Removing the nostalgia also removes, entirely, the meaning behind the obvious love letter the creators were writing to everything 1983.
That's like saying, "removing the sci-fi elements from Star Wars".
It was a rather effective mystery, and I found the single driving plot, and all the subplots and tangents that were forwarded in the protagonists investigation of the main plot, interesting.
It was far too short a season to get boring, really. And I'm going to disagree with the "nothing happens for the bulk of the series" simply because...well...a lot fricken happens....to a lot of the character...pretty much constantly.
One man's "rip off" is another man's "homage".
Agree. Most will love it. There are a select few who wont. Everyone I work with who has watched that are around my age love it.
Id like to know what the 20 year olds think.
I live on a college campus and I was surprised at how big of a hit it was with all of my friends. I'm hooked now too.