Official Stranger Things Season 4 Thread

[Bboystyle]

Netflix Is Making Another Live-Action Death Note With the Duffer Brothers - IGN

The Duffer Brothers launch Upside Pictures a new production company that will work with Netflix to create more Stranger Things and a new live-action Death Note.

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Netflix Is Making Another Live-Action Death Note With the Duffer Brothers

The Duffer Brothers' new production company Upside Down Pictures will develop the series.​

The Duffer Brothers have started up a new production company called Upside Down Pictures which will help create more film and television projects with Netlfix.

Despite the name, Upside Down Pictures will create more than just Stranger Things shows and movies, and in fact, has already laid out a slate of projects the company will begin working on, including a new live-action adaptation of Death Note.

If you recall, Netflix previously released a live-action Death Note movie in 2017 directed by Adam Wingard and starring Nat Wolff. The live-action film took the Japanese manga and translated it to Seattle, Washington, but kept the premise of a teenager discovering a book that kills anyone whose name is written in it.

Details of the Duffer Brother’s version are sparse but it will be a live-action TV adaptation of the manga and anime. It is also likely a completely separate series, unrelated to the movie.

Other projects include:

An original series from the creators of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
An adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman in partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Paramount TV.
A new stage play set in the world of Stranger Things.
A live-action Stranger Things spin-off series based on an original idea by The Duffer Brothers.

Leading the new production company is Hilary Leavitt who has worked on shows like Orphan Black and Ozark.

I wish they would do Stephen Kings Dark Towers series...that shyt would be

 

[Ozymandeas]

18-29 is the largest demographic for this show but the 30-44 demographic is damn near tied with it.

Stranger Things viewership in the U.S. by age 2017 | Statista

A survey of U.S.

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It's not a kids show, the violence is graphic as fukk. Being at the Kid's Choice Awards don't mean much....Quavo was there.

Fred.

Breh, this show was made for teenagers and young adults....Gen Z....Just because us older heads are watching it doesn't mean we're the core audience. It took everything I had to keep watching Stranger Things in Season 1 because it was too young for me. They literally followed Harry Potter's footsteps in maturing the series over time with the core audience and wouldn't no one say Harry Potter was marketed to adults.

 

[pete clemenza]

Just finished.. fire! This show is what Disney has been trying to do but hasn't come close, maybe with The Mandalorian being the exception. Hell of a season and restored the faith in the series though. Still one too many storylines but that's because there's too many characters. Paying homage to the 80's classics made the show what it is but I think they need to move on from certain elements of that for the final season and roll with the flow of the story.

 

[Lootpack]

Breh, this show was made for teenagers and young adults....Gen Z....Just because us older heads are watching it doesn't mean we're the core audience. It took everything I had to keep watching Stranger Things in Season 1 because it was too young for me. They literally followed Harry Potter's footsteps in maturing the series over time with the core audience and wouldn't no one say Harry Potter was marketed to adults.

Both of y’all actually make good points, and that HP comparison is pretty spot on. The gang back in the first season still had their innocence intact, and the gore displayed wasn’t as gratuitous. There are still lighthearted moments sprinkled throughout, but the tone has completely shifted from S1 as the cast has grown up and so have the audience who were here for the series premiere.

I would not want my kids watching this season if they were below the age of 13. S4 has some very disturbing imagery that’s borderline TV-MA territory, dark subject matter, and we already know children process things way differently than an adult would. I do agree that it’s definitely catering to the YA crowd at this point though.

 

[BigBlackSea]

What’s the deal with the kid with the bowl cut

He’s always overly dramatic and an emotional wreck

He never used to act like this in previous seasons

Will's only badass moment was when he pulled out the choppa in the shed to fight the demogorgon, to no avail.

After that, is was either being a damsel in distress, the resident gay character, or the guy who told the audience when the mindflayer was coming.

 

[Busby]

These nikkas is writing movies for episodes. They literally ruining it everyone else we gon be so spoiled when its over

I really appreciate show runners/producers that have a whole outline for their series. They have a definitive beginning and ending and know just how to get there.

Leaves no room for filler and unnecessary seasons. You just know at a certain point, the story is going to end.

Hence why I like shows like “Breaking Bad.”

I have respect for show runners for knowing when to close the book on a series and aren’t afraid to create something else.

Having said that, after THIS season. Season 5 might be something special. Season 4 ended on some “Empire Strikes Back” shyt. The main characters won the battle but they are losing the war. I have a feeling season 5 is gonna be on some “Return Of The Jedi” / “Endgame” shyt.

I read there is gonna be a time jump after the first 2 episodes. So I’m expecting some tragic shyt is gonna happen and our heroes are gonna be down bad where they have to do some “Days Of Future Past” shyt..

Don’t be surprised if the final battle has everybody in Hawkins going up against Vecna and his army. Hell don’t even be shocked if Eleven and her telekinisis brothers and sisters comeback to help.

All i know is that in the end, if season 5 wraps everything up in a nice bow. “Stranger Things” will go down as one of the greatest shows of all time.

 

[Cheesy]

Just finishing up the last episode. It had the overall vibe and esthetic that makes ST a dope show, even though it will never capture the magic of the first season again.
The entire Russia plot could be left out without any effect on the story, it felt like mostly failed slapstick too, with the crazy smuggler.

I was a somehow under the impression this would be the final season. It would've been better if that was the case, I'm not sure I'll make time to watch the next one in a few years, because while I enjoyed it, it didn't feel like a must watch to me.

 

[GunRanger]

Duffer Brothers Launch Netflix Shingle Upside Down Pictures; ‘Stranger Things’ Spinoff & Stephen Daldry-Helmed Stage Play Coming Along With Manga ‘Death Note’ & Stephen King/Peter Straub ‘The Talisman’ Series

Stranger Things' Duffer Brothers Netflix Shingle Upside Down Pictures Stranger Things Spinoff Stephen Daldry Play Death Note The Talisman

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The Duffers/Netflix Upcoming Projects:

• A new live action series adaptation of 'Death Note'
• An original series from creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)
• A series adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub‘s 1984 novel 'The Talisman'
• Stranger Things spin-off series
• A new stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things

 

[Bud Bundy]

 

[Solo_87]

Have a few questions that need answers...

Did Eddie really need to die?... and did his uncle just take Dustin's word about what happened?

How was Hopper running around with broken ankles? .... And how did the Russians get the shadow particles?

Otherwise entertaining watch... the visuals and music are always top tier....acting was good

Seems like they are hinting towards time travel

Did we get an answer for why the upside down is stuck in time, believe the day El first sent 001 there

 

[KalKal]

Have a few questions that need answers...

Did Eddie really need to die?... and did his uncle just take Dustin's word about what happened?

How was Hopper running around with broken ankles? .... And how did the Russians get the shadow particles?

Otherwise entertaining watch... the visuals and music are always top tier....acting was good

Seems like they are hinting towards time travel

Did we get an answer for why the upside down is stuck in time, believe the day El first sent 001 there

Vecna was the one that transformed the Upside Down from an empty "alien" world into a copy of Hawkins.
So, it was stuck in the past because he hadn't bothered to "update" it after the events of the first season

 

[Blankthawtz]

Just finished ep 9....can no one outside of Hawkins see what's going on in this town other than the stranger things cast?...why hasn't the government quarantined the town yet?.... All these fireballs and fire clouds...acting like this is ordinary....

 

[BigBlackSea]

Duffer Bros shouldn't have copped out on that last potential death. They said something about not making things grimdark, like Game of Thrones.

We don't need a Red Wedding every episode, but killing one-off characters in lieu of fan favorites is a punk move. As one poster put it, this had Infinity War vibes, with S5 being Endgame. Had they went through with killing off Max, it would have been like Vision getting domed and the Thanos Snap happening over again. El would have gotten than Stormbreaker powerup, but to no avail. Some real Empire Strikes Back vibes. The side characters deaths, do nothing for me.

Barbara, Bob. Crickets

Brenner, Billy. I'm supposed to feel bad for these fukkers?

Robin is glorified comedic relief.

Murray, I don't really give a fukk.

Eddie was the only guest/side character that had me doing the
I was rooting for breh to get his justice.

S5 should be a banger nonetheless. Vecna got trounced, but he got the buzzer beater just barely. Game 7 is about to start.

 

[hex]

Breh, this show was made for teenagers and young adults....Gen Z....

You cats keep saying this but never explain why.

When the Duffer Brothers pitched the series to Netflix, they said they wanted to tap into the same feelings people got from watching "Jaws", "E.T.", 'Poltergeist" and "Stand By Me".

That's what they said, word for word.
How is this series for Gen Z if the foundation is nostalgia for movies they never seen in the first place?

The Harry Potter mention is another because that series isn't Gen Z. The first book came out 25+ years ago. Unless you specifically mean the movies....but even then, the whole "kids mature as the story continues" thing is in the movies because of the books....and Harry Potter didn't even originate that.

Which brings me to my next point....

This series literally exists because of "IT", a book that came out in 1986. Most people don't realize the Duffer Brothers wanted to make an "IT" movie but no studio wanted to green light it.

After that they said "fukk it, we'll make our own version" which is why they started writing "Stranger Things".

Hell, even the title "Stranger Things" is a nod to the 1991 Stephen King novel "Needful Things".

Literally every homage, reference, or inspiration for this show is pop culture from 25-35 years ago....but for some bizarre reason you cats think they had Gen Z in mind when they made it. It's mind boggling. Gen Z loves the show but this was never meant for them.

Fred.

 

[King Static X]

You cats keep saying this but never explain why.

When the Duffer Brothers pitched the series to Netflix, they said they wanted to tap into the same feelings people got from watching "Jaws", "E.T.", 'Poltergeist" and "Stand By Me".

That's what they said, word for word.
How is this series for Gen Z if the foundation is nostalgia for movies they never seen in the first place?

The Harry Potter mention is another because that series isn't Gen Z. The first book came out 25+ years ago. Unless you specifically mean the movies....but even then, the whole "kids mature as the story continues" thing is in the movies because of the books....and Harry Potter didn't even originate that.

Which brings me to my next point....

This series literally exists because of "IT", a book that came out in 1986. Most people don't realize the Duffer Brothers wanted to make an "IT" movie but no studio wanted to green light it.

After that they said "fukk it, we'll make our own version" which is why they started writing "Stranger Things".

Hell, even the title "Stranger Things" is a nod to the 1991 Stephen King novel "Needful Things".

Literally every homage, reference, or inspiration for this show is pop culture from 25-35 years ago....but for some bizarre reason you cats think they had Gen Z in mind when they made it. It's mind boggling. Gen Z loves the show but this was never meant for them.

Fred.

None of that means anything. It's '80s-inspired/influenced but people who grew up in the '80s is NOT Stranger Things target audience.

18-29 year olds is the target demo for Stranger Things. So that is early Gen Z & late Millennials.

Also, people can be aware of things relating to '80s pop culture even if they weren't around back then.