The two biggest criticisms Iâve seen of Stranger Things season four are itâs too long and there werenât enough deaths. Co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer have already settled the run-time complaint: season five will be eight episodes, instead of nine, and theyâre âaiming for more like 10 hoursâ rather than 13 hours, not that Netflix minds the extra minutes. As for the lack of deaths, theyâll have to consult with Millie Bobby Brown.
âItâs way too big,â she said about the Stranger Things cast in an interview from May, before season four premiered. âLast night we couldnât even take one group picture because there were like 50 of us. I was like, you need to start killing people off. The Duffer Brothers are two sensitive Sallies that donât want to kill anyone off. We need to be Game of Thrones. We need to have the mindset of Game of Thrones.â
The Duffer Brothers responded to Bobby Brown (we donât talk enough about how the actress who plays Eleven, a British teenage girl, has the same name as the guy who sang âHumpinâ Aroundâ) on a recent episode of the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast.
âWhat did Millie call us? She said we were âsensitive Sallies.â Sheâs hilarious. Believe us, weâve explored all options in the writing room,â Matt said. âJust as a complete hypothetical, if you kill Mike, itâs like⊠Thatâs depressing⊠We arenât Game of Thrones. This is Hawkins, itâs not Westeros. The show becomes not Stranger Things anymore, because you do have to treat it realistically, right?â
To be fair to the Duffers, âwe need to be Game of Thronesâ is the exact opposite of what you want to be heading into the final season.
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â Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) July 4, 2022