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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 9828800" data-attributes="member: 59082">I've watched everything but tonight's finale. So far I'm enjoying the season, but there are some really annoying aspects to it. There's a sense of a lot happening, so it overwhelms you with action, but it also feels a bit "crowded"...like there's too much action, too many things going on - and a lot of it feels like filler. Meaning, while in some sense it is the most jam-packed season, I think it is also the weakest in terms of a full story experience. In a way the whole season feels like a super-extended finale.And a pet peeve: it seems every character has a "poor me, I need affirmation" moment. I know they're teens, but still...it becomes a bit tedious and over-wrought. Holly is also rather annoying (my teen daughter agrees...validation). Though to be fair, she grew on me a bit when she got re-captured and started to suffer.That said, I like the whole Abyss twist, that the Upside Down is a wormhole. I'm not sure if that was always in the cards, but it certainly works as an explanatory device. And I'm still enjoying it overall. If the first four seasons were B+ to A...this feels more like a B.Finally, I'm curious what they'll do with Stranger Things going forward. It is too much of a cultural phenomenon for them to just shelve the IP. There are so many spin-off possibilities, whether with or without current characters. Millie Bobbie Brown seems to be the only one of the main cast who has made it big outside of the show, though I suspect Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke, at least, will have good careers (plus, the rumors of Sink as Jean Grey). But I'm sure most of the others would be up for something. Some ideas (depending on how the show ends), good or bad:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Strange Adventures of Steve and Dustin (and Murray). They start a paranormal investigation unit, traveling around in a van, with Murray as their "at home" sleuth. They can go for a late 80s, early 90s aesthetic.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stranger Things: the Next Generation. A few years later, the kids taken by Vecna are all teenagers. Things start happening in Hawkins. Again.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stranger Things: Rainbow Sorcerer. Will develops his powers, trains others. A school with an emphasis on "rainbow" sorcerers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stranger Things: Demon Hunters. The finale unleashes demons, and/or fissures between the Abyss and our world. Karen and Nancy become bad-ass demon hunters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stranger Tales. A combination of all of the above and more. An anthology series of "micro-seasons" and stand-alones, with a meta arc of "Things aren't over...now we have to deal with the fall out" and maybe, "There's some one or some thing even worse than Vecna...Orcus! Asmodeus!" Etc.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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