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STRANGER THINGS – SEASON 5 VOLUME 1 REVIEW
The fifth and final season of Stranger Things might leave you feeling nostalgic, not for the 1980s, but for the halcyon days of 2016; back when a streaming series with no pre-release buzz could become a surprise word-of-mouth hit, when unknown child actors were actually the same age as the characters they played, disruptive streaming networks were only just beginning to develop original content, and the term “binging” was still mostly associated with eating disorders, not viewing habits. A decade later, Stranger Things is Netflix’s flagship show; a heavily leveraged IP comparable to any Hollywood franchise blockbuster with enough spinoffs, and licensed merchandise to warm the hearts of network executives and the shareholders they’re beholden to. Season 5 is so big, Netflix decided to release it in three separate blocks (strategically coinciding with three major holidays) so we’ve decided to review each block separately, including a post-finale bonus episode for subscribers only. T.C., Caroline, Melina, and Marco are also way too old to play teenagers, but that didn’t stop them from jumping into the W1FS radio van to record this spoiler-filled review of Volume 1.
CREATED BY: The Duffer Brothers
STARRING: Winona Ryder, Birdy, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Max Rackenberg, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Luke Kokotek, Miles Marthaller, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Graham Harvey, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Linda Hamilton, Cara Buono, Jamie Campbell Bower, Alex Breaux, Jake Connelly, Nell Fisher
YOUR REVIEWERS
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“I’m not a film critic. I just play one on the Internet.”
T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)
T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
Caroline Sulek
Caroline Sulek resides in Mckinney, TX with her son Henry and two cats: Sally and Rocky. As a mom, corporate baddie, and unabashed lover of all things silly, spooky, and creative, she brings a unique perspective to the One of Us network. Her love of art and movies started long ago when she and her brother, Wright, would spend entire summer vacations in front of the TV and she would draw portraits of Wright as he sat watching for hours. Caroline has been a frequent guest and fan favorite of the Trash in the Can podcast with her brother, Wright, and his life podcast partner, Eric Samaniego. Caroline enjoys the most gruesome of horror movies and the most bingeable of reality shows and anywhere in between!
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