Nancy and Jonathan are still together, and Lucas and Max still seem to be an item. Dustin and Steve are still pals, and Steve (who is now, as we learned from season three’s hilarious first teaser, working at “Scoops Ahoy” Ice Cream shop in the local Starcourt Mall), seems to be bonding with his attractive coworker, Robin (Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman).Īnd teenage love is heavy in the air. “Teenage Wasteland”), we see the relationships between the ensemble of young teenagers evolving.
In short flashes, over a montage set to The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” (a.k.a. We’re also shown images of a colorful carnival that looks to have all the hallmarks of an ominous night circus, and a fleeting look at a fleshy, bulked-up monster that makes the Demogorgon seem like a sweet flower creature by comparison.īut even that showcase sighting isn’t the scariest moment of the trailer, which passes by in a flash: a reveal of Steve getting jabbed in the neck with an extremely hardcore needle as he screams in terror.Īll that said, it’s really these kids and their friendships that we’re here for, and Stranger Things 3 promises not to disappoint on that front. Does that mean that the strange file has already been executed, and we’re watching its effects play out? Are yellow and blue fireworks the objects that will be meeting in the west? Season 3 will premiere on July 4, 2019, and take place in the summer of 1985, perhaps culminating with Hawkins’s own Fourth of July celebration accordingly, the trailer contains shots of fireworks and other Independence Day festivities. Stranger Things 3’s previous teaser - set on New Year’s Eve counting down to 1985 and released in the very first moments of 2019 - offered a tantalizing glimpse of a retro computer screen spelling out the cryptic message “WHEN BLUE AND YELLOW MEET IN THE WEST.” That message was followed by an unseen operator accessing an entity called “Lynx Corp.” and executing a program called SilverCatFeeds.exe.īut in the new trailer, it’s a different holiday that gets the focus. There are a few glimpses of plot to tease out. Of course, there’s also footage of kids facing terrifying otherworldly monsters from the Upside Down.
#STRANGER THINGS 3 REDDIT FULL#
But the rest of the clip is full of the kinds of nostalgic moments and imagery that have long been associated with both Stranger Things and ’80s pop culture at large: kids on bikes, kids on slides, carousels, toy robots, and invisible lightsaber fights. Or are they? “We’re not kids anymore,” Mike ( Finn Wolfhard) is heard telling his fellow members of Hawkins, Indiana’s local monster-fighting gang. And the first full trailer for season three has stayed true to form, as it’s low on story and high on Stranger Things’ sumptuous ’80s aesthetic - the new season is set in the summer of 1985 - and kids being kids together. By now, Stranger Things is well known for keeping plot details largely under wraps until the debut of each new season.