A teaser for the second season of Stranger Things aired on the Super Bowl this weekend, and it promises to be even more of a Spielberg pastiche than the first season. The teaser quotes Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, dresses one of the characters like Indiana Jones, and features the kind of Halloween costumes that could drive someone to throw a tantrum over an all-female Ghostbusters reboot years later. (That last movie isn’t Spielberg, but it’s not like they were gonna do Hook.) Still, sometimes a Spielberg pastiche is exactly what you’re looking for, and Netflix’s is lovingly done. For reference, here’s the clip from Close Encounters of the Third Kind:
And here’s the bike chase sequence from E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial:
Ghostbusters, you can track down on your own.
