Agreed on all counts.I finished this around the middle of the month, and it was INCREDIBLE. I'm really looking forward to Season 2, which I hope is a little longer but still just as compelling. And I hope Eleven comes back.
I'm really afraid Season 2 will be more a product of its popularity than of the original vision that created the first season. Its already showing its being influenced by fan reaction and desires. I dont want to see something that is constantly referencing itself and winking at the audience, so I just hope it doesnt go that way.
Well first off, anything relating to Barb. Right after the show came out they basically said "yeah, Barb is dead, done." Now they have to address it more because people demand it. And bringing back Eleven, if they hadnt planned on doing it, they almost certainly have to now, since she's been such a focus of fan reaction to the show. All I'm saying is I hope it's success doesnt influence it too much going forward. One of the things that made it great was that it came out of nowhere and did it's own thing.
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I don't think they expected Barb to be so popular. It's a shame she's dead, because she seemed so interesting. Also, while we'd like to believe we'd be one of the main-characters in the adventure if something like this happened for real - most of us know we're really more like Barb: Redshirt monster-fodder.
And it was not dragged out.That's just it, the third wheel drag-along gets screwed over, and with the monster and all, that was simply brought to its extreme.
See, to me, what made Barb compelling wasn't that she was interesting. It's that she was the every-girl. Literally, every girl in high school either had that friend they dragged along to be their excuse for getting out of the house to see the cute boy or they WERE the girl that got dragged along. She was extremely relatable for the women who watch the show and more than anything, I think, is why she resonated so powerfully.
Knowing my luck.. I'd have been the Barb.^^spot on, everyone knew or had a friend like her