# Stranger Things 4 trailer \[spoilers for season 3 & 4\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [February 14, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939 "2020-02-14T16:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939/281 "2022-08-21T04:44:37Z")
According to TVTropes, the list of shout outs to other works of pop culture is long and varied. [Stranger Things / Shout Out - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShoutOut/StrangerThings) I liked the one to Alien Resurrection in the Russian lab with Wynona Ryder. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939/282 "2022-09-02T20:31:07Z")
Having actors play characters much younger than them is common in all media, due to the extra expense of working with child actors. In this case I think we should give them a pretty big pass. The (younger) kids were about the right age for 7th grade when the first season was filmed, but the 4 seasons cover like 3 years of Hawkins-time and took 6 years of reality to film. And ~2 years of that is due to Covid, which was pretty much out of their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939/283 "2022-09-02T23:03:34Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > In this case I think we should give them a pretty big pass. That was more or less my point - it’s exactly the sort of thing that’s done in the 80s movies the Duffers clearly love. Perhaps it’s serendipity but it’s totally appropriate they’re doing the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939/284 "2022-09-03T01:09:23Z")
My wife and I just binged all 4 seasons in the past month or so. That was a lot of weirdness to absorb in a short time. I’ll be going through this thread before commenting here, lots of interesting stuff to discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939/285 "2022-10-08T21:56:56Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Just finished the end of S.4 last night. Really, really enjoyable. In spite of the comic book logic and physics, all the references to other popular entertainment, the formulaic story beats and the shameless manipulation of 80s nostalgia… OK, _ **because** _ of it, it’s been a very fun ride. The show plays me like a cheap fiddle and I don’t mind a bit. Finally got around to watching over the last couple weeks, and I agree with every word of this. Sure, you can pick apart the logic and plot holes all day, but so what? I’m not watching this for logic; I’m going for a fun ride. And what a ride it was! Most of my thoughts have been covered already here. I did want to comment on Jason’s fate, which was briefly mentioned upthread. _I’m glad he got killed._ I only wish his death had been more painful. We’ve seen enough characters who start out as jerks but go through some sort of redemption and become good guys in the end. Don’t get me wrong, I love Steve, but we don’t need any more Steves. There’s something quite satisfying about seeing the jerk, who always was and always will be a jerk, get roasted in the end. Same goes on a smaller level for El’s bully; she gets a roller skate to the face and we never see her again. Good riddance. We don’t need to be all _Kumbaya_ about it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939/286 "2024-07-15T21:36:29Z")
New photos from the set of _Stranger Things_ season 5, where the Hawkins teens will confront enlarged prostates, early bird specials, and kids on their lawns. > **[Stranger Things fans react as Netflix drops season five first look](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13636289/amp/Stranger-Things-fans-excitement-Netflix-drops-season-five-look.html)** > > Netflix offered fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of the beloved sci-fi show, as the stars prepare to bid farewell to Hawkins, Indiana. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-4-trailer-spoilers-for-season-3-4/847939.md?page=14)