Netflix killed Stranger Things that is very very important to state at the top, whether it was gay Will with superpowers being the real hero, the lack of a bonus 9th episode, or the horrible documentary wherein you realise the Duffers used ChatGPT to help write episodes.
They ran it into the ground. No spin off from it could ever do well now.
However they thought going back to the hey day of the show might get around that. Let’s not talk about the fact that they couldn’t even get a single major cast member back for this.
Despite the episode lengths being shorter this felt longer than the last season that’s just how bad the pacing is. Binging it in order to get this review out relatively quickly but it was a slog.
The formula of the show is a depressing retread of the main show, nostalgia, mysteries without good answers, and Marvel-esque writing with no emotional depth.
The animation is also ugly in every possible scene.
Really the question when it comes to this is why, just why. There was no need no one wanted this.
0.5/5
Pros
The music is okay
Cons.
It is needless
The voices are jarring
The story is dull
It is badly paced
The ending
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