I like the look of the show more than the story.
shareI really liked it when I first watched it but waiting F-O-R-E-V-E-R for the second season pretty much killed my interest.
shareYour loss.
It is?! So should I get re-interested? If you think it's worth it, I'll give it a go!
shareYou'd have to rewatch the entire series from the beginning, but yes, it's very much worth it.
It's the most thought-provoking series I've ever seen.
Ah, I suspected I would need to rewatch the first season.
Argh! Why didn't I do that when I first read that the second season would be coming out?! Then I would have been all primed and ready to go.
The same thing happened to me. I absolutely loved season 1 but it took so long for season 2 to be aired that by the time it was, I had forgotten almost everything about season 1 and couldn't get into 2. The thought of having to rewatch season 1 when there are so many other good shows on now that I'm involved with was not appealing to me.
Me too, I loved season 1. Started to watch season 2, watched like half of the first episode and realized I don’t remember much and can’t follow the plot anymore, that I will need to rewatch season 1 in order to continue. But I just can’t get myself to rewatch it, there is always something else I’m more in the mood for.
shareI have a feeling this same exact thing happened to a lot of folks.
Rewatching is not optional with this series - there are too many characters and too many important details to remember.
If you can't bring yourself to rewatch from the beginning, there is no way you'll be able to appreciate the continuation. Simply not possible with this particular show.
To repeat what I said in some other thread, this is the most thought-provoking series I've ever seen, and as such requires a significant investment from the viewer.
For me, one of the problems is that although it was really interesting and complicated, it was a little morose and depressing. It felt worth it to get through season 1 (and, I think I also watched Season 2) because of the suspense, but having to go re-watch all of those depressing episodes in order to figure out the riddles just isn't appealing.
shareSeason 1 was really, really good, with a novel setting and approach to time travel and its paradoxes.
Season 2 was less appealing in some way, I feel like the concept wore thin over 8 episodes and by the 6th episode or so they were relying on interpersonal drama to drive the narrative.
Based on the last episode of S2, it looks as if there's something new coming which might refresh it, although I'm worried they'll be able to answer many of the questions in a satisfying way.
I haven't heard anything about this TV series at all from anyone I know who are subscribed to Netflix and it's only in the last several months now having signed up to Netflix myself to watch The Crown (2016-) and seeing the second season's release of Dark (2017-) promoted that I started watching it. And I am totally loving it!😍 Whereas the overhyped Stranger Things (2016-) has been described to me as a "masterpiece"—Seriously!🙄—I am finding Dark (2017-) far more original in comparison and, in my opinion, truly more deserving of the designation as a "masterpiece!" I find it ingenious how the creators and writers have weaved a marvelous tapestry of how the four families in Winden are all connected and the choices each person has made has far-reaching consequences for the past and future!🤯 I can't wait for the third and final season!🤓
shareOnly pre 16 year olds would consider Stranger Things a masterpiece. Its decent entertainment, but highly directive and forgettable.
shareAgreed. Overrated. I don't think it deserves even 7. I gave it 4/10. Simply because I didn't like it. Shallow characters, boring and nothing much happening. They just jump from present to past or future and that's it. This TV show is extremely overrated.
shareYou do know that ratings are what people rate things, right? That's like saying peoples opinions or emotions are wrong.
shareIf anything, pretty much the last thing these characters are is shallow, but whatevs.
I hate to be that guy who says "stick to The Transfomers" but if you gave this masterpiece labyrinth of thought provoking, complex, existential, paradoxical wonder a 4, I'd say that applies to you.
shareI disagree. I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Some think the pacing is slow but to me it's a good one to "linger longer" over, not to mention process things that happen. It's definitely convoluted. Lots of crazy twists and developments. I'm very much looking forward to season 3.
If anything I think this show is woefully underrated. I wish everyone knew about it (and that no one had an aversion to watching foreign language stuff with subtitles) - that would have made for a much more fulfilling discussion. This material can be studied in college philosophy courses.
The only thing is, it would have been more expedient to just watch the entire show at once. I've already had to rewatch season 1 when season 2 came out, and I know that now I'll have to rewatch both seasons 1and 2 in time for the release of season 3, which is no easy task.
I just hope my sacrifice will be worth it. 😊