E.T. and Super 8 meets a Stephen King story equels one of the best new shows to binge watch on Netflix.

I honestly can't get over how good this show was. Started out on a whim Saturday night and binge watched the entire series in two sittings. I was hooked from the get go. From the synth-y soundtrack, to the Stephen King meets Goonies storyline, everything about this show is truly gripping and enjoyable to watch. If not a huge success, Stranger Things is surely a modern day cult classic.

I'm a 90's kid, not a big fan of Stephen King or Spielberg, but I still enjoyed the heck of it. You'll sympathize immediately with the boys and all the characters, there's almost a element in the story that's gonna keep you interested - a nice combo of fantasy, mystery and suspense that will glue you in from the first minute till the last. Netflix can't fail at this point!

The 80's background was the highlight of the series for me. It is a good sci-fi coming of age adventure of sorts, but just good. My main complaint is that it failed to deliver any originality to the genre or media, and just kept spitting out reference after reference, as if it's the only way to prove you know your stuff. I hope it doesn't get a second season, an anthology would be just fine, as most of the answerable questions were already answered, the others shouldn't have to be fully explained, or we'll end up with another Lost here.

There’s something about the first season of Stranger Things that goes far beyond mystery or the supernatural. In my case, it was a direct emotional journey back to childhood. To 1983. To a time when everything felt simpler, cleaner, more real. It’s not just cheap nostalgia: it’s the very specific feeling of recognizing a world where you were happy without even realizing it. The series works because it never tries to be cynical. It truly believes in its characters, especially those kids who feel pulled straight out of an era when imagination filled everything. The way they talk, move, relate to one another… it all feels honest. They’re not written like “TV kids,” but like real children, with fears, loyalties, and an innocence not yet crushed by the adult world. The greatest achievement is the atmosphere it builds. You don’t need to have lived through the 80s to enjoy it, but if you did, the impact goes straight to the heart. The bikes, the houses, the silences, the way time is spent… everything is placed with real care, without turning into a catalogue of references. Here, nostalgia doesn’t shout, it whispers. The mystery is engaging, of course, but it’s almost secondary. What really matters is the bond you form with the characters and how the series knows how to pace information without losing its humanity. It doesn’t rush, it doesn’t trample over emotions, it leaves space for you to connect. And that, today, feels like a luxury. It may not invent anything new, and it doesn’t need to. Its strength lies in reminding us why certain stories marked us when we were kids, and in recreating that feeling without irony or distance. There’s horror, adventure, sadness… but there’s warmth too. When the season ends, more than the urge to continue, what stays with you is something better: the feeling of having returned, for a while, to a place you thought was lost. And not many series manage that.