Sci-Fi Stranger Things (Netflix) - Part 1

[The Shape]

I wonder if they will split up season 5 in half? Like 4 episodes in each batch but make them super long like how season 4 has been.

Of course they will. That seems to be the new trend. They split up ST4, and also the final season of Ozark.

 

[Iceman]

Spoiler

Max being killed off by Vecna, while definitely unexpected, would have absolutely ruined the beauty of the Kate Bush scene. She was in a deep depression in previous episodes because of Billy's death, detaching herself from loved ones, and her barely escaping Vecna was supposed to signify her finally recognizing the issue and attempting to fix it, and not only just to save her own life. And it's clearly resonated with a lot of people who are struggling with depression, so I don't understand why anyone would think it would have been better if she had died.

Also, you don't always need to kill off a main character to create a sense of dread and intensity. Just putting them in peril and it having an effect on them (which this show has done well imo) works.

I was responding more to Iceman's insinuation, but I get where you're coming from.

Spoiler

Oh no I didn't mean that. I'm probably the most anti-kill person ever lol at least for important characters in ongoing franchises. Maybe a bit different when you have as many major and good characters as something like GoT does but not for fiction with regular sized casts. Even when death scenes are great or even perfectly done, you still lose that great thing from the future and you don't need death to prove characters are in danger. Usually the only times it's a net positive for me is when stakes are highest near the end of a franchise or arc (like Avengers Endgame rather than A1 or AoU or CW), or very early with smaller characters like they did with that cheerleader this season or Barb to hint that the main characters we love are vulnerable. So Iron Man's death was done really well - but still...I've now lost Iron Man for another decade or 2 of MCU and there's noone like RDJ. The Kate Bush ST scene was really good but you're preaching to the ultra-converted and actually the leader of the conversion process.

 

[Iceman]

Of course they will. That seems to be the new trend. They split up ST4, and also the final season of Ozark.

I had no idea this was the plan and I was thinking more and more as we got closer to the end about when

Spoiler

they are going to bloody reunite everyone

before time runs out.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I loved season 3. I enjoyed it much more than season 2.

God I thought I was the only one. I thought season 3 was great audibly cheered several times throughout.

I liked season 3, sure, but season 4 is better. And definitely agree on Finn. If he were any thinner he could double as an anatomy skeleton in a medical class.

With Finn I genuinely couldn’t believe my eyes in that roller disco scene. My arms are genuinely twice the size of his legs.

 

[Brother Jack]

Each season has its strengths and I've enjoyed them all for various reasons. They were really wise to sort of shift genre slightly each time; Season 1 pure Amblin E.T. and The Goonies, S2 was darker and more action-heavy with inspiration from Aliens and The Exorcist, S3 was the fun summer blockbuster ala Jaws, and now S4 is their horror/slasher season. But having said that I think the show it more than just references and nostalgia bait. I don't think it would be as successful if it was just that. I mean, in a post-Game of Thrones world it feels like the only true big event television series around (apologies to Marvel and Star Wars) and there is a deeper reason for it. No, I think the real strength of the show is how it writes and draws its characters, and that has remained consistent throughout.

 

[Iceman]

My rankings:

1. Season 1
2. Season 4
3. Season 3
4. Season 2

 

[Drizzle]

My rankings:

1. Season 1
2. Season 4
3. Season 3
4. Season 2

I'm still waiting until S4 Vol. 2 drops but as it stands right now that's pretty much how I'd rank them as well. There hasn't been a weak season yet IMO.

 

[InCali]

My rankings:

1. Season 1
2. Season 4
3. Season 3
4. Season 2

I would probably swap the last two, but if everything on Netflix was as good as this, they wouldn’t be in trouble. Lol

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Caught up on Vol. 1 of Season 4. Holy **** that Vecna reveal gave me goosebumps.

 

[Iceman]

Caught up on Vol. 1 of Season 4. Holy **** that Vecna reveal gave me goosebumps.

Really well done I thought that aspect.

 

[Iceman]

I would probably swap the last two, but if everything on Netflix was as good as this, they wouldn’t be in trouble. Lol

I’ve been saying this in other places. Netflix is obsessed with quantity over quality - quantity was much more important in the early days when people could feasibly run out of things they want to watch on it, but now Stranger Things alone has more subscription attraction power and retention capability than 6 or 7 mediocre series. I would combine the budgets of a bunch of shows to bring elite content with top creators. When you already have such a huge back catalogue, 10-15 Stranger Things level shows would add more value than 100 more average shows IMO.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[The Joker]

My god that looks like a grueling make up process.

 

[Iceman]

I wonder how many hours that takes.

 

[MadVillainy]

I don't care how poor they are. Just give the boy a buzzcut

 

[Brother Jack]

I wonder how many hours that takes.

It took 7 hours to apply.

 

[Iceman]

It took 7 hours to apply.

Bloody …..! Almost time to start taking it back off lol.

 

[Prison Mike]

I think I saw in an interview that they said the actor has to come in at 1am for makeup if the shoot starts at 7 or 8am

 

[CaptainWagner]

I think I saw in an interview that they said the actor has to come in at 1am for makeup if the shoot starts at 7 or 8am

Heck, I'd be creepy too if I was coming in to work at 1 am to get plastic glued to my face.

Honestly, as intensive as the process was, it's amazing they managed to keep his identity a secret even throughout the COVID shutdown.

 

[Ninjablade]

That's crazy. All the credit in the world to everyone involved, it certainly paid off having him actually be there as a tangible creature.

 

[BatsAndNights]

7 hours is ****ing nuts

Guess it informs the performance by making you really grouchy though

 

[DarkKnight88]

7 hours is ****ing nuts

Guess it informs the performance by making you really grouchy though

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah, 7 hours is a long time in the makeup chair but it's not like Vecna had a dominating amount of screentime either, at least up to this point in the season. He might have shot all of his scenes as Vecna over just a couple of days.

 

[InCali]

I will never, ever complain about halfway decent CGI......ever....Fthat S***.....

 

[Iceman]

Kate Bush is number one, thanks to Stranger Things