Watched the second ep last night. It was okay, but it was draggy. I appreciated the backstory, but I would have liked to have seen more relevant story.
I did not understand this to be a school club.
I never played but the impression was that they had done badly to that point, and were left with either retreat (possible chance of regrouping but who knows what the odds of success there), or going for it. Two rolls, so 10% chance.
No idea if that is realistic for the game, but hey we are not surprised in universe when Hopper is given remote odds …
Do you think they crossed a line? Something about sacrificing poor Chrissy didn’t sit right with me.
This will be about as long as the Lord of the Rings trilogy by the time the season is done.
My wife pointed at the nerdy nerd, the guy who obviously is dressed up nerdier than Arvid in Head of the Class. She said, “That nerd kid who is traveling with Nancy should just have a big red shirt because he is definitely getting killed.”
Yeppers, he served no purpose except to be massively nerdy and die. So obvious.
Nah, that was one of the better parts. I’ve just finished episodes 3 and 4, and I’ve been borderline bored through most of it. But during the second half of 4, things really started to pick up! I liked seeing Billy again, and Robert Englund is always a treat.
Did I miss why the kids in the Pizza van are off to Nevada? And missing in what, 2 of the last 3 episodes?
They dialed the number from the hero agent and it sounded like a computer (war games!) - they are now headed to Nevada to find teh hacker friend that helped them in season 3.
With Dustin’s girl friend Suzie?? Which hacker?
Suzie is the only hacker they know, but she’s in Salt Lake City. That whole sequence is hilarious and surreal.
The chances of at least one success out of two attempts is actually 1 - (.95)(.95) = 0.0975, so a little less. The point is, no player is going to enjoy playing a campaign where “winning” requires exceptional luck with the dice. The episode made it look like making lucky rolls was the only point to D&D, when there’s so much more to the game.
I don’t think your math is right. They are two separate events.
Odds on first roll is 5%. If hits stop.
Not then another roll. Odds of hitting that is 5% also.
In any case, again unfamiliar with the game but I see it as having gotten myself into a position in backgammon that I need say even double sixes to pull it out. My poor choices, and perhaps a series of unfortunate for me rolls, got me there, and now I “need a miracle”, might even get one, but the game was not one of mostly luck.
The pizza van Scoobies are now on a long road trip to where El is. Nothing happening on the way. No teleportation. The groups are coalescing.
Was there ever an explicit explanation in universe as to where El’s powers went towards the end of season 3 and into season 4? I knew she could get drained after prolonged use of her powers, but up until the climax of season 3 she had never failed to recharge.
We re-watched seasons 1-3 the week prior to the release of season 4, and I didn’t see anything that really answered the “lost powers” thing.
You’re still missing the point.
I was confused about One. He seemed much too young as the orderly to be the kid from 1959, then I looked him up after the fact and the actor is reasonably the correct age.
He just looks as young as the “kids” (laughably) playing high schoolers still. Threw me off.
So - I am now convinced that it was Vecna that killed all the others except 11 in the opening - and that 11 was the lone survivor and/or defeated Vecna instead of what we are supposed to think (that 11 is the one responsible).
I assume you haven’t seen the last episode.
There’s basically no other way to interpret it after that. She unwittingly released him (One/Vecna) by removing a chip from his neck. He killed almost everybody in the facility besides her, then she defeated him and sent him to he upside down.
As an aside, did anyone notice the remarkable resemblance in appearance/voice/mannerisms in the guy that plays Eddie and a young Robert Downey Jr.?
I have not seen that yet - enjoying this one episode a night. THanks!
Good call. I also think Jamie Campbell Bower would be a fantastic Alex if they ever remake A Clockwork Orange.