Current Events > Stranger Things season 3 final trailer

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lol Did they unleash Godzilla?
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Meh.
The first season was perfect.
The second one you could already tell they weren't really sure where to take things. And the less talk about episode 7 the better. Miserable episode.
This season doesn't look interesting. The setting and art direction look great as always. But the story is already running on fumes. It looks like they're going that route horror sequels fall into when out of ideas where they start trying to define the evil. Give it a character. Like Poltergeist 2. It's better when it's just this unknown force.
Where it's no longer an 'it' but a 'him'. He's talking through someone. What the Upside Down is is going to get an explanation. What his goals are. Etc.

Unless they're trying to mimic all the 80s horror movie series' eventual collapse into themselves due to trying to expand and overcomplicate a simple premise that doesn't lend itself to a series in the first place. In which case they're nailing it so far.
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EternalDivide posted...

Meh.
The first season was perfect.
The second one you could already tell they weren't really sure where to take things. And the less talk about episode 7 the better. Miserable episode.
This season doesn't look interesting. The setting and art direction look great as always. But the story is already running on fumes. It looks like they're going that route horror sequels fall into when out of ideas where they start trying to define the evil. Give it a character. Like Poltergeist 2. It's better when it's just this unknown force.
Where it's no longer an 'it' but a 'him'. He's talking through someone. What the Upside Down is is going to get an explanation. What his goals are. Etc.

Unless they're trying to mimic all the 80s horror movie series' eventual collapse into themselves due to trying to expand and overcomplicate a simple premise that doesn't lend itself to a series in the first place. In which case they're nailing it so far.

To each their own but I share almost none of your opinions.

Personally as much as I love the first season I do think Season 2 was better in many ways. I never felt like it was running on fumes. It came of a natural escalation and succession of it's concept and it never felt like it was running out of ideas. It reminds me of Legend of Korra, intended and started as a done in one but really expanded it's ideas when asked to continue. As for Episode 7, I think it's fine. Not my favourite episode either but I'm probably one of the lucky few whose grandmother wasn't murdered by that episode which is why I'm kinder to it. It being an entire episode didn't help. If it was interwoven over 2 or 3 episodes then I would have enjoyed it more.

This season does look interesting to me. It looks as though they are heavily leaning into the coming of age element this time around and after all they went through a younger age seeing them fragment now leads to many a possibility. The threat is approaching in a different way and feels just as intimidating an frightening, ties nicely to the gangs separation. I don't think they've given the villain character, rather they've given a defined motivation. As long as the reasoning is simple and there's no overly contrived diatribe or plan then we're good.

Anyway I'm looking forward to Stranger Things 3. I could be proven wrong and it could be terrible but they have a great track record so far and I won't know until I see it.
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I was told that I was being stupid when I suggested that the Mind Flayer wisp that escaped Will was still around.
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Season 1 was phenomenal and season 2 was a dumpster fire.

So Im not really looking forward to this.
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man I still havent bothered to watch season 2
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I liked Season 2 outside of that weird episode where El went to that city (Chicago? Detroit? Can't remember).
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they should have never continued the show after the first season imo. second season wasnt that bad but i feel like stranger things is the perfect representation of the phrase "less is more"
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Season 1 is looking more and more like a case of the Duffer Bros. catching lightning in a bottle.
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How much will Will suffer this time
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Whos gonna kick Steves ass this season?
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Blue_Inigo posted...

How much will Will suffer this time

I hope its a lot.
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Blue_Inigo posted...

How much will Will suffer this time

Not enough
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nevershine posted...

Whos gonna kick Steves ass this season?

dad Steve is best Steve
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That was a damn good trailer, getting vibes that this season is much darker.

SwayM posted...

season 2 was a dumpster fire.

Wrong . The Eleven episode was garbage, but S2 was still pretty good overall. This also looks much better, even.
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Season 2 was great outside of one episode.
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one more
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I actually liked S2E7. It was nice to see an area outside of Hawkins, and it expanded on the lore. I just wish it wasn't preceded by a big cliffhanger, but it's Netflix, you're gonna binge watch the show anyway.

Nice, looks good.
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liked season 1, season two was incredibly meh, so i HOPE this will be good
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