This show will follow the same pattern as "Heroes" - Stranger Things (2016) Discussion

[–] Mattuk123 8 years ago

I don't know, i mean it's possible, but there are a few differences at play between the two series

Heroes suffered a lot due to the writers strike, which really messed up season 2 as a whole and they didn't really recover from that afterwards, although i thought the final season was getting back on track (not the sequel thing they did)

It also suffered from it's inability to kill off it's characters and for them to stay dead, which hurt the show over it's run and of course they nerfed Peter so much he became pointless and they ruined Sylar's character just to keep him in the show

But Stranger Things for me, well it's a different show and i don't think if it fails, it will be due to the same reasons as above

For me personally, i think we will get 3 seasons at most, but the second season is going to be the most important season, my fear would be that they lose focus and try to go bigger and better than the first season

I'm really hoping they don't have an unflux of 80's stars doing cameo's or having minor roles, just because they're from that era and want to cash in on Stranger Things being a surprise hit

If they just stick to what they established in the first season and just explore that and not get too caught up in their own success, i think they will do just fine

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[–] chrisjdel 8 years ago

Thank you Nostradamus. But the two shows aren't all that similar and there's no reason to believe the same mistakes will be made with Stranger Things. Let's just watch and see, shall we?

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[–] tristanwerbe 8 years ago

You can literally say this *beep* *beep* about any show with a great first season. Shut the *beep* up and quit spewing retarded nonsense about retarded *beep*

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[–] alesisqs61 8 years ago

Actually the creator of Heroes stated why the series went down the tubes.

The reason was he envisioned the show for one solid season and had no idea where it was going if it got picked up... this clearly showed when the series went far away from the original plot. Shows that have one good arc, then take a dump are usually because they have 1-2 good seasons I them but are milked because of money grubbing TV execs.

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[–] chrisjdel 8 years ago

You can see it just watching the show. Season 1 of Heroes had a well planned, tight story arc. If they were going to continue after that, they needed to rethink the format. Having a new disaster to stop every year wasn't going to do it. As we saw. But that's network TV for you, executives think "Follow the formula and take it up a notch from last season" means guaranteed success. And they're always surprised when that approach doesn't work.

Stranger Things apparently has a multi-season planned arc. The Duffers haven't said exactly how many seasons but it sounds like four, maybe five at the most. 22 to 24 episodes a season (which for years was standard for every TV show) is simply too much. Rarely can you script something that long without lots of filler. It's like one of those ten page papers in college on topics where five pages said most of what needed saying. You had to pad the shıt out of them. Not how television should be made, and (thankfully) not the way Netflix does it.

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[–] raven1066 8 years ago

I don't think so. The creators seem to have an idea of where they want to go, and have had it since the first season. I don't know how long the show will last or how long it will be good but until I see proof to the contrary I'm going to give them benefit of the doubt.

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

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[–] taylorblaw 8 years ago

I agree with you. And they have set up many different plot points in season 1 that need exploration. One of the things they have to explore is the upside down, this alone could span a couple of seasons since there is so much going on there and a lot of potential chaos. If they play their cards right. Also the characters have complex/well-thought-out personalities. This is one thing that can really keep a show going.

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[–] Askur 8 years ago

Heroes made it up as they went, introduced new timelines, characters that suddenly disappeared and turned it into a mess.

The writers of this series have a clear vision of where they want to go, and instead of a series they consider each season to be just a single long movie.

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[–] josh-dickerson25 8 years ago

Other people have said it, but yeah.. Unlike the writers of heroes, tey have a plan.. They have it all planned it.. And that's the most important thing.. Now whether it'll become convoluted, or a mess.. IDK.. I don't think it will.. But from what I've seen of Season 2.. I can't wait to see it.. Lol.

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[–] PhilAdams60 (4) 8 years ago

I think you hit the nail on the head (at least as far as "Heroes" went). Season One should have ended the show with Peter being unable to stop the explosion in NYC and having to survive the destruction but that would have seemed too dark for NBC at that time (I mean Bill Cosby was their poster boy then...how ironic).

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