Something doesn't have to have original ideas to be good. Stranger Things is specifically great at being unoriginal. The show is brilliantly shot, well paced, e

Something doesn't have to have original ideas to be good. Stranger Things is specifically great at being unoriginal. The show is brilliantly shot, well paced, engrossing and thrilling and the (child) actors were amazing. Just the 80s feeling it evokes is something I've not and I think the industry has not experienced at that scale in decades. You put it exactly right that it's the celebrity that's the problem. I'm not sure if your proposed solution is it though. Remember what Star Wars "fans" did to those the prequel actors. Those people weren't reading any gossip magazines, they were doing it on forums and gatherings, if it had existed they would do it on Twitter. How could we have protected the kids that played Anakin?