Firstly, don't get me wrong; the casting, acting, direction, editing and visuals here are second to none.

But I really don't get the show. Admittedly I'm only half way through season 1, so my opinions might change, but I just don't get all the praise for the show. It's just, to me anyway, a "throw it all in and hope for the best" mix of previous 80's hits.

So. You've got a bunch of kids chasing something they don't know or understand. They work out some weird meaning that the adults simply wont understand and they go on a crazy secret mission to catch the bad guys. It's all very Goonies/BMX Bandits. Then it goes into a modern horror Hemlock Grove type adult horror territory entering an utterly genreless confusion.

Its like Spielberg took a Stephen King story and asked John Carpenter to direct it. And John Carpenter said, "F%%% off, do it yourself". So it ended up a potentially good horror ruined by Spielberg family values and cuddliness.

Like I say, it is well directed and acted and looks great. All the 80's stuff is cool (except for the almost constant and monotonous 80's electro duna duna duna duna background music which seems cool at first but soon becomes really annoying).

But if you want 80's cute kids having adventures, watch The Goonies or BMX Bandits again. If you want weird horror goings on in a grown person environment, watch Hemlock Grove.

But like I say, I'm only half way through the first season . . . .

21/09/2016. Watched final episode and my opinion is . . . .

It's not a kids thing, it's not a grown ups thing, it's not even a tweeny thing. It is A thing, of sorts. And there's bound to be second season. I'll probably watch and complain about that too.