Though, Okja doesn’t quite have time to build in the same way as Stranger Things. Stranger Things was basically an 8 hour 80s movie.
Is it even right to compare Okja to Stranger Things? Are we setting Okja up for failure by even doing so?
Last Summer, Netflix wowed us with Stranger Things. This piece of throwback, 1980s nostalgia, was a mid-summer offering that took the internet and the world of TV (and movies) by storm.
No matter how much Okja could cram into it’s nearly 2 hour time frame, it doesn’t have the canvas that Stranger Things did.