Stranger Things: The Film Experience (This version is cancelled)

Hello! I am working on a fan edit that cuts season one of Stranger Things season one film but instead of it being cut down, it’ll be shown in its entire 6 hour long time with two intermissions. Because of this there are now only small cuts added in in order to make for a better flow between episodes.

Update for volume two (v1), I’m gonna cut out the Will slug scene and see how it plays out. For two reasons why I’m doing this-
A, I don’t really have any desire to do the other seasons and I want this to feel like it’s own thing, so ending with Hopper leaving the eggos may make it feel less cliffhanger and more ambiguous.
B, to make the transition to the credits easier so I don’t have to include the main Stranger Things title and have to use (a rather sloppy as of now) fade out with the audio.

Anakin Starkiller said:

This interesting in that while there is already a Starnger Things TV to movie edit series, that one takes the opposite approach of cutting things until it fits in a movie runtime, while you opted to just make more movies. Are you only doing Season 1?

Terribly sorry for the late reply but I am planning on just doing season one. Tbh while I understand wanting to trim season one into a single movie, I speak from experience that the season is paced in a way that removing something would be like removing a puzzle piece.

Update: So something I’ve decided to do was re-include the Byers epilogue but cut out the slug scene and rearrange it so it comes before the new Hopper ending.

Update: Still need to work on it more and a big change im thinking about is just making it one big 6 hour film with two intermissions and if I finish it, release it in two or three files.

Update: After thinking about it, I think I want to give editing the show down to a more film length another shot. If it doesn’t work I go the 6 hour route. The goal for this tho isn’t to cut it down to two hours like the other edits I’ve seen but to cut it down to four hours, which to me is still a relatively more film like length. And this time the intermission will be just one in the middle, probably after chapter four.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Update: Still need to work on it more and a big change im thinking about is just making it one big 6 hour film with two intermissions and if I finish it, release it in two or three files.

At that point it’s just three movies.

At the moment I’m putting all my attention to the four hour long edit for the season. In which I’ve so far by taking notes and going through the season I’ve managed to cut down from 6 hours and 17 minutes (excluding the credits and theme post episode one), to 5 hours and 59 minutes.

Sorry for the constant edits I’m still somewhat new to writing on the site lol

Ok so after going through the entire first season and taking notes, the running time for the edit so far is sadly not the four hours I set out to make, but instead around 5 hours and 22 minutes when compared to the around 6 hours and 17 minutes uncut. But I think I’ll continue on with the edit even if it ends up clocking in at five hours instead of four.

Oop, sorry about that.

Quick update-
The very rough cut clocks in at 4 hours and 47 minutes.

I now realize I need to update the main changes lol.

I apologize again for constantly going back and forth on this but this will be the last time I change direction. I updated the main info above to as to why I changed my mind but I’m going back to having this edit be taking season one and editing it as a two part film. Season two which I’ve decided to be the only other season I give this treatment will be an exception to this.

Update: Stranger Things 2 will be split into parts.

I know that I would do it for the last time but after thinking about, I don’t think even my idea for the ending of volume one is satisfying enough if you viewed it as the first part in a two part film. Because of this I’m going back into the “complete 6 hour film experience”.

With how big this edit will be I think I want to put more attention on my smaller projects until I have more experience.

Update: I am planning on getting back to this edit as soon as I can. When I have the time I’ll start on a DVD quality first version of this (version 2 would be one where I’ve managed to get the software I need do rip the blurays).