Tag: Stranger Things
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Breaking Down The Entire Stranger Things Timeline
Remember the ’80s? If you’ve seen “Stranger Things,” you definitely do. The Netflix series has spent the past six years traipsing through the decade that brought us “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” Farrah Fawcett hairstyles, and lots and lots of great music. With four seasons and multiple time jumps, it can be difficult keeping track…
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Taika Waititi Planned to Use Kate Bush Music in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Before ‘Stranger Things’ ‘Ruined’ It
Between “Stranger Things 4” shattering viewership records on Netflix and the highly anticipated “Thor: Love and Thunder” finally hitting theaters, 1980s nostalgia is all the rage right now. The decade’s influence is felt everywhere from fashion to movie poster designs, but nowhere is it more apparent than in music.Much has been made of the fact…
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Duffer Brothers Plot ‘Stranger Things VHS’ Pan and Scan Edit for Netflix
Since “Stranger Things” debuted on Netflix in 2016, creators Matt and Ross Duffer have established themselves as some of Hollywood’s top purveyors of 1980s nostalgia. Each season of the show brings more ’80s pop culture relics back into the spotlight, a trend that does not appear to be slowing down any time soon.Apparently reviving Kate…
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Metallica Pays Tribute To Eddie Munson With Stranger Things TikTok Duet
“Stranger Things” consistently embeds the pop culture of yesteryear into its stories, and in doing so the show has continually helped introduce some absolute bangers to a new generation. Season 3’s duet between former Broadway kids Gabriella Pizzolo and Gaten Matarazzo of the theme from “The NeverEnding Story” was the big hit back in 2019,…
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Stranger Things And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Team Up In New Action Figure Sets, And We Don’t Know Why
The gang from the “Stranger Things” season 4 finale could have used a little superpowered help beyond what Eleven was capable of. They’re getting it in a new toy team-up from Playmates. Like other mashups from the company, which paired “Stranger Things” figures with those from “Cobra Kai” and “Street Fighter,” we’re getting another bit…
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How Stranger Things Season 4 Went Running Up That Hill With A Mix Of VFX And Real Sets
A lot of directors rely on the robust realism of digital effects to create their universes. The downside of constructing the set in post-production is that it requires the cast to interact primarily with green screens. The “Stranger Things 4″ crew chose to use a hybrid of practical and digital effects instead, giving the actors…
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Every Character In Stranger Things 4 Ranked By How Useful They Were
Another season of “Stranger Things” has come and gone, and now we’re left to spend the next two or so years debating plot points, speculating wildly, and fantasy booking our own storylines. The show’s penultimate season was a huge undertaking, with longer runtimes, bigger monsters, higher stakes, and so many characters it was hard to…
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The Talisman: Everything We Know So Far About Netflix’s Stephen King Adaptation
“Stranger Things” may be coming to an end, but the Duffer Bros. are certainly keeping their plates full. In conjunction with their production company Upside Down Pictures, Netflix has hitched their wagons for more projects from Matt and Ross Duffer, including a series adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s fantasy novel, “The Talisman.”The companies…
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Duffer Brothers Launch Upside Down Pictures With Netflix; ‘Stranger Things’ Spin-Off in the Works
Hot on the heels of the record-breaking conclusion of the fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” creators Matt and Ross Duffer have formed a new shingle called Upside Down Pictures, recommitting to their current streaming home.The ambitious inaugural slate for Upside Down Pictures includes a live-action spin-off of the flagship series created and developed by…
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The Stranger Things 4 Finale Almost Killed Off A Completely Different Character
There are spoilers ahead for the entire fourth season of “Stranger Things,” so consider this your only warning.The wait for the final season of “Stranger Things” will be long, but in the meantime, there will be exactly one song playing on a loop, lots of time to speculate about what comes next, and plenty of…