A wiseman (or Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man) once said, “With great power comes great responsibility,” and the Duffer Brothers must have made that their motto when developing Stranger Things, having a full understanding of the tremendous power of nostalgia.
It paid off because, amid the upcoming fourth (and potentially final) season of this blockbuster series about ordinary Midwesterners facing extraordinary matters (such as telepathic beings or interdimensional beasts), its cultural relevance and narrative style has broken free from the Spielbergian sci-fi classics of the ‘80s that inspired it, compelling audiences to log in and see what is next in store for Hopper, Joyce, Eleven, and the rest of the Hawkins Clan.