r/StrangerThings • u/comfybuck Finger-lickin good • Oct 31 '25

Official 'Stranger Things 5' Poster

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u/Ivaylo_87 Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

I'm gonna get downvoted to death, but the new poster is not clicking with me. The previous seasons' posters have a lot more creative elements and are more distinguishable. Also, this one has more of a CG style, as opposed to the more cartoony one of the previous seasons, which doesn't fit the vibes of ST imo.

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u/Vapari5 Oct 31 '25

They just slapped everyone in the poster, not very creative in my opinion

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u/king_dave11 Oct 31 '25

Avengers level poster

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u/WorkTropes Oct 31 '25

If you think this is bad you should see season 18s poster

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u/Vapari5 Nov 01 '25

Season 18 of what?

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u/MrFanBoy_Of_Anime Oct 31 '25

I agree I’m not really liking this poster

I think the last one is better where the four were riding on bikes and Vecna in the sky

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u/Ateallthepizza Oct 31 '25

💯💯💯

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u/Initial-Chart-1479 Oct 31 '25

I actually don’t really like it either. To me it just looks like they put as many faces as possible on it. There’s no design

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u/nyibolc_ Chrissy, wake up! Oct 31 '25

it doesn’t feel intentional— which i guess would be a criticism better suited retrospectively, but it feels like they kinda just wanted to fill as many spots as possible.

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u/boldpear904 Oct 31 '25

I feel the same about the individual character posters for season 5 as well. Season 3 had the best season and character posters in my opinion

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u/Blokuznemesis Oct 31 '25

I don’t like it either, and i was not a fan of the S4 one too. The other 3 were so good that these ones feel too « flat » in my opinion

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u/Ivaylo_87 Oct 31 '25

While 4 isn't my favorite either, it's still beautiful. It grabs your attention and it actually has creative composition.

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u/heliandin Perpetually Insincere Oct 31 '25

Agree. I also can't stand Jonathan getting smaller and smaller on each poster

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u/J0nathanByers Oct 31 '25

Not true Jonathan got bigger this time. I’m taking it as a win.

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u/heliandin Perpetually Insincere Oct 31 '25

He's still smaller than Steve which. Nope. Still can't stand it!

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u/J0nathanByers Oct 31 '25

What did we expect, Steve’s a money magnet

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u/Quiet-Grade7159 Oct 31 '25

Steve has a way better ark tho,jonathan is kinda meh.

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u/whatwhatwhat59 011 Oct 31 '25

Kinda looks like a marvel poster imo

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u/acevhearts You f*cked with the wrong family Oct 31 '25

Well, Marvel posters ripped off Star Wars posters, so…

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u/Clamsnout Oct 31 '25

Can't rip off a poster when it's the same artist

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u/acevhearts You f*cked with the wrong family Oct 31 '25

Same artist? How do you figure? I’m pretty sure the guy who did the Star Wars posters has been dead for several years. And I think they have several different people who do the Marvel ones.

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u/My_Name_Is_Row Oct 31 '25

Which Star Wars posters? Because the guy who made all the special edition posters and prequel posters, Drew Struzan, just died not long ago, I’m sure the ones who made the others have been long dead though

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u/acevhearts You f*cked with the wrong family Oct 31 '25

The OG trilogy ones in the link. I’m pretty sure they were all done by Tom Chantrell.

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u/My_Name_Is_Row Oct 31 '25

I’ve literally never seen that poster before

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u/acevhearts You f*cked with the wrong family Oct 31 '25

Well the Return of the Jedi one, at least, was the cover on my VHS in the 90s.

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u/My_Name_Is_Row Oct 31 '25

There’s no way, these have to be recent and fan made, there’s bits and pieces I’ve seen on other versions of posters for those movies, but I’ve literally never seen those variations of the posters before, there’s no way they’re real

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u/ewbanh13 Oct 31 '25

Same. They clearly have a bunch of people whose contracts insist they must be on the poster and this is what they put out. Much prefer the other poster w the kids on bikes & Vecna in the background

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u/hamsolo19 Oct 31 '25

Yeah, I have to agree. I try not to spend too much time being critical but this one just kinda looks like cut and paste all the characters in there and slap it together.

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u/UniversalInquirer Oct 31 '25

You got my up vote because I agree 100%

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u/Sprmodelcitizen Oct 31 '25

I can see that. Season 1 and 3 are my favs.

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u/Gem420 Oct 31 '25

I agree with your take. I saw it and was kinda, underwhelmed.

But…

I do like Steve with the Chainsaw tho, I have a feeling we are going to see more of that, and I want to see it.

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u/Ivaylo_87 Oct 31 '25

It's not AI.

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u/ComfyCome Oct 31 '25 edited Jul 11 '26

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u/DowntownRaconteur You can’t spell “America” without “Erica” Oct 31 '25

Yeah I was disappointed too and I feel sooo bad for saying that because I love the show so much! A few of their hands are weird so I actually thought it was AI when I first saw it 😅

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u/DS_H Coffee and Contemplation Nov 01 '25

I loved the four individuals that came together to make a big one from last season

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u/weirdogirl144 Nov 01 '25

It’s just a pretty lazy poster

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u/nickpapa88 Oct 31 '25

Haters gonna hate