ANNOUNCEMENT
AN UPDATED VERSION OF STRANGER THINGS 3 IS OUT NOW!
WHAT’S NEW?
- Improved transitions/smoother pacing/shorter runtime.
- Stylised hardcoded subtitles for all Russian dialogue.
https://streamable.com/63phqx
- New intro: The film now opens with Billy’s car crash instead of the Russians’ experiment. This change was made to shorten Billy’s story and keep the Russians’ plans a mystery. Additionally, a new scene was created to establish Billy’s character.
https://streamable.com/p91g6b
- Miss Driscol’s case was moved up: In this version, Nancy and Jonathan are seen investigating the case independently early in the film, with all the scenes at Hawkins Post having been removed.
- Shortened Russian signal translation and investigation: The Scoops Troop never assumes that the message originates from outside of America, and Robin solves the riddle early on.
- Murray’s first appearance: Since his character was completely removed from ST2, Murray is now introduced as a new character.
- Joyce and Hopper successfully retrieve the keys from the vault on their first attempt in a scene created using footage from their two tries.
- New runtime: 2 hours 53 minutes (with credits)
Many thanks to @TTR for their suggestions and our pleasant discussions!
ALTERNATIVE CUTS
In addition to this version, there will soon be an alternative cut titled Stranger Things 3: The NeverEnding Story Cut, in the spirit of Stranger Things 2: The Terry Ives Cut (which will also receive an updated version).
This version of the film includes Hopper’s first failed attempt to open the vault and the ‘Never Ending Story’ scene with Dustin and Suzie, which were previously excluded.
This cut also comes with an alternative ‘Three Months Later’ endind scene.
https://streamable.com/lz710r
While I always felt the ‘Never Ending Story’ scene disrupted the pacing of the finale, it grew on me on rewatch and made me realise that removing Suzie completely from my film didn’t do Dustin’s character justice.
Also, considering Suzie’s significant contribution to Season 4 and my ‘The Monster and the Superhero’ cut, I thought it would be appropriate to present this film as an alternative, or even a ‘canon’ cut.
In the coming days, I will focus on finishing the alternative cuts of ST2 and ST3, as well as adding subtitles to the remaining updated versions.
The new and updated versions can be accessed through the existing link or by requesting them via PM.