Madmarttigan said:

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Are we now debating the sexuality of an inter dimensional demon?

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Why not? It's 2025.

double aught said:

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Such a minor thing, but I've loved the shots of Steve working the clutch and shifter on his beloved Bimmer. I guess I just miss a good manual transmission.

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I was test driving cars a couple of weeks ago and gave great pause to a 4x4 with a stick shift, then realized I wasn't sure I could still drive one. Drove a manual transmission from 1990-2014, but have been an auto guy since then.

Nobody could keep it together at the dick jokes.

CharleyKerfeld said:

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double aught said:

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Such a minor thing, but I've loved the shots of Steve working the clutch and shifter on his beloved Bimmer. I guess I just miss a good manual transmission.

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I was test driving cars a couple of weeks ago and gave great pause to a 4x4 with a stick shift, then realized I wasn't sure I could still drive one. Drove a manual transmission from 1990-2014, but have been an auto guy since then.

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I learned to drive in the country on my mom's old Beetle, dad's F150, and sister's RX7, all manuals. Lots of fun. But having one in Dallas traffic these days, probably not so fun.

🚨| The trailer for 'STRANGER THINGS 5' Vol. 2 has been released!

- Episode 5. Shock Jock
- Episode 6. Escape From Camazotz
- Episode 7. The Bridge#StrangerThings5
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— Stranger Things Updates (@Updates_SThings) December 15, 2025

Something I thought during Will's vision of Holly and the other kids locked into the upside down and now think even more after watching this trailer is that they are borrowing ideas from Stephen King's Dark Tower series (cue the guy with the joke about hating the end of DT books).

In the 5th Dark Tower book, it's revealed that the forces of evil are using people with a particular mental skill talent to "break" the beams that hold the titular Dark Tower in place, which, if it fell, would unmake the world. The people doing so are prisoners, but they live in sort of a virtual reality where pretty much any fantasy comes true, like about what Holly was experiencing in the Creel House.

The second DT book famously has three doors on a beach suspended in the air, with no supports, that allow passage from one world to another. the door in the forest that Holly and Max step through really emulates that.

HouseDivided06 said:

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Probably gonna be listed as Covid deaths.

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I would laugh, but reality isn't funny.

Derek has a mortgage now.

That's the Turnbough kid? How long ago did they film that episode?

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Is it bad that I am more excited for this show continuing than I am for Christmas?

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Yes...





...but I am too

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Is it bad that I am more excited for this show continuing than I am for Christmas?

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Adulting? Wait... maybe not.

Jesus left Christmas a long time ago, but that is for a different thread.

In addition to Will not being so gay this season, the Vecna suit is much better and less gay. Season 4 Vecna suit was really lame. He looked more like the Gimp than an inter dimensional baddie.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Is it bad that I am more excited for this show continuing than I am for Christmas?

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More excited for tv than Jesus?

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What about him? It's his birthday, not like he comes back every year.

Vecna actor brought the house down by doing a cameo on Broadway last week.



https://ew.com/jamie-campbell-bower-talks-stranger-things-broadway-debut-season-5-connections-exclusive-11873971

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Is it bad that I am more excited for this show continuing than I am for Christmas?

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thought i could wake up to new episodes this morning, have to wait until 7 central.

Good! I probably won't watch them until my kids are back in school anyway.

I did get a record from WSQK this morning. Compiled by Rockin' Robin.

They weren't going to release them until after their NFL games were done, unfortunately. I checked last night after putting my son's toys together, and everyone went to bed, and I was very disappointed. I thought it was 8 pm eastern last night.

Thought 6 was better than 7.

They're decent enough.

I still love the little homages to 80s movie and pop culture. Mrs. Wheeler turning into Sarah Connor's with her daughter.

I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion, but this season is such a dud imo. So little of this season is actually plot centric. With every minute that goes by, I become increasingly convinced this is a pure money grab in exchange for very little entertainment.

Great nod to Steve Alford being at Indiana.

If they wanted to make Will's coming out matter, we should have seen the future Vecna imposed on him - that would have been some brave TV.

Really liked the science of Vecna being in another world though, and the Upside Down being the bridge.