Stranger Things: Season 3 - Review

[@Xaks98]

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT TINA, OR UNCLE JACKS PARTY! YOUR MOM IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND US IF WE'RE DEAD IN A RUSSIAN ELEVATOR"

[@Haburg]

I remember that tho 😂😂😂 I didn't liked Her character in beginning but later it become good

[@ming2479]

I hate Erica

[@BasementBubbatunde]

WHY IS THIS 4 YEAR OLD SPEAKING TO ME

[@Mega10026]

@@BasementBubbatunde she's 10 😂

[@BasementBubbatunde]

@@Mega10026 I'm quoting Murray 😶😂

[@troglodytezero1697]

Steve can't catch a break, the Robin rejection hurt but he quickly rebounds. Steve's character development in each season earns him the Mvp

[@lukepuffer9565]

Frank Harris she didn't really reject him tho, it seemed more like she was just bi, cuz she admits to really liking him

[@malfaroangel3896]

It’s not a rejection cause he didn’t ask her to get with him. Just admitted he like her, that pretty common.

[@ZrodyApo]

He took it pretty well and didn't moan about it

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Steve is the best character, he was a douchbag in the first season but now he is such a nice guy, and also he takes so much beating.

[@JokerL1000]

Yea i think shes bi.

[@lkc7253]

I invented a game: Use your cursor and try to dodge Jeremy's hand movements, stay in the red

[@PebProductions46]

New game plus: Up the playback speed.

[@DawnChant]

@@PebProductions46 That's the insane difficulty

[@mcoupe69]

Hold cursor in top left corner.. cheese

[@lewisreeves9843]

Can't go above eye line either

[@justdueit6199]

I laughed my ass off the entire video.

[@Laurenjoinsyoutube]

I still can’t understand why sometimes 11 can fully carry on conversations and sometimes she can only speak in two word sentences

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

Eleven: I dump your ass also Eleven: illy-illy-noah? Its like shes 20 and 2 years old at the same time lol

[@jen5487]

I've honestly thought that same thing more than once! That is one of the inconsistencies that kinda bugs me at times..

[@georgehernandez2156]

She reminded me of stevie from malcom in the middle

[@NotThatHarrison]

I kind of seeing it as she says whatever she's thinking in the smallest number of words. But more complex ideas means she has to say more things

[@chosen1337]

She never really have speak development , because she was locked up getting tested on

[@rayan8031]

0:52 "So Stranger Things season 3 is the third season of Stranger Things" Jeremy hitting us with facts!

[@queensinthesky]

Man, being a youtube reviewer is grueling work.

[@alexf0723]

This is what trying to make the word count is like

[@AlquimistEd]

*Destroying us with facts.

[@Faisaldegrt]

LMAO

[@serenivy]

I literally read this as he said it 😂

[@TearYouApart360]

Honestly, I wish Will had more character development. He's basically been a plot device for the past 2 season and I was hoping he'd get a chance to shine.

[@MilA-eh3gf]

@@MFBloosh I agree, his acting in season 2 was phenomenal, I actually loved season 2 because he carried it.

[@Stew91]

@@RyanM95 Nah, Will had some good character development. Will had been through hell time and time again. So he desired to be a kid and not want to leave his shell. But when Mike told him that it's time to grow up, he realized that it was time to move on from his childhood. That whole scene where Will is breaking down the hut of his friends, symbolizes that he's moving on from the shell of his childhood that he developed through his trauma.

[@Stew91]

@@RyanM95 Partially true, but it was still much needed development after two seasons of being used as a plot device.

[@vinnyb3978]

Will's acting sucks. He was great in season 2 cause he was possessed the whole time and that's all he can really do.

[@tameston5467]

RIP my boi Alexei

[@lorcan8484]

His role is good :( sad that he got executed

[@mothboi181]

*cough* Smirnoff *cough*

[@mishasubin]

I really liked his character :( him finding 7-11 was the funniest scene for me

[@gergp4147]

@The SNES Man joyce and hopper went to find the kids and Murray and Alexei went just to let Alexei be an American for the night

[@gabrielleroux1757]

The SNES Man if you would have paid any kind of attention to the show, you would know 😑

[@wordplay1527]

Am I the only who always gets confuse with the mayor and Heather's dad? They look the same for me

[@barbaro267]

OMGSH I thought I was the only one!!!! That had me so confused!!!

[@bingewatcherfanatic996]

@@barbaro267 same

[@LaLiLuLeLoX]

Fuuuuuccccckkkin same!! Holy SHit!! Lolol

[@DragonFlopp]

I thought that too in one scene.

[@markkimble4170]

Word Play I thought the same thing bro!

[@vaibhavjoshi4900]

Season 1- Where is my son Season 2- i have to protect my son Season 3- I have to Find Why Magnet is not sticking to my Fridge

[@brianmarson3427]

Exactly...i think Joyce mentioned will once lol...his brother seemed to incompletely forget he exists!

[@meller7303]

To be fair she’s worried there’s another threat, so she’s proactively trying to solve the problem, therefore protecting her family

[@teighlore11]

lol spot on! It always came back around to those damn magnets 🤣

[@seankeller7922]

to be fair they didn't want to put it all on will again. She is still trying to push the story forward.

[@kevinvu5432]

She was afraid the secret organization was back. But she made it sound ridiculous

[@ReeceKoetter]

Season 1: E.T./Alien Season 2: Aliens/Exorcist Season 3: Body Snatchers/The Thing

[@neondragon1633]

U forgot terminator

[@kezner32]

Season 3 also borrows elements from The Blob

[@CalmMadness42]

For me season 3 is mostly: Body snatchers/Dawn of the dead

[@ChatPOPPAT]

There was Evil dead, Die hard, Jurassic park, James bond as well..

[@skylx0812]

So basically the producers are going by Lens Flare Boy Abrams' playbook of unimaginative nostalgia rehashing.

[@nickpada3651]

okay but lowkey why isn't anybody talking about the cinematography in this season? IT'S AMAZING

[@jamaalmutaliph7493]

That shot with the mind flayer murdering Billy...so good

[@lilyrose9460]

Omg Yessss!!! It was gorgeous 😭😭😭🙌

[@keiribbit]

That shot where Tom slams the desk and it goes into a dutch angle was brilliant tbh

[@mrkings2535]

I thought it was kind of dumbed down. The cinematography the first two seasons were spectacular and cinematic. This season was more colorful but less cinematic.

[@floralrune]

I know right. the scene transitions are extra fancy :3

[@Domination1799]

I've been rewatching the series to compare it to S3 and I just finished S2 and here are my thoughts. I think that S1 and S2 had a more ominous and sinister atmosphere while the tone felt like a serious drama at heart. The soundtracks in S1 and S2 add to the atmosphere as it had a lot more synth music than S3. S3 does go to really dark and gruesome territory but it's tone feels more like a comedy most of the time. It's definitely more lighthearted. I think the absence of the Hawkins Lab and replacing them with the Russians makes the tone feel a little more cheesy because when Hawkins Lab was involved, it felt like a conspiracy thriller mixed with dark sci-fi as they were conducting inhumane experiments. Hawkins Lab felt like the boogymen while the Russians feel like classic 80's bad guys. Also I felt like S2 did try to expand more on the overall lore while this season really sidelined the Upside Down. I'm hoping S4 brings back Brenner just like everyone is speculating.

[@jessec.6876]

I hope not. Brenner was the most boring villain. I think what made the past 2 seasons more "seriously" was the fact that it was personal for the characters that we care about. In season 1 the characters are trying to save their best friend will. A kid is lost and everyone is looking for him. That's serious. In season 2 we see these characters react to will being possessed by the mind flayer. Its terrifying for them. In season 3 its kind of personal for max but still billy was an asshole so we didn't care as much it also takes more of a comedy route which I'm fine with. I like all 3 seasons what makes the series great IMO is character.

[@Domination1799]

Patrick Bateman I felt like Brenner was a better villain than the Russians. He felt more sinister and had a somewhat understandable motivation. I also feel that the tone is a little weird considering how high the stakes are this season. A lot of people got possessed and died a horrible death compared to S1 and 2. The tone should still be pretty dark. It felt a little like an MCU movie at times, tonal wise anyway.

[@jessec.6876]

@@Domination1799 I got so bored with Brenner I don't remember anything about him except for him standing and making the same facial expression in every scene. I think he had more lines in season 2 than in season 1 honestly. Yeah but those people are just extras to us. Besides billy and the old lady we didn't know any of them and neither did the characters. It was serious in terms of plot but not to the characters which is what the audience really cares about.

[@matthewmartinez6922]

Dominik Santiago we need the monster to be a human villain. Maybe another one of the experimented kids.

[@deancreate]

They HAVE to bring Brenner back! He was this series’ coolest villain so far.

[@EthanFiske]

July 4th comes around. Robin: I’m Lesbian Steve: I thought you were American?

[@the_gratefulgamer]

2019: Is there a difference?

[@EthanFiske]

Yowatsapp 05 you hate her bc she’s gay?

[@Richard_Brown]

@Yowatsapp 05 wtf

[@minerbroEDI]

Ethan Fiske yes

[@baleofhay7660]

@Yowatsapp 05 Hate the sin not the sinner

[@cosmicpug4795]

Billy in this season: aw shit they’ve made me likable haven’t they, DAMMIT now I gotta die

[@user-xt1vs2oz3b]

Billy's character arc was spot on though. Although tragic.

[@Kenny-wr3ky]

@Charles Thomas season one name that starts with b Barbara ❌

[@ARottenMuffin]

Would've been so interesting to see his character develop after going through all these things he didn't even know existed, then forms a unique relationship with Will since they were both his pawns. But nah the 2 season experienced psychic character doesn't lift some lockers to block him in the sauna, or instead of just having a single character live after being controlled they all melt!

[@BabysitterSky]

Billy was likeable????

[@stevenreadicker2777]

Ehhhhh maybe I'm the only one, but even at the end I wouldn't say I liked him. Understood him more yes. But liked? He was still a prick. Just became slightly less of a prick.

[@megadolon7000]

steve "the hair" harrington and robin scenes were 10/10.. I also loved Billy a lot. The Russians were a bit too over the top for me

[@trinaq]

@arno victor I actually liked the twist involving Robin. Typical Genre convention would have it so that Steve and Robin end up together, but no, that's not what happens. They managed to get us to know and love Robin first, before revealing that she was gay in the penultimate episode, so that she was a brilliant character who just so happened to be gay, and not vice versa. Steve, for his part, takes it in stride, and they become genuinely close pals after all of their adventures.😊

[@lorcan8484]

I thought their scenes slowed down the pace..... And quite unnecessary.

[@Iwillone]

@@trinaq Justice for Steve

[@gabrielleroux1757]

arno victor what a bullshit homophobic comment.. you should be ashamed of being such a bigoted trash 😡

[@paranoidhill]

They have to make it over the top or it will look dumb, remember this is a show about normal kids running around with a girl with superpowers, they have to make it over the top or it will look silly and dumb.

[@JoelLopez-el7qt]

This has nothing to do with this review but happy 10 years on KZbin Jeremy, you're awesometacular!!!

[@ArelisErica]

lol Aw =) Happy Anniversary!

[@Frostylyxxx]

Personally, I liked this season a lot, but I can definitely see the validity in all of your points

[@roefane2258]

Frostylyxxx yes you win! I agree with his points....yet I still like the season.

[@garrettlempia6539]

I was gonna say this but you beat me to it lol

[@midgetman0823]

Absolutely love this season honestly. It gave me the same feeling after watching the first

[@dgo792]

I liked it better than season 2 tho

[@Frostylyxxx]

Diego S i think it was the few episodes with the “lost sisters” that brought season 2 down a good bit.

[@Steezybop]

I loved this season but respect to Jeremy for keepin it real

[@JavierDiaz619]

Steezybop i agree.

[@kevintravers3988]

I didn't like it AS much as Season 2, but the magic and hype for it most certainly hasn't decreased in the slightest. The seasons was still motherfucking fantastic!

[@benvdp7494]

Steezybop honestly this is exactly how I feel but ya I respect his opinion

[@mrana2424]

Kevin Travers season 2 was better for me to it seems like we’re in the minority

[@shaneweathers3319]

I liked this season

[@Sam-vc5oq]

I hated Nancy and Johnathan's pointless detective mystery. It didn't really add much to the story and they were a step behind everyone else

[@salamander337]

I agreed. They were boring, maybe because Johnathan had nothing to add other than being the boyfriend and big brother to will. Hopper and Joyce were cringey to watch as well because Hopper is an abusive guy. In season 2 he was constantly yelling at El and now this season with Joyce. No. Just no. The only group I enjoyed was Steve and Dustin group. Their journey to discovered a secret Russian laboratory underneath the mall was fun. Steve and Robin had so much more chemistry then the rest of the cast. Even if Robin is gay they still have chemistry and that's rare. Can't wait to see where this new friendship is going in season 4.

[@salamander337]

@Anon Well I suppose it's an 80s show and that's how most relationships were back when people weren't realizing how unhealthy that kind of relationship was. Look at Billy's parents before they broke up and what it did to him. The only redeeming quality Hopper has is despite his anger issue he truly does care for those he loves. He just goes about it the wrong way.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

How can no one not specifically call out the INCREDIBLE cgi in this season?... and the cinematography in general... and production design!!

[@stiggystigmarnason9077]

Maybe because CGI monsters detract from the suspense that was so successful in season 1? The fear of the unknown is far more scary than some CGI monster that we've all seen a million times before.. and in fact numerous times in the previous season.

[@Anthonycheesman2024]

@@stiggystigmarnason9077 Jurassic park disagrees lol

[@stiggystigmarnason9077]

@@Anthonycheesman2024 not really made up fantasy monsters in Jurassic park though!

[@arm-man4243]

Because teh story dissapointed us....

[@thefonzkiss]

Pointless without a decent story.

[@markwaddington5185]

While I disagree, as I really enjoyed season 3, I definitely give you props for being your usual honest self. Also Steve is THE MAN!

[@omarreyes2219]

Yeah, this was my favorite season too! I really liked the other seasons a lot but this was the one on top. Can’t wait for season 4 👏🏽

[@jeanharoldmagnait8928]

I agree with you guys!, it has been almost days and the third season really amazed me.

[@steelman296]

Dude... Smirnoff, loved that guy!

[@pentacosttb2565]

Indeed, I loved this series more than the first two, but I definitely appreciate the honesty.

[@wishbone346]

Yeah this is one time when I disagree with Jeremy. Normally he and I are pretty similar in our tastes but this time we're polar opposites. I loved this season. Probably my favorite one overall.

[@egyptfreaka]

I liked Season 3 more than Season 2, but I do agree that they Homer Simpsoned Hopper. I could barely stand him this season. Nothing will match up to that horror/suspense of season 1 though. Season one gave me chills I got so tense at times.

[@tbird1470]

Hopper was one of the best characters this season imo

[@megamoviez]

Hopper is and always will be my favorite

[@itsm0oshi]

A Fetts I legitimately thought he was possessed lol

[@dasboom7133]

Hopper is good at hitting people, not raising a teenage daughter. This season nailed it and fleshed him out.

[@christophergongora7885]

I think people grew used to depressed Hopper and forgot he's a person with emotions and has a hard time changing for people he loves but is putting the effort as his letter states

[@soumilsarkar9637]

This is exactly why i trust Jeremy. I didn't agree with him at all about this season( i was fuckin blown away by it) But it shows he isn't afraid to share his honest opinion. You go man! 💓

[@greenkidd529]

Wtf is blowing people away by this seaosn I dont fucking get it?

[@firstlast9846]

I didn’t even like Season 1 or 2 - this season has made me a fan... It’s not perfect - it’s got tons of flaws but I enjoyed it nevertheless

[@danielpinzon5240]

Fair enough. Do feel like last 2 seasons felt grounded and in its own universe 'realistic' but this season did feel very cartooney . Wanted to see reviews if it was just me but glad I'm not alone.

[@jesuschrist3150]

Yikes ..blown away by it? Lmao ..you're the reason they keep making transformer movies

[@0912sooli]

This season is not like Stranger things 1 or 2becauseit feels like completely different show...there are no feel of mystery and just pointless and dumb story

[@victorcontreras5703]

The main Russian bad guy that kept fighting Jim just seemed way too over-the-top cheesy to me.

[@griffredux9966]

Yep, a cheesy terminator wannabe

[@Firmus777]

@@griffredux9966 And that's a good thing.

[@y2123-l8c]

Me too

[@Ecchi_Kun]

Agreed, it felt like he's just trying to copy terminator a lot

[@silashurd3597]

When you want an actual human villain in the show, your him i guess

[@Macapta]

Steve and Robins dynamic made the season for me.

[@Ineptatpiano]

Mine too!! Girls usually get the "gay best friend," I think it was amazing that Steve got one. I really think she will make his character an even cooler part of the gang, plus she'll make an amazing wingwoman I'm sure.

[@benallen9796]

MORE MAMA STEVE PLZ

[@ard1805]

Law I hated that reveal at first, but I’ve started to really like that they did that.

[@TheCripsys]

Me too. Well that whole team really. Steve, Robin and Dustin at least. Lucas' little sister had her moments, but kind of came into the group late and I think they took that sassy precociousness thing and dialed it up to 11 for her. I found her a bit a grating at times. Honestly I think Steve, who I used to hate, is now my favorite character. I also really liked that little relationship twist they threw in there with him and Robin.

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

Ikr it seemed like such a predictable cliché love interest but NOPE

[@hersheytube3890]

Thought this season was a lot better than season 2 personally. Surprised you thought it was fine.

[@wkadalie]

Honestly the series is just overstaying it's welcome. Don't like that they're dragging the same plot over and over again. Was hoping we'd finally be done with the Upside down.

[@SethTheDrummer]

I mean I get his points, but I like seeing the kids start to grow up and the adults start to act like kids again because they’re slightly jealous of the kids.

[@megamoviez]

wkadalie This season ended perfectly. They shouldn’t be doing anymore after this.

[@al112v4]

@@wkadalie How exactly?

[@dukeandk-rockspageofhorror2776]

Thought this season was a definite improvement on last season, although the Terminator scenes were a little much.

[@Phori859]

Lol nothing breaks my heart more than my favorite KZbinr saying he's disappointed in my favorite show. But I respect his opinion

[@Ineptatpiano]

Same. 🤣 I just remind myself to feel bad for him since it must suck to be in the minority having no enjoyment in a great show. It mitigates my disappointment.

[@phimau8104]

@@Ineptatpiano condescending much, lol

[@Ineptatpiano]

Phi Mau I’m not trying to be. I was in the minority of people who didn’t fully enjoy season 1, and I felt left out in my inability to enjoy it and be a part of the hype. So I am speaking from experience and legitimately trying to empathize with his viewpoint despite the fact that I really don’t agree with it.

[@Syklonus]

I didn't enjoy it that much either, but if you did then great. There is no right or wrong, there is only opinion.

[@KB_MUFC]

WeUpNxT if this is your favourite show then you haven’t been exposed to much lol

[@LucidSoundz]

It was alright. Just didn’t feel as deep as the first two seasons for me.

[@davidvillainy8660]

Yeah, it was very entertaining, a binge watch season, but it wasn't really great or different

[@tyleroutland1248]

@@davidvillainy8660 I respectfully disagree with you both I liked season 3 and 2 and 1

[@brendanfogel4573]

@@tyleroutland1248 season 1 was alright imo, season 2 was good, and season 3 was amazing.

[@dexter2178]

@@brendanfogel4573 u gotta be trolling

[@okok8061]

@@dexter2178 your name is troll King do no you

[@Mrs_Puffington]

For me, season 2 was the disappointment season 3 was for Jeremy. Funny enough, I kinda got into the groove with this season. But I get it. Season 1 is very different and much better. Stranger Things evolved into comfort food. Fun and easy to watch.

[@SimplyNon_sense]

same I remember wishing we could go back to the other characters sometimes during S2. S3 I was never pissed about what character were focused on.

[@Mrs_Puffington]

@@SimplyNon_sense Right. I remember having the same feeling. It felt like they were jump cutting around too many arcs in season 2. There's still some of that in season 3 were I'd wish they'd just let the scene unfold a little longer but overall it had much better pacing.

[@Domination1799]

I had the same feeling after watching season 2. I felt that season 1 easily had the more compelling story and the best pacing. The second season kind of took awhile to get going.

[@42Caio]

This Season was so much better than 2 in every way, I don't get how Jeremy thinks this is the one where the show lost it's magic or whatever.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

for me season 3 was the disappointment which is SUCH A SHAME, i was soo looking forward to this for months

[@ilan259]

Its real weird because I usually agree with Jeremy on everything but this Season I thought was a fucking blast. Some parts it slowed down a bit and I get it but, I still really enjoyed the hell out of it!

[@cable7152]

I could not stop watching this season, I loved it, wanna know why, cuz it was fucking awesome.

[@Miker6348]

MrUseless247 it’s pedestal not “pedal stool”. Your argument is good but I just had to get that off my chest.

[@MrUseless247]

@@Miker6348 LoL!!! My bad... I fixed it... Thanks.

[@freshnoodlegaming]

Yes I agree

[@TheRealBGregz]

I agree 100%. I loved this season... it was leaps and bounds better than 2.

[@jlzer0YT]

Everytime it cut to the Joyce and Hopper I just sighed because I knew I would be hearing 2 people shout at eachother for a couple of minutes

[@benduderr]

johnny the only thing good about cutting to them was my man alexia

[@parra7136]

PyrocinicalFanAccount _ alexei***

[@armedraptor5114]

At least it was fun. It's better than emo teens bickering about girlfriends and shit.

[@brianmarson3427]

Agreed I wanted to see hopper with Eleven NOT Joyce instead we got hopper arguing with Joyce and eleven imo wasted with 90% of her interactions with max and Mike

[@juxe411]

Season 1 - kids trying to find their missing friend Season 3 - kids sneaking in to a top secret guarded super Russian military base underground just to “explore” for fun

[@jessec.6876]

They where trying to find evidence to expose the Russian base.

[@multifantv1245]

@@jessec.6876 true but they would have been easily caught

[@TheMichaelRN]

Nothing can capture the storytelling of Season 1.

[@madd5]

If you watch season 1 again you will puke at season 3.

[@aamirhusain2872]

While I still really enjoy S2 and S3, in S1 I was completely invested in all the storylines from beginning to end

[@lorcan8484]

@@aamirhusain2872 Yeap Season 3 is underwhelming. Whoever thinks it is better than 2 is genuinely retarded.

[@firstlast9846]

Ngl - I thought Season 1 And 2 we’re average and generic - but Season 3 is probably my favourite..

[@Revan-eb1wb]

unfortunatley they try to repeat it over and over again

[@kevypaul]

I liked this season a lot. But I felt sometimes the tone was all over the place, scenes which should've been intense was instead cheapened with humor. That little musical was cute but was totally out of place, Hopper felt like a cartoon version of himself sometimes. And idk who the fuck was cutting onions while I was watching the last episode but that shit's not cool man.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

There was nothing cute about the musical, it was fucking cringe and should have been left in the dumpster-fire.

[@Stew91]

@@Commander_Shepard. The only problem I had with the musical was the timing. Other than that, it wasn't that bad.

[@grimreaper2680]

Yeah poor Hopper why did he died he was my favourite character from season 1 and Billy was also an interesting character since season 2 alot of people found him interesting in just this season but for me he was interesting from the start and he also died so it was really sad in the end

[@TheYassiG]

Will's breakdown over his friends moving on was so real. We've all felt left behind in the world at some point growing up, or even now.

[@EpicthedogYT]

Yeah I'm in the "now" category lol

[@denisskenderovic3707]

Meeeh.

[@Weird_but_neat]

Yasmin Gafoor is will gay?

[@Ineptatpiano]

I've been in Will's position. All the way down to the not-into-girls part. It's very lonely and painful, and I think he conveyed it brilliantly. I can't remember ever seeing it portrayed so well in any other media before.

[@arrowheadstudio]

i wish that was explored more and the fact that and he basically was indirectly responsible for numerous deaths in season 2 and has deal with having to deal with pain and guilt from that could have made for an interesting arc. As he would have let his pain flow away in order to move on with his life. Instead they act if nothing devastating happened to Will, only that he has an extra sense now.

[@TekniQx]

I enjoyed this season, but didn't love it. For me, it's just nowhere close to being as good as season 1 was.

[@deancreate]

Yep! Even S2 was better (in my opinion).

[@aydindiaby83]

In my opinion the only annoying thing about season 3 was just to many awkward love scenes with the kids but otherwise it was a good season and it was worth watching

[@NeorecnamorceN]

Just started watching season one again and that has it's fair share. At least in the beginning.

[@Sigmundfrued]

Y

[@petervanna6602]

Nah

[@lamb9770]

that’s literally part of the charm of the show...

[@dec23]

Yeah the make-out scenes were a bit weird and excessive. I was like "I don't wana watch kids making out...." ?

[@Potshotwilliams]

I’ll be honest all respect your opinion Is your own. But I loved season 3. I felt season 2 was a bit hit n miss n this season just brought it back

[@Ineptatpiano]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@liamfoskett5220]

Yeah same

[@bombomos]

Lol what is was going to type in the comments

[@meapiscool1825]

Potshotwilliams yes I totally agree

[@jazzy45rocks]

Season 3 was so good. It was literally the best season.

[@quinnhaak9823]

Steve: I LOVE YOU!! Robin: IM A LESBIAN!!!!

[@ukiyoideas2215]

Steve: I Guess we can be Friends..

[@MultiAwesomeboy24]

Right?? Like did they need that?

[@Revanbzn]

She was in love with the girl that was in love with him

[@EleCticCOokie]

If they were gonna make her gay she shouldve been gay from the beginning. It feels like they did it like this to promote they're agenda

[@quinnhaak9823]

Yeah it was very unnecessary. But it’s 2019 and eVeRyBoDy NeEdS tO bE hApPy

[@kristijanpetrovski2576]

I don't understand how 11 can go from snapping peoples necks with the bat of an eye lash, to moving a train car, to kind of somewhat being able to hold back 1 person... but not really... The writers forgot what made Stranger Things special... replaced the story for pretty camera shots, and intense screaming...

[@TransparentLabyrinth]

This is one of the pitfalls of fantasy superpowers in writing. If you never establish some basic limits on how the powers work, it can quickly turn into a runaway plot device that is strong enough to win or weak enough to lose depending on what the story needs.

[@kristijanpetrovski2576]

@@TransparentLabyrinth lol a pitfall of bad writing :D

[@averageman4873]

Or repelling one of the True MindFlayer's possession tentacles while closing a gate created from ripping space and time apart at the same time. To getting your ass beat and nerfed in season 3 where you can't even kill a thrall of the real monster from season 2.

[@TransparentLabyrinth]

@@averageman4873 I guess in season 2, she had to charge her powers with a goth phase first. But she used up her goth phase on that season, so then in season 3 she had no goth phase to fall back on. Only a mall rat phase, which wasn't strong enough to win.

[@averageman4873]

@@TransparentLabyrinth Or you know. Bad writing in a bad season

[@itsdonny950]

Things I liked Steve robin Dustin. The never ending story part and of course you can’t spell America without Erica

[@itsdonny950]

I under stand what you mean I don’t think robin was the best but I think the dynamic between them all was interesting. I also really liked will and the whole growing up thing. And the end had me in tears. Rip hopper

[@highwind1991]

Loved this season. It felt like a return to form. It was smart dividing up the characters and giving them a different mystery to solve and work up to them coming together towards the end.

[@AscensionINC-zi1jz]

Same.

[@rravitejamavr6650]

Yeah liked the same strategy in S02 & now too but sometimes I feel it's like they have a manual on doing "What's next" stuff....

[@TheBigMofaman]

True.. but it didn't feel natural.. why wouldn't Dustin share the Russian message with the rest of the guys? Or let them know what he is upto after they figure out the code.. Why was hopper going all solo when he is the chief of police of the entire town, why didn't he go through proper channels to find out the mayor's corruption.. none of the grouping and their tasks felt natural.. like they went into that path due to script says it so.. Even the reporting part, why were all the new characters just caricatures.. the newspaper room had jocks with no semblance of civility or any kind of character other than being assholes..

[@kevinvu5432]

I enjoyed this season. But even I admit that it took FOREVER to these 4 groups of characters to unite. In season 1, it was just three groups (not 4) and all 3 groups were looking for the same thing. In this season it took forever to just to have both connect at the same time.

[@highwind1991]

Plot matters so little to me when it comes to film. I'm not really interested in complaints straight out of a Cinema sins video

[@Bionicspine]

Me: “I’d like to see Jeremy try to find bad things about this season heheh” Jeremy: *finds things bad about this season* Me: Oh.

[@bootleggedpanda205]

RageAtDawn same

[@iCyFlaMeZ96]

Im actually fascinated by the opinion that this season was all over the place. I thought this was very tightly told story where all the seperate character group jouney's felt like they mattered. I'd be very interested in seeing some kind of breakdown as to why one thinks otherwise. Like I can totally see why people might not be into certain character dynamics (like the arguing and the whole relationship stuff), but "all over the place" I never thought was something I'd see as a criticism for this season.

[@fotisthomos5939]

This season didn't feel like ST it felt like a marvek movie

[@TheYassiG]

Same. I really loved this season. It was the funniest , scariest and saddest of all 3 seasons. I thought it was the best yet 😣

[@dogsbreakfast4952]

He didnt tho

[@thedisappointed2530]

Season 3 abandoned what made the earlier seasons so groundbreaking. It was no longer sinister, it didn’t have you at the edge of your seat - and it didn’t feel real. The move from the cold fall to a hot summer kind of took a toll on the entire watching experience. The atmosphere was clear. There wasn’t this dark cloud anymore, and everything felt pushed and rehashed. Other than some of those insightful scenes with Billy & bits/pieces of Nancy’s and Jonathan’s reporter arc. This season felt flat, dry and expected. Definitely the worst out of the 3. What a bummer!

[@Vlad07-z8h]

i gotta disagree i think this one was great

[@deancreate]

Agreed!

[@itscat2.0]

I respectfully disagree, season 3 is phenomenal

[@nowey2251]

I think season 2 was worse lol I can’t even remember it

[@astromsc4534]

@@itscat2.0 no

[@skimpydoughcarl8966]

I agree... no upside down scenes really, too many characters, the Russian thing made the show seem less serious and more of a spoof of 80s movies or politics... season 1 was 80% serious and 20% funny, this season was 30% serious and 70% funny

[@jcl418]

fred flint michigan I mean I think the Russians are gonna play a really big part in season 4 cuz of the post credit scene

[@arthurchen6464]

I kept telling my friends I wish they'd axed the entire Russian plot. Not the fact that the Russians are causing the gate to open again. We need that for the story. But the whole cracking the code and infiltrating the base subplot. Completely unnecessary, tonally inconsistent and just BORING. Are the Russians supposed to be a serious threat? They somehow managed to create a MASSIVE underground base underneath an American town, which is crazy. Or are the Russians supposed to be bumbling idiots? They can't capture or secure a couple of kids who managed to infiltrate their massive base. And what was the point of the secret coded message? There is an entire army of Russians underground AND quite a few of their agents above ground guarding the mall... they seem to have NO trouble getting in and out of their secret massive underground complex. So what was the point of BROADCASTING the location of their base via coded message? Oh right, so the kids can crack and and infiltrate it. That's a perfect crystallization ofthe main problem of the season: they wanted something to happen in the story and they didn't care that what caused that something is completely nonsensical.

[@skimpydoughcarl8966]

@@arthurchen6464 yeah dude, I agree, I thought this season reminded me that I only like 60 or 70% of what I'm watching... hated the never ending story song.... movie is cool but fuck musicals and that shit was so out of no where and at the worst time... too many new characters... so many different groups... felt like the originality wasnt there like it was in season 1.... this season should of been taken more seriously especially because what was at stake and we would be more drawn in... but it got goofy folks

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

Too many characters, plots too thin, forced and lame comedy, terrible pacing... yeah it was really bad. Season 1 was a homage to the 80's too, but it was brilliant because it felt like the characters had real connections, real moments, especially the kids. They felt real, not just a parody version of 80's pop culture. The horror and suspense were great, humor was genuine. I'm just really disappointed.

[@jacksonyukihillary]

Arthur Chen in my opinion, the Russian subplot was the best

[@the_gratefulgamer]

Jeremy was disappointed with this season Jeremy identifies with Will. Ohhhh that's why.

[@EvelynMadisonFaust]

lol I know, right?! I genuinely had the same reaction when he said that... haha

[@MK-oz2lf]

bingo

[@deathsdoor07]

Who is Will?

[@deathsdoor07]

Nevermind. Jeremy explained.

[@DaleyDale]

Whats ur prblem with will?

[@zachsutton9866]

Season 1- Best mystery and surprises Season 2- Most intense w best horror elements Season 3- Funniest w the most heartfelt finale(okay guys I know the other seasons have humor and what not I'm just saying they're strongest in these seasons. I never said the humor was a bad thing either)

[@CoffeeFresh_]

Funny is not what I want in my sci-fi interdimensional monster show.

[@megamoviez]

Zach Sutton Season 3 Is still quite freaking dark as well as funny.

[@dasboom7133]

Then this isn’t your show, it hasn’t changed.

[@dasboom7133]

Season 3: love and the death of childhood

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

Season 2, best horror elements!? Not by a long shot... I wasn't the biggest fan of S3, but I feel that's where it really shines, the updated horror elements. Like, first scene we see everyone get electrocuted, and when that dude's face got ripped off I knew we were in for a more gruesome style. Like, some of the stuff they got away with here was pretty awesome for a tv-14. Seeing rats blow up was like, okay, but when they started showing *_people_* melting down into piles of sentient flesh I was pleasantly surprised that they just showed it, instead of implying it offscreen. Really wasn't a fan of the 'well I'm yelling so I'm funny' aspect of this season, but it appreciated that it remembered it was a *horror* show as well, I feel like S2 had forgotten. Also, there was some tonal clashing...like the writing was a lot more immature, but it had more mature moments, i.e.- Billy dropping an f bomb, which they're allowed to do a couple times per episode in tv-14, they just don't... (figured that out when I watched Luther), so Billy cussing and 11 getting her leg cut open, stuff like that. I thought the design of the monster was pretty good too... I'm glad they didn't try to make it city-sized like in Will's vision, but even with the more measured size I wasn't sure if we had seen it consume enough flesh to even be _that_ big, ya know? Oh well, sorry for the essay, I really didn't mean to do that, I have ADD and once I get going it's sometimes hard to stop (case in point). Just wanted to say I disagreed about season 2 and this is why...if you actually read all this I sincerely thank you for giving me the time and I'm open to conversation. Peace!

[@thewelcomemat7094]

Cinematography was amazing, but goodness gracious everyone yells all the time in this season. I couldn't stand Hopper 80% of the time. They went to extremes all over- either too angry or too much comedy. And then there are moments like at the cabin the Mind Flayer appears to be close but then they have minutes to gear up?? Taking away believability is a sad thing. Great review. I still enjoyed this season, but I won't watch it again and it's easily the weakest of the three. Also there's som plot lines from season 2 that were completely jettisoned (so far at least). What about the other superpower kids? What about El's lab man dad being alive?

[@MrDarkAkari]

8 or 9 live her own life..afterall, only 11 that kinda related to upside them because she the one that let them into the real world at the first place.. If i remember correctly

[@123rockfan]

Glad I’m not the only one who though the Hopper was annoying. Seems like every review enjoyed Harbour and Winona Ryder’s on screen chemistry, and I just can’t fathom why

[@gemlikestardust]

Season 3 was thrilling to watch. I actually liked the teams splitting bc then you can watch them all come together in the end, and that's always exciting. Plus you can't deny the kids' acting is amazing, mostly Billy and Eleven in my opinion. To each his own i guess.

[@clayjensen2463]

Here’s my ranking 1.) SEASON 1 2.) SEASON 3 3.) SEASON 2

[@meller7303]

Clay Jensen same here! Enjoyed all the seasons though, not saying season 2 was actually bad

[@Ineptatpiano]

Clay Jensen my ranking: 1. Season 2 2. Season 3 3. Season 1

[@leomcardleproductions]

@@meller7303 I agree

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

Clay Jensen Same

[@Charlesperalo]

This is a rare moment where I disagree with Jeremy. I actually think this was in a lot of ways the strongest season. The scenes with Eleven & Max were awesome. The overall coming of age theme worked well. The Russian badass is awesome. The mayor was also a fun minor villain. The action worked. Billy worked Onto season four with love!

[@amitnagpal1985]

Someone give Jeremy a cherry slurpy. Jesus.

[@writingref]

Make sure it’s cherry

[@subfornoreasonwillreturn6181]

Nah gimme strawberry

[@thewolf01x]

Facts

[@marksenior6101]

It's the same 🤣

[@Kaiser-qx9ys]

For me, this was my favourite season, though I can understand why someone wouldn’t like it as much

[@Ineptatpiano]

My favorite as well!! My buddy didn’t like it, I think he was just upset at how the group wasn’t as close and everyone was disconnected. But to me that was the main theme of this season, separation and trust.

[@diothetrio1884]

Law na there were major tone shifts to being extremely silly and the story was repetitive but still fun tho

[@kenchun24]

Same I loved ST3, binged it twice already :)

[@kenchun24]

@Jon Snow Nah, ST3 is hot steam awesometacular! "La la la! La la la! La la la!" Hahaha

[@Kaiser-qx9ys]

Jon Snow you know what is hot steam garbage? Game of thrones season 8 ;)

[@mattbailey1318]

I actually LOVED season 3. It's my second fav season after season 1.

[@rws531]

Matt Bailey That’s not saying much because season 2 was pretty meh

[@mattbailey1318]

I acutally felt most of his points in this video were valid in season 2. I felt this season was a HIGE improvement in my opinion. That's coming from a huge fan as myself.

[@macthemaster7288]

Exactly what was he watching? 👀

[@42Caio]

@@macthemaster7288 I DON'T KNOW. Thought I was going crazy watching this video because this season was just so much bettern than 2. Honestly I need to give it time and rewatch eventually but I think I may even like it more than 1. 1 has better atmosphere and etc but I feel this one is much better directed/edited and has a snappier pace that makes it more fun to watch. One thing both 1 and 3 do is that no characters goes wasted, and everything is very well tied together with no pointless side-quests or character subplots that serve no purpose. I'm really glad they learned from their season 2 mistakes, I honestly went to watch Season 3 dreading it was going to be as bad or worse than 2.

[@DjVader112]

Yeah I hated season 2,i tried to care about 11's story arc so hard but I just can't

[@RedefineOurPrime]

Glad we got more Dustin and Steve! They are the Stewie & Brian of Stranger Things!

[@madamearan1454]

Their whole relationship is really cringy and very unrealistic like get friends your own age lol

[@kev1257ful]

MadameAran I thought they were only a couple years apart

[@rioa500]

@@madamearan1454 does age matter when the friendship is really strong and they have great chemistry?

[@Nik-sp3py]

One thing confused me. In the second last episode when they saw the creature why did they run back to the house, they could have escaped in the car which they eventually did !

[@mario-vx7kx]

How many children are you friends with ? . . . . . Edit : I was early and thought about the quickest way of getting like : a random dialogue AND IT WORKED this is the most likes I've ever gotten

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@arno victor ?

[@lunarhaze105]

@@bigkmoviesandgames nein is german for no but it sounds like nine

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@lunarhaze105 I'm aware of that but I just dont get the relevance in this situation what do germans have to do with this video or comment. It's like half a joke with only the punchline .

[@Haburg]

I'm 19, Having children as a friend will trigger others, last month a lady called 911 because I was out with my younger cousins. She said to the cops that I'm a pedo 😐

[@Caphy.08]

@@bigkmoviesandgames Nothing, it's a sub-meme. Nein = nine.

[@detdatho]

Wow, I really liked season 3. I thought it was better than season 2, then again I don't have to think very much when I watch stuff. I can just watch without comparing and analyzing.

[@mcnuggets2011]

I agree. S3 is definitely way better then 2

[@poposao1]

Season 3 is definitely much more polished and had much less fat than Season 2, my guess is Jeremy is misremembering the quality of the past Season

[@commissarkitty3553]

Exactly, season 2 looks like a mess compared to season 3. Also that ending hit like an unexpected rock.

[@TheArtofInternet]

@@commissarkitty3553 eh not really.

[@RyansChannel0203]

Did I see a completely different Season from you guys? Because Season 2 is better than Season 3 in every single aspect.

[@SGHmemories]

What I think really broke Season 3 for me was their introducing this Russian military sect as an antagonist and then making a complete cartoon out of them. These guys like just appear under the mall with guns and a super-laser-beam and guard patrols, and the Scoop Troop out-navigate them like it's a freaking Scooby-Doo episode. Even when the kids are finally discovered, the Russians just pull out guns and start acting like minion waves in a first-person shooter, not like actual people who need to maintain cover in a small-time American town. It just got harder and harder to believe. All of the Russians were just really dumb where they needed to be smart. Because in the end, they had to be at a threat level that a ten-year-old could handle. *headache*

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

Yeah, same for me. And it seemed like they thought Erica pointing out how insane it was to take on armed Russians made it okay. I seriously thought it was all going to end much tragically, but the fact the Russians didn't just kill 'em all is such a contrivance. And it seemed like the entire season everything fell into place, but in a forced way. Nancy didn't do any research, an old lady called her and it just happened to be the case. With Joyce she from fridge magnets she just guesses that she needs to go to the science teacher and he just guesses the conspiracy and they just happen to run into the terminator guy just like that, and they don't even do any detective work just "Oh, he had a motorcycle. Only one person has one of those." and that's enough of a guess to assault the mayor, and then they just waltz into the hideout - and hopper brings joyce instead of more cops... At least Steve, Dustin & Robin wrecked their brains trying to figure the code out, everything else just fell into place in such a corny way. But it made no sense for them to casually venture into the hideout under the mall, blind instead of trying to escape somehow, although it made no sense they didn't shy away from going after armed guards, but hey, it was stupid to have armed guards there to begin with when the COVER is meant to be just mall employees, of course they'd be carrying around military grade weapons to give themselves away. I seriously don't think anyone that thinks this season is great hasn't turned off their brains. And the biggest praise anyone has is "The mall was awesome". And even the dialogue had every cliche in the book, "We've had a long day so please interrogate our friend god damn it"

[@jlhabitan50]

@Ronin Icy Probably the basis of FX's The Americans.

[@engelbergmunoz3179]

Not just the russians, EVERY BAD GUY THIS SEASON COULD HAVE WON EASILY, BUT ALWAYS HESITATED Billy could've killed the kids many times, the russians should've shot and killed Robin and Steve as soon as they caught them. Or had guards and surveillance cameras on every entrance, if they can afford all this shit they can afford security cameras in the 80s. The Mind fart or whatever its called should've split up or grown some eyes, like its invincible but its not strong enough to rip off a 15 yo girls leg by bite force or collapse the cabin they're trapped in. Or just go in through the cracks and kill them all by sufficating them. OR infect the other kids and pick them off 1 by 1. It went through all that trouble of growing a billion teeth and it never even uses them on people slowly stabbing (you know) wit its legs instead of biting him and 11s heads off. Like all of the dangerous scenarios that the bad guys obviously won if they were actually as vicious as they were written as were just all deus ex machinad by a 11 mcguffin or shark jump. So tired of theae tropes in EVERY DAMN SHOW.

[@benjamin9886]

This season made me feel like I need to switch my Brain of to enjoy it Unfortunately

[@orlock20]

@Ronin Icy Not only that, how does one move a million tons of dirt in a medium sized town and nobody notice? That cave that became the lab under the mall was dug. It's a typical '80s plot hole where such things were common in TV shows and movies.

[@lelanorman9116]

In my opinion, the biggest problem was defiantly the consistent lack of good writing throughout the season. Without the amazing acting....this season would have been pretty darn bad

[@TheNetworkGenius]

They were trying to SUBVERT YOUR EXPECTATIONS

[@legendarylitening]

Hunter Hartman how? The entire season was predictable as fuck

[@ridhamh2966]

@@legendaryliteningikr ..aslo hoppers character was kinda diffrent this time tbh ........

[@Stew91]

@@legendarylitening How was this season predictable?

[@TheNetworkGenius]

HyperNova with Steve not being the bad guy bully and the Robin twist

[@rickrossstagedive3490]

Steve and Dustin’s storyline carried this season for me with the Russians. Hopper and Joyce’s storyline with Murray was developed horribly and I lost interest after an episode of it.

[@Anzu.02]

Just Call Me Brad agreed

[@shortstuff780]

Really. I thought the Russian plot line with Steve and Dustin was brilliant and I loved Joyce and Hoppers plot with Alexie. The only plot line I don't like was the annoying 11 and crew story. Funnily because Stranger things 1 was literally all about the monster. Yet the monster plot like was the story that I didn't care for. But I loved this season, I think it's better then s1, far better

[@rickrossstagedive3490]

AK V to each their own I guess

[@shortstuff780]

@@rickrossstagedive3490 fair enough

[@MasterSkywalker86]

See that was my thing. But its not that Hopper and them where terrible. It was that Steve and them where that dynamic. They where so dynamic together..it was hard to go to other parts of the story. Like give Steve and dustin a damn spin off series with Robin. I assure you people will watch it. Steve is my favorite character.this happened in season one believe it or note..But yes at the turning point where he felt bad what he did and really loved Nancy and did a 180. Its very dynamic for a character to turn over like that. I knew that character was going to keep getting better.

[@pedroaguiar6705]

I completely agree. Gone is the tension from season 1. They went overboard with the humour, I hated the whole Hopper-Joyce-Larry-Alexey-Terminator plot.

[@ridhalili9201]

They argue a little bit too much

[@sashav874]

and then when they were in the car and Larry was talking about their “sexual tension” it just came off cringy

[@ridhalili9201]

@@sashav874 so true. I didn't feel their chemistry at all

[@sashav874]

Olivia W yeah ikr, this time it was just awkward

[@jackmckenzie3770]

100% agreed, lost the serious vibe from season 1

[@hali_55]

I wasn’t excited for it, so I guess I was satisfied because of that. I really liked the Steve/Robin/Dustin storyline, but the rest was meh

[@mjamitche5245]

Yep. Dustin, Erika and Eleven saved the season for me. Eleven was the both the brains and the brawn. I liked Steve and Robin until she had to pause the show to explain she was gay. It was like a public service announcement that had nothing to do with anything. The rest of the cast was useless and annoying.

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

@@mjamitche5245 I mostly agree, except for Erica...she was annoying as *_balls_* and the sassy, boss-girl routine really didn't work for me.

[@watakashe6072]

Yes exactly, I honestly got a huge kick out of those 4.

[@berserk____1878]

lmao yo, I liked this season but everything Jeremy said makes complete sense. The whole body snatcher storyline is just so predictable. The part with Dustin's gf was just so dumb and they severely wasted Will's potential.

[@CrimsonKnight]

I did think this season was way better than season 2 but we really got no new info on the upside down.

[@cristian3235]

Yeah, actually that's why I didnt like season 2, because we didnt get explaination of anything

[@RyansChannel0203]

@@cristian3235 I feel like we watched two completely different seasons. Season 2 is better than Season 3 in every single aspect.

[@cristian3235]

@@RyansChannel0203 yeah, we desagree on that.

[@RalphJr-xp3hp]

Crimson Knight I agree. Season 2 was filler and the Duffer Brothers had so many things on their plate without a slight chance to relax.

[@RyansChannel0203]

@RalphJr2020 How exactly was it filler? The entire story was a continuation of the first Season and further developed all the characters to such a satisfying degree. Not to mention how much bigger of a threat the Mind Flayer was.

[@dariusg7044]

This is exactly why I fkn love Jeremy. He's not afraid to share his true opinion I've been seeing so many people online, saying that the season was the greatest yet. And I thought I was going crazy, even though everyone has their own opinion... sadly this season just was not it for me at all.

[@givewai]

Agreed. I felt nothing for this season.

[@MrDane1876]

We liked this season but we did have issues and questions about what they did with the characters.

[@trchbrr]

I loved this season tbh

[@javier.alvarez764]

Nah, this season was at least better than season 2. Season 2 felt unnecessary.

[@TophTheMelonLord1]

I thought it was pretty good, to each their own though

[@elina3734]

oh my god finally someone said it. i only see comments about how this season was the best one lol. I absolutely agree that season 3 was like a cartoon version.

[@heightdevil]

Apparently Hopper can just beat people up to solve his problems now

[@CaptainFracture]

Ted Bush hopper was so fucking annoying the entire season.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

It's all Erica's fault. She murdered this season.

[@Stew91]

@@heightdevil "Apparently Hopper can just beat people up to solve his problems now". Isn't that exactly what he did in season one?

[@Toadalinakong]

It is a little goofy with the whole Russian base and Hopper/Joyce. but Im glad it didnt feel as repetitive as season 2

[@jonavuka]

yea let's hide our secret military bunker under a mall where lots and lots of people will flock to... yea makes sense... this whole season made no sense to me

[@kingclampz6081]

Lolll

[@brayden2254]

My ranking of the seasons are; 1. Season 1 (honestly flawless season) 2. Season 3 3. Season 2 Hopefully they come up with a solid season 4 but at this point it just feels like they're repeating the same formula each season and we still know next to nothing about the upside down and the monsters.

[@Ineptatpiano]

My gripe with season 1 is how stupid it is that Eleven turned into dust and somehow “teleported” herself to the upside down but the demagorgon ALSO gets turned to dust yet dies. I still find that to be really fucking stupid if I’m being honest. Like dafuq? Bitch has teleportation abilities or..? Definitely a retcon. The main reason I would say season 1 is not flawless. I’m sure there’s more I could nitpick but that one bothers me most.

[@okcx3682]

Law demagorgon is back did you not see the after credits scene?

[@johanlundberg5775]

Agreed

[@sebastianzuzi311]

OKC x its not the same one dingus. There are other demogorgons. For example the demo dogs were just not fully grown demogorgons

[@TheWrestlingful]

Some things are better left off mysterious, of you keep expanding you get Star Wars prequels or Captain Marvel resulting in lame answers (Nick losing his eye to a cat for example)

[@UchihaDZoro-se9pc]

Wow. I loved this season. And we agree on film/tv opinions most of the time

[@danielschultz96]

Yea same, I loved this season, season 1 was definitely better for me. I had some issues with it but not close to the ones JJ had.

[@kmc4816]

supremo shaider same I loved this season

[@endlesssummerpictures6329]

True, I didn't expect him to hate it. Guess this season really divided opinions. While I agree the style was cartoonish, it was also more gory than the others, and also solved many things from the others. It may be fan service, but it's not always a bad thing.

[@patlikespina]

Same. I'm only half way through but this is my favorite season so far

[@WingItMan217]

I mean I had some issues with this season, but I definitely liked it more than season 2

[@bfg2600]

wow I said the exact thing to myself it felt everyone was a cartoon version of themselves, the tone was way off, like the first season I felt a lot of fear and dread I barely felt that in this season I felt like they were never really in any danger, and every thing was a cliche

[@Eowyn187]

I agree 100% It feels like a preteen show. I think they concentrated too much on the 80s . The thrill of the first season just wasn't there. You can't have chills when you got silly.

[@Dagenspear]

I'm not even completely through the season and I think it felt teen drama-y and comedic early on. I think Hopper, conflicted, dealing with his daughter's death by overprotecting El, who gave that talk about feeling like a black hole that sucks things in, now he's goofy overprotective dad yelling at his daughter's boyfriend. I think similar with Mike, Max and El, and to I think a lesser extent Nancy. I think they took out some of the more dramatic stories of their characters dealing with trauma and pain. Now I think they're trying to push teen relationship issues.

[@NomastiAfricanWarlord]

I loved this season. Sorry Jahns, gotta disagree with you here.

[@vinnyc.1265]

It's almost like it's his opinion. Weird.

[@covert7908]

Vinny C. Can people not have a discussion about opinions? All op was doing was stating their opinion

[@cormano64]

How dare you disagree with someone on the internet!? YOU BETTER BE SORRY!!1!

[@Robin-eq7uz]

Too many times someone was saved in the last second.

[@sashagilbertson9572]

Robin • most shows aren’t like game of thrones lol

[@christopherpurcell490]

don't get me started on the battle of winterfell and plot armour

[@lorcan8484]

Yeap convenience

[@kmc4816]

Christopher Purcell every shoe movie book to ever exist has had plot armor get over it

[@agasthya9128]

@@christopherpurcell490 this already triggered me

[@7thsygn]

Stranger things has always been an homage to Stephen King & Spielberg!

[@nathansciarone5627]

A gangbang of outdated tropes...yup

[@stgenerations]

And the Simpsons. The 3 Ss. The SSS. Uh...

[@Mets7chris]

Poor Billy carried the entire season on his back.

[@will1414]

Naaah hopper.

[@DrRAZI99]

Naaah Alexei

[@xipetotek8216]

Billy is a shit character

[@deancreate]

@@xipetotek8216 Yup!

[@deancreate]

No one carried the season. It was terrible.

[@WiseCulture]

Here to add to the chorus of fans that think Stranger Things Seasons 3 was amazing. I couldn't have been happier with how it turned out. But, like everyone has also said, good on Jimmy for being honest about his opinion.

[@SteveL4]

Slither + the blob + invasion of the body snatchers + alien + the thing

[@concretephill8509]

+ Terminator

[@callumstoddart5092]

I no its not 80s ... but deep rising also

[@Airjet2582]

+ Red Dawn

[@dk57nde23]

How dare you not hold 3 Eggo’s in the thumbnail to continue the “Jeremy Jahns Eggo’s thumbnail saga”

[@FoxyCookiee]

Thought the same thing

[@streetrat48]

@Hassan Alamoudi Nah

[@nataliekmaguire]

I agree with your view, this season disappointed me. I would have liked 100% less Russian subplot and 100% more Upside Down.

[@deancreate]

Same!!

[@bronzemuseum504]

was waiting for your review. Personally s3 is my favorite. Steve and Robin were hilarous. Dacre and Millie killed it

[@ATAnime97]

BronzeMuseum same I love s3 liked it more than s2

[@Aroreiel08]

That final scene with them both was outstanding.

[@Cluver_03]

Same

[@garyboulton7524]

I agree with you. It's my favourite season. I was just saying yesterday that Billy and El were the best of this season.

[@kevinvu5432]

Once you let that ending die down, you'll notice the flaws. It did have bigger flaws than before. It did reconcile a lot of the flaws in season 2 but it still had flaws of it's own. #1) Maxine was annoying as hell. It was good she was giving advice but she was antagonizing mike more than she needed to. #2) I get Mike wanted to protect El, but it is so unlike him to restrict El and provide rules. #3) Although season 1 had some commentary on tropes, j felt season 3 fully embraced the tropes to the point that I couldn't take the story seriously on some points. The Soviet Russian secret base looked like a spy movie. Joyce and Hopper were the weirdest part and they argued in such a childish way after all that theyve been through they actually devolved in this season. #4) I like Steve and Robin as friends. But come on, steve has been on one big roller coaster this entire season. I hope season 4 he finds true love.

[@jessekedar]

I honestly think it was step back up in the right direction. Definitely better than season 2 but I will agree some of the overly 80s nostalgia was too obvious (Russian Terminator)

[@lorcan8484]

Season 2 is better. It's only because of 1 episode and people shit on it. Trying to feel edgey and all.. The story was much genuine than 3. Season 3 has a lot of repetitions.

[@Xoxo0xx0]

Asura Santeora .......or maybe, just maybe, Season 2 just isn’t great. Why are people who are in minority when it comes to opinions call the majority as trying to be edgy and shit lol nice try 😂

[@bigdawgxgaming7949]

Oh please don't get me started now the fanboys have really blown this out of proportion 🤮👎. This season wasn't even funny! Also how blatantly stupid that the entire America couldn't figure out that Russia was in Hawkins 🙄 Billy was boring and it was so obvious! I even thought Hopper was needlessly yell-y, scream-y and stupid -_- there wasn't a single sub plot I enjoyed! It all seemed forced, even the acting, the romance everything! Sloppy writing... Robin and Steve were annoying! Also when they promised blood and gore I didn't expect air shots of vomit and melted bones 🙄🙄🙄 2 years and I get one decent episode (E8) after bingeing the entire thing like crazy...

[@jerryquantum9888]

@@Xoxo0xx0 Cause The majority can be in The wrong. Lack of common sense, eating shit that clearly states not to eat, not admitting that opinions exist, changing genders, shit like that.

[@cj3670]

@@bigdawgxgaming7949 you sound like a clown

[@reviewhero6818]

Season 3 was ok...but, I think it had too much comedy/silliness. Joyce and Hopper was a little too much comedy, and also with Steve. 1st season had the seriousness and suspense. Season 2 had the seriousness and suspense but it started to add more comedy, and then season 3 overdid the comedy

[@DragonHunter4261]

I actually agree on this

[@drakeboger1741]

Review Hero A. Greed.

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Most of it wasn't even funny either

[@georgepapps815]

It went full thor ragnarok on us

[@MasonOfLife]

Yep

[@aaronjones3123]

A victim of it's own success perhaps? This season has been such an 'essential' reference point of late it's been impossible to ignore. From being used in product tie-ins and Netflix ads, this is their flagship show right now and 80's nostalgia is trendy again. I feel the writers, given a bigger budget and more expectations, have tried to deliver content over quality. Each character has to be doing something all the time in this season. Someone is being shot at, we jump to someone else running away from some dangerous thing, then yet another storyline in its own 5 minute segment and confusingly similar peril. I lost count of how many times someone had been in life-threatening danger, show no affer-effects and dive straight into another hare-brained quest. It was like Scooby Doo with a dose of cold war era action film. But the improbable ones where the storyline wasn't as important as the next action scene. Too much happens on screen at once and, whilst it's a homage to those charming 80's films, the action is cartoonish and there's not as much time to enjoy the characters, which used to be the heart of the show.

[@charismer100]

It was ironic they called Nancy "Nancy Drew". This season reminded me of reading my fourth or fifth Nancy Drew novel as a child (or watching Scooby Doo). "Oooooh, these are all just the same thing over and over with new backgrounds and a new villain." Hopper is awkward and needs help socially but then kicks ass when the fighting starts. Joyce sees the mystery first and keeps trying to figure it out even when everyone tells her to calm down. Will looks scared. Jonathan has to deal with a woman pushing him to investigate something fishy. Nancy uses a gun. Conspiracy dude gets the fighting couple to see they're in love. Steve has an unrequited love. El still talks like she's been kept in a hole. Wrist rocket. Walkie talkies. Eggos. Anything new was pandering (Neverending Story), lazy writing (the cartoonish feel everyone keeps talking about), or oddly agenda driven. Hated this season.

[@seanpatrickperfecto7426]

Yeah I didn't like it too. And I know this is fiction, but really? A bunch of kids managed to escape a Russian military installation just like that?? Come on.

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

So huge-ass mind controlling monsters from another dimension are fine, but escaping from a military installation is not?

[@seanpatrickperfecto7426]

@@twentywordsorlessYT yes because the suspension of disbelief was removed from those scenes. Those scenes where Dustin and crew were in there, there weren't any monsters, psychic powers, etc. They really only got through on luck. Like how do you not have guards watching over an enemy spy? The Russians already know there are kids going around but there weren't any patrols? Or no CCTV cameras monitoring the halls? It just seemed all too convenient.

[@joshlyman7059]

Sean Patrick Perfecto theres a shit ton of convenience in all 3 seasons not just the 3rd one

[@seanpatrickperfecto7426]

@@joshlyman7059 I suppose that's true. But I just felt that this one had more glaring ones, with a less compelling story compared to the first two.

[@joshlyman7059]

@@seanpatrickperfecto7426 luckily with TV shows for me the characters are always the most important part so im prob a bit more forgiving when it comes to the story :P

[@p1nnysk3n1s]

“ Oh my god... this mall has a Chinese place and a footwear place and a cool clock... IVE CRACKED THE RUSSIAN CODE “

[@chrismalinowski654]

Even tho it was actually way more detailed than that

[@makoshark6609]

Yeah....it was in Russian. In Hawkins. Where no one else speaks Russian. (Except the few people who do.)

[@chrismalinowski654]

@@makoshark6609 many shows have plot conveniences like that. Its not like it took 5 minutes to do it was about 2 episodes span and they were studying the dictionary throughout their entire work shifts endlessly working on it. Plus robin had a vague idea of how the russian language(s) work. To nitpick that is just ruining the show for yourself. Its a show about secret govt conspiracies in a small town, a couple minor plot conveniences isnt a big deal

[@makoshark6609]

@@chrismalinowski654 Friendly discussion 😊

[@chrismalinowski654]

@@makoshark6609 of course we're all entitled to our opinions and have our own tastes. To me tho its just a tv show as long as it doesnt kill my suspension of disbelief more than the entertainment value, then im cool with it!

[@MaverickChristian]

I loved season 3 but I agree with your criticism of how they wrote Jim Hopper.

[@DreDrexler]

Great review. Love your input!! For me, I absolutely loved season 3. Thought it was better than season 2 and I was really entertained.

[@allthingswildlifeyt1218]

My personal ranking of the seasons (all of which are amazing) Season 1 Season 3 Season 2 This is just my personal opinion

[@Ineptatpiano]

I like that list. For me it’s: Season 2 Season 3 Season 1 Just in terms of which seasons got me the most emotional and excited.

[@jabbawookeez01]

For me: Season 1 ( ) Season 2/3 tie for third

[@blastfromthepast999]

I liked Billy with that John Mcclane look from "die hard" in the last episode!

[@fluffibuni8663]

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who felt season 3 lost it's way, still fun TV to watch, but just nowhere near the special-show status of seasons one and two.

[@cable7152]

2 sucked, 3 was great

[@adeptdamage3669]

3 was way better than 2.

[@dexter2178]

3 had risk and stakes while 2 had forced humor with whole lots of plot armor

[@crysischampion3530]

@@dexter2178 I feel like this season had plot armor, too. The mind flayer had spikes and teeth, but smacks people around most of the time. Despite its giant form it only sent skinny tentacle things inside of Hopper's house instead of crushing it with one of its arms. Also, it sends only one or two, maybe three at a time at the house with Eleven inside while Billy dies by like six at once. When Mike, El, and Max were hiding in a store, one of the tentacles snapped around a corner quickly even though the characters weren't there. When they were, it moves at the speed of a dying turtle. People get choked like crazy when they could have been killed instantly. The monster in the hospital slowly walks to Nancy after chasing her like a bull and roars in her face instead of killing her. Hopper could've been killed by the Russian assassin in the first encounter but doesn't get killed (maybe because Joyce comes, but he kills people in public anyway). I knew characters would only die towards the end.

[@Jjgoodway]

My wife and I said the same thing after the season - they ruined Hopper. That in turn kind of ruined the season for us, but it was still entertaining and had some good moments. Hopefully, they get back on track in season 4.

[@AFLoneWolf]

I thought there was too much bickering.. I get it. There's tension between people. Does it really have to interrupt everything they're doing all the time no matter how important? That being said, I thought the first two and a half episodes were hilarious before shit got real and stayed there. Also: Seasons 1 & 2: "Friends never lie." Season 3: They're lying to each other all the time and no one gives a shit.

[@peachycupcake]

I loved this season so much, the acting was insane (billie, eleven, Alexei, hopper etc etc) the cgi was insane, the music was amazing as usual ( the we'll meet again song at the end of episode 6) but I respect your opinion anyway 🤗

[@Ineptatpiano]

Same! I think he’s wrong, but I ain’t gonna take the time to explain why because people either liked it or didn’t, and that is fine with me.

[@Kebabayeb]

Chris Stuckmann: 😄 Jeremy Jahns: 😔 Angry Joe: 😐

[@SDfan2002]

Christopher Thomas I agree with Stuckmann

[@hectorpcmr.]

I agree with Chris also.

[@THFCMarcelo]

I agree with Chris

[@dec23]

I agree with Jeremy. lol

[@TheBmb2jn]

I think I'm somewhere between Stuckman and Joe. It was pretty good, but had it's flaws. I do respect Jeremy's opinion.

[@sblagg527]

Wow I could not agree more, Jeremy actually expressed the EXACT thought I had-- that this season felt like a cartoon version of Stranger Things and the actors were playing caricatures of the roles. I knew I was in trouble as soon as I saw Steve scooping ice cream at the mall-- and the way he reacted to Dustin showing up.This is the same Steve Harrington we saw in Season 1???

[@gLeeksFF]

My problem was that there were too many characters that had basically nothing to do aside from screaming and running away from things 2) some characters were like caricatures of themselves. Biggest offender Hopper . My favourite character along with Steve for the past 2 seasons but he was written like trash this season . Non stop angry and bickering with Joyce (the most unenjoyable aspects of the season). His character annoyed me so much that his sacrifice at the end touched nothing with me 3) In terms of the overarching plot of the series I feel like we've gotten nowhere. No idea what is the upside down and what the creatures from there are. No idea why it's happening in Hawkins. All that's happened in the past 3 seasons is people running away from things and eleven killing stuff . This was great for the past 2 seasons but the rinse and repeat formula is getting tiresome It was a good season. Mother hen Steve and his kids saved it

[@LonexCyborg]

I have the same problem, there needs to be more focus on the lore of the monsters and the world. What's the purpose of the upside down, why does it exist, why do they appear only at Hawkins? Now with the introduction of the Russians, how do they know of the upside down, and for what purpose do they want to open the door to the upside down. I know that the creators want to utilize 80s lore but they also have to expand on the supernatural elements.

[@nmikk10]

Hawkins is a small town which is why the Russians are there. There arent big city officials coming into a small town everyday to check up on it. Honestly it could be any small town. Hawkins isnt special at all it just happens to be the town where it happens

[@ArthurKnight1899]

EXACTLY! Thank-you!

[@thedarkangelthe2]

This was my favorite season but as a long time subscriber I respect your opinyots

[@liamryan7239]

I love opinyots as well

[@beejay271]

This season seems to have audiences split, you either 100% love it and think it's the best season or think it's the worst (but didn't hate it). I think the tone of this season is completely different BUT that's what makes this my favorite season. I had one HELL of a good time watching it from episode 4 onwards and was all in for one crazy adventure till the almost tearful ending👍👍

[@stephenleung2898]

I'm seeing more positive in the comment section than negative ones

[@Blackkey034]

"HELL"??? Hell BOYYYYYY?!!!!!

[@ltdowney]

The Mind Flayer is really what killed The Upside Down as a character. Prior to that, it was an unstoppable force. Giving it a “leader” destroyed the faceless, Lovecraftian horror aspect of it. The same thing happened to The Borg in Star Trek after the Queen was introduced.

[@chrislopez5301]

Luke Downey u poor thing still a good show

[@anthonycaruso2615]

@@chrislopez5301 Thanks for contributing nothing to the discussion. The adults are talking now lil' bud

[@johnb6913]

@@anthonycaruso2615 Tone down the arrogance Anthony. Luke makes a good point and Chris enjoyed the show, your comment is the one that adds nothing and only diminishes you. Unveiling the mystery can make things more predictable and less exciting but the show did a good job at entertainment, which was the goal. Not perfect but then what is. Regards.