Perry was so impressed that he even helped develop the remix
Line of Events
In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and covert government attacks. In their search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries. Steve Perry, former lead singer of Journey, has said that the Stranger Things season 4 remix of Journey’s 1980s smash hit Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) was done pretty much the way he originally wanted it to be done in the 1980s, but the technique was lacking. In several episodes, people are seen “interrupting” someone talking on a two-way radio or CB – ie, one person is talking/transmitting and another person is transmitting to interrupt them, and then the other person hears this interruption and stops transmitting.
Eleven: Friends Don’t Lie
This was done a few times on children’s CB radios and radios used by the police. Those radios – period CB and police radios from the show – don’t work like that. If you send and someone else sends, you won’t hear them. Stranger Things’ opening titles and fonts mimic the cinematography and look of the opening credits of the 1980s television series.
ET, Poltergeist, that sort of thing
Introducing FoundFlix: Stranger Things (2016) Ending Explained + Season 2 Clues (2016). Stranger Things (Title Series & End Credits Theme) Written & presented by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein. Story-wise, there’s no reason for Stranger Things to be set in the 80s. But the ’80s vibe – dial phones, chain smoking, Winona Ryder – will help you get inspired by this movie, which is pretty much every ’80s supernatural movie that focuses on kids.
It’s amazing how dead this tribute is
It’s not just the clothes and the hair, but the acting style, the script and the structure, everyone feels inspired. You’ve got the young nerdy kids, the horny, insecure teenager, the monster, the mysterious one with the power, the bad science/government people, the conflicted scientist, the crying mother. You could argue that this entire season is simply a pastiche made up of recycled elements, and I wouldn’t disagree, but it really feels less like a copy and more of something from that era, as if the writers fell into a coma in 1985, woke up and got to work. While it doesn’t have the primary style of the Spielberg films, it does have a likability.