Stranger Things - 80's Notes

Atmosphere in the 1980's USA:
- Colourful
- Fitness
- Hair/style
- Films: ET, IT, Big, Breakfast club, Goonies, Ghost Busters
- Advertisements (advancing) and more common.
- Games and TV shows

ST's was influenced by Spielberg (ET) and Steven King (IT)
- kids are the heroes
- parents don't care
- sci-fi/thriller/buddy/love story/mystery/crime = Poly-generic
- Misunderstood kids (nerds/not popular)
- Bullies are featured - about overcoming that (boys in ST)

Further 80's notes:
- Age of consumerism
- Yuppie
- MTV
- Spread of HIV/Aids
- Space programme
- War on drugs
- Iran relations
- Polution - oil spill on alaskan reefs - Chernobyl
- Cold war ended