LOL--It was all a dream! FWIW, up until the end of episode 4, I was convinced that Will was being controlled by Henry and setting a trap for the characters.
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LOL--It was all a dream! FWIW, up until the end of episode 4, I was convinced that Will was being controlled by Henry and setting a trap for the characters.
Do they film in the Volume (Or a Volume like stage?) I know they mostly film in Georgia.
Yeah, folks would hate it, for obvious reasons, but the end of Episode 4 absolutely had Matrix vibes to it, as if Will realized he was in control of the simulation.
Consider:
- The season starts with a revisiting of the abduction of Will.
- It's been established that everything in the Upside Down is frozen at the night of his abduction - as if the Upside Down didn't even exist until he entered it.
- We now know via Max that Vecna can keep people hidden within simulations for a period of months to years.
- The story focuses on a bunch of stuff Will would find very cool, and he and his best friends are the heroes!
Yeah...I cannot recall what happened to her.
I hope that's not the case. It would be too fan-service-y to have another group of kids all becoming superpowered to join the two who were the true enhanced characters. At the end of it all, it would be more impactful if the final conflict is waged by a team-up of El and 8--who are uniquely tied to the origin of everything in this series, and were traumatized by the experimentation, so it would be poetic justice for the two to close the chapter they did not willingly write or add themselves to.
The series already had its Hopper death fake-out with his S3 finale "death" and S4 return. Doing that yet again only to really kill him off would be anti-climactic because the trope would be overused. The difference with The Walking Dead's Glenn was that the fake-out only happened one time before Negan killed him. TWD did not have Glenn survive the dumpster, return, suffer/survive another "apparent" death, only to finally meet Lucille.
Some would be upset (especially knowing that any relationships / character growth seen in seasons 2 - forward never happened), but it would be an interesting way to close the series.
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Some scenes in Vecna's mindscape look like they're filmed on an A.R. Wall stage.
I will say this. The way concepts from A Wrinkle in Time have already been introduced in multiple parts of the story, I do think something involving that story will play a part in the resolution.
lol lol what theres a new kill bill movie
and lol lol whats also nuts about robin and her mom
is the way how robin talks its like the way how her mom talks
i actually have seen linda hamilton play a villian on a tv show before it was when she was on the tv show resident alien
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and lol lol yup also the way how robin talks its just like her mom just keeps on yapping away
Watching the BTS stuff, I saw a lot of blue screen, but nothing that looked like a Volume style stage. But those focused on specific scenes.
Not a new movie. Just a re-edit, stitching the two volumes together into one movie.
Agreed. I felt his agony in that moment Schnapp hasn't had much to work with since season two outside of the coming out arc last season, so it was refreshing to see him in a more active role this season and I can't wait to see dig deeper into the role with these new powers.
Legal repercussions?! That's where your mind went during that sequence? Certainly the group may face consequences for their actions but they wouldn't be facing them at that moment since only a matter of hours have passed since they kidnapped the Turnbow family. However, considering Derek's role helping them fight Henry, he'll probably convey to his family why all of that happened. Especially since everything is about to blow wide open publicly, I highly doubt there well be any legal repercussions (well, except for damages against their house). But, again, that's not really of importance here.
Are we even watching the same show? Normalcy has never existed.
You see "conflict bombs" while I see natural progression of character arcs as I already explained.
Based on the footage from the trailers that didn't appear in volume 1, Nancy and Jonathan are about to share several significant moments together and seemingly alone.
And I disagree Jonathan hasn't had anything to do this season. He stepped in to fill Dustin's role during the crawl and has acted in a supporting capacity in the subsequent events. He's always worked in a supporting role (even when teaming up with Nancy in the first three seasons).
Trauma has lasting ramifications. That has been underlying theme of this show since the very beginning. Will, Eleven, Hopper, Max. Just because the bullies are gone doesn't mean Dustin's pain and troubles are gone. Just look at the fact the keeps lying about being beaten up even when everyone knows he's dealing with something.
I really don't know what to say at this point. Considering your responses with everything else, I don't think you seem to appreciate how dealing with trauma works. El, without her mother, Hopper, without his daughter, and they're both struggling to fill the gaps in each other's lives. It's not something that's easily resolved but an ongoing process. Especially considering El's unorthodox upbringing.
Loved the way Max showed up very unexpected. Holly's dreamland outfit was some crazy story book fashion. I'm glad she took a fire poker instead of a basket. And speaking of fashions, those poor 80's kids. I don't recall the fashions being that hideous,
I completely missed that she was dressed like her D&D figure but that makes more sense than my initial thought: Red Riding Hood. I imagine the latter was part of the deliberate misdirection about her mission through the woods with the viewers fearing Henry as the Big Bad Wolf.
I'm sad there hasn't been any official confirmation that Owens is returning but considering he was captured by Sullivan at the end of the season (and not simply returned to retirement), I expect he'll return before the end. I certainly hope so!
I still think Steve is the obvious choice because of those reasons. My money is still on Nancy.
Except Stranger Things isn't over. Yes, the original show is ending soon, but we have the animated anthology series coming next year as well as the long-anticipated spin-off which we recently got a big update on (I posted about it a few pages ago but I'll dig up the link for you if you want). Netflix is pretty excited about that spin-off so I things remain bright for them.
Thank you! I'm glad someone else is seeing what I've been seeing in regards to Dustin's situation.
That seems to be the direction their heading in. I would say only Holly and Max are in the position to also become superpowered while everyone else will stick to their wits and guns as before. I certainly don't want anyone else to get powered up.
Yuuuup. I was terrified. I was struggling in that moment to recall if there was anymore footage of him from the trailers that we haven't seen. At the time, I couldn't think of anything but I rewatched them and he has at least one more scene (him reaction to giant energy wave in the sky coming from Hawkins Lab). That and that one curious bit of casting awhile back...
I can't recall the source but I remember there was a casting call for an actress to play Sarah who looks like the original actress. I haven't heard any further information on this but it's been sitting in the back of my head this whole time. I had been suspecting a Henry-induced vision to torture Hopper, but now that Kali is back in the mix, there's another possibility...
I got a few, mostly from Derek's and Holly's rooms. I can't place the name of it but I recognized the Nintendo game Derek was playing. However, I didn't catch name on the the arcade game machine he had in his room but that was a cool touch. Goes to show how filthy rich his parents are.
Plus, there were a lot of great needle drops that fulfilled my nostalgia fix.
I suspect that Will's abilities are indeed limited to his connection to the Henry and the Demogorgons and I imagine whatever abilities Holly and Max might developed will be similarly limited due to their connection to him. I wouldn't be surprised if we have a moment where Henry uses Will, Holly, and/or Max against Eleven and Kali.
They did so some Volume work for the car sequences (as seen in the behind-the-scenes videos) but the bulk of their filming was done on location.
ENOUGH! Stick to the topic or expect a trolling warning.
The town's sheriff is otherwise occupied, & I don't even know WTF has become of the rest of the Hawkins PD... it seems proper functioning local law enforcement is a little caddywampus right now, what with being overrun by secret military occupation
I'm a bit bummed out we haven't seen Powell and Callahan yet, even if there hasn't been any direct need for their characters yet. They've been in every season so far and I hope we get to see them one more time before the end. Hell, they do even know Hopper is alive?
In fact, that was one of my few issues with volume 1. We don't know what Hopper's status is right now. Is he also in hiding with Eleven as a person non grata? If not, does Hawkins knows he's alive and if so, do they know how he's magically alive (remember, he supposedly died in the Starcourt fire as a hero)?
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Likely Hawkins is under martial law meaning the military calls the shots and has relegated the PD to writing parking tickets and directing traffic. I figure they made up a bogus public story of some natural and ongoing natural desaster making it necessary to wall off the town and keep the rest of the inhabitants there because they may have been exposed to some mumbojumbo made up disease.
The conspiracy theorists outside are having the time of their lives right now
I don't know about the Upside Down, but they showed them filming that scene in the behind the scenes video of Youtube, and they filmed with a blue screen outside.
He's been in hiding too, he got pissed at El for not using the tunnels that they had both been using to get around.
I think it's a safe bet that everyone still thinks he's dead, and he's been living underground with Eleven ever since the military rolled into town. He specifically says "We don't drive." which seems fairly definite.
As for whether his former colleagues have been clued in or not; I think it could go either way, we'll just have to wait and see.
Yeah, that's true. I had been viewing it as Hopper being protective of Eleven's hiding but I wasn't sure if he meant for himself, too, but I did forget about the "We don't drive" line.
If Hopper is hiding, too (as it appears to be), then there isn't really any reason for them to know. Hopefully we get to see them finding out and doesn't get brushed aside during the (potential) victory celebrations.
24 days in counting folks
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