Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of Netflix’s massive hit “Stranger Things,” have defended the way they haven’t really killed off major characters from the early days of the show.
The fourth season hinted at some major finale deaths, and whilst it wasn’t entirely blood-free – the actual body count was rather slim.
In recent weeks, the cast of the series jokingly called out their bosses for not killing off more characters, including star Millie Bobby Brown who told The Wrap:
“You need to start killing people off. The Duffer brothers are sensitive Sallies who don’t want to kill anybody off. We need to have the mindset of Game of Thrones. Kill me off! They tried killing David off and they brought him back!”
Matt Duffer has now defended his stance in a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, says there are certainly possibilities ‘on the table’ for the fifth and final season:
“What did Millie call us? She said we were ‘sensitive Sallies.’ She’s hilarious. Believe us, we’ve explored all options in the writing room. Just as a complete hypothetical, if you kill Mike [Finn Wolfhard], it’s like… that’s depressing… we aren’t Game of Thrones. This is Hawkins, it’s not Westeros. This is me basically defending myself against these Millie Bobby Brown accusations and explaining that there are lives behind it, and it’s nothing to do with my sensitivity. So there you go, Millie.”
In an interview with Collider, the Duffers indicate the final season will reveal the exact nature of the Upside Down after the brief tease of a reveal in the fourth season’s seventh episode about the nature of time there.
In addition, Will (Noah Schnapp) will be a big part of the season after having been sidelined for much of the past few seasons until some key scenes in the final two episodes of the fourth season. The character has a key connection to the Upside Down which is expected to be explored.
Asked if they would consider a 4K Blu-ray release of the whole series once it ends, Matt Duffer revealed the pair would like that but have also been thinking the opposite approach as well: “I want to do a VHS. I want a pan and scan version, of at least Season 1. I just want to try to pan and scan it”
Ross Duffer adds they had the show’s colorist do a trial of the opening scene of the first season with an old-fashioned pan and scan approach.
