Tag: Stranger Things
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The Duffer Brothers Want To ‘Pass The Baton’ To Someone Else For The Stranger Things Spin-Off, But Remain ‘Very Involved’
Netflix has been floating the idea of a “Stranger Things” spin-off for a while now, and a continuation of the wildly successful big-budget saga feels like a no-brainer. Now, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer have shared details about the future of the “Stranger Things” world, revealing that they plan to take more of a…
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The 14 Best Stranger Things Episodes, Ranked
Nearly three years separated Season 3 and 4 of “Stranger Things,” yet the public demand for the show never waned. “Stranger Things” broke the internet when Season 4 Vol. II dropped on July 1. What the Duffer brothers have managed to do is impressive, especially in the era of streaming and a flooded marketplace. It…
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Stranger Things Season 5 Will Keep The Action (And The Characters) In Hawkins
“Stranger Things” season 4 was all over the place in more ways than one. While the latest and biggest season of the Netflix hit was inconsistently entertaining, it also saw the heroes of Hawkins in all corners of the world. Some members of the original D&d party — and their older teen counterparts — stayed…
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Don’t Expect Stranger Things Season 5 To Be As Long As Season 4
This season of “Stranger Things” followed the movie trend of making everything about as big as portion sizes in American restaurants: excessively big. Season 4 had a lot of good things about it, from brilliant uses of ’80s songs, one of the coolest, most metal TV characters of the year, and also Sadie Sink giving an…
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The Horror Sequel Homage That Almost Made It Into Stranger Things 4
“Stranger Things” is no stranger to a cinematic homage. In its early days, the show felt like a mashup between Steven Spielberg hits like “E.T.” and Stephen King classics like “Stand By Me.” The newest season draws liberally from horror movies, particularly supernatural ’80s slashers like “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” In a recent roundtable interview…
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‘Stranger Things 4’ Spoilers Review: An Exhausting End Lives and Dies in the ‘Mind Fight’
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things 4,” Episodes 8-9, including the ending.]Early in the supersized finale of “Stranger Things 4” — or what would be roughly one-quarter of the way through a standard TV episode, but what’s less than one-tenth into the 140-minute “Chapter Nine: The Piggyback” — a stoner doofus…
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How ‘Stranger Things 4’ Sets Up the Final Chapter
In case you had any doubts, “Stranger Things” isn’t over, and it intends to go out with a bang.“Stranger Things 4: Volume 2” dropped July 1, with two super-sized episodes and a conclusion to Season 4’s Vecna storyline — allegedly. After nine episodes and 13 hours, the big bad is not gone but resting, biding…
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The Stranger Things Scene That Grossed Out Millie Bobby Brown
Note: spoilers for episodes 8 and 9 of “Stranger Things” season 4 below.Millie Bobby Brown’s superpowered Eleven has been rather brave during her battles with monsters of the Upside Down, but even she wasn’t ready to meet the latest big bad in her town of Hawkins. Filming her first scene with Vecna, the not-so-good-looking creator…
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Millie Bobby Brown Cried Seeing Vecna in ‘Stranger Things’ and Was ‘Visually Disgusted’ by Villain
[Editor’s Note: The following story contains spoilers for “Stranger Things 4: Vol. 2.”]The horror for “Stranger Things 4” has truly been turned up to Eleven.Just ask Millie Bobby Brown, who plays gifted teen Eleven. According to co-star Jamie Campbell Bower, Brown couldn’t even look at season villain Vecna, played by Bower.“They brought her up into…
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‘Stranger Things’ breaks US streaming record
Series scores huge viewing numbers in advance of season four finale.Stranger Things has notched up another record for Netflix, becoming the most-viewed streaming series ever over a single week in the US, according to figures from data firm Nielsen.In Nielsen’s latest streaming top ten, covering the week May 30 to June 5, the retro sci-fi…