Super 8 was Stranger Things before Stranger Things was Stranger Things

I'm curious as to why it didn't take the world by storm the way Stranger Things did - they share so many base elements, such as 70s/80s nostalgia, synth music, a sci-fi creature/laboratory mystery, a wholesome coming of age story, and of course, kids with quirky and relatable personalities riding bikes. This also kinda applies to the first IT movie though that feels more like an outlier. What do you think?

Submitted September 24, 2020 at 02:56AM by ArticZephyr https://ift.tt/363eRn0