"And yet, for all of its posturing about being a show about geeky kids who love geeky things, Stranger Things Season 5 pretty much ignored the biggest sea change in geek culture in 1987, which would have become an even bigger deal in 1989: The beginning of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Here's why I, a Star Trek partisan who was also an actual child in 1987, am alarmed by the TNG erasure"
"There's no cereal served in this breakfast moment, but had there been a box of Cheerios on that table, it would have prominently featured Star Trek: The Next Generation. And that's because in 1987, TNG had stickers inside of cereal boxes, and the ability for young fans to send away for a poster that was a replica of the one that Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) had in his Ready Room."
Stranger Things spans 1983 to 1989 and Season 5 begins on November 3, 1987. The series includes many late-1980s pop-culture Easter eggs but omits references to Star Trek: The Next Generation. TNG premiered in 1987 and became increasingly influential by 1989 among young fans. General Mills ran a September 15, 1987 Cheerios promotion with TNG stickers and a mail-away replica poster of Captain Picard's Ready Room. The absence of TNG references in a breakfast scene featuring no cereal represents a missed opportunity for period-accurate geek culture detail that would have resonated with the show's characters.
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