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peppermintesseYeah... I binged the rest. I took some notes but there wasn't a whole lot that caught my attention as being out of place.
Episode 3: Not an anachronism; quite the opposite. A dead-perfect costuming choice: I had this damn vest. Even the same damn color.
Also, how much did I love the inclusion of "Go!" by Tones on Tail? I always forget this song is from the 80s.
Episode 4: Pretty sure "romantic comedy" wasn't a term that was used in 1984. I definitely would have remembered that. From what I can find, it wasn't until When Harry Met Sally was released that the term and the genre became popular again.
Episode 5: No notes taken!
Episode 6: I had flagged the saying "Stay frosty" as suspiciously out of time, but apparently it originated in the military (and we learn that the character who said it served in Vietnam) and also appeared in 1979's Alien. So never mind on that one!
Episode 7: Was "mouth-breather" used as in insult in 1984? I can't recall hearing it until much later.
The appliances, oh the appliances! The popcorn popper in particular on one character's countertop delivered quite the sense of nostalgia.
And "Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)" by Icicle Works, such a perfect 80s song. One of my favorite from the time.
Episode 8: No notes!
Episode 9: Nothing like anachronism--though the one scene that genuinely made me cry occurred near the end of the episode, not the one I would have expected given everything else that happened in this season. It may be spoilery, so I'll put it behind a cut-tag.
The scene of Dustin at the dance, having preened with Farrah Fawcett hairspray, trying and failing to get girls to dance with him, sidelined to the bleachers quietly crying to himself... that struck such a deep chord within me, one that I didn't even know was there. When Nancy came over to ask him to dance, boosting his confidence and getting him to smile, knowing that the girls who had refused him saw this super cool high school girl dancing with someone they'd turned down... full blown tears. It captured exactly what it was like, in my experience, to attend a junior high dance and not be in with the cool kids, not be asked to dance. I learned in high school to go and have fun with friends dancing to Billy Idol and the B-52's, but I wanted, just once, to be asked to dance. I think everyone wants to be wanted, and I wasn't brave enough then to do the asking. Anyway. Teenage feelings brought to the fore!
Anyway. Great season, great homages, and fewer anachronisms than I was expecting.
Episode 3: Not an anachronism; quite the opposite. A dead-perfect costuming choice: I had this damn vest. Even the same damn color.
Also, how much did I love the inclusion of "Go!" by Tones on Tail? I always forget this song is from the 80s.
Episode 4: Pretty sure "romantic comedy" wasn't a term that was used in 1984. I definitely would have remembered that. From what I can find, it wasn't until When Harry Met Sally was released that the term and the genre became popular again.
Episode 5: No notes taken!
Episode 6: I had flagged the saying "Stay frosty" as suspiciously out of time, but apparently it originated in the military (and we learn that the character who said it served in Vietnam) and also appeared in 1979's Alien. So never mind on that one!
Episode 7: Was "mouth-breather" used as in insult in 1984? I can't recall hearing it until much later.
The appliances, oh the appliances! The popcorn popper in particular on one character's countertop delivered quite the sense of nostalgia.
And "Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)" by Icicle Works, such a perfect 80s song. One of my favorite from the time.
Episode 8: No notes!
Episode 9: Nothing like anachronism--though the one scene that genuinely made me cry occurred near the end of the episode, not the one I would have expected given everything else that happened in this season. It may be spoilery, so I'll put it behind a cut-tag.
The scene of Dustin at the dance, having preened with Farrah Fawcett hairspray, trying and failing to get girls to dance with him, sidelined to the bleachers quietly crying to himself... that struck such a deep chord within me, one that I didn't even know was there. When Nancy came over to ask him to dance, boosting his confidence and getting him to smile, knowing that the girls who had refused him saw this super cool high school girl dancing with someone they'd turned down... full blown tears. It captured exactly what it was like, in my experience, to attend a junior high dance and not be in with the cool kids, not be asked to dance. I learned in high school to go and have fun with friends dancing to Billy Idol and the B-52's, but I wanted, just once, to be asked to dance. I think everyone wants to be wanted, and I wasn't brave enough then to do the asking. Anyway. Teenage feelings brought to the fore!
Anyway. Great season, great homages, and fewer anachronisms than I was expecting.
