I-Netflix phenomenon Stranger Things ijabulele ukuqhuma kwempumelelo yomhlaba. Kanye nempumelelo kufike inhlanganisela ebanzi yokusebenzisana okudumile nezikhondlakhondla zemboni ezifana ne-Coca-Cola ne-Burger King. Manje thola i-Stranger Things ka-Chuck Taylor's Converse entsha e-Australia, e-Europe, nezinye izimakethe zomhlaba ezishisayo zamateki.
Isihlabani se-Stranger Things uMillie Brown, odlala i-telepath "Eleven" ochungechungeni, ungqondongqondo walawa mateku enziwe ngokwezifiso. Nakuba indima yakhe embukisweni igxila kakhulu kokunye okunyantisayo kunokuhle, iqoqo likaBrown le-unisex lihlanganisa iphalethi elihle lama-pastel akhanyayo, ukushona kwelanga kolwandle, namaphrinti e-orca ajabulisayo avusa isifiso sobuntwana ngaphezu kwama-Demogorgon amabi.
Ugqozi luvela othandweni lomuntu siqu lomlingisi osemusha wazo zonke izinto zasolwandle. Isizindalwazi esisemthethweni sokusebenzisana kwamateku sihlanganisa uBrown ogqoke i-retro white jumpsuit namateku akhe ezingane aklanywe ngokwezifiso . Izithombe zimenza abe nezithombe eziningi ezithokozisayo, okuhlanganisa nokukodwa lapho egingqa amateku anamagagasi aluhlaza kanye nesinye namabhamuza akhe aphephezelayo, izinzipho zakhe zidwebe uthingo lwemibala ye-retro.
“Okunye okungijabulisa kakhulu ukuklama lokhu ukuthi ngikwenza nabalandeli bami,” kusho uMillie. Ujabulele ukukhetha uhlobo oluhle lombala opinki okhanyayo, ophuzi, noluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngemiklamo yakhe ehlukile. Ukwabelana ngothando lwakhe lwezilwane zasolwandle kwakuwuhambo olujabulisayo entsheni.
Ukuhlanganyela kwe-Stranger Things kunevayibhu ejabulisayo nemsulwa kukho, akufani nombukiso, ohlanganisa iqembu labangane abahamba ngesitayela se-Goonies esilungiselelweni esimnyama sango-1980. Lo mdlalo uthole ukutuswa okubucayi futhi usebenza njengokuhlonipha isiko le-pop laseMelika langaleso sikhathi. Izinkomba eziya ku-Stephen King, imidlalo yevidiyo ye-retro, namafilimu asabekayo akudala ahlaba umxhwele umdlalo we-TV.
Kuwo wonke umbukiso ubumsulwa bezingane kanye nemizabalazo elula, njengokuphatha ukuqabula kokuqala noma ukusebenza esitolo senxanxathela ka-ayisikhilimu, bhalansisa impi nezilo eziyinqaba ezivela kokuthi "Upside Down" engaqondakali. Iqoqo elisha lombukiso ligcizelela ubuntwana obulula ngemiklamo yabo eyenziwe ngezandla kanye nesithombe esimnandi esimsulwa. Olunye uhlangothi lusebenza njenge-foil yokubhekana nezindaba ezijulile zobungane nomndeni.
Enkabeni yalo lonke uchungechunge kukhona intombazane engaqondakali i-Eleven, enamandla omhlaba ashintshayo e-telekinetic akwazi ukucekela phansi yonke indawo ye-"Mind Flayers".
Umlingisikazi waseNgilandi osemusha usenyukele ngokushesha ekudumeni emhlabeni wonke. Ujabule futhi uyaxaka, ulayini wamateku we-Converse omusha ubonisa izinto ezimbalwa azikhonzile: “Imikhomo kimina iyizilwane ezibabazekayo, futhi kulogo kunomkhomo omuhle nje, ofana nokubhukuda. Lokho kufana nokufezeka kwephupho embuthanweni omncane.”
Abalandeli bakhalela amateku amasha, aphume ngokushesha emashalofini abonakalayo. Masithembe nje ukuthi ama-sneakers amasha awanyamalali ku-"Upside Down". Uma kunjalo, kungase kudingeke sicele u-Eleven ukuthi ababuyise.