juliansteed
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Also, I find it funny that the kids playing Mike and Eleven are the ones relatively "blowing up" and that Will was barely a part of S1.
The kid who plays Will is by far the best actor of the kids.
Agree about the kid who plays Will being the best of the kid actors. I guess part of the reason he might not be considered as big of a star is that he wasn't in Season 1 very much. I actually think the 3 Byers' characters might all be among the best actors on a show that has some really good acting.
I saw the IT remake before seeing a single episode of Stranger Things. I really didn't like Mike's character in that movie. I found him and a couple of the other kids to be super annoying, so when I saw he was in this I wasn't a huge fan of his character right off the bat. I'm not sure what it is about him. Something about his mannerism or something just really annoy me. That doesn't necessarily mean he's a bad actor though, but I don't consider him one of the better actors on the show. Acting aside I found his character really annoying this season after sort of warming up to him by the end of the first season. I get why he had an irrational dislike for Max and how it obviously all had to do with how he missed Eleven, but that seemed to drag on way too long. And then as mentioned freaking out at Hopper? Ugghhhhh! Again, we get it. He really cares for and probably even loves Eleven. Fine! But shouldn't he be more happy about the fact that she not only returned to his life and is healthy but she just saved his life and most of the lives of most of the people he cares about? Instead he dwells on the fact that Hopper hid her from him and everyone else (with very good reason that he should be able to understand). Let's just forget about the fact that among everything else Hopper had done for him and his friends, he traveled to another fucking dimension to bring his best friend "back from the dead". It just seems like they tried too hard to show much he cares for Eleven and the process made him look like a complete jackass!
As for the kid who plays Eleven, I think she does a pretty good job. It's kind of hard to compare her to others because she plays a very odd character. It seems like that would be a lot more challenging in some ways.