StrangerThings 3 is as Stranger Things-y as ever, writes chaneyj
Photo: Netflix Returning after a nearly two-year break, Stranger Things 3 is as Stranger Things-y as ever, which is both good and bad. It’s nice to see all these characters again. It’s also fun to once again be immersed in the supremely retro setting — this season takes place during the summer of 1985 and, for large portions, in Hawkins, Indiana’s brand new Starcourt Mall, home to a Waldenbooks and a Sam Goody and a Time Out arcade.
All that said, Stranger Things 3 does move into some new territory. This season is the equivalent of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, in that the adolescent protagonists are now transitioning into their teens and dealing with all the issues that accompany that. Dustin returns from a sleepaway camp and reports that he now has a girlfriend. Will still wants to play Dungeons & Dragons even though all his friends are obsessing over the opposite sex.
The season doesn’t really start to hit its stride until episode four, when the suspense ratchets up on multiple fronts and director Shawn Levy, also one of the show’s executive producers, toggles elegantly between parallel high-stakes moments. The horrors in Stranger Things 3 are messier, in that it’s a little harder to make sense of everything that’s happening; also because they are literally messier.
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