I'm not sure it's so much pulling back from King as wanting to tell different stories and different kinds of stories each season. For some of those, it makes sense to lean into the King influences. For other ones, it doesn't.
I've enjoyed all four seasons tremendously, as much for their...
As excruciating as the wait for this season was, I definitely think that the production shutting down due to the pandemic was to this season's benefit. Having now seen the final two episodes, I think it's probably the best written season yet, certainly the best written since the first season...
Stranger Things 4, Vol. 2 Sneak Peek:
Given that the Upside Down is sort of a corrupted version of the regular world as it was on the night Will disappeared, I would imagine that everything in the regular world on that night is also present in the Upside Down. I would imagine that the...
Finished Vol. 1 with the seventh episode tonight. It felt more like a Stranger Things motion picture than just another episode. Incredible set pieces, while tying together some key bits of the mythology:
The sixth episode gave pretty much every group of characters their marching orders:
Given how late it is, I'm going to save the last episode of Vol. 1 until tomorrow night.
The third episode really got me pumped for where this season is headed.
I'm probably going to watch one more tonight and then save the remaining three for tomorrow.
Ironically, the first episode is built around a similar dilemma!
Just finished 4x01, which is definitely almost feature length. The scope and scale of the series has just increased so much this time around; the number of characters and locations is just way up from where the third season left...
Episode runtimes revealed:
4x01: 1hr 16min
4x02: 1hr 15min
4x03: 1hr 3min
4x04: 1hr 17 min
4x05: 1hr 14min
4x06: 1hr 13min
4x07: 1hr 38min
4x08: 1hr 25min
4x09: 2hr 30min
If this were split into ordinary length episodes of 50 minutes like previous seasons, it would be 15 or 16 episodes long.
Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 will consist of seven episodes, Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2 will consist of the remaining two episodes, including a more than triple-length episode nine.
Looks terrific! They're not kids anymore, and I love how the tone reflects that. Even Paul Reiser's character is laying down the facts for Eleven in a no bullshit way.
One shot that piqued my interest (click to enlarge):
Is Max levitating or being levitated here? Until now, the only two of...
New promotional photos (click to enlarge):
Eddie (Joseph Quinn) leads a special meeting of Hawkins High’s D&D club.
Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and her friends (L-R: Eduardo Franco, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard) are ready to face off against evil.
What happens inside the...
What the realtors in Hawkins, Indiana don't tell you is that the cosmic radiation leaking out of Hawkins Lab from where they tore a dimensional hole causes everybody to age 2-3 times faster...
I would have preferred the entire season drop at once, but even the second batch of episodes is going to arrive before I thought we'd see any of the fourth season. So from that standpoint, it's a pleasant surprise.
Having the three day weekends for both batches is definitely a plus.
Here is...
Title tease and narrowed release date:
"The Hellfire Club"
"Vecna's Curse"
"The Monster and the Superhero"
"Dear Billy"
"The Nina Project"
"The Dive"
"The Massacre at Hawkins Lab"
"Papa"
"The Piggyback"
Set in Spring 1986, the new season will debut "Summer 2022".