Just a month before the third season of "Stranger Things" aired, I was still chatting and telling my friends that the show shouldn't have a second or third season. But after the third season aired on July 3, I was "really fragrant", but not because of how exciting the plot of this season is, but because this season is simply a love letter to the 1980s.
As a stranger in the late 1980s, all the elements shown in the play are full of childhood flavors, making people unnaturally want to get close. Moreover, this emotional expression of the 1980s does not stop at the accumulation of visual elements of various old objects, but uses something deeper to express the feeling of that era. This season has obviously downplayed the "weird" color. The whole season is full of the brilliance and comedy of American family movies in the 1980s and 1990s. You can even watch it as a family youth drama for half of the time. .
In addition to the 1980s style on the skin, the "lizi" of this show is also very 1980s. The children's plot development is very similar to the classic children's adventure movie "Seven Treasures" in the 1980s, and the other "weird" parts also have a strong 80s style. The 1980s was not only a period of rapid development of human material pleasures, but also the most serious period of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In that era, Americans’ fear of the Soviet Union was also expressed in many film and television works, such as the evil Soviet generals and killing machines. Ordinary Soviet fighters, mysterious evil experiments, sneaking into the continental United States to wreak havoc, etc., are all "Soviet stereotypes" that existed widely in 1980s movies, and in the third season of "Stranger Things", These elements have been perfectly transplanted in, making people who have watched movies of that era can't help but smile. It is precisely because of these "embarrassing points" that only belonged to the film and television works of that era that this season's "Stranger Things" makes people feel the charm of the 1980s whether they "melt in" or "jump out". .
A big reason why this season feels better than the second is because the writers realized where the focus of the show should be. In fact, in the first season, the "strange" part has been performed perfectly. The "fear point" itself is actually that simple. It feels strange and fun to watch for the first time, but it will make people feel tired after watching it continuously. . The first season of "Stranger Things" brought a strong impact to the audience in the summer of 2016, but the second season launched in 2017 is almost repeating the success of the first season, which seems a little sincere Inadequate, which is why I feel the second season is very ordinary. But after two years, when the show came back again, I found that the screenwriters had already realized this problem, and they successfully used a method to restore the reputation of the show again . get together "
We have long known that the growth rate of a person in adolescence is very fast, and you can't see it in front of your eyes every day, but as long as you don't see it for a while, you will find that this child has grown up in a flash. When the second season of "Stranger Things" aired in 2016, we saw these leading actors still look like children, but only a year later, when the show came back again, we were surprised to find that these children seemed to be overnight They grew up in between, as if they were in the third or fourth grade of elementary school yesterday, and today they have graduated from junior high school.
Growth will inevitably bring new problems. At the beginning of the third season, Mike and Xiao Eleven's "sprinkling dog food" shot announced to us the arrival of new problems. As I said, you can treat it as a family youth drama for half of this season. Since the "weird" point can't hold the audience's eyes firmly, let's have more emotional dramas, let's relax Lively watching all kinds of CPs in the play, although many of the plots are obviously just dragging time to make up the number of episodes, but who cares, what's more fun than watching children fall in love in a beautiful summer? This season feels like the whole show is coming to an end. The screenwriter has clearly arranged the emotional lines for each character. Only poor Will still bears the heavy responsibility of the ten thousand years of hard work.
But Will is not the hardest, the adults are the hardest. The emotional scene between Sheriff Hopper and single mother Joyce actually started from the first season. The audience has been looking forward to the two of them finally coming together, and this season seems to be in response to everyone's call. Let's see When the two finally came together after ups and downs, this sweet feeling ended in a sad way, which was unacceptable. I think the reason for this arrangement may be that the screenwriter wants to tell everyone that "children's love is smooth. Adults' love is ups and downs", but it is more likely to leave a "live buckle" for the fourth season of the show, Either way, it's pretty sad.
In the last easter egg of this season, we saw the original "old friend" again. It can be said that it is a certainty that it will appear again in the fourth season, but I really don't want this show to go on. . This drama has gone through three seasons. The door to another world is like a zipper, and anyone who comes here can open it. Every time the protagonist team has to work hard to close the door, let alone the protagonist team. , the audience also had to vomit during the back and forth repetition.
In addition, in this season, almost every episode has a flashback to the first season, and the effect of echoing is very good. In addition to the different whereabouts of the friends at the end, the story of "Stranger Things" has been It can be finished completely. If it continues, it will be very difficult. After all, the plot of this season is already a little bad. It is better to let the story end when it is relatively beautiful, but this is just me It's just a personal wish. Based on all kinds of information, the fourth season of "Stranger Things" is almost certain to be broadcast in 2020. I can only hope that the show will not collapse.
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