Stranger Things Season 4 Pitch Meeting

[@mileslaw]

“I just needed something for Mike to do." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@ecocentriclife]

The idea that he's the heart seemed like a stretch (Will was more filling that role and Mike kinda just passed it along). I just realized Mike is almost Stranger Thing's Ron Weasley. Good for comic relief and putting his foot in his mouth, thoughtless tantrums where he gets mad and makes the other characters feel like shit, but at the end of the day he's the best friend who's somehow there for you and for some reason you can't see your life without

[@szepi79]

yeah, they kinda abandonned Will's and Mike's characters. there's not much to do for them. most of the time they just get dragged along with the other characters who have more stuff to do.

[@Ghost.uppercut]

That is why they should either kill some off or have some move away because most people wouldn't want to deal with this Hawkins nightmare

[@kylecook7187]

My boy been stuck since season 2

[@valkyrie-randgris]

Mike is like 75% of the reason I can't be fucked to watch Stranger Things anymore. For FUCK sake. Their relationship (11) is as pointless and annoying as it is fucking CREEPY. Ew.

[@sharkdentures3247]

"HE'S NOT VOLDERMORT!" "Does he have a nose?" "Sh!t." Okay Ryan, you got me with that one.

[@vormina9808]

Lmao priceless.

[@sparco956]

Running gag!

[@LuisSierra42]

Being voldemort it TIGHT!!

[@ddrlear]

lmao same, i busted out laughing at this bit

[@max.wilson]

I woke my dog up, probably from snorting at this.

[@jacobd1984]

Hopper surviving was implausible enough, but the writers didn’t even try to explain how Dr. Brenner was still alive. He just survived “by being offscreen for a bit.”

[@rapidreaders7741]

Twice! (The other time when One refused to kill him for whatever reason)

[@franohmsford7548]

They brought up that he was still alive back in season 2. I feel it's just assumed the demogorgon got distracted by someone else before biting his face off and he managed to crawl into a side room or something. - Hopper surviving is actually much more implausible {like downright impossible without blatant plot-armour} given that the end of season 3 showed the russian guards on the floor being vapourised.....So there was literally nowhere he could have jumped to and been safe. I really expected them to say that he'd jumped through the portal before it closed and somehow ended up coming out in Russia but they obviously felt that would be considered just as implausible. - Basically they wrote themselves into a corner they couldn't get out of so we've just got to suspend our disbelief and pretend that the shockwave that vapourised those russians only went in the one direction!

[@ConceptJunkie]

And, of course, Hopper spends the good part of a year in a Soviet prison, likely on starvation rations, being regularly beat and tortured, and yet, when it comes time, he's completely in top-notch fighting form.

[@lonewandererfo3]

Revenge does wonders for the will to live, don't you think?

[@Th0mat0]

@@ConceptJunkie he found that stash of peanut butter. Plant based protein!

[@stevenpeters5229]

The annoying thing about Eddie’s death is that they only needed one tiny change so that it doesn’t seem like he’s just throwing his life away. Have it so, after they’ve resealed the trailer, the bats disengage and start heading back to the mansion. Now he has to get their attention again to make sure the bats don’t kill Steve, robyn and Nancy. Now his death directly ensured the success of the mission, rather than just being ancillary

[@jamesf2743]

Or have a line about how they cant let the bats get through the gateway in the trailer, back to the real world. It did seem pretty pointless.

[@SirIsaacClarke]

I saw it as Eddie was killed by Jason. Since Jason and his goon showed up and fucked with Erica, she couldn't signal to Dustin and Eddie that they weren't needed anymore. So Eddie thought he had to buy more time, thus he took off to distract the bats and prevent them from following Dustin back into their world.

[@DajuSar]

@@SirIsaacClarke But she wasn't in the trailer she was at the house there is no way for her to tell them they are not needed

[@emerraldx]

@@DajuSar somehow the walkie-talkie reached them in the upsidedown the first time with the go call so we were thinking that it must work when close to a gate 🤷‍♀️ super bummed they didn’t make Eddie’s death more consequential regardless 😢

[@MattDawgGaming]

I saw it as the Bats were going to follow them into the real world, killing him, Dustin, and people in the trailer park. He ran to distract them from the van and to save Dustin specifically

[@akshatkadam3784]

"Didn't he die in the first season? Wasn't he killed by a demogorgan?" "No, he survived" "How?" "By not explicitly dying on screen.." How many truths can this man speak in 6 minutes..

[@SlayerXGamez]

😂😂😂

[@justinbremer2281]

I plan to not explicitly die onscreen so that I can live forever

[@harmen98]

@@justinbremer2281 he’s to powerful to be left alive

[@jamses4532]

Yes.

[@tacoman9409]

when he said how can she talk in the past i had to stop and sit there dumbfounded that i didn’t realize this

[@westwardmedia9375]

"Conversations? Couldn't She Not Talk Back Then?" "HeyShutUp So Anyways...." Never Gets Old

[@Anonymuz21]

My guess is she could speak just fine but then lost her speech along with her memories when she almost killed herself sending Henry to the Upside-down

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

Yeah Brenner said she was in a coma and lost her memory so I think that must have affected her speech

[@marc_8o0]

@@mariaskabardonis8353 brenner said that she experienced a stroke or something like it making her have to relearn how to speak

[@patricklyons794]

By now, Eleven must have more brain damage than Deadpool.

[@noblebean6932]

Remember we saw the older Eleven talking, maybe the younger version just spit out a few words to Henry

[@EL_Pineda]

"Why didnt he do that preformance next to the door" "Because being on the roof looks a lot cooler" Indeed it looked a lot cooler!

[@lukedeverill5854]

It looked awesome! Could also argue they did it so all the bats heard them. Buildings and trees could’ve gotten in the way so getting in the roof avoids that a bit

[@mrcleod]

That was literally the best scene of the entire season. It had to take place on it..... Or in front of the door, or with just the speakers on the roof and them safely inside

[@vic137]

Absolutely bothered me when I first saw it. Why the hell are they outside???

[@MindlessTube]

I would assume that the sound would carry farther if on the roof and the cord to the guitar would not be long enough

[@huberfloover]

@@MindlessTube I also wondered about that...like... they have amps and power companies that provide electricity to homes in the Upside Down?

[@masterxl97]

"What's he bringing to the party?" "A van and salt access!" More of a contribution than literally anything Mike's done in three seasons.

[@poisonpotato1]

Or will

[@JesusFreak98]

Mike found out that will was a spy for the mindflayer

[@peacekeeperbabe]

…Mike stopped Billy from killing Elle in season 3/realized that Will was having issues in season 2/did not tell about Elle & sheltered her in season 1. Why was he written sooo badly in season 4?

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

Or johnathan all season 4

[@CigarDoug]

He's the heart!

[@trinaq]

I can't believe that I never noticed the connection between Vecna and Voldemort before, down to the hatred for their fathers!

[@Seefood73]

And here I thought it was Freddie Krueger. Robert Englund is even in the cast too!

[@picklerickshaw]

Bad guys don’t deserve noses after all

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

And the Tom Riddle to Voldemort evolution is somehow similar for Number One to Vecna

[@team_ribs]

I thought you said velma and i was just thinking of scooby doo during the entire video

[@SavolX]

@@arjunsatheesh7609 damn it, even them look somwhat similar

[@dtowns]

“Guess what” “No” Got me good three seconds in. Props to Ryan for coming out swinging on this one.

[@stevendemayo3631]

But that was seven seconds in, not three.

[@barnacleboi2595]

@@stevendemayo3631 You must be fun at parties.

[@jhman378]

@@stevendemayo3631 🤓

[@SirCoffeebotESQ]

@@stevendemayo3631 Didn't you die? How's your brother(sister?), Mark?

[@marythibault6654]

@@stevendemayo3631 you call me alot

[@razakhan23465]

"Couldn't she NOT talk back then?" I love that you're pointing out the inconsistencies. Another thing I noticed: S1-2, the spores in the air of the Upside Down would cause people breathing problems pretty quickly... and this season it's no problem.

[@LazyTallGuy]

I noticed that too!

[@MatiZ815]

I totally buy her shutting away after the massacre at the lab.

[@HandledToaster2]

It's not an inconsistency. She went into a coma and just the worst case of trauma. Sealed away all her memories and communication knowledge.

[@Aredel]

I can buy her having to relearn all of that after suffering such severe brain damage from that fight. Oftentimes when people suffer gunshot wounds to the head, it really fucks up their memory, speech and motor functions.

[@bmorg7244]

I'm gonna need you to get alllll the way off my back about that...

[@starslip8575]

"Because being on the roof looks cooler" I like how this is from the point of view of the show creators, but it's also probably exactly the in-character reason Eddie did it

[@1Dreamking]

"He never stopped beeing Eddie."

[@DrMcFly28]

I think there's quite a lot of stuff to hate in the last episode, but Eddie playing "Master of Puppets" on the trailer roof is definitely not one of them :)

[@jc-kj8yc]

Right?! There's absolutely no way he wouldn't go for all the drama and pathos he could!

[@thomastalks3841]

so true

[@MadTurnip]

"Henderson, why are you putting this stuff in front of the trailer?" "So that we could run inside as fast as possible..." "The roof, Henderson."

[@saadrashid2754]

Biggest super easy barely an inconvenience moment ever "He got out of the way."

[@coversbydavidalejandro6986]

I guess you could say that that joke was super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@odeleon24]

Straight up

[@BifMcAwesome]

I'll have to remember that move.

[@jafo1970]

Hey, it worked for Mr. Miyagi!

[@Sandouras]

Hopper getting his ankles broken and then running around like nothing happened was the worst plothole/ error for me.

[@emmao6578]

To be fair my mum walked around on a broken ankle for a week insisting it was just a bad sprain before finally giving in to our nagging to go to the doctors, so I feel like it could probably be done. On the other hand I don't think she broke it so badly she could've bent her foot around to remove a locked manacle, walking/running on a break after doing that is probably a very different situation and I definitely question if that's something you could do with the ease that Hopper appeared to.

[@Real_MisterSir]

Hopper surviving those conditions in general without needing full leg amputation afterwards with broken ancle and 500% guaranteed frostbite on both feet (and likely legs and hands too) is just an insult to basic intelligence at this point. Plus hypothermia would have gotten him before that anyways. Also gotta love the fact that you could pretty much literally remove the entire Russian jail aspect of the series and the plot would not change one bit. Seems like two seasons mashed into one.

[@zakonnicagryziedzieci9036]

he didnt have broken ankles just deformed foot

[@Sandouras]

@@zakonnicagryziedzieci9036 Bro, come on now. He took a sledgehammer to the ankles.

[@adampoll4977]

The hammer blows were to bend the shackles oval so they would fit over his feet, the injuries were collateral damage but not a break. Observation rather than internet commentary is sometimes valuable.

[@Qwnntm]

"Jonathan has a new friend named Argyle" "What's he bringing to the table?" " A van and *salt access* " 💀💀💀💀

[@JD867]

Also found some tire treads in the desert.

[@emmao6578]

don't forget a good supply of purple palm tree delight 😂

[@dangerousfreedom1960]

He also brought pineapple pizza to the table as well.

[@dieyng]

And a lot of pothead clichés. Don't forget those.

[@sain1536]

@@dieyng is that what Americans think when they hear pothead? I like the actor enough to be able to push through his cringe scenes, as a person who smokes frequently, would've loved seeing dumb conversations between him and Jonathan but we got the worst imitation of a stoner from Jonathan, only thing that was missing was Goofy's laugh after every sentence.

[@FTNomad]

"A seemly lovable character introduced in a new season of Stranger Things, that is pretty much a death sentence." Truer words never spoken.

[@johnbox271]

Bob

[@aggy5372]

Idk, they did keep both Max and Robin, neither of whom were in Season 1.

[@johnbox271]

@@aggy5372 True

[@cl20v87]

Barb, Bob, Billy, Eddie “the Banished”

[@TheFurnace69]

@@cl20v87 Alexei

[@PretenderCS]

"In and out for hours, Sir" god I love these pitch meetings

[@recoveringsoul755]

😁

[@donaldfarquar]

In and out for hours is tight!

[@TimWing23]

@@donaldfarquar that's what I just posted. First thing I thought of when he said that! Missed opportunity for sure!

[@freddynicholas6477]

I love to do that ☺️

[@ert828]

“Heyshutup” is easily my new favorite running gag from these pitch meetings

[@cuttimecafe5282]

It’s like a more aggressive “hey I’m gonna need you to get all the way off back about that!”

[@SageDust2]

another version of Super Easy Barely An Inconvenience

[@carlmurphy2416]

Yee

[@breej1643]

"Unclear." Also, I laughed out loud at Nancy having to pry off ALL the spaced-out wooden boards covering a "push" door before being able to escape where she was.

[@LuigiGamesful]

FINALLY someone brought this up

[@rubyraptor]

Same lmao

[@christopherbowers7236]

almost all of them, she left the botom one attached.

[@quirkymiddlechild814]

THANK YOU!! Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who noticed!

[@jspur22]

I thought the same thing. I figured it was because she was in a dream and that is definitely some stuff that would happen in a dream.

[@matienazemy1382]

I wished Ryan mentioned the fact that there’s a high level of radioactivity in the Upside Down. That’s why Joyce and Hopper wore hazmat suits when they entered the Upside Down in season 1. In season 4, the whole gang just went in without any hazmat suits 😂

[@lucasnelson5706]

well will survived in the upside down without a hazard suit. if it was toxic, then will woulda been dead already. so the air is apparently perfectly fine

[@camilalouisem]

@@lucasnelson5706 Well, he survived, but became mother of a Demongordog (sorry for the bad name).

[@qdominika7253]

Why is there no dust in the upside down, but bats all of sudden?

[@captainobvious6566]

no i think they only wore the suits because they didn't know what the atmosphere would be like, because will would have died if it were toxic, and so would Hopper after he took his helmet off to give mouth-to-mouth to will. Altho idr it clearly hopper might have struggled there i can vaguely remember smth like that.

[@synthetic240]

The Upside Down has become Flanderized. It's become less about following their own established lore and more about adding more melodrama.

[@moziz212ny]

The whole being choked for 40 mins did cross my mine the whole time watching the last episode. This pitch meeting brought up a lot of good points of this season. Well done.

[@Lizzoncker]

because it's not showing them after one another for example Eddie isn't playing after they enter the house he's playing before its just filmed weird

[@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376]

You have to realize that not everything is in chronological order, and a lot of the scenes are happening at the dame time. However, obviously they can't show every scene at once.

[@Lizzoncker]

@@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376 explained it way better

[@patricklyons794]

@@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376 Well they COULD, with a split screen, but them you run the risk of diluting focus.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376 Exactly, plus some of the events are happening in people's mindspaces/other intangible realities, so they don't necessarily happen at the same speed

[@Dheifa]

I like how screenwriter guy just accepts Vecna is Voldemort and goes with it

[@superdoombro]

I wonder why he didn't compare him to freddy Kruger? Burnt dude with dream powers and massive claw on his right hand that he uses to kill teens.

[@yanm8633]

You have to be like this in the corporate world: keep going with mediocrity and looking good doing it.

[@BriBellz]

@@superdoombro because Freddy Krueger is his father

[@mopnem]

It’s even more clever as it’s a call back to if the character has a nose than it can’t be Voldemort but the character has no nose so..lmao

[@Borissh89]

Well the Producer Guy still wants to buy Canada. Adding Stranger Things on top of Harry Potter will sure come in handy.

[@Dead-or-Alive1985]

"Why didn't he do that performance right in front of the door?" "Because being on the roof looks a lot cooler." "That's a good point." an accurate depiction of my braincells during that scene

[@meoff7602]

Interesting, my brain fell asleep.

[@QT5656]

But from on top of the trailer he had a better view of the bats!... So he was better able to judge when to get off the roof and go inside. /s

[@johnjohnson9100]

I wondered why they didn't just put the amp on the roof and stay in the trailer. Don't need much of an opening for an extension cord and amp cable.

[@miruthulak632]

I wondered the same

[@Pikaman20008]

To be fair it’s not out of character for Eddie to do that just for the sole purpose of looking cool

[@dreadpirates]

"especially when I've written it that way." "Yea." Fucking perfection

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

Will wasn’t mentioned once haha. He’s always forgotten, even the writers forgot his birthday

[@omgthisissoawesome]

It's so sad!! Though tbh, Dustin and Lucas weren't mentioned either

[@imjoeimjoe]

yeah well hes gay so...

[@TheAdammantium]

@@imjoeimjoe So? Please elaborate for me :)

[@Chrasta666]

@@imjoeimjoe grow up

[@ABuriedSynth]

Will the dude that always cries ?

[@alexc.4048]

“Bringing back the bush is tight” destroyed me. Bravo Ryan bravo.

[@juliannabixby]

Can you please explain what he meant by that? :( I don't get it

[@wkeyer5831]

@@juliannabixby uh...

[@jaylowry4082]

@@juliannabixby Bush back then was considered a woman's private parts since there were more women back then that did not shave their private parts making it look like a bush down there.

[@beartalan]

@@juliannabixby Well, you might be too young for this...

[@scratchy996]

@@juliannabixby It's the bush from... the Bible, yeah, that burning bush.

[@Noanatsuka]

Yeaaaah Eddie had some real telegraphed "I'm not gonna make it outta this season" vibes the more we find out about him. LOTS of red flags.

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

Like Bob :(

[@Dargonhuman]

Not quite as bad as "unnamed security officer suddenly getting lines and a backstory in Star Trek" but close.

[@justsomekidthatsinfinitely7090]

Yeah I knew he was going to die because of the whole him being accused of murder thing and no way to prove that he didn’t do it because “ it was Voldemort” doesn’t exactly work

[@Tony_Pesta]

Honestly, it seemed SO obvious that Eddie was going to die that I actually thought he would live lol. I thought for sure it was a fake out. I was shocked Steve survived too

[@khaledm.1476]

Steve had the same vibes, yet survived through sheer luck. Will he die next season? Maybe Nancy dies?

[@dutchie3226]

I'm glad you pointed out how pointless Eddie's death was. I said it while watching, "They don't even need to distract the bats anymore, why did he go back?"

[@Jeremy-eo7pq]

The bats could have been rushing through the portal to the right side up where Dustin was

[@meteorjuice4088]

@@Jeremy-eo7pq A lot of this season had to be massaged with headcanon, and this is what my girlfriend and I came up with. He effectively saved Dustin and potentially that area around Hawkins, but I think they could’ve explained it better

[@ZXY101]

@@Jeremy-eo7pq ok but whyd he stop running, yeah yeah flashback "always running from shit" but if just needed to distract the bats he could've kept running instead of just standing there to die

[@slimpwarrior]

I'm pretty sure he's coming back next season because his D&D character does in the lore (comes back from death and slays Vecna)

[@tomwarren1234]

@@ZXY101 Yeah, but he realised the bats were heading back to the Creel house. They would interfere with phase 4. At that point Steve, Nancy and Robin were all being choked by the vines. Had the bats reached the house, those 3 characters die. Whilst Eddie didn't know this specifically, he still thought best to keep the bats distracted for longer.

[@johnnyawesome3042]

Not only was that dude Voldemort’s doppelgänger, but the shot of Hopper chopping the head off was nearly frame by frame Neville killing the snake.

[@bethaniejify]

“Does he have a nose?” Omg, that’s exactly what I was thinking while watching this season. “Uh, do all bad guys just not have noses now?”

[@synthetic240]

Did you know that humans have second largest noses of all primates? The monkey with the biggest nose straight up looks like he has a dick hanging off his face. So maybe the lack of a nose is to indicate the inhuman nature of the villain?

[@darkjester5907]

Krillin isn't a bad guy.......at least I hope not

[@anthonycurby4606]

Lego Voldemort is the only one with a nose

[@filam7371]

Nobody nose...

[@thatonegirlelaine]

That made me cackle

[@waywardwinchester]

Was that the earliest "super easy barely an inconvenience" Ryan has ever done? They usually come towards the end of Pitch Meetings. This is strange but I have seen Stranger Things.

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

🤣

[@darkstar4450]

booooo

[@matthewrussell5965]

Lmao nice one

[@Th0mat0]

Da Strangest Thing’s that no One asked

[@TobyDeshane]

The 'tight' was pretty late, too. Latest I can remember. Great stuff, though. :D

[@snazzydrew]

"he's a seemingly lovable character introduced in a new season of Stranger Things, that's pretty much a death sentence" Look. I'm still not over Bob's death in season 2.

[@oscarheller6310]

bobs death was honestly the most predictable one in the show to me when I watched for the first time

[@snazzydrew]

@@oscarheller6310 yeah I agree but he was still such a sweet guy that I got attached anyway.

[@jamielondon6436]

Nobody's over Bob Newby, superhero - even though his giving the most terrible (albeit well meant) advice ever essentially caused all the problems in seasons 2 and 3.

[@palpatinesboi9549]

@@jamielondon6436 tbf, the Mind Flayer would've eventually gotten to Will regardless

[@nicbarrax76]

I really love the fact Kate was sitting around kinda satisfied with her life and accomplishments and then she's asked if a series can use her song that she wrote and produced many many years ago and now she's earning millions as well as having a couple of world records... 🤘

[@TheDreamingJune]

And she totally deserves it. Kate is a brilliant artist.

[@planetruths1373]

@Hugh lol there's a lot of brilliance like that everywhere.

[@Boeing-777-X]

@Hugh She's still brilliant and your sentence only tells how uncultured you are 🤦🏻‍♂️.

[@eugenemoreno6206]

Bringing back the bush is tight!!

[@zakunick1]

Even better for her is that it is a show that she was a fan of.

[@cradiculous]

"He's from Harry Potter!" This is the hardest I've laughed at a Pitch Meeting in a long time.

[@MaynardCrow]

You kids ruined pop culture and the world.

[@haeherfeder1713]

I mean Jamie Bower is so… true I guess 🤷‍♀️

[@taotravyuniversalist7747]

OMG ditto. I flailed around like a child, after pausing the video, to laugh like that. Good stuff

[@josuevazquez7256]

If only Harry Potter could make a deal with God

[@EvanSol919]

Producer Guy - That made money so I'm interested!

[@trinaq]

"Bringing back the Bush is tight!" "Don't phrase it like that." 😂

[@triplodd]

That made me bust out laughing so hard, totally wasn’t prepared for that 😂

[@recoveringsoul755]

I liked the "in and out for hours" part

[@MaiAolei]

Is that a former president reference or sexual innuendo? just to clarify, as I am not a native English speaker.

[@tammyelizabeth5157]

Hey. At least this isn't set in the 70's.

[@MaiAolei]

@@PacMonster0 Appreciate the quick response! But I must clarify myself now that I was asking the OP 🙂. Don't know why youtube put the @ in this reply, but not the initial one ...

[@jbghumanjr]

I was also a bit confused as to why MAX was the only kid left for Vecna? Like... it showed him "scanning" basically anyone he wants. He could have easily just picked a new kid as soon as she used her music and been done with this whole thing / gates opened. Eazy-Peazy...

[@Spidido]

Maybe he wanted someone close to Eleven for the final gate

[@rahbeeuh]

If it's not someone from the group our story wouldn't unfold. Why should we, the audience care if someone else is the victim?

[@jbghumanjr]

@@rahbeeuh lol, we’ll obviously. That reasoning goes for (everything) this video equally points out. Was simply adding yet another plot hole.

[@rahbeeuh]

@@jbghumanjr lol fair enough

[@mrmicro22]

They needed to have some unresolved trauma. It made them vulnerable. Statistical fact that 80's kids are extremely well adjusted due to growing up in best decade.

[@kd7087]

The voldemort comparison just straight up killed me 😂

[@88porpoise]

He's from Harry Potter....

[@invalidusername883]

So accurate!

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@88porpoise Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

[@icecell]

​@@88porpoise idk if it was intended, but the kinda double entendre was nice because it's jamie campbell bower too - young grindelwald from HP.

[@nathanmcguire932]

Up to defeating "Voldemort" by having a lovable character who went from Fat to Fit uppercut one of his minions with a sword.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Voldemort? How about Freddy Krueger? They even had Robert Englund play the father. I think Dustin even mentions Freddy directly in the series too. Defeated many years ago, skin burned to a crisp, goes around terrorising and killing teens through their nightmares... Missed a trick there.

[@CamJames]

Vecna was played by the same actor who played young Grindelwald in Harry Potter. They did both on purpose.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

@@CamJames but what does Voldemort have to do with 1984? (Edit: ...or 1986 for that matter, the height of Nightmare on Elm Street's hype with part 2 just released and part 3 in the making, 12 years before the first HP book was even written?? I mean why not Nosferatu while you're at it? Jamie Campbell Bower was in the Twilight movies, and they're about vampires... Right? Plus Nosferatu has claws for fingers, MUST have been a reference to him! )

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@FoolishFishBooks It's '86, though... I think Ryan was making fun of the similarities between villains that HE could see, as in, the writers are just copying a well-known villain he's perhaps more familliar with. It seemed so obvious to me, too, however, that Freddie was who they actually had in mind. Either Ryan really did miss a trick for a change... or he just wanted both villains to have names starting with V :-D

[@Flipitmixit]

Yea but only cause Voldemort hadnt been thought of yet in the timeperiod the show takes place, otherwise Dustin totally wouldve said Voldemort

[@FoolishFishBooks]

@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 you're definitely on point about it being VERY unusual for Ryan to miss a trick (first time in my memory)

[@kingofthesharks]

I feel like Ryan used up the "Super Easy! Barely an inconvenience" line in the first 20 seconds to demonstrate how it would've perfectly fit multiple times in this pitch, every 20 seconds or so

[@DPMusicStudio]

I was actually expecting that... and he definitely could have done it for this season.

[@jacksevers3177]

You know Will got forgotten so bad he didn't even make a 6 minute pitch video on KZbin 😂

[@TheColdZephyr]

And his ability to detect the influence of the Upside-Down is still useless, because it only happens seconds before everyone else notices something's wrong.

[@poisonpotato1]

Dude even the writers forgot about will. They forgot his birthday was March 22. The same day Mike came to visit but no one mentioned it

[@neverclosetoperfect]

Every character trait went out the window when he figured out he was gay

[@laurocoman]

@@neverclosetoperfect he was stuck in a van the whole season and the two most memorable scenes from him are about him being gay. I hope season 5 focuses on him. I also hope we see something from Mike to justify the "you are the heart" thing. He USED to be this whole show and was a great reluctant leader.

[@bearpoop720]

Not even Dustin either, or Lucas

[@legofan4409]

Funniest thing about the "He's from Harry Potter!" is the fact that the actor playing Henry actually IS from Harry Potter, he played a young Gellert Grindelwald haha

[@mattyt1961]

thanks I wondered where I had seen him :)

[@thisisfyne]

Grindelwald? Is that gay wizard hitler?

[@austinslater530]

@@thisisfyne Correct! He played young Grindelwald briefly in Harry Potter 7 and Fantastic Beasts 2.

[@defeqel6537]

​@@thisisfyne the actor really seems to like that character trope

[@Morlun91]

@@austinslater530 does the dude even age?

[@xmetax]

The weirder connection here is that Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Vecna, actually played _Grindelwald_ in HP Deathly Hallows. Wow wow wow.

[@lmlykana]

……wow

[@bisheshshakya9417]

Not only that... But he also played Drago malfoy stand in the Harry Potter fanfic movie something called "mortal instruments City of bones" 😁😁

[@SirCaptainJoe]

He's also the Night King in Game of Thrones!

[@SirCaptainJoe]

Oops Never mind. Fact checked myself

[@unayssheikh1070]

Oh yeah I remember

[@lakgirllivtree1701]

“He’s a seemingly lovable character introduced in the new season of stranger things. That’s pretty much a death sentence” 😭😭 RIP Bob RIP Alexei RIP Eddie

[@SableZardYT]

Bob was a giveaway in that there was no fucking way they could afford Sean Asten for more than one season

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

where's RIP Barbara?

[@NowhereMan7]

@@RicardoMoralesMassin She wasnt introduced in a new season of Stranger things... She was there at the very start of season 1, didnt have a major role in the plot - certainly not enough to make her a beloved character, and died pretty early in the season. Not the same at all.

[@englishatheart]

@@RicardoMoralesMassin Barbara was annoying and barely even in the show.

[@englishatheart]

@@NowhereMan7 I guess you don't remember the uproar from Barbara fans during season one? People would not shut up about her. So, clearly, she, for whatever reason, was a beloved character by many.

[@mischievousmarker6616]

Holy shit, as a massive Potterhead I can't believe I didn't notice the Vecna/Voldemort resemblance... - Names starting with V - Don't have noses - Bald - Pale, white-ish skin - Used to be handsome and charming when younger - Ambitious - Have dark magical powers - Use magical powers to kill people to become stronger and eventually take over the world - Hated their fathers - Disdainful towards people without powers - Have an affection for an animal most people are scared of (spiders/snakes) - Arch nemesis is a teenager with magical powers who they attempted to kill when younger but failed - Actor for One (Jamie Campbell) was in both the Stranger Things and Harry Potter franchises

[@clintn.kildepstein1656]

Not even 20 seconds in and we’re already hit with the “super easy barely an inconvenience”😂

[@heatherthedutch-american1481]

Yeah. It was super easy.

[@nottherealben]

barely an inconvenience

[@Arc-Tempo21]

That's old hat. It's all about the, "heyshutup" now.

[@heatherthedutch-american1481]

@@Arc-Tempo21 hey I'm gonna need you to get alllll the way off my back about that.

[@Arc-Tempo21]

@@heatherthedutch-american1481 . . I tried not to laugh, and failed miserably, ahaha.

[@anthonystafford9035]

Am I the only one who thought Hoper survived by going into the gate before it closed? That would have been a way cooler story.

[@han090]

Until watching this video, I thought he had gone through the gate, and there was another gate in Russia he had either gone through or been taken through.

[@anthonystafford9035]

@@han090 yeah same! Like that would have been way cooler! Would give you an idea on his mindset as well as he would have to choose between dying and going into the upsidedown for a chance to live. Would have been awesome

[@amityislandchum]

That's what happened. Ryan just didn't pick up on it.

[@angrytardis6776]

@@amityislandchum it didn’t

[@YashKumar-ux4ty]

I thought that was what had happened before watching the season.

[@sameerkashyap1750]

Eddie's death was so obviously written for Steve. And then they went, "We can't kill Steve. Too popular." Came back to this video 2 years later to find quite a few replies on this comment and just wanted to clarify. I didn't mean that they wrote the Eddie death for Steve and then pivoted to Eddie last minute. I meant Eddie felt like he was written from the start, just to die. The Steve-Dustin relationship is transferred to him so that he can be killed off and to manufacture an emotional moment, without killing off an established character like Steve and invite the fan's disappointment. But it felt very meh to me, because we didn't spend nearly enough time with Eddie to make me care about him. It just is sold as this deeply moving moment where Dustin is losing his mentor. But we don't see the development of that relationship, just that it is there when the season begins. It is lazy as fuck Its what they do every season. That is why Hopper's death last season felt so good. But they undid it in literally 5 minutes, and all it does is make you feel cheated. Bob, Alexei, now Eddie, characters written just so they can be killed to show the "stakes" while at the same time protecting the main characters. But in truth there are no real stakes.

[@k-bird8375]

Good point. They were heavily telegraphing Steve's death with all his talk about his dreams for the future. So I did think they were going to kill him off and was glad they didn't.

[@flamemasterelan]

@@k-bird8375 Hard disagree. The entire point of Steve's talk about the future is to show Nancy's feelings deepening for him so that the love triangle could make a return and probably make it believable when she leaves Jonathan in S5.

[@kameron3967]

@@flamemasterelan it was unbelievable when she stayed with Johnathan in the finale and Steve was like “ok I guess….”

[@xord1946]

@@flamemasterelan Or in S4.

[@captainobvious6566]

yeah they went so out of their way to create a whole new mentor-like figure for Dustin just so steve wouldn't die. Steve is pretty cool but eddie was better imo i wanted to see so much more of him.

[@JohnNoirSmith]

"They showed their hands to each other for quite some time!" "Amazing!"

[@qqq386]

"I just need something for Mike to do" LOL this perfectly describes Mike. He hasn't done anything remarkable since S1 and the Duffer brothers don't have the guts to kill one of the main characters

[@mezihaileselassie9151]

I honestly hope they don't kill Mike----he needs to do things again. Same with Will and Jonathan! The three were sidelined so completely in this season, it's crazy---especially with Mike and Will being main characters in every season up to now

[@galion1991]

He's the heart! And he is driving Will's discovery of his sexuality lol

[@shinkounova8485]

@@galion1991 That's the thing though. He isn't the heart. I'd argue that Dustin is more the heart than Mike is.

[@SableZardYT]

That's not true I've been wanting to punch Mike in the face since Season 3 and that's quite an accomplisment

[@donfolstar]

The perfect description of half the cast.

[@traumer9622]

What about Joyce and the other guy crashing the plane into the ground and then being just fine? That was also pretty ridiculous

[@ashanein]

And somehow living in the cold long enough to make it to a Russian prison. Looney toons shenanigans

[@christopherbronson3275]

That's just how planes land

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

I guess it's because they were buckled in and landed in a clear area in the forest. Doesn't explain how Yuri was still able to walk, since he was laying on the floor, unconscious.

[@christopherbronson3275]

@@MegamanXfan21xx IT'S HOW PLANES LAND IN MOVIES GUYS

[@MrShrimpnugget]

That other **guy** is Murray Bauman

[@charlottehahn2226]

I love how he completely obliterated the plot holes

[@IllisiaAdams]

Doesn't he always?

[@whyamilikethis1998]

Obliterating holes is TIGHT!

[@dexterjaybargola2010]

@@whyamilikethis1998 wow wow wow

[@toddpacker1015]

@@dexterjaybargola2010 wow

[@MoviesAt666]

He is one of the reasons why I started my own channel :))

[@Goatman_Gamer]

THANK YOU. I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who was pissed we never got any explanation as to why Brenner magically came back.

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

Boss: That's Voldemort! Writer: What No? That's not Voldemort at all Boss: Does he have a nose Writer: S*** That was actually pretty good 🤣

[@TMacca-yv1lb]

I love the way Russia moves completely kitted out troops and people to and from small town America completely unnoticed. Escaping back to small town America from Russian gulags is super easy, barely an inconvenience as well it seems.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

They never really explained how the Russians managed to build a massive underground facility under a mall in about a year without anyone noticing in a town that was already under scrutiny by the US government in season three anyway.

[@troyjardine5850]

With the way the show portrayed the Russians, it seems as if "the enemy is both strong and weak". That sure does sound familiar, I wonder where I've heard that before...

[@kcarmical]

And builds a particle accelerator under a US mall

[@playosaurgaming754]

at the height of the cold war too

[@franciscodanconia4324]

@@slimerewoods5766 I guess since they had the mayor in their back pocket, they could cover up the extra excavated dirt, too many shipments of materials in,etc. All done in the span of a year. Still seems fairly unbelievable. That was the only problem I had with Season 3. It was still a cool season, but a little harder to suspend my belief on that one.

[@jenniferford2067]

I can never decide if watching a pitch meeting of something I’ve seen is more fun than something I haven’t. It’s so enjoyable both ways. I will say it always amps up my enjoyment if I watch a pitch meeting right before I see a new movie. I laughed way too hard in Jurassic World Dominion remembering the pitch meeting lines.

[@ams914]

Seems like it would suck all the entertainment out of it for me, honestly. Would definitely just see a movie first without being tainted by this vids that aren't always fair even when they're funny.

[@jenniferford2067]

@@ams914 I find most things funny. It never bothers me if they make fun of something I liked. It’s still funny.

[@soundrogue4472]

Right found another person to make sure they can't have kids if I ever meet them.

[@antiochus87]

What? You actually saw Jurassic World Dominion? After watching the Pitch Meeting? Usually I watch the Pitch Meeting to see if a movie is worth seeing. This only applies to movies that I expect to be borderline or worse. For things I plan to watch anyway, Like Stranger Things, I watch the Pitch Meeting after. This saves me a lot of time and money. Jurassic World Dominion was a hard pass - the previous movie was trash, and Pitch Meetings confirmed that.

[@jenniferford2067]

@@antiochus87 the pitch meeting made it hilarious. My daughter and I laughed so much during that movie. It may not have been the intent, but it was very enjoyable as a comedy. The pitch meeting rarely changes if I see something or not. If it does it’s almost always something I wasn’t planning on that the pitch meeting made sound funny enough to watch anyway. I just find it all enjoyable. I LOVE a pitch meeting for a movie I will never see. It’s funny to only have that reference. I enjoy one of something I’ve already seen. Even if I thought it was amazing it’s funny to see what they poke holes in. Doesn’t change my feelings about the movie or the pitch. I’ve just recently starting trying to watch them before I see something and it really is good fun. I highly recommend.

[@SuperBC1975]

There now needs to be bumper stickers and buttons that say "“Bringing back the Bush is tight!”

[@patricklyons794]

George W. approves this message.

[@rahbeeuh]

Everyone needs insurance then

[@thecreepershorts]

Gotta love these pitch meetings. Every time a new one comes out it gives me a good laugh.

[@jacksoncaswell2.0]

U haven’t seen it when you wrote this

[@MoviesAt666]

One of my favorite channels on KZbin :)))))

[@tigrezangel]

Pitch meetings are tight.

[@Slade_Chill]

Having a good laugh is tight!

[@BlitzerXYZ]

Gotta love them being on their own channel. I haven't had to look at the Screen Rant channel ever again

[@balrighty3523]

Writer Guy: "He's not Voldemort!" Also Writer Guy: 2:14 "So Voldemort needs to open up these four gates..."

[@CombustixPresents]

we all saw the video

[@tomeisenack2260]

Finally someone says that Eddis death was not necessary

[@j.j.r98]

Made 0 sense why he tried to fight lol

[@onetime4502]

@Damian Thomas Knight Wayne Maybe if we all get on Twitter and yell at Netflix they will bring him back :)

[@BlckSWANWhtRbbt]

I feel like that was a flaw of editing. If it had felt like the other team needed more time, it would have been more impactful. Also, they could have corrected for the way too long the one group spent getting choked.

[@TheWarmotor]

@@onetime4502 He'll be coming back. He'll spend some time recovering alone in the upside-down and becoming powerful in a way the other characters will need to set up the next big cliffhanger, then season 6 in 2032!

[@TheWarmotor]

@Damian Thomas Knight Wayne Oh God I hadn't made the tentacle connection yet, and now you've introduced a whole new reason to rewatch this season with a pillow on my lap...

[@poisonpotato1]

It felt like they had more characters than they knew what to do with

[@DangRenBo]

My biggest problem with this episode? Eddy does a perfect performance of Master of Puppets within days of its release. That completely broke my suspension of disbelief. Haha.

[@MrDragonorp]

It was aproxx 18 days before. And master of puppets was played at a couple of shows before the album so if he is a very try hard fan he could have learned it by ear

[@DangRenBo]

@@MrDragonorp 18 days before is days before. This was not the internet age. I was playing Metallica on guitar at that exact time. Anyway, I was pointing out that my obsessing over that specific point was kind of weird and absurd.

[@DrMcFly28]

No, you were hearing what he was hearing in his head, not what he was actually playing. It's rather subtle but if you pay attention, you'll notice that the scene lacks James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich accompanying him, despite them being heard on the soundtrack.

[@DangRenBo]

@@DrMcFly28 Nice

[@jemhoare2105]

@@DrMcFly28 Where's Cliff?

[@thebatmanwholaughs-66]

When Eddie was saying he was gonna graduate in the first episode, I was like " Yeah... he's gonna die" Anyone who is ABOUT to get married or graduate usually die in the movies/shows/books.

[@x3mbr]

You can add."about to retire" to that list

[@MaiAolei]

Or about to retire :-)

[@ejuwera]

You can add very excited to meet his family and talks abt it at the start of a movie

[@MaiAolei]

@@x3mbr You beat me to it! You ...

[@rhitwick]

In a movie/series if a newly introduced character starts telling their hopes and dreams vividly, be sure he/she is going to die!

[@tamirj.b.n9814]

Getting the "Super easy barely an inconvenience" out of the way as fast as possible is TIGHT!

[@SeanFlynnNB]

And it subverted my expectations. Win-win!

[@Random-wo2sw]

@@SeanFlynnNB wow wow wow

[@Rar830]

@@Random-wo2sw .....wow.

[@ВгостяхуЭндеркинга]

-He survived -How ? -By not explicitly dying on screen “Somehow Dr Brenner returned”

[@thisisfyne]

That explained how. In Fortnite.

[@scorpiusbalthazar4327]

They never show him die, they show the demo dog leap on him and they immediately cut to somewhere else.

[@peterk9126]

I'm surprised Ryan didn't touch on the fact that we found out Voldamort's evil plan, when he spent 30 minutes in villian's exposition mode to what could have been his 4th victim, that he then decided not to kill

[@JunkFlush]

Because he wanted 11 to join him or at least watch

[@ecocentriclife]

@@JunkFlush and yet Nancy had no way to connect El. El just happened to regain her powers and mindspy on the group in time to overhear. And Max was a way closer connection to her actually-- if he'd just told Max his plan back in the beginning she might have been able to make a phone call!

[@nirajjuvale7296]

Stranger inconsistent Things

[@heatherduff986]

Vecna's a completist.

[@_banjara_]

I think that is because when this happened to nancy, she was already at a gate to the upside down in eddie's trailer. What was the point of having 2 doors on the same spot. Also it is explained earlier that it take 6 days to complete the cycle of hallucinations and what not before a person is vulnerable enough to die of this I guess!

[@streettim7]

“They show their hands to each other for quite some time” had me howling

[@shinichiizumi2242]

"yes sir I do!" I'll never get tired of that. I love Ryan George and I love pitch meetings

[@1Dreamking]

When Papa showed up I was thinking "hmm wasn't he dead?", but then I couldn't remember and let it slide but I am ashamed to admit that I had totaly forgotten about Eleven not beeing able to speak in the beginning of first season. Let's explain it due to trauma and it works, kinda. Still a really good season if you forget about the "hickups". Ps. I never once thought of Vecna as a Voldemorty kinda figure. More of a Freddy Kreuger kinda figure. There were loads of references to Freddy and even Robert Englund was in one episode and also one of the classic sound samples from the Freddy movies was recurring. Still a really good Pitch Meeting though. ;)

[@DrMcFly28]

I was constantly waiting for the twist that he's a hallucination, or a different character, anything, on account on well, that character being thoroughly dead. Serves me right for actually paying attention. But I'm sure it's not sloppy scriptwriting but rather Duffer brothers paying hommage to characters unexplainedly coming back to life in 80s movie sequels or something. It's definitely that. Yep.

[@1Dreamking]

@@DrMcFly28 Or lets consider the possibilities of there beeing a top secret cloning program waiting to be discovered. ;)

[@thomasneal9291]

"Still a really good season " just... no. it literally was complete shite.

[@MrJackfaire]

Yeah the not speaking thing is completely explained by trauma. That is a trauma response. Having her speaking before the traumatic event happened doesn't contradict her not speaking after it happened.

[@thisisfyne]

@@MrJackfaire Agreed. I had no problem with that whatsoever. Brain suppressed memories. Brain forgot how to speak. Who knows what else. What I can't forgive is Will's haircut tho.

[@FelixSR]

Man, when they pulled the "2 days later" card... I honestly thought it was a fake out, like everything seems to be good, but then it turns out almost everyone died or something. The reunion with Hopper and Eleven also felt suuper off, like she didn't know her father was alive, and there he was. Other than the ending, I really liked it, but man did vol 2 just lack a lot of stuff compared to vol 1.

[@hailey7368]

I agree about the Hopper and Eleven reunion. It almost felt like he was away on a business trip and he surprised her by coming home early and she was like "oh hi dad" lol

[@loafstudios8811]

wtf you on about she knew hooper was MIA Supposed Dead

[@prathameshbhole4677]

@@loafstudios8811 yeah thats why he like "like she didnt"

[@jlmurph2]

My thing is, why was Eleven calling him Vecna too? She knew him as Henry or 001. Not Vecna.

[@avinashtyagi2]

Well it was only two episodes, and really was only divided because they needed more time

[@VinceValentine]

I think at this point we can just assume that Steve and Hopper have super fast healing. They were severely wounded and got better within minutes. I think Steve was bitten by as many Demobats as Eddie, but Steve got away with a nasty wound.

[@feathero3]

If they were going to kill off Eddie, it should have been in a more bad ass way. Like running into the bats to save Dustan, or facing Vecna directly instead of running. The bats were already distracted, and did an attack we already saw another survive. Why did Eddie have to die from that?!

[@omgthisissoawesome]

Hopper breaking his own foot and then running away like two scenes later bugged me SO much, it absolutely took me out of the story

[@andidinu1456]

@@feathero3 hey shut up

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@omgthisissoawesome Hopper's basically being depicted as as much of a superhero as El at this point

[@tylerd4884]

@@feathero3 my take is the bats were gonna go through the portal if the broke into the trailer so he distracted them away from it

[@evergreen8600]

This is my favorite video series on the internet hands down! I hope Ryan tackles the rest of the Back to the Future movies to complete the trilogy :)

[@li-limandragon9287]

Man shredding a guitar solo in a hellscape is tight.

[@rosumparat]

"bringing back the bush is tight"... that made me spill my drink all over my desk. Ryan, you'll killing me with your lines!! Keep them coming!

[@mishkaroo]

Never watch Pitch Meetings with a drink. It's a little lifehack I developed... After I spilled mine. A couple of times.

[@checjb1]

On a channel of quality gags, that one was an absolute gem. 🤣

[@speedgriffon2504]

It was a mildly amusing line, but surely upending things was a bit of an overreaction.

[@Djentyboi91]

I love they quick “Hey Shutup” being more part of the sketches now 😂 also with SHARK WEEK coming up you should do one or two shark movies that are on the redonk side lol DEEP BLUE SEA is my suggestion 😉

[@MHGFTW]

So it wasn't just me that questioned her drawing pieces of the house, down to the smallest detail so they connect.

[@avinashtyagi2]

Vecna was watching them, so he could have implanted into her those images

[@MHGFTW]

@@avinashtyagi2 So he wanted her to come to that house? He seemed quite upset when she showed up there, and for what reason would he want her to know his location?

[@avinashtyagi2]

@@MHGFTW Simple, to finish the Gate, he needed Max in position, and he got it, Max's death turned the city into a massive gate

[@videogameist7476]

@@avinashtyagi2 How does just a death cause a gate though? L was actively attacking when she pushed him through. If Vecna was causing the gates, and then died, how did he open the last gate? He was dead. All gates also appeared on the exact location of the dead body. But not with Max. It only cut open bully dude.

[@videogameist7476]

Also she had to see every fractured piece of the house at the perfect angle to draw them that way. They were all spinning in the air.

[@nickmacarius3012]

"Super easy. Barely an inconvenience." immediately right out of the gate 😂

[@seraphw2093]

The plot armor in volume 2 is so strong you'd have to assume every scene is happening concurrently because max and the gang should have died 20 times over, but it seems like Henry loves to take his time in-between cuts.

[@GirishManeShine]

Not only that but VH1 took his sweet ass time between his 3rd and 4th kill, if it wasn't for Max serving herself on platter what was VH1 waiting for, blue moon?

[@ulaznar]

@@GirishManeShine Exactly, if I were Vecna I would had a back up plan for a 4th victim. And if I were among the teenagers I would take measures against that possibility. But also... what was the point of Vecna giving a message to Nancy? It wasn't like he needed Eleven's presence or power to do anything related to the rituals or opening the portals

[@calebmauer1751]

@@ulaznar And Nancy never even got the message to El.

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@ulaznar he wants to taunt her the same way he’s taunting Brenner by killing the kids the same way he killed his mother and sister.

[@LuigiGamesful]

@@ulaznar So they can make a cliffhanger

[@buckethead60]

I'm still on the fence about Hopper surviving. I loved having him back and his fight with the demogorgon was sick, but it just makes the finale of season 3 feel less impactful for me.

[@TheWarmotor]

Wait until next season when they find out that dying in the upside-down doesn't count and Eddie has become more powerful than eleven, but slightly twisted by the experience. It's going to make the tear-jerking scene with Eddie's uncle totally pointless!

[@tomc6217]

The show honestly should have let someone actually stay dead, and not just the new and obviously expendable season guest star. The Duffer Brothers are afraid of being GoT season 8, when in fact they are repeating those very same mistakes.

[@toecutterjones]

This show has a helluva time killing off any of it's characters. And poor Eddie was so obviously the sacrificial lamb from the start of the season that his death had way less of an impact for me.

[@TheWarmotor]

@@toecutterjones I was thinking the same thing at first, how do you write yourself out of that corner? Think of Gandalf falling when he fought the Balrog and came back as GtW... Eddie comes back as a heavy metal god with powers literally forged in hell. Mark my words, my dude.

[@themexis]

@@TheWarmotor Barbs too? or nah?

[@Brim_the_Wizard]

For the entire season I thought I was misremembering that Brenner got eaten by demogorgons. I was like wtf? How is he alive!? And the show never addressed it so I thought I was missing something from earlier seasons lol.

[@jkta97]

We've seen Hopper get tackled by demogorgons, and he was able to fight them off. Plus, there were other soldiers there when Brenner was attacked, so it was plausible, if somewhat unsatisfying.

[@PetersonSilva]

@@jkta97 yes and they telegraphed it in season 2

[@sarasilly]

@@jkta97 Maybe... But the whole Russian base filled with soldiers and scientists who were researching the upside down, was easily overrun though.

[@zachmhuber]

I wanna see more pitch meetings for other seasons of Stranger Things!

[@AtheistPirate]

Uruk: We've been eating nothing but maggoty bread for three stinking days! Hopper: That's cute.

[@JohnMushitu]

I'm convinced the writers leave such plot holes in their works so that Pitch Meetings can be made 😂

[@MaiAolei]

Hmmm, and then they split the youtube ad revenue!

[@GodsReaperMan]

The whole Voldemort reference and comparison here had me cracking up the whole time, LOVED THIS MAN!!! Great job as always!!!

[@Maury_au_Arcos]

Being a lovable character introduced in a new season is a death sentence is so true. Eddie, Aleksei, Bob

[@BMTVPokevids]

Barb

[@rawman44]

@@BMTVPokevids I didn't think Barb was all that lovable. She was a good friend and a nice person, but we didn't really see much of her. I'm sure if we had, she would've been though

[@CamJames]

@@BMTVPokevids Barb died to establish how dangerous and gruesome this series was gonna be

[@WafaaH]

There were two sets of kids groups in separate places and one of them decided to call the bad guy Vecna. Somehow the other group started calling the bad guy vecna as well without communicating with the other group and they knew his actual name was Henry which would’ve made more sense to call him Henry and not Vecna.

[@ILikeSoup]

Heyshutup!

[@sirdo946]

Actually, the first time El calls him Vecna is after hearing the Hawkins team call him that when they're planning in Max's house and they come up with the "bait" plan (when Robin goes "Henry/001/Vecna"). I thought the Cali team found out because plot as well but actually, it's explained.

[@DavidSwanwick]

This is the problem, lots of the plot is left for the audience to join the dots. Seems most people are too stupid to do that and just want everything explained

[@MrDragonorp]

Yeah when I heard Mike say vecna I gone like what. When did know that vecna is the name. He knew about Henry tho

[@thomasneal9291]

@@DavidSwanwick no, it's because if the real plot is explained to the audience, they will immediately light on how stupid it is, instead of being distracted by having to figure it out themselves, and only realizing how stupid it is after they're done watching it.

[@paulnolan4971]

"Hey shut up." lol Never gets old.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I might not care about Stranger Things, but this is still a welcome addition to the day. That's just the power of Ryan.

[@imadeafunny2109]

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one

[@Vlorbmik]

@@imadeafunny2109 you turned her against me

[@Natedogg1952]

Whoever this Ryan character is people keep referring to in the PitchMeeting-verse.

[@kokosilenzio]

@@Vlorbmik your lust for power has already done that

[@trinaq]

Yep, Ryan can make even the non fans interested in the show!

[@kcarmical]

“Your nephew Eddie died a hero! He was fighting*!” * fighting an earthquake, according to the cover story

[@hobojoe488]

3:20 Love the quick "Hey shut up"

[@CombustixPresents]

"super easy, barely an inconvience" could be applied for almost every scene in this season

[@andidinu1456]

Hey shut up

[@iagosevatar4865]

3 character ressurections in a single season, convenience has definitely no limits in this serie :s

[@ezraking4176]

The whole going to Russia thing is just plot armor after plot armor it’s incredible lmao

[@PascalxSome]

They talked themselves out of a lot situations

[@kralterwhite8936]

Same could me said for a lot of marvel movies and shows too Anyways, love both marvel and st

[@delix787]

3:08 I still can’t believe they didn’t explain how he survived. 🤯

[@pontoancora]

Because.

[@MarshallTheArtist]

@@pontoancora That works!

[@horace6851]

it wouldn't make any sense anyway so what's the point? At least they're being honest.

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

Because time f***ery

[@AnonymousRandomGuy006]

Not explaining things is TIGHT

[@WungusBill-lf4iu]

The recurring bit of Hopper getting SEVERELY injured and then forgetting about it ten minutes later was hilarious. It was like a bugs bunny cartoon, I was waiting to see him get flattened by a giant anvil and then reinflate his body by blowing on his thumb.

[@martinacosta3821]

The Metallica scene was just pure perfection.

[@tragicallyhypno3158]

I legit laughed way too hard at "Bringing back the Bush is tight" and now my dog is concerned.

[@aaronmccullers384]

We all are concerned with your sense of humor; for we all share it.

[@pjmmhe]

Say hi to your dog for me =0)

[@CombustixPresents]

why is your dog scared do u not treat him well

[@TheSchmoyohoFan]

Producer Guy: *So the main cast must be pretty sad about Eddie’s death, how does everyone besides Dustin react?* Screenwriter Guy: 👁👄👁

[@dieyng]

To be fair, they had so much other stuff on their mind. Mike wasn't even there for it, and Lucas was of course more struck by what had happened with Max.

[@Remix-pr4xd]

They just left his body in the upside down.

[@kedrednael]

@@Remix-pr4xd Well how is Dustin with a bad leg going to pull him through a roof portal? Maybe they'll revisit his body some day, like they did with Barb

[@Remix-pr4xd]

@@kedrednael Steve,Robin, and Nancy could’ve helped pull his body through the hole so they could bury him.

[@kedrednael]

@@Remix-pr4xd O yeah, forgot they would have used the same portal probably? Or perhaps they could get out anywhere after the portals became massive tears.

[@honestmovieopinion]

Nowadays I become more excited about the pitch meetings than the actual movies.

[@abraham2172]

There is literally no reason for that in this specific case.

[@lydiaolson6911]

My biggest peeve unmentioned is the fact that all three finale arcs (Russian prison, pizza freezer, Hawkins) are happening pretty much at the same time of day according to the clocks throughout the scenes. I also missed the “hey shut up”.

[@annslow41]

"couldn't she not talk back then?" Totally forgot about that part 😂😂

[@JD867]

The fight with One gave her a stroke, according to Brennen. It wasn't explicitly spelled out, but he did say she lost some things afterward.

[@annslow41]

@@JD867 oh nice, I'm glad it was addressed somewhere. Was that in this season, or a previous one? I haven't re-watched any of Stranger Things, so there's plenty of stuff I've missed

[@Natedogg1952]

Watching pitch meetings about series you have no references too, is tight!

[@jezthehuman2058]

It sure is sir!

[@dogski2822]

@@jezthehuman2058 Yeah yeah yeah.

[@filam7371]

Wowwowwow...wow

[@gadorae1129]

"couldn't she not talk back then ? ... Hey shut up..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣