" Stranger Things " is finally back for its third season.
As the flagship drama of Netflix (Netflix), the third season broke various records as soon as it was aired -
Netflix said that since the third season of "Stranger Things" was aired last Thursday, it attracted 40.7 million users to watch it in the first four days. , surpassing all series and movies, breaking the record of highest number of viewers in the first 4 days in Netflix history.
has an average Douban score of 8.9, and the Rotten Tomatoes index is as high as 96%, which is higher than the first and second seasons. The series is undoubtedly the "best".
But despite this, many viewers still expressed disapproval of the third season, and even said "As much as I love seasons 1 and 2, I will be disappointed with season 3.".
So is the third season of "Stranger Things", which has mixed reviews but is still at the forefront, worth the 8.9 score on Douban?
01
Is one summer vacation enough to change everything?
Before the third season of "Stranger Things" was aired, many viewers predicted that it would become a superhero film - Eleven would find more people with super powers and start an epic battle with more powerful monsters.
But unfortunately, "Stranger Things" went to the opposite direction - it not only deprived Little Eleven of his superpowers, but also dismantled the small group into pieces.
Let's go back to where the story began.
At the beginning of the first season, in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s, four people, Mike, Will, Lucas, and Dustin, were happily playing the board game " Dungeons and Dragons ". The four people were fully integrated. The characters, the wizard shouted loudly, and the general played by Will sacrificed himself to save the city. After spending 10 hours in a battle of wits and courage, they still refused to end.
But in its third season, Dungeons & Dragons changed.
The members of the "Monster Fighting Team" who are in their teens have just started to fall in love, and they are beginning to gradually experience the feeling of falling in love - team leader Mike and Xiao 11 are in a state where you and I are in a state where one day is like three autumns, Luca Si and Max also fell in love, and their original enthusiasm for the game was gradually dissipated.
And the most innocent Will kept inviting McLucas to play DND from the beginning. From the time they quarreled with his girlfriend until Dustin came back, Will's mantra was "Can we play DND now?"
Mike, who was banned from seeing Little 11, was not interested in playing games and said directly to Will: "We have all grown up."
These words from Mike's mouth directly announced the official end of their childhood.
In the end, Will cried and smashed the cabin where his fantasy was hidden with his own hands.
This summer vacation, the first thing to change is this friendship, these children who were once ignorant of feelings.
Another branch of the show is Nancy and Jonathan, Mike's sister and Will's brother.
are different from the children who chatter non-stop all day long. They are the youth in charge of this drama.
Nancy and Jonathan, who were new to society, chose to intern at the local "Hawkins Post", but the work in the Post kept Nancy close to collapse.
▲The white leaders of the Post who discriminated against Nancy
A group of powerful Post leaders never took care of this new intern Nancy. Not only did they give her the nickname "Nancy the Witch", they even asked Nancy to They served tea and water, almost treating Nancy as their personal maid.
Judging from Nancy's career, the director may want to use this to highlight the topic of "discrimination against women" - the entire Post's workplace structure is all men, and women are constantly suppressed and even unable to realize their work ideals.
For example, in the play, Nancy showed the news pictures she interviewed personally to the leaders of the Post. The weird behavior of the mice in them could even be seen by normal people as wrong, but these leaders directly ridiculed Nancy. She "wanted to be famous so much" that she even threw a mouse model in her cabinet afterwards.
Indeed, throughout the 1980s, the American workplace was also experiencing "discrimination" against women.Not only in newspapers, this situation is even worse on Wall Street. Even in today's era of high-profile emphasis on "human rights," the problem of gender discrimination in the United States is still very serious. The "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2018" published by the State Council Information Office on the 14th pointed out that gender discrimination in the United States is shocking. American women face serious threats of sexual harassment and assault, lack of personal safety protection, and face obvious employment and workplace discrimination.
During this summer vacation when they first entered the workplace, Nancy and Jonathan’s beautiful perceptions of work were also changed.
But what really changes everything is the appearance of monsters.
If the first two seasons focus on bringing together friends who are scattered around, such as the encounter between Little 11 and Mike’s team, and Billy’s family moving to Hawkins.
Then the third season focuses more on describing "real" growth-a kind of growth mixed with separation.
It eventually became the separation of partners who once explored together, fell in love with each other, and fought against demons together.
At the end of the show, the Will family left Hawkins with Little Eleven. They had spent two seasons together and the companions' persistence turned into separation during this summer vacation.
02
Those constant tributes and guardians
As a retro and nostalgic drama, "Stranger Things" is indispensable for its tribute to classics.
In the first two seasons, the director personally worked on everything from Stephen King's "Stand By Me" to "Alien" to "ET", restoring classic scenes and triggering memories for a large number of people.
▲A tribute to the classic scenes of "ET"
In the third season, "Back to the Future", "Emerald", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Jurassic Park" have taken the classic elements of this show to the extreme.
In the movie theater, Steve and Robin wanted to avoid being hunted by the Russians, so they lurked in the movie theater and watched a movie with the crowd. What was playing in the movie was the 1985 "Back to Home", which was nominated for multiple Oscars. future".
▲The Halloween cosplays of the four protagonists are exactly the classic looks of "Ghostbusters"
From the first season to the third season, what also remains unchanged is the protection of parents for their children and the protection of each other among friends.
Joyce, played by Winona Ryder , has been alone in another world looking for Will since the first season. In the third season, she is still on the front line.
The memories of previous years left an indelible mark on her life, so she realized something was wrong when the magnet fell from the refrigerator. She was also the first person in Hawkins to realize that the "monster" might reappear.
Officer Hope, after taking in Little Eleven, regarded her as his own. Worried that her relationship with Mike would go too far, he went to consult Joyce on how to communicate with her children, and even wrote a speech. After
discovered something strange in the town, the two of them embarked on a journey to find the source, which is also the branch line of the adult group of the show.
Their children were attacked by monsters a year ago and even dueled with monsters. In order to ensure the safety of the children, two people who did not speak Russian sneaked into the Russian laboratory - shutting down the machines and ending everything.
What also remains unchanged is the friendship among the friends of the "Monster Fighting Squad".
If the first two seasons of the show focused on Little 11’s superpowers, then this season, the director pays more attention to portraying the power of their unity.
Little 11’s superpowers no longer exist, and the monster is defeated entirely by the wits and courage of his friends——
▲Science Team
The team of Dustin, Steve, Robin and Erica not only intercepted received secret communications sent by Russia, successfully deciphered the contents, and even sneaked inside to discover their secrets;
▲ Youth Squad
Nancy and Jonathan’s pursuit of news clues confirmed the reappearance of the Mind Flayer;
▲ 11 Squad
Mike, Lukes, Max and Little 11’s curiosity about Billy led them to to the final answer to the question.
Even in the end, Billy awakens and tries to stop the monster in order to protect his sister; Officer Hope is sacrificed by the strong impact of machine radiation in order to buy time, all of which confirm the original intention of "Stranger Things" - what remains unchanged is Love for each other.
Of course, no matter how the American TV series changes, the opponent the Soviet Union will never change - in the third season, the Soviet Union is still the big villain, trying to open the wall sealed by Little 11 and using monsters to make weapons.
03
The appearance and bonus points of new members
If you have new friends who have watched "Stranger Things", you will definitely not forget the two new members of the team -
One is the Rap Queen "Erica", and she is Lucas ’s poisonous tongue sister, in this drama, she is simply the source of joy for Xiao Shijun.
If you don’t have money to eat ice cream, you can use the trial policy to eat as much as you like;
can crawl through the vents but the requirement is “Free ice-cream for life” life! )";
was hesitant about the move but when Dustin said it was for the country she could say "After all, you can't spell America without Erica";
When Dustin and her little girlfriend sang love songs, they couldn't bear it anymore and hung up the phone.
Erica said before that when she received the role in the second season, she was very surprised and decided to perform well. Sure enough, in the third season of
, the director gave her a more important task because of her outstanding performance in the second season.
One is the mysterious girl "Robin".
In the play, she has a Schrödinger relationship with her former public lover "Steve" - she reveals her secret love story to Steve, and Steve also explains his feelings to her. As a result, Robin He said that he lied to him, so did Robin lie to Steve?
Off-screen, she is the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She has inherited the good genes of her parents and not only shines in the third season of "Stranger Things", but she will also be in the upcoming "Stranger Things". In "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", I collaborated with many big names to start a more exciting acting career.
▲Photo of Maya Hawke with her father and mother
"Stranger Things" has opened a carnival of technology, retro, suspense, and horror for countless viewers. The integration of these elements in this show is undoubtedly very successful. .
Even in an era when even "Game of Thrones" was unfinished, it still maintained the high-level production of seasons 1 and 2 - the sense of suspense and tension were created to be suffocating.
Similarly, the common narrative of the three branches does not make the entire drama appear chaotic at all. Instead, they are interconnected and mutually reinforcing.
Therefore, the score of "Stranger Things" Season 3 is 8.9, which is really not too much.
Of course, while sighing that it is not easy, Xiao Shijun also prayed that Netflix would not let the drama fall into the trap of being unfinished!
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