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Perry was so impressed that he even helped develop the remix
Scenario
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government deeds. As they search for answers, the kids uncover a series of extraordinary mysteries. Steve Perry, former lead singer of Journey, has revealed that the Stranger Things season 4 remix of Journey’s 1980s hit Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) was done largely the way he originally wanted to in the 1980s, but lacked the technology. Someone talks over a two-way radio, or CB – that is, one person talks/transmits, and another person transmits to interrupt them, and then the other person hears that interruption and stops transmitting. This happened a few times with the kids’ CB radios, and with the radios used by the police.
Eleven: Friends Don’t Lie
Those radios – the CB and police radio of the time from the show – don’t work like that. Stranger Things’ opening titles and fonts mimic the grain and look of the 1980s television series’ opening credits. Featured in FoundFlix: Stranger Things (2016) Ending Explained + Season 2 Notes (2016). Stranger Things (Title Sequence and End Credits Theme)Written & performed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein. I think a lot of people have said a lot about this show’s film and television references and how it recreates the ’80s in all its flaws and glory.
I don’t want to add anything to that
With the release of season two, I just want to point out that the two seasons are very different beasts. Think of it as the difference between the original Alien movie and the Aliens sequel: while the first season was more about an unknown and unseen horror and the mystery behind the backstory, the second season offers more straight-up action and horror with character development arcs that feel good but sometimes make the series a little sidetracked. Consequently, a fan of the series should probably view the second season as a standalone work of fiction rather than a true continuation of the first season in tone and spirit. The writers are pushing the story forward and we get a very good bit of entertainment, but the new season has to be judged on its own merits. EDIT: Season 3 proved to be a major shift in the tone of the series.
Season 1 was heavily inspired by supernatural horror, as in Poltergeist
Maybe it’s really hard to maintain mystery when a large portion of the “world” of Stranger Things has already given away many of its secrets, but the overall “feel” of the series went in a different direction. Maybe the writers just ran out of 80’s templates to rip off. Season 2 took a lot of cues from creature features, such as Gremlins or Aliens. Season 3 now uses elements of 80’s zombie movies and low-budget gore horror with some spy comedy (and fight scenes straight out of Die Hard). All of these genres didn’t really mesh well together in the 80’s.
That doesn’t mean Season 3 is bad
And that weird cocktail certainly doesn’t work today. It simply draws on characters established in previous seasons, using very different 80’s styles, story elements and tropes. It’s almost like seeing Darth Vader in an Indiana Jones movie. Both work on their own, but not together. Essentially, Season 3 is an all too transparent attempt to explore a new field of nostalgia, but in the context of previous seasons, it doesn’t work.
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