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Upon meeting Mike Wheeler, Argyle asks him if his colorful shirt is “Ocean Pacific.” The stoner should have probably called it “O.P.,” as the brand was often referred to at the time, but regardless, the beach-inspired clothing line was very popular in the ’80s. Hulk Hogan Eddie reads to The Hellfire Club an article from Newsweek regarding the dangers of teens becoming obsessed with Dungeons & Dragons. The cover appears to be from the March 3, 1986 issue picturing Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos and including a reference to the space shuttle Challenger disaster just three months earlier: “NASA’s Fatal Mistake.” The article in question, however, was probably adapted from a September ’85 Newsweek piece entitled, “Kids: The Deadliest Game” about the perils of D&D. The smuggler’s hideout in the abandoned church where Hopper finds refuge features a very un-holy pinup poster of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Although the film of that name wouldn’t arrive until 1988, Elvira’s Movie Macabre, a B-movie showcase that ran from 1981-86, had already made Elvira a cult figure among horror fans. Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 5: “The Nina Project” verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{
Robin wants Steve to watch Doctor Zhivago with her, but Steve shuns movies on “double VHS.” Because most standard play VHS tapes held 120-160 minutes, the 1966 film’s 3 hour runtime would have necessitated switching tapes at some point, a thankless procedure in the pre-DVD ’80s era. Although we only see El’s hero diorama being presented in class, Will is seen carrying into school a poster board emblazoned with the name Alan Turing, the British scientist who despite his heroics in World War II was prosecuted for his homosexuality and chemically castrated. The Evil Dead In the phone booth at Hawkins High, someone has scrawled the graffiti, “E.T., phone home!” This joke referencing the classic 1982 Spielberg film was probably already getting old in 1986. Star WarsAnother thing that makes Stranger Things feel so incredibly authentic to its era is how it works its product placement into the actual story (see, for example, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Reese’s Pieces). Here, it’s Jif peanut butter, which was almost ubiquitous in the ’80s for its ad campaign which promised that “choosy moms choose Jif,” implying that if you were buying your kids Skippy then maybe we should be dropping a dime on you to social services or something. And if anyone is a “choosy mom” it is Joyce! Pulp Fiction You are here: Home / Arts & Crafts / Lite Brite Stranger Things Special Edition | Toy Review Lite Brite Stranger Things Special Edition | Toy Review
As El attempts to regain her powers, she is shown concentrating on crushing a “Coca-Cola Classic” can. New Coke, with its modified formula and less desirable taste, had just been introduced in 1985, but by this time in 1986, the company had realized their marketing blunder and reintroduced the original recipe with the “classic” branding. Be Kind, Rewind After working together as a stand-up act, recording artists, and movie stars since the early 1970s, the duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong split up in 1985. But they left behind a legacy of stoner-friendly movies like Up in Smoke waiting for each new generation of comedy/cannabis enthusiasts to discover. (Renting them too often, however, risks blowing your cover as a drug dealer, this episode implies.) New Yorkers Should Line Up Behind the City’s Janitors New Yorkers Should Line Up Behind the City’s Janitors
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Steve and Robin still work at Family Video, a popular video rental store which only just closed its doors (and its online store) for good in March of this year. E.T. Robin and Nancy’s visit to Victor Creel — with its extensive protocols, underground cells, and stone walls — owes a lot to Clarice’s first meeting with Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme’s classic Thomas Harris adaptation. And yes, that is original Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund as Creel.
Captain of the basketball team Jason Carver calls out to head cheerleader, girlfriend, and tragic Vecna victim Chrissy Cunningham. Cunningham was the surname of the central family in the similarly nostalgia-obsessed Happy Days, whose idyllic portrayal of 1950s life was still in constant re-runs when Stranger Things takes place. Wait, is Stranger Things our Happy Days? We’re in trouble. And, perhaps coincidentally, Jason bears at least a passing resemblance to Ron Howard’s Richie Cunningham from Happy Days. Nightmare on Elm St. The test that Dr. Brenner gives Ten to test his precog abilities feels a little bit like the (rigged) flash card test that Peter Venkman gives a hapless college student at the start of Ghostbusters. But less cruel. Of course, then everything goes off the rails. Alan Turing Combine ham and pineapple and you have yourself a Hawaiian pizza, right? Only sort of. “Hawaiian” pizza can be traced to Greek-born Canadian pizza restauranteur Sotirios “Sam” Panopoulos, who drew inspiration from Chinese dishes that mixed fruit and meat. He applied that mixture to pizza in 1962 and it spread from there, making its way into pizza chains across the world in the decades that followed (and dividing pizza enthusiasts ever since).
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As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna’s motives – and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.” Ozzy Osbourne The Hellfire Club is a name with plenty of historical significance, but in the context of Stranger Things, it probably means more as an X-Men comics reference. Both the comics and historical Hellfire Club involved the elites of society, so Eddie has a fun sense of humor naming his club of outcasts that, even as it plays on the “satanic panic” around D&D. But the X-Men’s Hellfire Club were a key factor in Jean Grey’s Dark Phoenix story, and considering how often Stranger Things has flirted with those elements in Eleven’s story, they’re probably having some fun with us, too. Nancy’s had a Tom Cruise poster up in her room for a few seasons. While she seems a little embarrassed by it when Robin points it out, dismissing it as “old,” the poster actually puts her just a little ahead of the curve, culturally speaking. Risky Business made Cruise a star in 1983, but, in just a few months, Top Gun would make him a superstar in 1986. Nothing to be embarrassed about here, Nancy. Suzie’s computer of choice — and the others’ introduction to this strange thing called “the internet” — is the Amiga. Commodore’s successor to the Commodore 64, it first became widely available in early 1986, making Suzie and her family early adopters. Though initially successful, proving competitive with both Apple and IBM’s offerings of the era, it proved unsustainable, particularly after Commodore’s 1994 bankruptcy.
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