Stranger Things season 2 chapter 1: MADMAX

"Stranger Things"

season 2 chapter 1: MADMAX

Stranger Things is back for a second season and if the first episode is any indication, the show's still got it.

One of the things that really impresses me about this series is the accuracy of the setting. While most series set in the 80s are content to wallow in stereotyped nostalgia. "Stranger Things" actually hits the mark. In the first scene that we see the kid protagonists from last season, it's 1984 and they are in a video arcade in Hawkins, IN., playing the arcade game "Dragon's Lair", while Devo's song "Whip It" plays in the background. Why do I mention this? Because I distinctly remember playing "Dragon's Lair in a game room in a small town in Indiana back in 1984 while "Whip It" was playing on the jukebox!

The series doesn't waste a lot of time either - we see supernatural occurrences from the get-go, including Will Byers entering the "upside down" shortly after he shows up.

While one episode does not a series make, MADMAX definitely starts things off right!