Stranger Things 5x07 Full Reaction!
Added 2026-01-13 17:32:45 +0000 UTC
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You've given great reactions all series!I I've really enjoyed the journey with your channel, and I love how much you love Lucas!
PhillyJ
2026-01-14 20:19:57 +0000 UTCYeah, I saw your comment on the bad throat pain. There was a few years back when I had a cold bad enough that I sounded one step away from James Earl Jones, and my voice is already fairly low to begin with. Sorry to hear about the dog trouble. Few friends are going through that too. So, the pain is felt, via osmosis, if that’s the way to say it. Hear you on an emotional moment being so well done that you don’t mind the bullshit cliffhanger. Talked with my brother about stuff with that in that, yes, plot armor is stuff like that which can be stupid, but sometimes the emotional catharsis is so good, that you freely admit that sometimes you don’t give a shit about how blatant things like plot armor are. Have seen the images where Max looked dead, and yeah, judging by her eyes, assuming she went blind isn’t the most outlandish conclusion to jump to. I am unfamiliar with both Mr. Clarke and Kali, so I can’t speak intelligently on those points. Murray and Basil would love each other from the sound of it. Well, that sounds wonderful hearing that Linda gets to let loose. Her bashing this Aker across the face and head with the broomstick handle, like how she did it for real with that guy playing the one creep orderly doesn’t sound too bad. Get a laugh over the mental image of Nancy firing the gun in the air like how Rambo did so in the second film. Heard something to the effect of this being a long-awaited scene. The way you describe it, plus other comments that I’ve heard, indicate that the Duffers really did give this a lot of thought, which sounds great. Can see this scene matching the Kate Bush levels of iconic scenes for the show. My cousin picked one of the visibility days to make the post coming out as ace, as I recall. Don’t remember if she picked Ace Visibility Day itself. She described something along the lines of taking some time figuring that out, similar to how you say you did. Though I don’t have the personal experience, I get the sliver of doubt. When my cousin posted it, I remember thinking like how Jess described responding to her brother, just having the “Oh, ok.” response. I thought back over the years, and it didn’t not make sense. You accepted very quickly. Just never really considered the idea before then as no one ever really talked about it, but once she said it, it made sense. Sounds amazing how you describe the scene here, and how it struck the cord with you. The description of Winona sounds very beautiful as I can see her killing it in the scene. I do get the thing about struggling to comprehend a subject that again, simply wasn’t really discussed openly. Nice to hear Joyce is supportive. Still makes me ponder myself. Best guess is that I’m (reasonably) hetero, though there is question about that. I sort of feel like Tom Ripley in the Ripliad books where it’s mentioned that even he’s not entirely sure what he is. At least that’s been a consistent feeling for years. Fans complaining that it’s unrealistic that so many people in 1987 would be this okay with it. Can see that standing out given the period, then again, people can surprise you like that sometimes. Good note on Hopper. Guessing that he’d be like Joel when he found out about Ellie being a lesbian? Wasn’t aware that Will loved Legend, though yes, there would be strong hope that Robin and Steve point out that the big red guy in that is the star of a certain other film that Will would undoubtedly love.
Thomas Corp
2026-01-13 23:00:53 +0000 UTCTemple of Doom was actually the first Indiana Jones I saw, and it kind of set a false example for what I could expect from the others. Once I found out more about how it was made, it suddenly made perfect sense that it has so much, as the kids today call it, divorced guy energy. I always think back to the statement by Mike and Bryan about the end of The Legend of Korra, that they knew they'd get a bunch of nastiness from bigots, but they didn't care, because they didn't want to look back in 20 years and wish they'd had the guts to do it. And the result is a scene that feels a bit passe now, but opened the door to so much else that gave kids who needed it some help understanding themselves. For myself, I like pointing out that technically Spongebob Squarepants is asexual, because that's what all sea sponges are. That also means I can't comment on anyone's attractiveness confidently, beyond being like the Fourth Doctor: "You're a beautiful woman, probably."
Ryan
2026-01-13 22:26:49 +0000 UTCAs it happens, I'm currently also dealing with both throat and dog issues (nothing too serious on the latter and I've dealt with it before). So trust me when I say, I get it. Oh look, Max actually succeeded in escaping to the real world with just two episodes left in the whole show, what a suspenseful cliffhanger that was. But it's still such a well done emotional moment that manages to hit the right beats with all the numerous characters involved that I can't mind too much. At first I was complaining about her not being blind like the end of last season strongly implied, but then I figured there's so much else to be wrapped up at this point that it can easily be chalked up to the same time passage that healed all her limbs. Mr. Clarke being introduced to the Upside Down so casually got a bit of mockery, but since the alternative is watching him tediously getting caught up on everything we already know, that's much preferable to me. I'll save my ire for the breaking of the 180 degree rule so it briefly looks like the slab falls right back into place rather than flipping over. Only that one scene from Obi Wan comes to mind as being so bad about it. And rather unsurprisingly, him and Murray working off each other is a joy. Kali's big scene very much had me saying "Wow, you really do just want people to hate this character, don't you?" Though I was also thinking it would all hinge on how this actually pans out. And in the meantime we're also nicely distracted by Murray's ideal meditation background noise. "Well, don't say I haven't warned you! I've laid it on the line to you time and time again! Right, well, this is it! I'm going to give you a damn good thrashing!" At long last, Linda Hamilton gets to let loose when Aker pushes her buttons one too many times. Now if only we could get her to the level of "There's 216 bones in the human body, that's one" with how annoying he's been all season. And that final staredown with Eleven had me eagerly awaiting where she'd go in the finale. Also in this scene, I can't believe I hadn't noticed before that Nancy has the exact same hair as Rambo, but her mowing down soldiers makes it pretty unescapable. But before that ending, we get the big scene everyone had spent years complaining about not getting, which the Duffers clearly knew they had to get right and needed to devote a lot of their effort to. Noah of course nails the whole speech, doubtlessly drawing on his real life experience of coming out, but a bunch of the others also do great work with their silent listening, resulting in a scene that in years to come will probably be considered just as much an iconic moment as Running Up That Hill. And yes, it very much brought me back to my own time going through this (in a very badass way if I say so myself, sending my entire family a group text on Ace Visibility Day that that's what I am, no further context, and letting them all just do with it whatever they would because I didn't care). After figuring myself out, I kept it secret for years despite being pretty sure everyone would be fine with it, because there's always just that one sliver of doubt about how it'll go, and once it's done you can't take it back. And just like we see here, one by one I got them all saying how much they cared about me and were proud of me doing it. I have to give special props to Winona for nailing that particular face I'm quite familiar with, struggling to comprehend a subject that simply wasn't any kind of discussion in her circles for most of her life, but knowing the whole time he's still the same person he always was and she's going to support that, plus just a bit of shame for possibly ever giving him the impression he couldn't tell her. Some fans complained it was unrealistic that so many people in 1987 would be this okay with it, to which I reply it feels very deliberate that with so many characters there, Hopper is left out, like they knew that would push believability too much and they didn't want to deal with it on top of the emotion it should have. I also hope Steve and Robin let Will know "You know that movie Legend you loved so much? Well, the bad guy is in this other movie that you'll probably get a lot out of."
Ryan
2026-01-13 22:16:34 +0000 UTCI know you had the update of things got worse for you after this. Hoping the tea’s been doing the trick. Like I said, get some good soup in. I don’t follow my own advice as I hate soup, believe that one or not, it is the truth. You talk about being not great but not bad; the weird recovery phase. Christ, I think I’ve mentally been in that since about early 2022. After 2021, my brain’s still processing. Heart and soul too. Ah. That’s my problems. Seriously, I hope things are at least a modicum better. In trying to just skip ahead to your post-episode thoughts, I heard... some sort of sound at the end. No idea what the fuck it was, though it didn’t sound pleasant. Didn’t seem to make you too enthused, so I can only surmise it wasn’t good. Nice to hear you say “What a penultimate episode”, and that’s good to hear. Saving this for the end of the day, so that the tears would be less painful. Wise decision. Happy tears are a nice surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Had that and then some with The Rise of Skywalker which was a LOT more uplifting than the trauma that I dreaded in the lead-up to that film. Wonderful to hear that Murray is still Murray. In your place, he’d probably be the paramount priority for me, hoping that he’d make it out reasonably well. Nice things you had to say about Kali. Pronounced “Kah-li” as it presumably follows the pronunciation of what I keep thinking of, complete with Harrison Ford yelling, “Thum Shiva ke vishwasghathi ho! You BETRAYED SHIVA!!!” with such a venomous edge. Christ, I love that scene. Nice to hear you say that this whole show has just such wonderful characters. Sounds like M*A*S*H being filled with the wonderful characters there, where Charles is unquestionably the favorite, yet they are all great, beautiful characters. (And you, Frank, who does have his own sort of charm, being the love to hate character.) Lovely that you have just a veritable cornucopia of lovely characters to love, and Lucas holding that special place in your heart. Now to the big talking point that I got spoiled on. First saw headlines that neglected to mention specifics. Headlines I saw talked about how this episode has been review bombed thanks to the fucking bigots. Saw the headline saying it was the lowest rated episode without mentioning why. First thought this was a Game of Thrones situation, saying, “So, what unrealistic expectations aren’t being met this time?” To be clear, I’ll speak a bit more about it in the next one, the last two seasons of Game of Thrones I’m fine with. I’m not pretending that the last two seasons were flawless masterpieces as there were flaws, all the same; they weren’t THAT bad to me. Lightyears better than season five of Game of Thrones. (Plus, in terms of worst nightmares of a last season, it’s not like Game of Thrones was Roseanne level bad with its last season.) Later I heard why the review bombing was happening, and you want to break shit. It did tell me that you would be greatly moved by whatever specifics were in the scene. Glad to hear you say that it was a big scene for you. Sounds rather beatific that Robin has such pride in the moment, if I’m being honest. Still feel like the shitheel who’s behind on this and I can’t properly share this with you guys. Certainly I do regret that I can’t really see your reaction to the moment. This just sounds excellent, though. Leads to you sharing your story with your brother when he came out. Your brother, who I’ve known is gay for within the same amount of time that I’ve known you, as your one Walking Dead video, you made a casual offhand mention of your brother having a husband, which my response was similar to what you said about when your brother came out. Namely I hear that, process, and said, “Oh, ok.” Shared thing of my brother and I being very close. Five year age gap in our case; I believe my brother and your brother share a birth year for frame of reference, meaning that they both turn forty this year, that’s fun. Keep in touch all the time. Just a sweet and simple simplicity to your story. Makes me laugh a little as I often say that some men are hot. For example, it really is a crime how hot Pierce Brosnan has always been. Or like how you concur with the world about the assessment of Alain Delon being the epitome of a preternaturally beautiful looking man. ...Which he was. I say that yet I’m not gay, nor am I bi, least not last I checked. Best guess is that I’m (reasonably) straight, and even there, the jury’s still out on that one. Now the way you describe it, I assume that there was the subtext to how your brother said it, and it lead to that sweet thing where you said the two of you just said “Ok.” and that was that. Beautiful thing, Jess. Supposing I was gay, alas, I can’t follow your advice and just lean over and tell my sister that in such a casual manner. No sisters. Though there is my cousin on my mom’s side who is the closest to a sister that my brother and I have. And I do have my sister in-law. Your story feels somewhat relatable in that, though obviously not the same thing, I am autistic. Got diagnosed fairly young. My brother never really blinked. Yeah, some things, he had to learn about, but for the most part, he ran with it with zero fuss. Sounds similar in spirit to how you say your brother just casually came out, and you didn’t even bat an eyelash. We definitely both have in common just the strong love for our big brothers. So, this is where we leave things before the finale. I can neither confirm nor deny any level of heartbreak to come. Everyone’s onstage for the finale, so we see how it goes. And I see the comment on youtube that says you will likely film it at the end of the week. And spoilers were unavoidable for me, so mum’s the word. You have my word. Just thank you for the wonderful and beautiful words shared, Jess.
Thomas Corp
2026-01-13 18:05:30 +0000 UTC
