Stranger Things 2, Episode 1 (non-spoiler)

[peppermintesse]

I'm really aware of anachronisms in the show--here are two I noted.

• I don't recall the word "homeless" being something kids that age would be using in 1984. Probably would have called him a "hobo" or something. I think awareness of homelessness was just becoming a thing at that time.
• "KFC" wasn't "KFC" until 1991. I don't recall anyone calling it "KFC", even as shorthand, in 1984. I'm not even sure the printing on the bucket is right for 1984. It was probably closer to the 1978 packaging in this photo. 

Off to a good start, though :)

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[trexphile]

Yeah, anachronisms in shows and movies always make me twitchy, especially because I've been around so long, so I can spot them all the way back into '70s-era things.

Like in the film Dazed and Confused where so many of the guys are wearing baggy jeans: you did. not. see. that. in the late '70s. It was the equivalent of wearing clown pants. They show how girls would lie down and use pliers to pull up the zippers on their way-too-tight jeans, which is accurate (we also had to use wire clothes hangers inside the front pockets to straighten them because we couldn't get our hands in the pockets), but believe it or not, the guys' jeans were almost as tight. I'm still amazed that Bob was able to father Aimee ;)

And that's just the only anachronism I can recall at the moment. Don't get me started! And get off my lawn! ;)