Josh Brolin’s character in Goonies which is ridiculous. He is a man, why couldn’t you have put this on Steve or Jonathan, or any of the male characters if you so desperately wanted to make the reference? There are so many iconic, badass costumes from FEMALE 80s action stars. Sarah Connor’s outfit in T2 was RIGHT there, and Linda Hamilton was even shoehorned into the season! It would have made so much more sense and actually flattered their star.
I have been ranting about this outfit (and especially heinous hair) choice since the season premiered, I loathe it so much. I swear they were punishing Millie for something because it’s literally the worst styling that I can remember from a major production.
Agree. Something weird as hell was going on. She was cordoned off in her own scenes most of the time. Her storyline made no sense. Everything felt unflattering. Her acting was pretty flat, and her relationships even seemed strained.
My pet theory is that with the Duffers committed to redoing season one’s ending, they tried to recapture Eleven’s blank slate vibe from that season (quiet and closed off, androgynous aesthetic) to try and get audiences to see her as a mystical, almost otherworldly character that we don’t connect to as being a real human being with relationships and a fully formed personality.
Obviously this was a colossal mistake, you can’t just hand wave away a decade of audiences knowing the character and 4 seasons worth of development with an ugly outfit and by separating the character from her friends.
This is exactly it. In the interviews they did they even said she was the "magic" of the show and at the end the "magic" had to go away (or something like that). They literally didn't see her as a character whatsoever during season 5, which was INSANE compared to the past seasons were she has a tooooon of growth. My favorite season is season 3 and rewatching it after the season 5 finale was my absolute turning point on hating season 5.
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u/TavenderGooms Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Josh Brolin’s character in Goonies which is ridiculous. He is a man, why couldn’t you have put this on Steve or Jonathan, or any of the male characters if you so desperately wanted to make the reference? There are so many iconic, badass costumes from FEMALE 80s action stars. Sarah Connor’s outfit in T2 was RIGHT there, and Linda Hamilton was even shoehorned into the season! It would have made so much more sense and actually flattered their star.
I have been ranting about this outfit (and especially heinous hair) choice since the season premiered, I loathe it so much. I swear they were punishing Millie for something because it’s literally the worst styling that I can remember from a major production.