Season 1 of Netflix's Stranger Things was an instant hit, combining the mystery and
frights of early Stephen King with the adventurous wonder of early Steven Spielberg.
The powerful Eleven is clearly a nod to King's novel Firestarter and its 1984 film adaptation,
while the Spielberg references are absolutely off-the-charts, with at least a half-dozen
visual homages to E.T. alone.
The Duffer Brothers' new classic is so deeply entrenched in 1970s and 1980s sci-fi and horror
nostalgia, in fact, that nearly every scene contains a wink and a nod to one of the show's
many influences.
But the story and characters are so engrossing, a lot of the more obscure references can go
entirely unnoticed.
For example ...
X-Men
In Stranger Things' first episode, Dustin challenges Will to a bike race where the loser
has to give up a comic book of the winner's choosing.
When Will wins, he shouts the exact issue he wants as he rides off:
"Get back here!
I'm gonna kill you!"
"I'll take your X-Men 134!"
1980's X-Men issue 134 is the one where Jean Gray, the X-Men's powerful psychic, becomes
Dark Phoenix, a cosmic being with dangerous and unstable psychic powers.
This reference foreshadows the arrival of Eleven, a girl with some mighty powerful psychic
abilities of her own.
Twin Peaks
In the disturbing final scene of the season, Will excuses himself from dinner to go to
the bathroom, where he vomits up a creepy otherworldly slug.
His reality flickers away and he briefly enters the Upside Down — the scary alternate dimension
he was trapped in all season — as he stares at himself in the mirror above the bathroom
sink.
The implication here is that the ordeal may be over, but he's brought a little bit of
it back with him.
This is similar to the final shot of David Lynch's bizarre TV masterpiece Twin Peaks,
when Agent Dale Cooper smashes his head into a bathroom mirror and cackles maniacally after
escaping the alternate dimension in Twin Peaks: the eerie "Black Lodge."
Alien
Stranger Things is filled with visual references from the Alien franchise, particularly in
the creature design of the Demogorgon.
The most direct reference, however, comes in the final episode of the season, when Nancy
sees Jonathan being pinned to the ground by the creature...
"Go to hell, you son of a bitch!"
It's a gender-swapped reference — with a bit more bite — to the classic scene in
Aliens when Ripley, nuzzled in her power loader, fires off a similar order at the alien Queen
as it slowly approaches Newt ...
"Get away from her, you bitch!"
The Alien references don't stop there: when Joyce finally finds her son Will, after traveling
to the Upside Down, she and Hopper have to pull a large serpent-like creature from his
throat.
This unwanted guest is likely the source of the slug Will pukes up in the finale, making
it eerily reminiscent of the face-huggers from the Alien franchise.
They Live
When the Duffer Brothers have Steve and Jonathan get into a surprisingly brutal back-alley
brawl over the graffiti shaming of Nancy, they're not just capturing two teenage boys
releasing their pent-up frustrations on each other's faces with their fists.
They're also paying homage to the iconic, absurdly drawn-out back-alley battle between
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Keith David in John Carpenter's 1989 classic They Live … except
in Stranger Things, it doesn't take special glasses to see the real threat, and the cops
show up and pry Jonathan off.
Altered States
Stranger Things makes direct visual references to 1980's Altered States with its use of sensory
deprivation tanks, along with other, more subtle nods.
The tanks take a prominent role in the cult science-fiction classic, as William Hurt's
psychologist character uses them — and powerful drugs — to explore the limits of consciousness.
It's much like how Eleven uses the tanks in Stranger Things, both willingly and against
her will, to amplify her psychic powers so she can make contact with The Upside Down.
The Goonies
Towards the end of the season, there's a subtle reference to the scene from The Goonies where
Chunk discovers a walk-in freezer filled with ice cream — and a dead body — in the Fratelli's
basement ...
"They got Pralines and Cream, and they got Mississippi Mud, and they got Chocolate Eruption!"
In Stranger Things, Dustin similarly discovers a refrigerator filled with pudding cups the
lunch lady was hoarding — but no dead body — in his school's cafeteria, and actor Gaten
Matarazzo delivers his lines a lot like Chunk ...
"I knew she was hoarding it.
I knew it.
Always lying, saying she's out.
Bald-faced liar.
Mike!
I found the chocolate pudding!"
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Exploring Identity | Spoken Word Poetry | By: Poetic Daisy - Duration: 1:23.
Exploring Identity
People have always said be yourself and left it at that,
But no one ever mentioned that you would have to combat
People saying who you were or who you're not,
And that you've changed so you need to stop What you're doing.
Young Adulthood is a time for pursuing Your true identity.
I can embrace masculinity Or I can choose to be more classy.
This is the time to explore it as we Walk through our everyday maze,
We are finally able to cut through the haze Of identities given to us, from above, handed
down.
We can be around The types of people who give us joy,
And boy You might have some rough patches
Wondering if everything catches Up in the end.
You may lose friends, Simply grown apart
Because you only had things in common when your heart
Was in the wrong place.
You might decide you like make-up on your face
And that's ok, try it if you like it, if you don't it's not for you,
You're on a journey to find out who You really are, what you like and what you
don't, But everyone and everything won't
Stick.
Take what fits You, what you decide you want to be
And live life free With your own self-formed identity.
The End.
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Chorando Só - Original composition by Marcos Kaiser (Fingerstyle Guitar) - Duration: 6:11.
Hi guys, I'm going to the studio to record one last song from my new CD
A project called "Bring Forward", made to pay homage to our Brazilian music
Arriving there, I will introduce you to my friend, partner and poet, who made the lyrics of the CD songs, Vagner Barbosa
And then I'll show you one of the last songs on that CD. Lets go!
Hello guys! I got here in the studio! Let me show you ... the people here like drums
And entering here ... my great partner and poet ... Vagner! The "Beard"
Tell us what this "Bring Forward" project is?
Good morning people! The "Bring Forward" is an authorial work, my and Marcos,
There are 12 songs to revere the great Brazilian popular musicians that we love
It is called "bring forward" because it is an attempt to put "new clothes" into such an important tradition
That involves the Brazilian instrumental music, basically of the guitar and the lyrics
the poetry that wears this song so wonderful that we are accustomed to love and like
So it's a job for everyone who likes good music and who will be able to identify those origins with which we are connected
The origins we worship and revere. So what are we talking about?
Without any pretension, we are talking about great musicians like Pixinguinha, Nelson Cavaquinho, Luís Bonfá ... Baden Powell
And great lyricists. The greatest of all Vinicius de Moraes ... Manuel Bandeira who put lyrics in the songs of Villa Lobos
Anyway, so many good people that in a certain way are forgotten
We have nothing against the current song, we are not here to make any kind of criticism
But we are here to "fish", to search in their sources, in the origins, what we best have
And try to update
This project materialized in a 12 song album is much more than that.
It is an invitation to be able to add all those who are composing inspired by the traditions
Our idea, our dream, our ambition. It is to join a group that identifies itself with this and is composing, being part of the "Bring Forward"
So there's a lot of new stuff and a lot of cool stuff. We are very excited! in November we will launch
- So folks, as I told you,
now I'm going to show you an rehearsal I did at home, from one of the tracks on the CD
that I'm going to record now, it's a Chôro, but the rehearsal I'm going to anticipate for you ... so stay with the video!
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Alphabet Detective 3 : An ABC Guess the letter game - Duration: 5:58.
Okay alphabet detectives. We have missing animals from the zoo.
Some letter took all the bugs from the alphabet zoo.
Which letter could have taken all the bugs?
look closely.
hmmm. Bugs are tiny.
You have to look carefully.
Did you guess the letter B?
Then you're right!
Look, the letter B is covered with bugs.
The letter B make the "b" sound.
Like bug.
Okay, next case.
Some letter took a fox from the zoo.
Fox
Who could have taken the fox?
Hmmm. Which letter was it? Look closely.
Anybody have a fox?
Did you guess the letter F?
Then you're right!
There's the fox.
It's wrapped around him.
Fox begins with the letter F.
Some letter took a cat from the zoo.
Who could have taken a cat?
A cat usually leaves claw marks if you try to take one.
hmmm. Look closely.
Did you guess the letter C?
Then you're right!
The letter C can make the "c" sound.
Like in cat.
Can you guess which letter took the dog?
What sort of letter would steal a dog?
Unbelievable.
Look closely.
Did you guess the letter D?
Then you're right!
Look! There's the dog on it's head.
The letter D makes the "d" sound.
Like in dog.
Next case
We have missing bats.
Somebody took the bats!
What is a zoo without bats?
Who could have taken the bats?
look closely.
That letter looks kind of funny.
Did you guess the letter B?
Then you're right!
The letter B has bats under it's hat!
The letter B makes the "b" sound.
Like in bat.
Okay. Next case.
Some letter took the hen from the alphabet zoo.
Who could have taken the hen?
Now there's no eggs because the hen has been taken.
Which letter would do such a thing?
That letter looks like it's holding eggs.
Did you guess the letter H?
Then you're right!
Oh and look. There's the hen as well.
The letter H makes the "h" sound.
Like in hen.
Next case.
We have a case of missing pigs.
Some letter took the pigs from the zoo.
Who could have taken the pigs? Oh those poor pigs.
Look closely.
Do you see any pigs?
Did you guess the letter P?
Then you're right!
Look there's the pigs.
He's hiding them in the box.
The letter P makes the "p" sound.
Like in pig.
Some letter took the yak.
Can you believe that?
Who could have taken the yak?
What would you do with a yak?
hmmm.
Look closely.
Did you guess the letter Y?
Then you're right.
Why did you do it Y?
Yak begins with the letter Y.
Okay. Here's the final missing animal.
Can you guess which letter took the ram?
Look closely.
Wait! Who is this?
It's the robot R again.
oh no.
Oh my goodness.
The robot R just stole the ram.
uggh! get away!
Get away from us.
Can you believe that?
The letter R makes the "r"
Like in ram.
Wow, just look at all these guilty letters.
Good job finding them. You are an alphabet detective.
Thanks for your help!
Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on catching more letters.
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