Stranger Things (Netflix)

Dup · 12 Apr 2022 at 21:06

ChroniC said:
Might have to rewatch S3 I haven't a clue what happened.

Yeah, been a while hasn't it?

Does look great though, a lot going on. Hopefully 9 episodes is enough.

Kainz · 12 Apr 2022 at 21:22

ChroniC said:
Might have to rewatch S3 I haven't a clue what happened.

That kid started singing the addictive tune from Neverending Story.

dlockers · 12 Apr 2022 at 21:50

When is it out?

Dup · 12 Apr 2022 at 22:09

There's two volumes: First set for 27th May, second on 1st July.

dlockers · 12 Apr 2022 at 22:11

Thank you!

Malevolence · 13 Apr 2022 at 05:33

Robert Englund. **** yeah!

Bigpig · 13 Apr 2022 at 05:51

Still love it and very much looking forward to it.

IvanDobskey · 14 Apr 2022 at 15:15

This just gets worse with each season. Kids are all too old to play the parts now too. The first one was pretty entertaining and had novelty value though. Count me out.

Yaayuh! · 14 Apr 2022 at 16:45

IvanDobskey said:
This just gets worse with each season. Kids are all too old to play the parts now too. The first one was pretty entertaining and had novelty value though. Count me out.

Indeed.

They should have left it after the first season, it was pretty epic and ended perfectly. Now it's just being sullied by continuous milking.

TriedandTested · 14 Apr 2022 at 17:05

Season 3 was a joke. Awful. Hope this pulls it back.

Shamikebab · 23 May 2022 at 12:18

So we have more details on Season 4. It will be split into two parts, the first part will be 7 episodes coming out May 27th, the second part is 2 episodes and will be out July 1st.

But here is the kicker, the later episodes are getting longer with the final episode being almost 2 and a half hours! That's a film!

Watched Season 3 again recently and I still think it was great so I'm really looking forward to this.

The series will start in the past and the series will introduce DnD villain Vecna to continue the theme

Simmz · 23 May 2022 at 12:58

Yeah run times are

"Episodes 1-6 all hang around for 75 minutes, episode seven hits a testing 1hr 38, while episode eight gives you a mild reprieve at 1hr 25. Episode nine, the finale, comes in at an extraordinary 2hr 30"

CaptainRAVE · 23 May 2022 at 13:17

Those are some crazy run times.

IvanDobskey · 23 May 2022 at 13:34

Oh dear, I certainly won't be slogging through this. All the teen angst and lovey dovey stuff last time was toe curling. Unless there is a huge change of direction from series 3, this will be terrible.

Glanza · 23 May 2022 at 14:03

Those run times make it feel more like a limited series run, I can't remember the last time Netflix went nuts with the episode run times like that. There's been a few with a 10 minute swing but never that much from what I recall.

ianh · 23 May 2022 at 14:27

I'm hoping those long run times are an indication that they are giving it one last hurrah as a final season.

SixTwoSix · 23 May 2022 at 14:33

The run times at least partially explain the $30 million per episode budget.

I was a bit dismissive of this new series after S3 but that trailer about 5/6 weeks ago actually got my interest again.

doodah · 23 May 2022 at 15:05

Jesus is that what modern TV costs these days? I remember $10m per episode being a huge figure when Boardwalk Empire was on the scene.

Minstadave · 23 May 2022 at 15:10

doodah said:
Jesus is that what modern TV costs these days? I remember $10m per episode being a huge figure when Boardwalk Empire was on the scene.

Those run times are longer than many movies. Lots of CGI (typicqlly better than plenty of recent movies) isn't cheap either.

I hope it reflects the confidence Netflix have in telling the story well and bring it to a decent conclusion.

IvanDobskey · 23 May 2022 at 15:18

Problem is, it just isn't about story telling these days.

Writing has gone out the window.