Stranger Things is the result of if Steven Spielberg and Steven King had a baby. It's 80's nostalgia on overload mixing dark paranormal undertones with innocence and heart. Even when you see the recycled themes from a certain decade, it never feels cheap or beaten into the ground. It just feels right and keeps me wanting more. Character development is great with certain players who start off as shallow antagonists, become the reason for tuning in next time. When they bring in new characters in later seasons it usually elevates that nostalgic magnetic pull to a higher level and even the new youngsters are not wasted in adding crucial development to the big picture. Even when the parents seem utterly clueless and apparently absent from the kids lives, it transcends us to a childhood time where your imagination influenced your daily actions and trust between child and parents to come home in one piece were more socially accepted.