49/50
As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries
Narrative
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. Steve Perry, former lead vocalist for Journey, has said that the Stranger Things season 4 remix of Journey's 1980s smash hit Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) was done pretty much the way he originally wanted it done in the 1980s, but lacked the technology. Perry was so impressed that he even helped with the development of the remix..
If you are transmitting, and someone else transmits, you will not hear them
During a number of episodes, people are seen 'interrupting' someone talking on a two way radio or CB – that is, one person is talking/transmitting, and another person transmits to interrupt them, and then the other person hears this interruption and stops transmitting. This was done a few times on the kid's CB radios, and on the radios used by the police. Those radios – the CB and the police radios of the era from the show – don't work like that.
Eleven: Friends don’t lie
The Stranger Things opening titles and fonts mimic the film grain and look of 1980's television series opening credits.. Featured in FoundFlix: Stranger Things (2016) Ending Explained + Season 2 Clues (2016). Stranger Things(Title sequence & end credits theme)Written & performed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein.
ET, Poltergeist, that sort of thingThe wondrous thing is how dead-on this tribute
There is no reason, in terms of story, for Stranger Things to take place in the '80s. But the '80s atmosphere – the dial phones, the chain smoking, Winona Ryder – are there to clue you in on the inspiration for this movie, which is pretty much every supernatural movie from the 80s with a focus on kids. It's not just the clothes and hair, but the style of acting, the scripting approach, the structure, all hold true to their inspiration.
The story is consistently engaging and fun, the acting is excellent, and the movie has sufficient laughs and tears to satisfy
You've got the young nerdy kids, the horny, unsure teenagers, the monster, the mysterious one with the power, the bad science/government people, the conflicted investigator, the tearful mom.You could argue that this entire season is simply a pastiche made up of recycled elements, and I wouldn't disagree, but it really feels less like a copy and more like something of that era, as though the writers had fallen into a coma in 1985, woke up and got to working.While it doesn't have the high style of the Spielberg films that are a primary influence, it does have the likability.