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In the wake of Stranger Things Season 5’s divisive finale, the so-called ‘Conformity Gate’ theory spread like wildfire across social media, especially TikTok. It posits that the lengthy epilogue we saw in the final episode was an illusion created by villain Vecna, who remains alive and well.
Wrestling superstar CM Punk has compared the online anger at the ending of Stranger Things to the backlash to John Cena's final WWE match, saying both fandoms sometimes display "a slight mental illness" when events don't go the way they had built them up in their heads.
But the Duffer brothers, co-creators and showrunners of Stranger Things, have ruled a sequel out, saying making such a thing would come across as a “gross cash grab.” In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Duffer explained why the Season 5 finale works as the definitive end for the story.
Searchlight has found a new star for its upcoming film Behemoth! in none other than Will Arnett, who Deadline reports will now join the project and star alongside Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, and Matthew Lillard.
Marshall appeared in a recurring role during Stranger Things' second season, where Max (played by Sadie Sink) was originally introduced. Marshall then reappeared in the series' fourth run, but was unable to complete filming due to ill health.
The series finale featured a few answers, a ton of cliches, and even more nostalgia for the past [ Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the series finale of Stranger Things, Season 5 Episode 8,
In the Season 5 finale, we see Henry Creel / Vecna finally face his greatest fear: the traumatic memory of the day he was infected by the Mind Flayer and gained his powers. In thi
Stranger Things ends with Season 5 Episode 8, dubbed The Rightside Up, and an epilogue set 18 months after the events that showed the destruction of the Upside Down, the death of Vecna, the apparent death of Eleven, and the rescue of the kidnapped children.
At the same time, the final battle between Eleven and Vecna mostly involves them tossing each other around a sandy cave, and lacks the emotional resonance of a similarly staged battle in Season 4 that had the benefit of being fought inside a Hawkins Middle School dance.
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It turns out Matt Duffer, co-creator and co-showrunner of Stranger Things, was playing Baldur’s Gate 3 when he and his brother, Ross Duffer, were working out how the final battle would go down, and Larian’s much-loved party-based role-playing game influenced how it would play out.
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