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It's very rare that we even start our TV box nowadays here at home. We have it mostly because older relatives sometimes visit who want to watch TV, and to watch the extremely few programs on linear TV that we can only watch via linear TV. But sometimes it still happens that we start it after having had a hard time finding something to watch, and zap along between the eternal reprises of Friends, Lyxfällan and Ullared that are available.

It was exactly one such day during the weekend - when we happened to end up three minutes into Goonies. I love the movie immeasurably, and actually also the ultra-tricky NES game Goonies II (which I offered some of the most illogical puzzles I'd seen so far), and got hooked. But... There was padel with our friends on the schedule and we only had time to watch 30 minutes before it was time to leave.

However, the craving was aroused and I asked my partner to check where/if it is possible to stream, whereupon it turned out that HBO Max had it, among others. In the evening, popcorn was popped and an ice-cold Loranga Zero was uncorked for a little movie night. It's probably twenty years since I last saw Goonies and for my aunt even more - but as it stands. Not only as a cozy matinee, but also as a period document and an extremely clear model for Stranger Things, among other things.

So what do I want to say? Well, if you have HBO Max or Viaplay, take the opportunity to check out Goonies. That's it.

Sometimes it was actually better in the past.