. Adults didn't give a $hit about ghostbusters in the 80s...

but yeah, most movies are made for kids now, partly because adults stopped going to the theatre and torrented their movies for over a decade until Apple TV and Netflix came out with their streaming services at decent prices... it was too late though as the habit of adults going to the cinema was decimated as was the industry practices and teams of directors and producers who were making those movies...

Ths only adults who kept that cinema going habit were horror movie fans, which is why there are still many made and shown in cinema, albeit at a much smaller scale...