As the new Stranger Things TV show debuts, the first reviews for Netflix‘s animated spin-off are finally starting to arrive online. Surprisingly, some critics aren’t too happy with Stranger Things:

Stranger Things' new spinoff shows audiences a version of what could have been had the Stranger Things finale done one sequence differently.

Tales From '85 is the newest Stranger Things spin-off, but you might still have questions about how the stories connect.

Stranger Things wooed audiences with a mix of childhood nostalgia and horror, and the animated spinoff Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85 is trying to recapture that magic. Showrunner Eric Robles told Polygon that he drew on his favorite ‘80s movies like The Goonies and The Lost Boys for ideas on how to craft adventures,

Stranger Things had some issues with depicting Eleven as a true superhero, but the franchise’s latest installment changes that in a big way.

Tales From '85 is enjoyable, but can a show famous for indulgent nostalgia get away with having nostalgia for itself? Here's our review.

Showrunner Eric Robles explains how punk tinkerer Nikki Baxter fixes a big Will problem. Plus, his season 2 plans if the show is renewed.

Opening Shot: “January 10, 1985. Hawkins, Indiana.” In a wintery scene, a person in a yellow hazmat suit chases something from the Upside Down with a flashlight and a torch. The person thinks he’s obliterated what looks like a tiny demogorgon with the torch, but the ashes settle in the snow and reconstitute themselves as something else.

Tales From ‘85’ season 1 is the new animated series on Netflix, set between season 2 and 3 of the original series.

Netflix may have broadcast the end of the main Stranger Things series in a controversial finale that had fans divided or mad. Mostly mad. But now a new, somewhat unexpected project has just gone live months later: Stranger Things: Tales from ’85.