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7fqx | 1 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +3 
 The Stranger Things-ification of films/TV is pretty depressing.
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I've never even seen Stranger Things and I know EXACTLY what you mean.
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7fqx | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Don't bother watching tbh.
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Way ahead of you. I'd rather read Lovecraft anyways.
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7fqx | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 So you have a fireplace? You strike me as a man with a fireplace.
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I have several
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7fqx | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Really? Working? Do you have an armchair next to at least one?
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's as if you were here.
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7fqx | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 A nice blanket. One of those knitted ones.
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ButtercupRoberts | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What do you mean by the StrangerThings-ification?
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7fqx | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Twee retro, slick, expensive sheen, not much substance, 'nerd' industry market
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ButtercupRoberts | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeap. Banking on nostalgia, referential culture and not taking much risk (like the rest of the mainstream streaming/movie industry lately😅)