We watched a couple episodes right after watching Walking Dead. The contrast was striking.
Stranger Things
Character development, good writing, great casting, fantastic sets and finally pretty decent acting all equal an enjoyable, immersive watch
Walking Dead
Poor acting, carbon copy redundant characters, (except for the Negan guy I'm cheering for him to wipe out the whole boring lot of them), very poor writing= Makes me think why I ever watched it. To be honest it didn't start that way . First couple seasons were good. Fell of the rails 3 or 4 seasons ago. Rinse, wash and repeat plotlines. Watch it because the wife still likes it.