Fear Street Trilogy

[The Deadman]

Yeah everyone I've talked to has said the 2nd one is the best out of the 3.

[CyberCubed]

I thought it was really weird they were trying to pass off a lesbian High school romance set in 1994. The girls were written as if they were modern day 2020+ kids....not kids from 1994 where the first movie was set.

Back then you would never see people being openly lesbian in High School, hell even in the early 2000's when I was in High School it wasn't like that. Two girls in a natural lesbian relationship back in 1994...makes no sense. There was no lesbians back then, at least not in High School.

[newfan]

Yeah watched all 3, as a whole not a bad 3 part story. I thought the second was the best also.

[The Deadman]

Cubed confirmed there were no gay people in 1994. This is a new thing, apparently.

[CyberCubed]

Not in High Schools, there wasn't. There were no lesbian schoolgirls in 1994. The girls were written with a 2021 mindset in mind, not how things were in 1994.

[Allio]

Cubed is off his meds again.

[IndigoErth]

I've seen all three, a pretty decent watch overall.

Spoiler:

My only complaint really, and found a bit of an odd choice, is using actors from the first two parts to also portray characters in the 3rd without those characters being the direct ancestors of the other ones. Seemed the cop is the only one that was true for? Was expecting the rest to tie together like that, but of course some of them died in their youth.

Spoiler since this is a 3-parter.

Speaking as one of those whom 1994 was indeed part of my high school years, yeah, gay/lesbian couples existed in high school back then. Do I recall any that were totally open about that? No, and understandably given the amount of prejudice then vs now, but there was one pair of girls I think most people probably suspected, but didn't question it. Maybe they were just really good friends, but the vibe you get from them kind of felt like it may have been more than that.


Want a real shocker, Cubed... My school had one student a grade ahead of me who today would probably be considered an openly trans girl.

Back then we just saw him as the guy who cross dressed and preferred to identity as a girl, as the whole "trans" term and topic wasn't really around yet. But I have no doubt that she probably went on to continue to live life as a woman after high school. (Luckily the nature of this school allowed this student to more or less get by without much trouble from others compared to how most other schools would be.)


edit: How old were you even in 1994 Cubed? Not like you were anywhere near high school yet, let alone conscious of those topics.

[CyberCubed]

I was 9 years old in 1994. Still, lesbian teenagers weren't much a thing at the time, they weren't when I was in High School in the early 2000's. The movie was written as if they were 2020 High School kids.

There was no lesbians in schools in 1994.

[The Deadman]

So you were 9 in 1994 but somehow know there were no lesbians in high school of all places in '94.

I'm headdesking. Lets get back on topic, lol.

[sdp]

I was a little kid, I would go to bookstores in the mid 90s, Goosebumps was HUGE, we all knew the name of RL Stine. I was always curious about the other books, but they seemed less interesting since they didn't have cartoony looking monsters on the covers. But they sure knew how to market them, RL Stine's name is bigger than the title of the books.



Did anyone actually read any of those books as kids? Clearly they were not for someone my age but they also don't seem like they were for teenagers, most likely for tweens and kids who had outgrown goosebumps but were still under 12 I guess. Do these movies actually adapt any books or themes? Were they an anthology series like Goosebumps or did they actually have a storyline?