Stranger Things Creators Managed To Disappoint Fans One Last Time

Written by Chris Snellgrove | Updated 18 seconds ago

the Strange things The ending disappointed many fans because it failed to answer many of their biggest questions while introducing several plot developments (such as the complete absence of the Demogorgons during the final fight scene) that made less sense. To make matters worse, the Duffer Brothers then gave a variety of interviews after the finale where they revealed how little they thought of some of the show’s most important plots. now, Strange things The creators have managed to disappoint fans one last time with a Netflix documentary that shows them doing everything from dropping cool ideas to apparently using ChatGPT to help plot the final season.

Some of the craziest items in Strange things The fanbase (i.e. Conformity Gate conspiracy theorists) believed that Netflix would secretly drop a new episode that might make up for the series’ lackluster finale. That didn’t happen, but the streamer did give us a great (in all the wrong ways) documentary called Final Adventure: Making Stranger Things 5. On paper, this document should have been a triumph for the Duffer brothers; Instead, it exposed many of their flaws as creators and reinforced the popular notion that they were phoning it in in the show’s fifth and final season.

Audience vs. Demogorgon fatigue

For example, many fans wondered why the Demogorgon was not present in the final battle with Vecna ​​and the Mind Flayer; After all, they are Strange things“More famous monsters, they made a big impression fighting the army earlier in the season. Since the show didn’t offer any real explanation, the prevailing fan theory was that the Mind Flayer had absorbed all the Demogorgons who were going to stay in their homeland of Hades. Unfortunately, Matt Duffer shot down this theory a few weeks ago in an interview, claiming that Vecna never expected an attack on his home turf and that he didn’t need the “ant army” of Demos to protect him when he assumed the Mind Flayer. Flayer can eliminate any threat.

Many fans hated this explanation because it made both of the show’s main villains seem incompetent while ruining a fan theory that was consistent with the franchise’s mythology (remember that the Mind Flayer was absorbing bodies in Season 2). but Strange things The documentary made matters worse by revealing that veteran show writer Paul Dichter was insisting that Abyss feature Demogorgons and/or other familiar monsters like Demodogs or bats, and Matt Duffer originally agreed; However, Ross Dover talked them out of it, claiming that audiences may be suffering from “Demogorgon fatigue”.

This was understandably surreal for the fans who criticized Strange things Series conclusion; After all, they have to find out how close the final battle is to the presence of the Demogorgons and discover that they were written for the stupidest reason possible. Unfortunately, this moment (specifically, the showrunners shooting down a writer who predicted what fans would hate in the final battle) reinforced the narrative that the Duffers didn’t really know what they were doing in this final season. That would have been bad enough, but the documentary is full of other moments that were just as embarrassing.

One character almost drove the Duffers apart

The other, more controversial aspect Strange thingsThe series finale was that Eleven’s ultimate fate was ambiguous. The audience can choose to believe that Eleven valiantly sacrificed herself alongside the Upside Down or (as Mike assumes) that she used Kali’s telepathic powers to fake her death in front of her friends and the military. The documentary reveals that her fate was the subject of debate among the Duffers, with Matt initially claiming that Eleven should live and Ross insisting that she should die.

They argued passionately about whether or not the character ultimately chose to live (Matt said yes, Ross said no), and it seems clear that her ambiguous fate on the show was a disappointing result of not seeing the brothers eye to eye. Once again, the documentary made matters worse, effectively confirming that even they don’t know exactly what to do with their most famous character. Honestly, the fact that they chose a stupid settlement that didn’t make anyone happy is a depressing microcosm of everything wrong with Season 5!

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Final Adventure: Making Stranger Things 5 It contains several other disappointing moments, including the revelation that scripts for the finale were not finished when filming for the season began and that Natalie Dyer and other stars were confused as to why Holly had suddenly become such a prominent character. Ross Duffer made a joke about how they should have killed off some characters, which ironically foreshadows a lot of criticism from fans. What’s even more damning is that the documentary shows the Duffers using ChatGPT, which explains why the writing for the final season was so lackluster!

Look closely at the image above, and you can see that the Duffers appear to have multiple tabs open; Some fans are convinced that you can create three ChatGPT tabs on the screen. This does not automatically prove that they used the popular AI application to write Strange things“Season 5, as some defensive fans have noted, is hard to say if these are actually ChatGPT tabs. But for cynical fans already disappointed by this final season, the idea that these millionaires were phoning in their writing with slow AI is the final nail in the coffin of this show’s once-great reputation.”

The Duffers have managed to disappoint everyone one last time with this documentary, leaving fans to ask the obvious question: why would Netflix willingly release a documentary that makes… Strange things Looks like the models are completely incompetent? Some think fans should tone down the Duffers a bit, especially after Matt defended his awful interview responses by claiming he was “fried” and recovering from the flu. However, they are not finding much support from fans who are still disappointed by the mediocre ending and poor last season.

Or to put it in a way the Duffer brothers would understand: Strange things Fans are experiencing some major empathy fatigue right now!