Benched

Sidelined, utterly benched, by a headcold all week, and feeling defeated, overwhelmed, reclusive. Wondering what the point if so many things is, and if my projects will see fruition. Withdrawn.

Spoilery thoughts on Stranger Things season five so far

Spoilery thoughts on the pop-culural  phenomenom of Stranger Things season five

The Janice Byers character finally gets to step up and do something. Oh, thamk gods...she's not just worrying anymore, but fighting!

The requisite ginger character, fan-favourite Max (Sadie Sink) gets to go full wild Irish, grow her hair out and talk with more of an Irish lilt. Big fan.

Turns out Will Byers' constant weeping in often-flabby season four is actually purposeful, as his role is clarified and developed beyond simple abductee. 

Supersweet dork Maya Hawke's character Robin gets to show her brainy superpower and have a Big Gay Team-up with Will Byers! 

The main kids get to all hero up, as mentors, and even all the parents get a moment to show their courage. 

Many heroic moments, even for fat bully kids and newer characters. 

Full-tilt boogie horror at one plot point. Yowzer! 

The antagonist even gets fleshed out. Looks a little like an Alan Moore Swamp Thing, though.

Enjoyable! Bad hair, great action and fine character development. Expected blend of action, mystery, humour, horror. Tighter by far than season four. How about all them suburban moms and dads staring down danger?  Features adults obviously too big to play kids, but hey—call it the Harry Potter Franchise Effect and move on? Still, quite dug it.