Maya Hawke just described Stranger Things Season 5 as “eight movies”, and the fan reaction is pretty negative, to say the least.
Now, oneStranger Things castmember has brought about another wave of criticism with an innocent comment.
Speaking to Podcrushed,Maya Hawke(who plays Robin Buckley), said of the upcoming episodes: “It takes a long time to write each season and a long time to shoot them. We’re making basically eight movies.”
🚨| Maya Hawke says Stranger Things 5 episodes are “8 movies”.#StrangerThings5pic.twitter.com/bIMm8rydvW
The “eight movies” comment has now reached far and wide across social media, giving everyone reason to make the same frustrated complaint. CanTV showseven be considered TV anymore?
As season numbers have gone down and episode lengths have gone up, the lines between movies and TV are becoming increasingly blurred. Based on the comments, viewers have had enough.
As oneX user wrote: “I’m so ready for the era of TV episodes as ‘“’mini movies’ to be OVER.” Others agreed, withcomments like: “No-one wants to call television television anymore.”
“Producing movies as television does no favors to either medium,” saidone comment, whileanother added: “I miss the days when television was television that had seasons of 12+ episodes instead of this homunculus mini movie stuff.”
Some comments even specifically cite Stranger Things as being to blame for this new trend. As onecomment asked: “Is it an exaggeration to say this show has single-handedly killed television as a medium?”
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“A pretty solid show that basically killed the art of television lmao. MCU of TV,”said another.
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Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
