I was fully convinced that nothing happening in the epilogue was real because of the sudden dramatic change of genre. I was suuure we were going to see at the very end that something sinister was still going on.
I initially was thinking maybe everyone was dying and Eleven was giving them a time-dilated vision of happy lives while Hawkins was being ripped apart. The actual “twist” suggested by Mike was pretty lackluster in comparison.
It was weird to see the tone change so much for such a substantial portion of the finale. Honestly you could just cut it off before the graduation and probably have a better ending.
My biggest story issue is, regardless of the reality, how are they not all buried in some government black site presided over by Linda Hamilton or some other 1980s star, for their involvement in interrupting:attempted interrupting of government plans? How is Hopper a cop after fucking with the government on the level he did? It included grenades.
For as 80s as it was, they dropped the classic 80s ending of “but is it really over?” Totally expected some light blinking in the basement considering there were about 15 lightbulbs lit.
Have to say, the reintroduction of Max had heavy AI vibes.
Have to say, the reintroduction of Max had heavy AI vibes.
They did some not-so-great de-aging in some scenes, basically Deepfake tech, I think. They had also used it in S4 for 11’s flashbacks. No idea why they did it for Max’s first scene since it was not used for her at any point after.
I was fully convinced that nothing happening in the epilogue was real because of the sudden dramatic change of genre. I was suuure we were going to see at the very end that something sinister was still going on.
I initially was thinking maybe everyone was dying and Eleven was giving them a time-dilated vision of happy lives while Hawkins was being ripped apart. The actual “twist” suggested by Mike was pretty lackluster in comparison.
It was weird to see the tone change so much for such a substantial portion of the finale. Honestly you could just cut it off before the graduation and probably have a better ending.
“Change of genre”? Wtf does that even mean? It was just a happily ever after wrapup. Not sure why that would be considered shocking.
My biggest story issue is, regardless of the reality, how are they not all buried in some government black site presided over by Linda Hamilton or some other 1980s star, for their involvement in interrupting:attempted interrupting of government plans? How is Hopper a cop after fucking with the government on the level he did? It included grenades.
Nancy gunned down dozens of soldiers and nobody batted an eye lmao
Yes, but, pixie Rambo was “cute” so it had to be.
For as 80s as it was, they dropped the classic 80s ending of “but is it really over?” Totally expected some light blinking in the basement considering there were about 15 lightbulbs lit.
Have to say, the reintroduction of Max had heavy AI vibes.
They did some not-so-great de-aging in some scenes, basically Deepfake tech, I think. They had also used it in S4 for 11’s flashbacks. No idea why they did it for Max’s first scene since it was not used for her at any point after.
There was light “is it really over”. The talk of moving to Montauk.
I’d heard unsubstantiated rumors of a Nancy & Robin spinoff.
To be clear, I think you might want to Google (or whatever we call it these days now that Google sucks) Montauk.
Edit: And I did kind of love the Nancy-as-Ripley bit. Lots of Alien homage going on in the last season.
Neither of the spinoffs will feature any of the main cast.