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Perry was so impressed that he even helped develop the remix
Scenario
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government operations. In their search for answers, the kids uncover a series of extraordinary mysteries. Steve Perry, former lead singer of Journey, has said that the remix of Journey’s ’80s hit “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” for the fourth season of Stranger Things was done pretty much exactly how he originally wanted it in the 1980s, but lacked the necessary technology. In several episodes, people are seen “interrupting” someone who is talking on a radio or CB radio – that is, one person is talking/transmitting, another person interrupts them by transmitting, and then the other person hears the interruption and stops transmitting. This happened a few times with the kids’ CB radios and with the police radios.
Eleven: Friends Don’t Lie
These radios – the CB and police radios from the show’s era – do not work like that. If you’re broadcasting and someone else is broadcasting, you won’t hear them. Stranger Things’ opening credits and font mimic the film grain and look of the opening credits of a 1980s television series. Included in FoundFlix: Stranger Things (2016) Ending Explained + Season 2 Notes (2016). Stranger Things (Title Sequence and End Credits Theme) Written and performed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.
I don’t want to add anything to that
I guess a lot of people have already said a lot about this show’s film and television references and how it recreates the eighties with all its flaws and glory. With the release of season two, I just want to point out that both seasons are very different things. Think of it as the difference between the original Alien movie and the Aliens sequel: while the first season was more about an unknown and unseen horror and the mystery behind the backstory, the second season has more straight-up action and horror, peppered with character development arcs that, while nice, sometimes sidetrack the series a little.Consequently, a fan of the series should view the second season more as a standalone work of fiction, rather than a true continuation of the first season in tone and spirit. The writers moved the story forward and we got a very good bit of entertainment, but the new season must be judged on its own merits.EDIT: Season 3 proved to be a major shift in the tone of the series. Maybe it’s really hard to maintain the mystery when much of the “world” of Stranger Things has already given away many of its secrets, but the overall “feel” of the series went in a different direction.
That’s not to say Season 3 is bad
Maybe the writers just ran out of 80s templates to copy. Season 1 was very heavily inspired by supernatural horror like Poltergeist. Season 2 leaned heavily on creature features like Gremlins or Aliens. Season 3 now uses elements of zombie movies and low-budget ’80s gore horror with a little spy comedy (and fight scenes that seem straight out of Die Hard). All of these genres didn’t really mesh well together in the ’80s, and this strange cocktail certainly doesn’t work today.
Both work on their own, but not together
It simply relies on characters established in previous seasons that used very different ’80s story elements and tropes. It’s almost like watching Darth Vader in an Indiana Jones movie. Essentially, Season 3 is an all too transparent attempt to plow a new nostalgia field, but in the context of the previous seasons, it doesn’t work.
