rant · moment 17 of 20
Stranger Things Should Have Been About AIDS and Crack, Not Nostalgia
from 156 - Some Of Our Faves · #156
4 min
A riff imagining a grittier, more realistic version of Stranger Things dealing with the real 1980s of AIDS and crack addiction instead of nostalgic mall culture, with an extended bit reimagining Winona Ryder's character as a crack addict.
- Tim dismisses Stranger Things and the endless 80s nostalgia it represents.
- The 80s were actually AIDS and crack for most people, not malls and carnivals.
- Tim pitches a Stranger Things episode where Winona Ryder smokes crack and ignores the alien threat entirely.
- The show should feature the savings and loan scandal with Winona Ryder smoking crack in a car they're living in.
- Hopper has AIDS from being a leather daddy doing intravenous drugs.
- A real nostalgic show would be about crack and AIDS with good music, not aliens.
- Winona Ryder's character mom joins the Dallas Buyers Club as her crack addiction worsens and she runs out of money.
- Stranger Things should have been a 90-minute movie instead of multiple bloated seasons.
- Tim admits he doesn't understand what the upside down actually is or how it connects to real phenomena like the Montauk Project.
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