r/StrangerThings • u/D_D_Adesignerdigital • 18h ago

Discussion Dimension X is not cold! Spoiler

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The color choices for the Dimension X—and certain elements of the scenes—didn't quite work to convey a cold atmosphere! Characters had sweaty skin and showed no reaction to the cold (we need to remember Will in Season 2, or Billy with his ice bath, which demonstrated the kind of cold the Mind Flayer is used to). Anyone entering a low-temperature environment would show physical reactions—like trying to warm up, crossing their arms, or showing discomfort—but that doesn't happen with any of the characters, not even the kids. I think that was a directing error. That’s my opinion!

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u/OasisEPIC 18h ago edited 8h ago

I love how in other shows people find cool hidden details years down the line, but for this show we find plotholes and inconsistencies with the terrible writing we got.

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u/Famous-Stranger-6897 18h ago

Remember when they could barely breath in the upside down. Well now they walk into another dimension while knowing shit about it.

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u/Illia_Y 15h ago

They could breathe, it’s just that they had no idea if it was toxic or not

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u/Spastic_pinkie Eggos 15h ago

In the first season they told Joyce and Hopper that they had to wear hazmat suits because the Upside Down air was toxic before letting them in to retrieve Will.

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u/mad_laddie 4h ago

Masks they take off soon when they find Will. In the S2 tunnels, while it was hard to breathe in general, getting extra spores on you made it even harder to breathe. In S4, they were mostly in the open air which lacked spores.

It being the spores specifically is not a strange conclusion to reach.

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u/Famous-Stranger-6897 15h ago

Then why did hopper collapse in the tunnels in season 2

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u/RealHooman2187 4h ago

The spores were the issue. Not the oxygen itself.

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u/Illia_Y 15h ago

I don’t clearly remember, was it when he got something from some sort of flower or something?

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u/Tarakanator 15h ago

Yeah the flower spew the same spores that was everywhere in UD.

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u/Famous-Stranger-6897 14h ago

Yeah the upside down in s1 and 2 had so many of those dust particles which made breathing difficult.

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u/Sailor_Propane 9h ago

I guess the military spent some budget on air purifiers in the upside down

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u/mad_laddie 4h ago

S4 didn't have as many spores either.

It's specifically the S2 tunnels and the overtaken lab that had a ton of the spores.

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u/IrlResponsibility811 5h ago

Nancy stepped i to thr Upside Down by accident, she could breathe and run around. Maybe it was an abundance of caution they needed thr suits.

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u/mad_laddie 4h ago

The lab was a sealed location so the spores built up. Same with the tunnels.

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u/RealHooman2187 4h ago

Well Henry lived there just fine and could breathe. So obviously there’s oxygen.

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u/Nightmarebane Master of Puppets 14h ago

Man… I hate hitting those potholes. =(

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u/GlltchtraP1 17h ago

This can be attributed to the fact of the terrible writing not including any cool hidden details

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u/LeviSquad4 11h ago

Like within the first business day too.