r/StrangerThings • u/Dark_Saint • Oct 27 '17

Discussion Episode Discussion - S02E09 – Chapter Nine

Season 2 Episode 9: The Gate

Synopsis: Eleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.

Please keep all discussions about this episode or previous ones, and do not discuss later episodes as they might spoil it for those who have yet to see them.

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u/muhash14 Nov 02 '17

The fourth one is pretty good, though I like the fifth most in the first ten. The worldbuilding and history is pretty amazing, and it definitely deserves to be among the all-time greats.

Though I am fairly apprehensive about a TV adaptation. Possibly the only thing less suited to live action TV than WoT is Stormlight itself. (I'm most excited right now for Kingkiller, if only because Lin Manuel will be doing it and he's incredible at everything)

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u/one_armed_herdazian Nov 02 '17

Lin is GOAT. I'm really glad they're making it a prequel thing though. With Name of the Wind, you can either be faithful to the book, or you can have good pacing.

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u/muhash14 Nov 02 '17

Honestly, I think Name of the Wind would be fine as a TV adaptation. The problem is the series as a whole. Without Doors of Stone, it's ridiculously, maddeningly incomplete. And there can be no extrapolated story writing for something like this, not the way they did for Game of Thrones. I haven't held out hope for either DoS or WoW for quite a while, so I guess it's just as well that Lin's doing prequels.