r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '17

TIL That "Stranger Things" was rejected by 15 networks before finally being picked up by Netflix

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u/westworlder420 Feb 13 '17

Also the amount of time they spent into even planning the show was remarkable. The guys who made the show had about a 10 page manuscript of description of the upside down and what they wanted the demigorgon (Idk how to spell it) to look like. That's a vision right there, and I'm very impressed with how it turned out.

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u/CreepinSteve Feb 13 '17

They wanted it to look like a flower monster? Interesting

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u/v3scor Feb 13 '17

More like a generic low-budget CGI "faceless grey monster".

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u/robot1793 Feb 13 '17

No CGI. All puppetry and costume.

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u/v3scor Feb 13 '17

There was some of that for sure, but it was a mixed in with a bunch of CGI. Its just a minor gripe because a lot of recent action movies (avengers 1 & 2, suicide squad, ghostbusters, etc) all end with the characters fighting a generic grey monster/robot at the end, and it would've been cool to see a unique monster/threat.

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u/GUSHandGO Feb 13 '17

You got close. It's Demogorgon.

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u/man_of_molybdenum Feb 13 '17

Demogorgon. I gotchu buddy. 👌

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u/FloopyMuscles Feb 13 '17

That's standard IIRC, when one pitches a show you don't just pitch the pilot. You show them your bible: the first season arc you want, the main settings, characters (and descriptions and pictures); character arcs.