{"id":451866,"date":"2022-05-24T02:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T23:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stranger-things-season-4-is-too-bloated-review\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T02:23:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T23:23:34","slug":"stranger-things-season-4-is-too-bloated-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stranger-things-season-4-is-too-bloated-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Stranger Things&#8217; Season 4 is too bloated: review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35783a59753\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35783a59753\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stranger-things-season-4-is-too-bloated-review\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Stranger_Things_Season_4_is_too_bloated_review%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; Season 4 is too bloated: review&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Stranger_Things_Season_4_is_too_bloated_review%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; Season 4 is too bloated: review&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Everything is turning upside-down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things\u201d is back after three years and the Netflix hit is bigger than ever \u2014 but it\u2019s a mixed bag in its penultimate season.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of Season 3 (which came out in 2019) everyone was separated: Hopper (David Harbour) was presumed dead (but was shown to be alive in a sinister camp in Russia, tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed by evil scientists). His distraught pseudo-daughter, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), went with the Byers family as Joyce (Winona Ryder), Will (Noah Schnapp) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) left Hawkins, Indiana for less-dangerous pastures. Steve (Joe Keery) made a new friend in Robin (Maya Hawke). And Billy (Dacre Montgomery), the bully, died.<\/p>\n<p>Season 4, premiering Friday (Volume 2 drops in July) picks up more or less from the Season 3 finale. It\u2019s 1986, and Hopper is having a bad time. The Byers and Eleven are living in California. Eleven and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) are still going strong in their relationship (albeit long-distance) while Eleven is being bullied in school. Joyce (Winona Ryder) has a new job and is stressing about Jonathan getting into college. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22376816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Erica (Priah Ferguson), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 4. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-10.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), with Will (Noah Schnapp) in the background. \" class=\"wp-image-22376859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), with Will (Noah Schnapp) in the background. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in Hawkins, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Mike are as nerdy as ever, which puts them at odds with Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), who\u2019s trying to get into the popular jock crowd. Max (Sadie Sink) is lost after her brother Billy\u2019s death. Nancy (Natalia Dyer) is putting her investigative skills to use at the school <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper, and Steve and Robin are best friends, crushing on girls together. And of course, there\u2019s a scary new monster in town.<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds like a laundry list, it feels a bit like that onscreen, too. The show has become more epic and sprawling than ever, and that\u2019s not necessarily a good thing. It creates bloated episodes and plotlines that vary wildly in quality. Poor Joyce feels borderline irrelevant, while Hopper, who used to be the heart of the show, is stuck in a thankless subplot that feels like it\u2019s wasting Harbour\u2019s talent. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-11.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"David Harbour scowls in a Russian hat. \" class=\"wp-image-22376837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hopper (David Harbour) in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 4. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-13.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton), Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), and Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) shriek in the back of a van in &quot;Stranger Things&quot; Season 4. \" class=\"wp-image-22376918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton), Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), and Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 4. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The season has taken the same \u201cbigger is better\u201d approach as did \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> of Thrones\u201d in its swan song \u2026 and we all know how it worked out for that show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things\u201d became a hit from its start not only because it pays homage to everyone\u2019s pop culture favorites from the \u201980s, but also because it underpinned its zany adventures and action-horror genre thrills with lovable characters and relationships that were worth caring about.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, it\u2019s fun to watch Steve wield a baseball bat against monsters, but that Season 2 story really sang because of the odd-couple pairing of Steve and Dustin. Similarly, Eleven\u2019s struggles with her powers were interesting, but they were emphasized when we watched her play off of Hopper, the two lonely misfits fulfilling a need in each other for a father-daughter relationship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Winona Ryder holds a phone and looks worried. \" class=\"wp-image-22376880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 4. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Max (Sadie Sink), Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gatem Matarazzo) gather around a grave while Max levitates. \" class=\"wp-image-22376890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-season-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Max (Sadie Sink), Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gatem Matarazzo) in Season 4. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Season 4 doesn\u2019t ditch its humanity and there are  still some fun moments including characters shooting the breeze with each other (especially Steve and Robin). But with its main cast members scattered to the wind \u2014 and Hopper and Joyce feeling less relevant \u2014 \u201cStranger Things\u201d feels like it\u2019s lost some of its heart. <\/p>\n<p>Because of the three-year hiatus, it also feels nearly like parody, how old the young cast now looks. Will seems at least 17, where in previous seasons, he looked 12. This isn\u2019t Schnapp\u2019s fault, but it <em>is <\/em>the show\u2019s fault for not accommodating it. It would have been easy for the story to simply write in a bigger time jump between Seasons 3 and 4, allowing the young characters to age more naturally.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still a lot to enjoy about Season 4, and \u201cStranger Things\u201d remains an entertaining show.\u00a0But, it also feels like it\u2019s biting off more than it can chew. \u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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