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The first season was fantastic! The second season was a copy/paste without the magic. Unfortunately, the third season was just an empty mess. A complete waste of time.

It really hurts me to write this review but I really don't know what happened with season 3. To me, it looks like Netflix interfered too much and tried to turn a thrilling drama into a teen comedy.

Season 3 is a completely different show. The directing, the WRITING, the pacing, even the music composing is completely different. I had to take a 20 minute break after watching the first episode because I knew something wasn't right. All the suspense and thrill of Season 1/2 is completely gone. With season 3, there is no moments that make me interested in the slightest. 90% of the season is Mileven relation issues, Steve working as a sailor selling ice cream, Hopper trying to be funny, and other weird scenes that seem so out of place. The problem is that these characters weren't funny in the first two seasons, they were unique and charming in their own way. Now Netflix has turned this once exciting show into a comedy that is completely studio written without regards to the characters traits or anything. Hell, the jokes aren't even funny.

From a technical aspects, everything has went down hill as well. The camera work, editing, sound, and acting all don't know what's going on either. It's like they don't know if their doing a thriller drama or a terribly forced cringe comedy.

It really hurt me to watch this season. I didn't enjoy a minute of it. I'd like to talk to the Duffer bros because I know someone got to them because you can tell within 5 mins, this is not their style. That, or the Duffer bros are just trolling us as a way to boycott Netflix or somin. I have no idea but something is up, this is way worse than went GoT and HoC went downhill on their last season! N

The show should have stopped with season 1. Season 3 was a major disappointment-I mean the lame plot with the Russians, cringey dialogue, and boring, repetitive action sequences. Not to mention the uncomfortable kissing sequences between Eleven and Mike. They should just stop beating a dead horse and end the show, but Netflix likes money too much.

S1= secret agencies, mysterious experiments, physic powers,the dark subject matter of the abuse of these subjects to exploit such powers, and the thrilling escape from these nefarious machinations.

S2= we get to explore the other world, foreboding air of danger throughout, development and growth of the gang. Similar tone as the 1st season and closes it well.

S1+S2 fits and works together.

S3=budget feels halved, core group split up for nearly the whole season, big CGI monster that looks at home in Resident Evil 2 or The Evil Within 2 video game, contrived setups , poor consistency , cheap guard costumes and lazy jokes.

Even worse thing is that they somehow made the characters flat one-note archetypes, with romances shoehorned in. It's quite sad for what S3 has turned out to be.

Guess it could be summed up as if it was made cause fans wants a new season (naturally since S1 and S2 was good) , and the producers and creators decide to chase the money that comes with that. Rather then working at it until they have something interesting to show, they just went with a hackjob of various 80s cliches.

And of course in analyzing why the drop in quality is so dramatic, we also need need to look at the pressure the suits must be pressing on the showmakers. Imagine an even greater fall in Netflix stocks if S3 was not made in time .....

This was the weakest of the three seasons. Too much comedy, plus the imbecile and unrealistic Russian thread. Instead of a smart storyline and new ideas they tried to fill the plot with comedy and an alian-type monster.

Losing its Spielberg meets King tone, Stranger Things' 80s seem more a collection of movie references than a milieu; however, the show is now structured less like a movie than episodes waiting for a cliffhanger. The evil Russians don't even feel like throwback villains since they've pretty much returned as a standard Hollywood trope, but where they're shoved in requires almost as much suspension of disbelief as the upside-down. Forcing us to believe two impossible things is maybe a bit much. The season's okay, some of the chemistry is still there, but it's running low on whatever the magic ingredient was.

Season 1 was original, authentic, thrilling. Season 2 was dragging a bit, scrambling for original ideas turning into a brainless horror. Season 3 turned into a complete trash - a mix of Nightmare on Elm Street, Red Heat and a teen comedy. I have downgraded my original 8 rating down to 6, as Series 3 is very mediocre and full of cliches. What a disappointment! :-(

It's perfect if you are a teenager. Not for someone who's looking for depth in shows or movies, the one which makes impact. It's just a timepass. I watched all the seasons and it's the same story repeating. Noting new but kinda same plot and too much predictable. First season is entertaining though. And a few episodes of last season are just waste of time. Feels like they are just trying to stretch the show for nothing...I would suggest you watch it if you don't have anything else on mind. And you will enjoy the first season. And some of the characters really suck at it but some are really good.

I thought this series was fun until... the third season. What happened? Why did it get stupid as a Disney production? After what happened to Game Of Thrones, I'm not surprised anymore. But it's still disappointing. I won't be following it anymore.

Season 1 and 2 are magical. I binged them in a few days. I rarely get sucked into a show like this, but this was great. It had something for the kid in me, it had action, it had humor, the characters were likable, it felt like it had everything. It put you in the 80's and felt a little like Freaks and Geeks to me with a sci-fi twist to it which was fairly creepy and well made. The interactions between the characters were great and the chemistry was there, so thumbs up for Season 1 and 2.

That being said, I would stop watching at the end of season 2. Season 3 is a total piece of garbage. I am struggling to watch it, I'm at episode 5 now and it's not getting better. None of the characters feel like themselves. They are parodies at best of the characters they were in the first two seasons. But for the most part they feel like totally different characters, like I'm watching a different show. Everyone is angry and shouting, the plot makes almost 0 sense, the product placement is annoying to say the least... It's just sad, I feel betrayed almost. I initially thought they changed writers and directors because it felt so different...

So watch season 1 and 2 and leave season 3 alone... I watch it on my ipad while doing other things just because I feel I need to finish watching it now like a chore... but oh my God... season 3 is horrible...

Let's keep it real shall we? There's no way on earth the Duffer brothers were prepared to continue past ONE season. There was NO set up, whatsoever.

Since Season One we've been blindly clawing away for an intelligent story to sink into, but instead have gotten stolen characters and narratives from hit 80s films and pop culture.

Where's the actual substance? You can only impress for so long with cheap, greasy special effects and Kate Bush riffs. The story is nonsensical, even by sci-fi standards.

The elementary dialogue was never-ending; exposition galore. Bloated episodes, a multitude of strange departures of cinematography and tone from what was set in Season One, and less believable acting then seen in previous seasons.

Anyone who thinks this is a masterpiece has a very limited understanding of filmmaking and writing.

I know how terribly difficult it is to accomplish shooting anything, let alone 10 over and hour long episodes. But for almost $300M- it's baffling!!

Season one s been a 10 star for me (i was hooked from 1st episode), followed by a season two which appeared to me a little bit more like a badly done filler. Season three... well.. i fought through episode 1-4, always hoping to see some character development, some mystery but i only got fed up by the retro feelings the show tries to awaken. It has become shallow entertainment where i was looking for thrill and yes... mystery.

It's good but if you've watched a lot of similar tv shows it's not as good as them. I wouldn't say it is as good as people make it out to be, however if this is your genre then I would definitely recommend you to check it out!

Why not focus on making a good series that concludes on a high and leaves the viewer wanting more instead of dragging it on until every last dollar can be squeezed out while the viewers gradually leave in boredom and disgust?

Season 1 was brilliant. 9/10. Season 2 was watchable. 6/10. Season 3 was as engaging as watching a dead horse being flogged. I watched it hoping it would come to life, but it never did. 3/10.

Not only that, but there were some truly cringeworthy moments the Dusty and Suzie duet being right there at the top. If they'd panned a shot to the Mindflayer we would've probably seen it cringeing as well.

Needless to say I won't be watching Season 4.

Season 1 was great and much on point was season 2. Season 3? I can't even following. The plot lines are so disjointed. I had to force myself to watch past the first episode hoping for the original vibe to return. Fail. Would not recommend. I will not be continuing on with this series. Netflix is just a garbage provider releasing titles just for numbers. I've cancelled my membership. Nothing more worth watching anymore.

Loved season 1. Can't recall much about season 2, it was more of the same. Was disappointed with season 3.

Loathing season 4.

Everything which was good about the start of the story is gone. The charming characters, the mystery, even the 80s nostalgia.

Instead, we get splash-in-your-face gore, cringe-inducing dialogues, run-of-the-mill Russian baddies, black-jelly-soaked monsters.

Are things so morally bad in America that an entire school finds it amusing to watch a helpless female student being brutally bullied and ridiculed, cheering on for the bullies and booing the one being brutalised? Is this normal? And what's up with people torturing each other all the time? Is this the authors' social commentary on the state of their society or some bizarre private obsessions with bullying and torture?

I can't recommend this show past season 3, it's now atrocious.