Happy Wednesday, my fellow strangers! It’s Mrs. Strange here again! On today’s episode
for Stranger Universe, I will talk about our official first look images of Stranger Things
4!
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Yesterday was Will Byers’ birthday, and while it seemed like we weren’t going to
get anything major aside from the character recap from Monday, this was a massive surprise!
Earlier today at 9 in the morning, we got our first look images from Stranger Things
4. Each day brings us closer and closer to the release of Stranger Things Season 4. As
mentioned on the Netflix Tudum website: in case you’ve been living in the Upside Down
and missed the announcement earlier this spring, the fourth season will be broken up into two
parts, making it the biggest and boldest installment of the series yet. Volume 1 makes its debut
on May 27, with Volume 2 following on July 1. As the Duffer brothers previously revealed,
Season 4 will find our favorite characters scattered throughout four different — but
equally creepy — locations around the world, from snowy Russia to sunny California. Eleven,
Mike and the rest of the crew will have to work together to defeat an even more vicious
supernatural force and put a stop to the Upside Down once and for all. In a forthcoming episode
of the next season of the podcast Present Company With Krista Smith, the Duffer brothers
hinted that fans have much to look forward to when Stranger Things returns in May.
“I think they’ll be happy when they see it. It’s very, very long, which is why it’s
taking us a very long time,” Ross Duffer shared, noting that some of the fan theories
he’s seen online are “startlingly” accurate — though he wouldn’t say which ones. “I’m
constantly impressed with how sharp the fans are, and how quickly they’re able to put
something together with very, very little information.” Season 4, Volume 1 picks
up six months after the events of Season 3, which had our heroes battling the Mind Flayer
in the middle of the Starcourt Mall, as one does. And the characters have come such a
long way since we first met them in Season 1, as the Duffer brothers noted in conversation
with Smith, explaining that Season 4 will have a much darker, “horror movie” vibe. The
images give us our first look at Eddie Munson, played by Joseph Quinn. Eddie will be the
leader of the Hellfire Club, the Dungeons and Dragons club at Hawkins High. We also
have new images of our characters from California, including Jonathan’s new best friend Argyle,
played by Eduardo Franco. Will Byers and Eleven being placed so close together makes me hopeful
that both characters will share a lot of screen time together. We also have an image of Nancy
and Robin, the dream team of season 4. They are likely to be at Pennhurst Mental Hospital
to interview a certain person played by an 80s guest star. When talking about how things
will be different this season, Ross Duffer said the following.
“When we pitched it to Netflix all those years ago, we pitched it as the kids are...The
Goonies in E.T.. That’s their storyline. And the adults are in Jaws and Close Encounters
and then the teens are in Nightmare on Elm Street or Halloween. But, this year, we don’t
have the kids. We can’t do The Goonies anymore. And so, suddenly, we’re leaning much harder
into that horror movie territory that we love. It was fun to make that change.” Matt Duffer
then added, "They’re not kids anymore — they really are full-blown teenagers. That’s
why this season we leaned more into horror. We figured they should be in their own [version]
of A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
We have a shot of Lucas, Max, Dustin, and Erica looking up at something in the ceiling,
probably something strange. Then we have a shot of Mike, Eleven, and Will looking at
something. The bright neon lights in the back and Eleven’s clothes make me think that
this scene is in the roller rink somehow. There’s also another shot of Jim Hopper
in the Russian prison, and I gotta say the cinematography here looks gorgeous. It looks
like this may be during his escape, considering that the last we saw of Hopper was in the
sneak peek when he was using a flamethrower in the nighttime. Then, we have an image of
Joyce and Murray in the snowy wasteland of Russia with a crashed plane behind them. It’s
obviously confirmed by now that they’ll be the ones to rescue Hopper in Kamchatka.
There’s also this image of Dustin, Lucas, and Erica, and for a second I forgot this
is in the 80s because this thing down in the middle looked like an iPad at first. I was
gonna say that they’re FaceTiming Susie, but speaking of Susie, doesn’t it look like
the Surfer Boy Pizza crew stopped by at her house? Utah is certainly not far from California,
with nevada in the middle, and it’s on the way to Indiana as well. Will is sitting in
front of what looks like a Brigham Young University sign, and that university is only 50 minutes
away from Salt Lake City, where Susie is currently at. Then there’s this shot of Robin, Steve,
Dustin, and Max using a computer for God knows what, but the last we saw of these four characters
Was back in October when they were leaving the Family Video Store. They’re even wearing
the same clothes, so maybe that scene continues on from here and this shot takes place inside
of the store. Lastly, we have an image of Steve, Eddie, Nancy, and Robin at nighttime.
There were rumors last spring during the production set that they were filming a gun battle in
the forest. I wonder if this shot is from that exactly.
As for the trailer, these images are likely from the trailer itself so one has to wonder
if the trailer will arrive within the next couple of days or next week. Here’s hoping
that the trailer is indeed coming soon if not tomorrow. Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today. What do you think about these official images for
Stranger Things 4?
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