Category: Stranger Things

  • Emmy nominations screw the best part of STRANGER THINGS 4!!

    Emmy nominations screw the best part of STRANGER THINGS 4!!

    Let’s start by being brutally honest: the Emmys in the Oscars and the Grammys don’t matter anymore. They are all 20th century relics. Their usefulness has run their course, and there from a time and place when pop-culture was given to us instead of us choosing what we wanted..

    But there still is a bit of beauty in the dying arts of awards. And when we know that someone in a movie or a TV show or on an album really deserves an award and recognition for their performance, then getting that said award seems very justified.

    Fast forward to today… the Emmy’s have gone upside down!

    Stranger Things” Season 4 garnered 13 Primetime Emmy nominations on Tuesday.

    Emmy Nominations included Outstanding Drama Series, but acting nods for Sadie Sink and Millie Bobby Brown were not among them. The two “Stranger Things” stars were submitted in the supporting actress in a drama series category, but those eight noms instead went to Patricia Arquette (“Severance”), Julia Garner (“Ozark”), Jung Ho-yeon (“Squid Game”), Christina Ricci (“Yellowjackets”), Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”), J. Smith-Cameron (“Succession”), Sarah Snook (“Succession”) and Sydney Sweeney (“Euphoria”).

    For those who have seen season four of Stranger Things, it can be arguably said that Sadie Sink carried the program. Yes, Millie Bobby Brown was amazing. Other than the cast for as well. But each and every time that Sadie appeared as Max on screen, the emotions would run high and her acting was impeccable.

    And with these award nominations snubbing them both, it showcases how dramatically out of touch the Emmys are. And, it makes a mockery of their process.

  • DUFFER BROTHERS GO UPSIDE DOWN

    DUFFER BROTHERS GO UPSIDE DOWN

    Season 4 of Stranger Things was the biggest yet.. Season 5 promises to break more records (though maybe it will be shorter) ..

    So what is next?

    DEADLINE reporting in an exclusive that the Duffer Brothers have recommitted to Netflix, and also began work on the real UPSIDE DOWN..

    From their report:

    Following the record-breaking release of the two final episodes of Stranger Things’ Season 4, creators Matt & Ross Duffer have formed Upside Down Pictures and recommitted to Netflix with several new projects.

     To run Upside Down, they’ve hired Hilary Leavitt, a vet of BBC America and MRC who most recently ran her own Hulu-based Blazer banner. Series she helped develop include Orphan Black, Ozark, The Great and Shining Girls.

    MORE..

    The brothers said the new company will be guided by the goal to create the kind of stories that inspired them growing up, “stories that take place at that beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where big spectacle co-exists with intimate character work, where heart wins out over cynicism.”

  • Suffer the Duffers: They confirm a major death

    Suffer the Duffers: They confirm a major death

    Spoiler ahead..

    For those who are hoping for a second triumphant return of papa in Stranger Things season five, your hopes have been dashed. He now joins the ranks of the beloved dead from the epic Netflix hit.

    Stranger Things creators have confirmed a major death for one of Season 4’s characters.

    In an interview with Josh Horowitz, the Duffer Brothers confirmed that Dr Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) has “definitively” died “for real this time”. In season 1, he was thought to be dead but the new episodes revealed that he somehow survived.

    They also seem to confirm that Mad Max is alive but not well.

    Papa had a good run.

    We loved the MK Uktra vibe his character had and exuded .

    May Papa Rest In Peace.

  • Season of the Byers

    Season of the Byers

    It appears that the Duffer Brothers are going to give us something other than simple neck tingles in the newest stranger Stranger Things 5 when it eventually is released ..

    And while we don’t know exactly when the newest season release will be, as a matter of fact we don’t even know when it’s going to be filmed, it’s about time that there’s more focus on Will Byers.

    Season two gave us an adequate display of the trauma that the character has seen since his abduction by, either the Demogordon or Vetna we don’t know, in the first season…

    Without giving away too many spoilers, season four is grand finale gave us the famous neck tingle as the camera cut to an eerily colorful and frightening sky over Hawkins.

    Multiple fan theories have claimed that Will Byers will be killed off in the final season, or under a different scenario actually is in charge of the upside down by somehow playing in imagine world of dungeons and dragons with real life.

    Either way, something epic appears to be coming his way.

  • Strangest things: Duffers plan spinoffs

    Strangest things: Duffers plan spinoffs

    We all knew this was coming–and many of us hoped it would be.

    Spinoffs of the popular Netflix hit Stranger Things.. With Season 4 winding down we all know the fifth and final is coming (coming soon is another question, they don’t start filming until next year according to David Harbour) ..

    DEADLINE reporting:

    Creators and showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer:  “There’s a version of it developing in parallel [to season 5], but they would never shoot it parallel,” Ross reportedly said. “I think actually we’re going to start delving into that soon as we’re winding down and finishing these visual effects, Matt and I are going to start getting into it.”

    Matt added,  “The reason we haven’t done anything is just because you don’t want to be doing it for the wrong reasons, and it was just like, ‘Is this something I would want to make regardless of it being related to Stranger Things or not?’ And definitely. Even if we took the Stranger Things title off of it, I’m so, so excited about it. But it is not… It’s going to be different than what anyone is expecting, including Netflix.”

    Netflix at this point may not care what the storylines will be, just that they work! The streaming service is bleeding money and also laying off people. Heading into a recession, they are looking for hope. Perhaps a future of Duffer Stranger spinoffs is the best hope they’ve got.

    It is fair to say–at least this is how we think–that without Stranger Things season 1, Netflix may have struggled a lot sooner than they did.

  • Rapidly aging kids force the Duffy Brothers to tease a 5th season time jump

    Rapidly aging kids force the Duffy Brothers to tease a 5th season time jump

    The writers room will be busy with a potential time jump to the 1990s, according to rumors abounding online.

    We all see the kids aren’t kids anymore.. we all see that they are aging appropriately..

    It appear that 1989 could be the time frame where we see season 5..

    The Duffers are reportedly focusing heavily on the ending..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek2OR2c9jjI
  • This new Stranger Things season 4 trailer is emotional

    This new Stranger Things season 4 trailer is emotional

    Get ready to tear up at what may be coming ..

    This trailer is as usual amazing and on par with the other most amazing trailer from season 2 when Michael Jackson’s thriller is used as the background song

    It would be curious if they decided to add the song Running up the Hill before or after the burst of popularity the song had due to episode 4..

  • New trailer images for Stranger Things 4 final episodes makes us wonder if this ending will be bleak

    New trailer images for Stranger Things 4 final episodes makes us wonder if this ending will be bleak

    Mike will die?!

    Will will sacrifice himself?!

    Max will be attacked a second time by Vecna?!

    All of the fan speculation has intensified when you showcase some screen shots from the new trailer now leaked online.

    https://strangerthingshub.com/stranger-things-season-4-volume-2-new-trailer-2/?fbclid=IwAR0uvCX66Vq6YPNIrrdlInU4KhNrNSR44gX9Nub6Hvi9HUidNwmdge8NGBQ&fs=e&s=cl

    That final image with Max is concerning.. if she had a second run in with Vecna all bets are off and we could be looking at a horribly sad ending to season 4..

    It is presumable that Vecna is going to be highly irritated that Max was able to get away and ‘run up the hill’ with the help of Kate Bush.. Episode 4 was perhaps one of the greatest and most epic in this season and has been immensely received well by fans both old and new..

    But disaster seems to be awaiting someone as the season comes to a close.

  • We are  very happy we binged Stranger Things Season 4

    We are very happy we binged Stranger Things Season 4

    We finally binged STRANGER THINGS season 4.. we wanted to make it last, so we broke up the binging into sections..

    Each section was emotional. Fun.. and edge-of-your-seat entertainment..

    Some dull moments were interspersed through the noise and horror–but this season upped the ante on horror and scares.. It created a mosaic of fright along with the cheerfulness of big 80s-hair and bright colors.

    What landed best? DEAR BILLY, episode 4 of the season, could very well be the strongest episode of any of all four seasons.. What missed? The more drawn out storylines that were offered in episode 5 through 7 regarding Hopper and Eleven?
    And what was worst of all?
    The show still trying to showcase Will Byers as a child, attempting to fit him into childlike clothing despite his tall appearance and Johnny Cash-style deep voice. But kids grow faster than shows can be filmed. So we give some forgiveness on that.

    But we are fans. We know that some people LOVE season 1 and hate season 3.. or find season 2 to be lukewarm at best. We also know that there are some who are highly critical of the Duffer Brothers “homaging” so much that they are often accused of outright copying.

    But we also don’t care. As a matter of fact, this show has been one of our favorites since July 2016 when it first aired and changed the world. Now 4 seasons in we are frightened of the fifth that promises to end it all..

    So far, season 4 are two Vecna-claws up.

    After what we saw we are high anticipating the final two movie-length episodes 8 and 9. PAPPA, and PIGGYBACK.

    We are so glad this show is finally streaming.