Stranger Things 4 (2022) — Gates Merging Scene

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Season 4, Episode 9 "The Piggyback" Hawkins Destroyed

PRODUCER(S):
The Duffer Brothers · Shawn Levy · Dan Cohen · Cindy Holland · Brian Wright · Matt Thunell · Karl Gajdusek · Iain Paterson · Curtis Gwinn

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[johncullinane]

Interesting that the gates merge right outside of the public library…the same area where Joyce and Hopper find Will in the finale episode of season 1..

[mdd]

"I piggybacked through a pizzo dough freezer"
"what?"

it has to be my favourite lines

[max]

That was the most incredible moment for me, of all seasons. They lost. No matter all the effort and sacrifice, they lost! Incredible and now I am damn curious to see the last season

[keeshengang]

What Vecna showed Nancy wasn’t an intimidation to Eleven, it’s a prophecy, showing Eleven no matter what she do, this will still happen…

[APieceofBiscuit]

i love the show went from "a little telekinesis experiment" to "holy sh*t, we've got the interdimensional beings involved"

[starrynights]

Jason's death is the most replayed part of the video lmfao

[megaedge]

I was so nervous about Max I didn’t even see Jason lmao

[lttlab]

The one thing about this scene I love us the sound effects. The sound of the gates spreading, things crumbling, water falling and weird tentacles screaching.

[ryanstauffer]

This scene proves how hard the VFX artists work with editing. These effects are awesome for a TV show. Best VFX in any TV show. This is why season 4 was worth the wait. It needed it’s time with not just the pacing of the story for each episode, but so the effects can look awesome. I can’t wait to see how the effects look in season 5. Nancy said in the vision that Vecna had a whole army of monsters, army men fighting them in the streets, and there will be one giant monster with a gapping mouth. That is going to be a really cool thing to see.

[seeprodude]

the "We've got a big budget now" moment

[MTX_Offical]

The fact that the most replayed scene was Jason’s death 😂

[The-Jai-]

0:40 ah, yes, the most satisfying moment in any show, ever

[toxicspider]

0:55 - 1:03 this clock sound is the best part

[luciexme]

Why do I find it so cute how Lucas moves max away, like he didn’t know if she was dead or not but he still moved her

[jamaljames]

This scene is like Stranger Things' version of the Infinity War ending!

[jarekmiller]

The moment we realize that Stranger Things will never be the same again after this. They've entered a new era where Hawkins is in complete chaos due to Vecna's cruel actions, and the gates have plagued the entire town in the destruction of homes and businesses that left most of its citizens injured, while others were killed. This is their own version of Thanos' snap from Avengers Infinity War that killed half of the entire universe temporarily, while Vecna's actions indirectly cost Eddie's life, left Max in a coma, and resulted in an uncertain future on how the remaining main characters will have to pick up the pieces and somehow fix all of this.

[azurite]

I’m so glad they did this. Just like Infinity War. The bad guy won in the end.

So many movies/shows have the good guys ALWAYS win. So when the bad guy finally wins. It’s somewhat a new feeling.

Obviously season 5 will change that. But for the time being. It’s nice to see a change. And have a suspenseful wait.

[jct]

1:42 Hearing the final tick echoing and droning down across the town as the Upside-Down gates explode at the center of Hawkins gave me chills, like my hat was blown away by the blast, I can imagine! But that was the most ominous, intense and gripping scene ever!

[Andre_APM]

This is the level of vfx work that is achievable when vfx artists are given enough time to work on their craft.

[MazzaMedia_]

When Will was captured in the Upside Down he was being held in the Library. The four gates literally connected next to the Library in the real Hawkins.