“We’re all too safe”: This Stranger Things actor knows how to improve the Netflix series

News culture “We’re all too safe”: This Stranger Things actor knows how to improve the Netflix series

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To die or not to die, that is the question

What’s better than a good death to add some excitement to a series? While some viewers don’t need to experience such consequences to feel the danger of a scene, we have to admit that we all know someone who isn’t fooled by what a show wants us to believe and isn’t afraid to do so to say something out loud”But they won’t die, the main character is with them” during what would normally be a tense scene. Even if many showrunners don’t dare to take the plunge, one has to admit that a good, unexpected and final death has a small effect in reminding us that certain scenes can have dramatic consequences.

He understood that game of Thrones by not hesitating for a second to eliminate the most important characters of the series from season 1 onwards.

If we understand the directors who fear that viewers’ interest will wane with the death of their favorite character, we cannot deny that adding real-life themes can also have a real unifying effect on the latter. Again, this is exactly what made Game of Thrones famous: no one was safe, every character could jump at any time and every tense scene could really have its full effect. This kept viewers glued to their seats, talking about the series around them until it became a real phenomenon. But should all series be inspired by Game of Thrones in this detail? That’s what this Stranger Things actor thinks.

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This Stranger Things actor wishes he was in a little more danger

If you follow a little Stranger ThingsYou know the Netflix series has a bit of trouble with erasing its characters. Please note that before reading the rest of this article, we will reveal some key elements of the first four seasons. We therefore recommend that you stay updated. The stakes were relatively high in the first season of the series. Remember, viewers spent much of the season trying to figure out if will was alive or not, and In the third episode, the boy’s body was even found. Between this and the death of Benny et BarbsSuffice to say, there was reason to be concerned about the characters.

Since the second season, however, things have calmed down somewhat. None of the children are ever in real danger like Will was in the first film, and the only characters with terrible fates were often secondary. Worse still, when the show decided to truly sacrifice one of the main characters (Hopper at the end of season three), he ended up reappearing like a flower the following season. A problem that actor Gaten Matarazzo (in the series Dustin) would like to see fixed. During a question and answer session at Megacon in Orlando, Florida, he explained:

This may sound absurd, but we should kill more characters. This show would be a lot better if the stakes were a lot higher and one of these kids could be in it at some point. I feel like we’re all too safe.

While seasons 2 and 3 largely contributed to this lack of danger for the characters, we still have to congratulate season 4 for its return to serious subject matter (if we forget Hopper’s return). Even if she’s not dead, you have to admit that The danger that threatened Max all season was palpable

And for good reason: the series managed to show us that the antagonist was dangerous. By killing Chrissy (under horrific circumstances) in the first episode and then quickly killing off other characters after Vecna’s attack, viewers were able to keep their seats when Max’s turn came. In addition, the scene in which he escapes from the monster’s clutches thanks to Kate Bush’s music is not considered the best of the season for nothing. Even if she survived that attack, we remember that she ended the season in a more than shaky state. So, like Gaten Matarazzo, we hope that season 5 allows itself to be as risky as the first and fourth to end this saga in style. Reaction in 2025 during the broadcast of the final season of Stranger Things.