"Stranger Things: Tales From ’85" Animated Spinoff Receives Reviews
The new animated spinoff series, "Stranger Things: Tales From ’85," has been released and is receiving varied reviews from critics. Discussions also include whether the series is considered canon within the Stranger Things universe.
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Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 review – this spinoff takes the sci-fi smash back to happier times
Walkie-talkies, teen romance, hideous monsters … this animated series has everything that made the original series so lovable. It might go nowhere, but that’s not such a bad thing Stranger Things takes us back to simpler times. The original Netflix series plonked us in a fantasy past where kids in small American towns rode bikes, chewed gum, listened to cassettes and played Dungeons and Dragons in their friend’s basement; or, if you weren’t American, it reminded you of movies you’d seen where...
By Jack Seale
Read full article →‘Stranger Things’ Animated Spinoff ‘Tales From ’85’ Is a Depressing, Cynical Retread: TV Review
Most spinoffs expand their flagship shows in a direction. That direction could be forward, following a beloved character past the events of the original story, á la “Frasier”; it could be backward, fleshing out the origins of a person or place with pre-established significance, the approach taken by both current “Game of Thrones” offshoots. It […]
By Alisoncolleherman
Read full article →‘Stranger Things: Tales From ’85’ Review: Odessa A’zion Is the Rare Bright Spot in Netflix’s Dull and Unambitious Animated Spinoff
Janeane Garofalo is also among the voice cast of the slightly more kid-friendly series, which follows the gang battling a new breed of monster in the brief period between seasons two and three.
By Angie Han
Read full article →Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Review
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 review: Great visuals and thin storytelling result in a light, slight animated spin-off.
By Arnold T. Blumberg
Read full article →Stranger Things Spinoff Review: Tales From ’85 Is A Fun Concept, But It Misunderstands Its Audience
Stranger Things has returned for its first official TV spinoff with Tales from '85, but the animated series struggles to justify its existence.
By Kara Hedash
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