ANNOUNCEMENT
Both Alternative Cuts, Stranger Things 3: The Mall Rats (The Nevereding Story Cut) and Stranger Things 4: The Mind Lair (The Trooper’s Cut), have been added to the collection, the latter being a brand new never-before-released version.
Some metalheads may have guessed what this new cut might be about from the title alone, but I will explain.
Whlie the ‘Master of Puppets’ scene is great as it is and has become an iconic moment in the show, I’ve always wished they’d gone a different way with it. Since Eddie is an Iron Maiden fan (as am I) and owns ‘Piece of Mind’ on cassette (although it’s not obvious in my cut) AND shares the name of Iron Maiden’s iconic mascot, I wanted to use one of their songs to honour both the band and the character. And that’s where ‘The Trooper’ came in - one of Iron Maiden’s most iconic tracks, with an amazing guitar solo and lyrics (at least the first two verses I used) that fit perfectly with the mood of the scene. The challenge here was to isolate both dialogue and sounds from the original clip, none of which were entirely clear, and match them to the song, in order for the scene to make sense. However, I will say that I am quite happy with the result and I think it gives a whole new and refreshing life to this fanedit.
This change may only please a small group of fans, but for me at least, ‘The Trooper’s Cut’ is my go-to cut of the final part of ST4 (as is ‘The Neverending Story Cut’ for ST3).
These uploads also complete the rebranding of my collection and will be my last approach to this project. Until Season 5 comes out, of course, and I may have to go back and revisit some things.