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“With nine scripts, over eight-hundred pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, Stranger Things 4 was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one,” the brothers said.

they really are emulating Stephen King, writing increasingly WIDE novels

“There are still many more exciting stories to tell within the world of Stranger Things; new mysteries, new adventures, new unexpected heroes,” the Duffers intoned. “But first we hope that you stay with us as we finish this tale of a powerful girl named Eleven and her brave friends, of a broken police chief and a ferocious mom, of a small town called Hawkins and an alternate dimension known only as the Upside Down.”

yeah nah look, I think the creators of shows like this often overestimate the degree to which fans love the world the story takes place in as opposed to the specific set of characters they've grown attached to.

(the huge exception to this rule is The Mandalorian, where the writers/studio seem to be way more keen on bringing back characters from the original media than many of the fans are, because it was so cool to have a story set in that world with fresh and endearing characters that wasn't heavily dependent on links to the dang Skywalkers, but Star Wars is its own weird beast in this regard)

#stranger things #stranger things s4 #Eleven and Grogu telekinetic children who got experimented on and adopted by a guy with a moustache #LATER adopted by a guy with a moustache who didn't do the experiments #Hopper could seriously take some lessons from Din about staying calm #he was a massive asshole for so much of s3 they just seemed to discard all his growth from the previous two #threatening Mike with serious harm using his authority as police chief because Mike's a snotty early-teen dating his daughter?#acting JEALOUS of El rather than protective?#being willing to use torture to get answers?#(and the show validating torture as the way to get answers)#(IT'S ACTUALLY INEFFECTIVE AS WELL AS CRUEL)#just being rude and horrid to Joyce all the time while supposedly falling more in love with her?#he got one beautiful moment of looking up at Joyce with perfect love and trust and willing self-sacrifice #and was otherwise a turd bomb #okay it was also cool when he stepped on the slug that came out of Eleven's leg I liked that it was a good 'thank God the adults have arriv #ed' moment #BUT #wasn't Steve just a gem #I love Steve #I approach every new season with absolute dread that Steve is going to get killed #would it be worse if Steve got killed or just acted like an asshole as if all HIS growth into a kinder and stronger person didn't happen?#hard to say #my Staravia in Pokemon Legends Arceus is called Steve after Steve #it's both because Steve sounds a little like Staravia and because it has a majestic quiff

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