The Stranger Things writers deny changing a controversial scene from the first season

When a series is in fashion like this strange things, his followers are attentive to everything that revolves around matter. And so controversy, controversy and even misunderstanding arise about the story that captures millions of viewers and is now in its fourth season.

Since the creators of the Netflix series, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, have admitted that they have digitally altered the special effects in previous episodes, speculations are rampant about other changes they may have made, without warning viewers.

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“We also have things about George Lucas that people don’t know about,” Matt Duffer said in a recent interview, referring to the film’s creator’s tendency to Star Wars to play with your old movies by adding updated special effects. This situation, however, is usually not well received by fans of the saga.

This has led to an influx of theories on an episode of the first season involving Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton) and a scene where he was taking pictures of Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) as she undressed.

A viral rumor from the social network TikTok suggested that the Duffer brothers had removed this scene to make the character appear less sinister and to potentially avoid an upset with fans of the series as the climate, from social networks, was increasingly sensitive.

The theory suggested that those shots were replaced with more innocent images of Jonathan taking pictures of Barb Holland (Shannon Purser) sitting by the pool.

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Ultimately, this theory ended up being nothing more than speculation. The official Twitter account of Stranger Things Writers’ Roomwho often answers questions from fans, confirmed that no changes of this kind have been made.

“Scenes from previous seasons have never been cut or re-edited,” the account tweeted. “And they never will be.”

The theory in question could easily be disproved by reviewing the episodes in question.

However, the story ended up being about the prevalence of disinformation circulating on the Internet rather than the editorial decisions of showrunners. strange things. Something more and more frequent, however, due to the importance that opinions acquire in social networks.

The Duffer brothers’ total denial is consistent with previous comments they have made about their live edits. In the same interview where they admitted that he likes to change George Lucas’ style, Ross Duffer explained it they only make visual enhancements and never try to alter the details of the story after the episodes have started airing.

“It’s not like a story, but you’re essentially fixing the shots,” Duffer explained. However, she made it clear how they made some changes. “A lot of people think, ‘Not that Netflix allowed them to patch up the scenes on opening week and even on the weekend.’ We say, ‘Well, why not?’ They make you a little nervous. ‘ We tried it once. ‘And it went well.’

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