This blog is a personal journal of all the movies, Tv-Shows, & Games I consume during a year which enhances my overall experience. The ratings that I give are fully based on my personal preference and enjoyment at the time of watching and I'm writing spoiler-free reviews.
10-Years Of Stranger Things
Stranger Things Season 5 (6.6/10)
I have mixed feelings on the last Stranger Things Season. On one side, I still kind of enjoyed watching it despite the fact that I was rolling with my eyes pretty much all the time. There are just so many things wrong with it that make no sense or are just way too convenient for the plot. There are also just way too many characters and this season since the main cast has become a lot older, there was a need to inroduce a new cast of kids
Especially Holly was one of the new main characters of the series who was cast and plaued by a different actress. As the old little sister character in previous series had almost no playtime, I started out having no clue who that girl was. However, halfway through the series that feeling was gone and she became one of the favorites similar to how Eleven stole the show in season 1.
Plot Conveniences
One of the problems I have with Season 5 is that it's just full of plot conveniences that make no sense whatsoever.
- The Mom who got nearly killed at the start of the season all of a sudden becomes a superhero killing the demadogs
- The Upside Down which used to be the scariest place now feels like something you walk in or out to without a sweat.
- Everyone feels invincible and it never feels like anyone is at risk.
- The Entire Military aspect didn't feel like it made much sense and the women who was in charge felt like a caricature. I also did not remember her from the previous seasons.
- The Gang goes out just shooting and murdering a bunch of soldiers without a blink or any kind of trauma or PTSD afterward which is just crazy
- The plan to get up there on the tower extremely conveniently made things stop and avoiding them from getting killed while they easyly could enter the upside world.
- The Vecna 'Final Battle' was way too Easy as all the Demagorgans, dogs, Bats from the previous seasons were nowhere to be seen.
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The Good Things
This said, there also were some things that I liked and I generally didn't hate watching this series despite all the flaws. The explaination of the upside down actually being some kind of wormhole I liked. The visuals also were good and the ending I also didn't mind even though it dragged on quite a bit after Vecna was defeated. So basically it all got concluded in a somewhat satisfying way.
Conclusion: If anything, I'm glad that it's over and that after 10 Years they finally concluded this series which started out great and Season 1 and somehow had a spike in excitement in Season 4. I barely remember season 2 & 3 while the conclusion in the end was ok after a season 5 which was just too full on unrealistic Conveniences. A Mediocre 6.6/10 for me.
| # | 2025 Watched Tv-Series | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #01 Series | Silo Season 2 | 7.1/10 |
| #02 Anime | Death Note | 8.9/10 |
| #03 Series | Severance Season 2 | 8.9/10 |
| #04 Series | Adolescence | 6.8/10 |
| #05 Anime | Barakamon | 7.6/10 |
| #05 Series | Black Mirror Season 7 | 7.5/10 |
| #06 Series | Doctor Who Season 2 | 5.9/10 |
| #07 Series | Squid Game Season 3 | 7.0/10 |
| #08 Series | Alice In Borderland Season 3 | 7.6/10 |
| #09 Series | Pluribus Season 1 | 8.5/10 |
| #10 Series | Stranger Things Season 5 | 6.6/10 |