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Stephen King loves 'Stranger Things' and vice versa

2022-07-08T10:45:07.137Z


With so many references to pop culture from four decades ago, what does the Netflix series bring to the fantasy genre? nothing and a lot


Best-selling horror-mystery novel Stephen King loves

Stranger Things

, which is no surprise because the Netflix series loves him.

The author of

It and Carrie

He wrote on Twitter: "The penultimate episode of

Stranger Things

is so good, and at the same time so full of terror, that I am almost afraid to see the last one."

So anxious was King that he had previously complained about having to wait a month for the last two episodes of the fourth season.

The creators who were finishing them responded.

It is conceivable that the dosage was well calculated to generate expectation.

The penultimate episode of STRANGER THINGS is so good, and yet so full of dread, that I'm almost afraid to watch the last one.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) July 3, 2022

There is a lot of Stephen King in

Stranger Things

, as there is a lot of Spielberg,

Ghostbusters, A Nightmare on Elm Street

and even

Scooby Doo

.

The series is an intergenerational phenomenon thanks to overflowing fantasy, accomplished characters, and continual nods to 80s nostalgia (Hulk Hogan's T-shirt! Metallica song! The

Walkman!

), which was the last decade analog.

Netflix, in trouble for a catalog as excessive as it is lacking in excellence, will squeeze this vein until the end of the fifth installment.

That's why he throws the house out the window: each chapter already costs him 30 million dollars.

With so many references to pop culture from four decades ago, inspired by fantasy tales from that time like Stephen King's, what's new about

Stranger Things?

Nothing and a lot.

It is the renewal of an old genre without its tawdry and with today's visual power.

Also the

Pirates of the Caribbean

saga appropriated old sea adventure films, added zombies and ghosts and ended up assembling an overwhelming product.

It takes money, yes, but also talent for that.

The question is whether there is nothing left to invent.

Or if, rather, we did not want them to invent anything, because we are very comfortable in the warmth of a past that is so familiar.

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Source: elparis

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