We have almost been spared from the NeverEnding story in Stranger Things

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Look, we are big fans of Strange things 3. A quick look at our critics, our essays and our obsessive lists of Easter eggs and burning questions clearly shows. Yet there was a scene that no one here at The A.V. club seemed to enjoy like the rest of the public, and this implies The never-ending story. Yes, you know that one.

In the final, only Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo), Dustin's girlfriend (Gaten Matarazzo), knows very well the mathematical number needed to open a safe containing very important keys. When Dustin joins her and asks for the number, she forces him to sing the song that links them, the theme of Giorgio Moroder drawn from the fantasy of 1984. Together, the two men exchange verses originally sung by Christopher "Limahl" Hamill and Beth Anderson …During a very long time.

It's a charm for sure, and that gives Suzie – who will probably play a major role next season – a memorable moment, but she also puts the climax's kneeling tension to a brutal and frustrating stop. Sing a verse, maybe, but the duet has the impression of continuing foreverespecially if we consider that the fate of our heroes depends on the code. One could even say that Hopper might not have exploded with the Russian laser if both had accelerated things. Strange things works best when he inserts his cultural pop touchstones into the fabric of the action, and not when he sends them on the screen like a wet and explosive rat bartender.

Our own Emily L. Stephens agreed, writing in her final report: "Structurally, I understand why Never ending Story The scene can not be a post-credit scene, but it broke the tension with merciless speed. Maybe it's a feature, not a bug, for the most sensitive viewers in the series? "

Whatever it is, it turns out that we have almost been spared by the song, but not for the moment. "We listened to all the songs that they could sing," said Matt Duffer. Weekly entertainment. "At some point, they were going to sing the song Ent of The Lord of the Rings. Then we said to ourselves, "Oh, well, Amazon does The Lord of the RingsNetflix probably will not do it. Then we talked about, I think it was Curtis, our writer, who offered us a better idea, namely: The never-ending story theme song. "

Ross Duffer added that the filming of the sequence was "one of the most fun of the season. It was really great. We are sure it was.

However, the revelation leads us to wonder what might this moment look like if it had been marked with Tolkien's "The Ent And The Entwife," recited by the towering Tree Beard. The two towers. We're probably betting, just as boring.

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