44/15
As they search for answers, the kids unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries
Synopsis
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. Steve Perry, former lead singer of Journey, has said that the Stranger Things season 4 remix of Journey’s 1980s smash hit Separa Ways (Worlds Apart) was done virtually on the same day as he originally wanted it to be done in the 1980s, but lacked the technology. Perry was so impressed that he even helped with the development of the remix. During several episodes, people are seen ‘interrupting’ someone talking on a two-way or CB radio – that is, one person is talking/transmitting and another person transmits to interrupt them, and then the other person hears this interruption and stops transmitting. This was done several times on the kids’ CB radios and on radios used by the police. Those radios, the CB and police radios from the era of the show, don’t work like that.
Featured on FoundFlix
If you’re transmitting and someone else is transmitting, you won’t hear them. Once: Friends Don’t Lie. Stranger Things’ opening titles and fonts mimic the film grain and look of the opening credits of 1980s TV series. : Stranger Things (2016) Ending Explained + Season 2 Clues (2016). Stranger Things (Title Sequence & End Credits Theme) Written and Storyboarded by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein. I’m guessing a lot of people have said a lot of things about all the film and TV references this series has and how it recreates the eighties in all its flaws and splendors.
I won’t add anything else
With the release of season 2, I’d simply like to caution that both seasons are very different animals. Think of it as the difference between the original Alien movie and the Aliens sequel: while the first season was more about unknown, unseen horror and the mystery behind the backstory, the second has more straight-up action and horror mixed in with character development arcs that feel good but sometimes take the series a bit off track. Consequently, a fan of the show should probably view the second season as a separate work of fiction rather than a true continuation of the first season in tone and spirit. The writers do move the story forward and we get a very good piece of entertainment, but the new season should be judged on its own merits. EDIT: Season 3 turned out to be a huge tonal shift for the series. Maybe it’s very hard to maintain mystery if so much of the “world” still exists.
That doesn’t mean Season 3 is bad
Stranger Things already revealed a lot of its secrets, but the “feel” of the series took a different direction. Maybe the writers simply ran out of 80s templates to rip off. Season 1 was heavily inspired by supernatural horror like in “Poltergeist.” Season 2 took a lot of cues from “Creature Features” like “Gremlins” or “Aliens.” Season 3 now uses elements of 80’s zombie movies and low-budget gory horror with a bit of spy comedy mixed in (and fight scenes that look like they’re straight out of “Die Hard”). All of those genres didn’t mix well in the 80’s. And this strange cocktail sure doesn’t work today. It just relies on characters established in previous seasons that used very different 80’s story elements and tropes.
They both work on their own, but not together
It’s almost like watching Darth Vader in an Indiana Jones movie. Basically, Season 3 is an overly transparent attempt to open up a new field of nostalgia, but it doesn’t work in the context of previous seasons.
