#st s4 vol 1

[foreverautumn89]

[kneeanderthal]

the awful balancing of story lines in season 4 always makes me tweak out a bit

[itsmiahshemakessense]

About me! (& Miahmakessense)

I make yt vids on byler like this one, and I just reached 300 subs the other day when I realized I’ve never posted abt my channel on here.

I really like analyzing stuff and I used to be a mileven stan when I saw some byler edits during the s4 vol 1 era, and I basically thought it was a cute ship but not canon, then I finally realized will was gay bc of the van scene and decided I should rewatch the show and figure out how I missed that.

the original video idea was I’d watch the show and find evidence byler was one sided/a shipping thing. Something like Analyzing Mike, Will, and the fandom of st

obviously I didn’t find anything, so It turned into a byler analysis video, and that’s how my channel started! The more i watched the bigger fan I became, and i started liking the show more after i took the time to actually pay attention to the characters.

all of this to say, if you like analysis videos you should consider checking it out, it’s basically me going from Mileven to Byler in 30 mins!

(The moment that changed everything lmao)

[lizbetlovesbyler]

I’d say it took them around 8 months after wrapping season four to release the first volume.

If they want to reduce the wait for season 5 like they did season 4, and chose to break up the season in two, we could see volume one in august at the latest, then possibly volume two further into autumn.

Of course, if they split the season in two equal halves, we could see the first four episodes just as summer starts (pls don’t do that to me i have 12 exams to sit in june 🥲)

I can also see them choosing not to split up the season the same way they did before purely because season 5 is the last season, whilst s4 was somewhat of an intermediate season that was released over a longer period to maintain the hype for the show and keep people engaged.

Since ST is quite literally the most popular US show on netflix, i seriously doubt they are worried about keeping the hype alive as s5 is the last season, I can see them spending more time editing the whole thing and dropping it all at once.

It all depends on the amount of CGI compared to s4, the budget, the size of the post-production crew, and how much content they have to work with.

So here i’m thinking:

S5 is split into two equal halves: Vol 1 (e1-4) are released early summer, Vol 2 (e5-8) are released sometime in september or later.

S5 is split similarly to S4: Vol 1 (e1-5/6?) released in august and Vol 2 (6/7?-8) are released in september/october

S5 is not split and the entire season drops sometime in autumn 2025 (i can see them aiming for a late october/early november release to allign with the time of year the season itself is set in/link back to wills disappearance on nov 6th)

(very rare) S5 is released Weekly? Starting in october, ending in november - IMO this would have been great if the other seasons were released weekly, but since ST has always been formatted for a binger audience, so it might feel foreign to the audience and ruin the flow of the ending - i cannot see them doing this unless each episode borders on 2 1/2 hours long (i don’t even want to know how long this season is going to be but considering they’ve been shooting for a year straight it’s going to be so much longer than s4 despite having fewer episodes)

I know it doesn’t seem soon, but this will fly by! Plus this is purely based off s4, no one is more eager for this season to come out than the Duffer brothers themselves. I don’t know a lot about post-production, but i imagine they can hire twice as many people to hopefully get it out as soon as possible without taking away from the quality of the season.

Im grateful we still have time to be excited about new content and theorise about it because this is the last time we get to do it! Who knows when a show as good as ST will come along again, IF one will come along again?

The wait, however long, will be worth it!

Think about it like we’re closer to watching the final season than we are to when they started filming.

[sarahivess]

Remember how mad everyone was exactly one year ago and I had more hope than ever AFTER s4 was finished. 🙈

Maybe that was because I was new to the Byler fandom and I thought Will would be rejected in vol 2 before July 1’st but because of the van scene, the ending scene and the veiled confession (+ the really bad monologue from Mike to El) I just couldn’t see a rejection happening anymore. Byler is so endgame and I have never lost any confidence since that day.

[chirpsythismorning]

I’m not going to get my hopes up, but if Netflix has to have an answer by October, when do you think filming will start then?

Hypothetically if the strike is over in Netflix's case by Oct or in general for all the studios, filming for ST would start up shortly after that. They've been ready to start filming since June, so they're pretty much just in limbo waiting rn.

There might be some cast members in the middle of something when the strike ends, so that doesn't mean every single cast member will take a flight to Georgia and be there the day after the strike to start filming. It will happen in waves, where some who are available at that time will get all their arrangements in order and make the plan to start filming while others might need a few weeks to get everything in order.

Sometimes filming happens out of order, especially with scenes that are really time consuming for VFX in post production, but still I do think that the priority will be either those scenes or scenes from the first few episodes. Those episodes are the most fleshed out script wise and they're also the episodes we're going to see sooner than the later ones. In the case they decide to split it into two volumes again, having those earlier episodes finished sooner than later allows them to then be able to edit them sooner and have them complete for releasing. So if the premiere period rolls around, and they're still behind on some parts of Vol 2, they'd be prepared to release Vol 1, with extra time to focus on the rest. Pretty much the same thing happened for S4, where Vol 1 premiered in late May and then they were still editing Vol 2 in time for it's early July release.

If the strike is officially over and all filming in the industry amongst these studios has been green-lit to return, let's say October 1st, then it's likely by mid October they would be starting filming again. Or if it was mid October that the strike ended, then maybe filming would be starting by the end of the month. If it's late October, then probably early November for filming to start. The transition won't take months, at most a couple of weeks.

Again, they were ready to start filming in June and they don't necessarily need every single actor to have their schedule free in order to start. They just need actors who have scenes alone or with other actors who are also available who they also happen to have scenes with in order to start filming. It is unlikely that whatever schedule they had planned originally for the cast back in June will be identical post-strike, as that will all presumably shift to accommodate everyones new schedules at that time of the year and going forward.

This is all a hypothatical scenario. Regardless of if the strike ends in October or September or god forbid January, which is when the Emmy's are being postponed until, Filming for ST5 would take a matter of a couple of weeks to set up and begin, and would then continue for the next 12 months following, give or take.

[evyisaks]

Wow it's been a year since S4 Vol.1

When V1 aired, S4 had the potential to be so amazing. I really loved it. Even if I thought that Mike was Will, and Will was Mike. In my defence, I hadn't rewatched ST and S3 was years ago

[chirpsythismorning]

Netflix has already confirmed they won’t do episode by episode for Stranger Things. I remember a while back they were talking about considering doing it more with the rollouts for their content going forward, and it just so happened ST was brought up and they said with only one season left, and with how well the show has done with being released in whole for the most part, they never intend to change it beyond doing split volumes. So we can pretty much rule out weekly releases for s5.

I guess it really depends on how long the final episode is. I honestly didn’t like the way s4 was split into 2 with 7 episodes for Vol. 1 and then 2 episodes for Vol. 2. It just felt a little uneven.

If they were to split s5 more evenly, with like Vol. 1 being episodes 1-3, Vol. 2 with 4-7, and then Vol. 3 or the final part or whatever being episode 8 with it being over 3 hours potentially, then I don’t think that’s too bad honestly.

I like the idea of volumes because it means the hype can last a while between releases. One episode a week almost sucks more just bc you get like over an hour and then have to wait a week. It’s just not enough to sit back and enjoy imo. I do generally like streamings format for that reason.

But I also don’t like the idea of s5 altogether with the hype dying down after 2 weeks or a month at most. With 2 volumes we could get 3 months of hype, with a 1-2 month waiting period in between. And with 3 volumes we could get like 4 months of hype in. And maybe the wait would be shorter in between in that case with less than a month before the next volume drops.

I could honestly see this happening though if 5x08 is over 3 hrs long and the rest of the episodes are averaging 1.5.

Hi bylers 🫶🏻 what are your thoughts on this?

[auchaczer]

happy ending </3

[escape-in-time-x]

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[bluescluesboos]

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[cobwebssss]

gave him a tongue piercing >:333

[symphonyofsilence]

I can't believe they tried to feed us that Stancy nonsense while these two refused to leave room for Jesus during all their interactions!

[chirpsythismorning]

I feel like I missed something from today - was there news released that made everyone think a 2025 release date is more likely?

@kittykat940 posted this. It's from a casting call for extras in Atlanta. This is official as they do drop publicly right around the time filming starts bc they need background extras in the area to film on a moments notice. They are always public, though really hard to find. You have to have the right links to get to them bc there are scams out there and they only want people that are actually genuinely inquiring to find them for major productions like this.

Filming for s5 from June 2023-June 2024 (exactly 1 year), means that post-production wont officially be in swing until July 2024. While they will definitely be trying to get a good chunk of post-production done while filming s5 (esp time consuming VFX), they still need to be able to mostly focus on filming while they are literally filming. They also might even be writing parts of the last episodes while just starting to film the first episodes. It's a lot!

The bulk of editing and quality control-esque final touches is saved for the long phase afterwards, when they can actually focus on post-production full-time. Also note, post-production includes making trailers and planning for promotion which is directly tied to the Duffers vision... meaning it requires more than just an intern behind the official ST instagram. They have to dedicate time to not just editing, but also focusing on critical reception and how they can plan to make their decisions around that as well. A lot of thought goes into all of this.

Post-production, completely separate from filming will probably take at least 7 months, though it could be more. Working conditions and quality are also big factors (arguably the biggest). And then there's Netflix who probably has somewhat of a say, since they are always planning their releases around each other. Netflix is probably willing to wait as long as the Duffers want as well bc they need to keep the hype of this show as long as they can. Which means if the Duffers were hypothetically negotiating for a little bit more time, I don't really think Netflix would put up much of a fight.

Overall they are giving themselves a lot of time early on with this approach, so that is a good sign they are trying to be ahead of the curve, at least right now I feel that way. And I do imagine they will have the ability to get a lot of post-production done for early s5 as swiftly as they can. But I don't think they'll want to rush too much, IF they don't have to.

Like best case scenario within this scenario, I think they could have a 2024 release, but it would have to be two volumes with the first in 24' an the second in 25', so that they still have time to continue post-production for vol 2, similar to s4 while vol 1 was premiering. Otherwise 2 volumes isn't technically confirmed for s5, so I would say best case scenario separate from that, they manage to finish 90ish% of post-production by Jan 2025 (7 months) and they will have to rush with like the last 10ish% bc they're human.

And I think that could land them on a March release comfortably, assuming everything goes as planned.

I don't think Summer 2025 is necessary with how much time they're giving themselves overall, but it would be naive to say that unforeseen circumstances couldn't make that a reality. I'm personally choosing to hope early 2025.