New poster for Stranger Things season 3 is so ’80s it hurts
By Dan Selcke
The third season of Netflix’s Stranger Things is proooooobably the most highly anticipated TV event of the rest of the year, and it’s just around the corner. We will return to the sleepy town of Hawkins, Indiana on July 4, to catch up with all of our favorite plucky tweenagers as they grapple with hormones, the summer heat, and interdimensional monsters that want to rip off their faces.
Stranger Things is heavily inspired by the ’80s-era work of people like Stephen King and Steven Spielberg, and has always worn its influences on its sleeve. Case in point: Netflix just released a new poster that could be ripped from the front of a multiplex in 1985:
We’ve got Eleven using her telekinetic abilities, Steve in his already-iconic Scoops Ahoy outfit, and of course, one of those interdimensional monsters everyone’s always talking about. The Fun Fair has been compromised.
Also, as previously, good lord is this ’80s. Some comparisons:
When did studios stop doing the whole illustrated-photo-collage thing for posters? Maybe it’s for the best.
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Anyway, in other summer watching news, there’s now a Chinese trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, which hits theaters on July 2. That’s gonna be a busy week.
And Disney dropped a new trailer for the “live-action” Lion King remake, featuring the voice of Beyoncé as Nala.
I mean, is it really live-action if all the characters are computer generated? I’ll leave that for the comments. The Lion King remake is out July 19.
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