Looks like the kids in fictional Hawkins, Indiana, are gonna be saying “Let’s go to the mall!” in the third season of Netflix’s hit show “Stranger Things.”
Netflix just dropped a clever promo for the upcoming season — an ad for the town’s new “Starcourt Mall.”
The mall looks to have all the staples of a well-apportioned 80s-era shopping center — including neon lights, brass fixtures, and faux plants.
I was happy to see Waldenbooks included (since it was one of my favorite places to visit at the mall), and it was good to see a window display for Tom Clancy’s debut novel “The Hunt for Red October” (which was published in 1984):
This Nike gym bag (which I am assuming is in the “Kaufman Shoes” store) looks like a red and navy blue Nike bag my dad had back in the 1980s:
The final few frames of the ad shows us an ice cream parlor called “Scoops Ahoy.” There we see series favorite Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) working behind the counter alongside a girl named Robin (new cast addition Maya Hawke, who was terrific in PBS’s recent “Little Women” adaptation — and yes, that's Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman's daughter).
The end of the ad suggests that the mall is “COMING NEXT SUMMER,” which some sites have speculated might be the release date for the third season of “Stranger Things.”
I don’t necessarily know if that is the case. My thought was perhaps the upcoming season takes place during the summer vacation.
Please Netflix, don’t make us wait until 2019 for more “Stranger Things”...
Whatever the case may be, I’m looking forward to seeing more adventures with our adolescent heroes (and the thought of the crew battling Demogorgons in a shopping mall has “crazy fun” written all over it).
The final frame of the ad suggests that the mall is owned by “Starcourt Industries” — a company that could potentially have a darker side (considering how things seem to roll in Hawkins, IN).
Anyhow, if you haven’t seen the new teaser for “Stranger Things” Season 3, check it out...because “Starcourt Mall has it all!”
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Well, I’m more than ready. I need to rewatch the first two seasons in preparation!
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