Sci-Fi Stranger Things (Netflix) - Part 1

[DyeLorean]

Given the amount of time between seasons, I'll be gladly taking those massive, massive episodes.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm sure I'll enjoy the final season but the massive breaks between the final three seasons really killed a lot of the momentum for me. Granted, it wasn't all the fault of the creatives since Covid hit between 3 & 4 and the WGA/SAG strike between 4 & 5 but splitting the season over 5 weeks after this long a wait is still a dick move on Netflix's part.

 

[Still Wynning]

I keep hearing this whole thing about how the long break between seasons hurts the show, there isn’t any hype and that it’s not going to do well and it never pans out that way at all. People said the same thing about season 4 before it came out, that Covid happening kneecapped any popularity or momentum it had and that it wouldn’t do as well, and…well, look what happened.

Mark my words, once the marketing and hype engine really gets going and it’s finally released, it’s all that people are going to be talking about for the next couple months afterwards and any doubts people had about it doing well will be a long and forgotten memory.

People aren’t going to be hyped for it…until they are.

 

[Drizzle]

I keep hearing this whole thing about how the long break between seasons hurts the show, there isn’t any hype and that it’s not going to do well and it never pans out that way at all. People said the same thing about season 4 before it came out, that Covid happening kneecapped any popularity or momentum it had and that it wouldn’t do as well, and…well, look what happened.

Mark my words, once the marketing and hype engine really gets going and it’s finally released, it’s all that people are going to be talking about for the next couple months afterwards and any doubts people had about it doing well will be a long and forgotten memory.

People aren’t going to be hyped for it…until they are.

I don't doubt that this final season will be huge, but I've also conditioned myself to not get too hyped up for shows now that many of them have taken on a pattern of 2+ years between seasons.

Stranger Things is a massively popular show, but even then the excitement around a new season fades out fairly quickly after it drops. Season 4 hype was drawn out a little longer because the release was split over a month, and I'm expecting the same here, especially since it's the final season.

But I do think there is a conversation to be had about shows being affected by long breaks between seasons. Wednesday S2 had decent numbers but on a popularity level it was nowhere near the level of the first season. It felt like it came and went with little fanfare.

 

[:eek:]

Early "Stranger Things" S5 Runtimes Are In

A recent report claiming that every episode of the upcoming fifth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” would boast feature-length runtimes of at least 90 minutes appears to have been rather exaggerated. Series co-creator Ross Duffer revealed the length of the first four episodes for the final...

www.darkhorizons.com

 

[DarthSkywalker]

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They made a bunch of movies. This is gonna suck.

 

[Pennywise]

Saying Goodbye to ‘Stranger Things’: The Duffer Brothers Tell All on Season 5 Secrets, the Tearful Finale and Leaving Netflix for Paramount (EXCLUSIVE)

Matt and Ross Duffer grace the cover of Variety and discuss ending "Stranger Things," the future of the franchise and leaving Netflix for Paramount.

t.co

 

[Morg]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

On the Set of Stranger Things' Final Season

“It happens to be a television series, but it’s epic storytelling by any metric.”

time.com

 

[Pennywise]

Stranger Things 5 brings a 'definitive ending' as the Duffers 'don't have to hold anything back'

The Duffer Brothers promise a finale even bigger than Season 4 as Netflix's retro sci-fi adventure series ends. Read more at Empire.

www.empireonline.com

For its creators, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, it’s time to go all-in, leave nothing on the table. “Now we’re in the final season, we don’t have to hold anything back,” Matt tells Empire in our world-exclusive Stranger Things 5 issue. “We didn’t want to tie everything into a perfect bow, but I think we answer most questions and resolve every arc,” promises Ross. “It was our intention to write a definitive ending to this story.” Expect bigger, bolder (and yes, stranger) things in these eight episodes. “When we pitched it to Netflix, we genuinely thought the scale was going to be about on par with Season 4,” grins Matt. “But, uh… that turned out to be a lie.” The brothers tease massive battles that will “evoke the same feeling” as Game Of Thrones’ Battle Of The Bastards. “Episode 4 and Episode 8 are just monsters,” Matt beams. That fourth instalment is ‘Sorcerer’, described by the duo as “the most logistically insane shoot of our lives.”