Anonymous senseis 5w

i fear the aesthetic is the exact same as the 2017 movie because it’s a prequel of that. i think the government plot line could have been inspired by stranger things but not much else because they already have the source material

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Anonymous #2 5w

If anything I think the success of stranger things made the It franchise more relevant to audiences since it has a lot of the same surface lvl stuff (esp the 80s nostalgia). I do view ST as an imitation of older pop culture though... first and foremost anyway

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Anonymous senseis 5w

even then doesn’t mean derry was inspired yk they’re not set during the same time period in the show but i think it’s pretty obvious stranger things is inspired off of the novel it, even if the movie didn’t come out until after stranger things

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Anonymous senseis 5w

i don’t think the hype of this show is because it reminds people of stranger things it’s because of how solid the last 2 it movies were and people want to learn more about pennywise and dick halloran

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Anonymous #2 5w

Oh I would only give ST credit for 1. making nostalgia bait cool again + 2. giving us Finn Wolfhard. Maybe it's farfetched to say the movies benefitted in part from ST popularity? I do think they stand on their own and the show is evidence of that, don't get me wrong

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