DP> pretty cliche to me.  Yes, I did like the trip down memory lane, but the   
    DP> show itself was only so-so to me.   
      
   To each his/her own... I personally love the craft of it, with constant   
   references, in plot and cinematography, to ET, Alien, The Thing, Nightmare on   
   Elm Street, Stand By Me, etc. If anything, it stands out (particularly for   
   friends of mine in my generation who have seen it) because of its   
   inter-literary nature, a la Umbero Eco.   
      
   In Eco's novels, more than half the story is intentionally told by the   
   literature referenced around the main story, so the more you understand the   
   world and the subtle queues, the more everything becomes real and explicitly   
   intentional in the narrative as it unfolds.   
      
   For me, having studied medieval history and religion as well as late medieval   
   to early modern occultism and mysticism, The Name of the Rose, Foucult's   
   Pendulum, and Baudelino pop out much more than The Mysterious Flame of Queen   
   Loana, since I knew the content and the motifs of the surrounding world view   
   in the former from my bachelors and masters studies, but had less of a base   
   of knowledge in WWII era Italy and early 20th century European pulp novels   
   and comics.   
      
   Likewise, I perhaps get much much more out of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles   
   comics than most comic book fans, since I read most everything by Peter   
   Carrol and Austin Osman Spare and understand the context of 90s   
   counter-culture juxtaposed with Chaos Magic theory.   
      
   I think for many fans in their 30's and early 40's, they see all the queues,   
   tropes and motifs the same way. Then again, my wife (who is the same age, and   
   granted isn't interested in anything "scary"), would not probably like it,   
   since she never real grew up watching 80's horror and adventure movies. It   
   wasn't her thing.   
      
   Anyway, I ramble... :D   
      
   -ph   
      
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