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I finally got around to watching a couple episodes of the latest season. Loved this show the first season…but each season I become less interested.

I can’t put my finger on what they’re doing wrong. Production and writing are great. My “hot take” is that they’re addicted to formula: they keep introducing new hyper 80s kids that are too cute and too mature…and they never raise the stakes. It gets muddier as they keep adding kids/protagonists. The Hawke kid and the Kate Bush fan were great…but this season the “new” girl is a little much for some reason. Nothing against her really…but there always 7 pairs of kids running around and they’re all super integral…I kept getting the Hawke girl and the big sister mixed up.

Am I way off?

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have to disagree that the stakes are never raised. Season 1 the big bad is a Demogorgon who is just a scary monster. Then we add multiple Demodogs to the Demogorgon. Then we add an intelligent creature with the Mind Flayer who controls the above creatures, but he still mostly a monster. Then we add an intelligent human who does all of the above, but hunts children. And now finally in the finale it's all of the above trying to bring the upside down into the real world (technically the plan for season 4, but he won and then "died", so he's doing it again but properly.)

So Demogorgons go from the big bad to just bring minions in the current season. Our main characters are fighting off a dozen whereas one used to be impossible.

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I mis-spoke…obviously on paper what’s going on is escalating and more important.

I just meant the tension isn’t there, for me. Everybody is way too competent and it’s only side/new characters at risk, so far.