Ep 5 and for now is a 7.5/10.

When people say "over hyped" what they are really saying is that they did not enjoy it as much as most people and it is just a way for them to say that and sound superior.
In all fairness to the OP, he did say he enjoyed the show, in his original post. Him calling it "overhyped" does not necessarily equate to him enjoying it less than everyone else.
My guess is he is referring to the countless online media producing articles on it. Maybe the OP is a novice to online media and isn't aware that is it's modus operandi. A new show appears, a juggernaut of online articles flood the web and then move on to the next shortly after. Online media has already moved past Stranger Things, and now they are flooding the web with articles on The Exorcist TV show. Nothing new to see here.

One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces.

Oh, I get it now.
When people say "over hyped" what they are really saying is that they did not enjoy it as much as most people and it is just a way for them to say that and sound superior.
Posts make so much more sense now
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i agree with op

I have never heard one person that has never even talked about this outside of the computer world

For me, there's nothing to compare it too. I generally dislike t.v. and serials of any kind. I didn't care for Breaking Bad or Lost and I'm just not interested in most of the tv that becomes popular. I tire of the "plot of the week" styled programming that infects most shows as the characters go from situation to situation in order to keep the seasons running on and on.
But this didn't feel like a tv show or miniseries. It felt like one long movie. It felt like a Stephen King book that was done properly, for once. Stranger Things was amazing to me and I don't know that anything will ever tickle my fancy again the way that this show did.

Indeed! It wasn't so special as everybody say.
Sorry my english grammar, but I'm portuguese.

Tremendously overhyped. It's watchable but nothing special.

Spot on sistik, it was well overhyped, and I'm still scratching my head at the 9.0 score on here for it!!
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.

Nope.
I did not see any hype before watching it. I just saw the trailer and decided to watch it. I enjoyed it.
I have not seen or heard any hype since. Lots of people seem to make threads like this. I do not know why.
"I care about the law. It's justice I don't give a toss about."
Cleaver Greene

Same here.
I didn't know it was hyped until after I watched it.
I am glad I didn't take a ride on the hype machine because that often ruins the journey.

I just plain missed the hype train, just busy I guess but man I'm so glad I missed it all, I'm sure it'd have changed the impact it had on me.

So glad I have watched it before the craze broke out. It is a well made and very coherent show, but even a way better show would have problems matching the expectations after the raving reviews.

I think a lot of it had to do with people, like myself, who grew up in the 80s. It's the nostalgia

Yea i also watched before the hype train, someone in a stream mentioned it so i decided to check it out.
www.youtube.com/sistik123

I would and have recommended it to people and i really enjoyed watching it myself
But i agree, that some of the hype is over the top, it's definitely a good show, i would even say great show, but it has flaws and it definitely isn't perfect
So yeah, some people overhype it and as a result some people go in think they're going to see the greatest thing since sliced bread and end up disappointed, but in all honesty, if people let themselves believe the hype, they only have themselves to blame for being disappointed