![]() And the concentration of scale over intimacy undermines several events that should have generated much more emotion than I ever felt. The effect that I really liked is on the “Do Not Spoil” list, but for the most part the obvious escalation of onscreen budget looks fine, even if the enhanced artifice probably reduces the scariness of these episodes, as well as the joyful feeling of ingenuity the show initially yielded. There are effects shots in the premiere that exceed anything attempted in the first two seasons combined, and the reliance on CG effects is far greater throughout.Īs the end of this season approaches, Stranger Things becomes one sustained action scene after another, one soaring drone shot after another and one conflict after another that forces our heroes to stare down elaborate digital creatures. Some of that restraint is gone in this third season, and, with it, some of the accompanying quaintness and intimacy. One of the things I found most interesting, and also most charming, about the second Stranger Things season was that even if the show had gone from utterly under-the-radar July release to cultural phenomenon, the Duffer Brothers mostly avoided “bigger is better” excess. The show has done a good job of not sticking exclusively to its original Spielberg/King inspirations, and the key wholly acknowledged influences this time around are led by the George Romero zombie classics and James Cameron’s Terminator. 'Stranger Things' Star Finn Wolfhard Describes Upcoming Season as "Classic"Īll the while, ’80s references abound, probably to excess in terms of the relentless needle-drop soundtrack choices in the first couple episodes. ![]() Mike and Eleven’s constant smooching means they don’t have as much time for Will (Noah Schapp), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and Max (Sadie Sink), which is creating some minor tension within the group, separated additionally by Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) spending a month at science camp. He’s harboring his own feelings for Joyce ( Winona Ryder), though she’s still hung up on the tragic events of last season. Like I said, it’s summer in Hawkins, Indiana, and as we resume, things with Mike ( Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven ( Millie Bobby Brown) are hot-and-heavy (at least on a middle-school level), much to the grumpy chagrin of Hopper ( David Harbour, reaching new pinnacles of huffing and puffing and exaggerated bluster). What can I actually say about the third Stranger Things season by way of plot without giving anything meaningful away? It’s not New Coke, but maybe it makes me sympathize a little with the idea of New Coke. So when I say there’s a repetitious fatigue that sets in through the first five or six episodes, some of that is completely intentional and much of it is still quite entertaining, but this introspection on stagnation and reticence to mature probably could have come sooner and unfolded faster. ![]() I think the third season, which I’ve seen in its eight-episode entirety, is all about recognizing the inevitability of growing up and moving forward, while at the same time fighting against that tide. If there were criticisms of the nostalgically intricate drama in season two, they mostly pointed to how quickly the show settled into a repetitive formula, while at the same time lambasting the one episode that broke wildly from that formula. This is the exact crossroads that Stranger Things finds itself at in its third season. ![]()
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