#the mindflayer
So its rumoured that their going to try and make ANOTHER remake of Power Rangers as a movie. Personally i liked the 2017 movie, yeah it was silly in places and not a great adaptation of the Villain’s (Good casting but bad writing for Rita & Goldar was a let down) but i enjoyed the new versions of the rangers personalities and backstories, though the action was kind of lacking. I would have enjoyed seeing where the franchise would have gone but im also curious to see what they might make and what they would do differently if they are going to reboot it.
There are some rumours going around about casting and an LGBTQ character, but id take these with a pinch of salt as whilst it would be great if true they are highly unlikely to be.
The first rumour is that Sophia Lillis will be in it, and that she will be the lead Red Ranger. I love this idea, i really hope its true as ever since Shinkenger (power rangers samurai for anyone whose never seen the tokusatsu) where there was a red ranger as a temporary leader I’ve loved the idea and am surprised it hasn’t happened yet. I know the fighting footage for power rangers comes from Japan but in the very 1st ever series of power ranger the yellow rangers sentai counterpart was played by a dude and i never noticed, so why not pull that again?
Second rumour is that Finn Wolfhard will be in it, possibly as the Blue Ranger, and that his character will be gay. This would be good representation and a call back to the Blue rangers actor, David Yost from the original series who sadly had many bad homophobic experiences whilst filming the series. It wouldn’t take back the experiences David went through but, having that representation that a guy (or girl like in the last movie) can be gay and a superhero would definitely boost some young questioning minds self esteem/worth and shatter the illusion in young straight minds that we cant be. I know Trini was implied Lesbian in the 2017 movie but come on, lets have an actual confirmation for representation.
Like i said these are all rumours and highly unlikely to be real. If they are though it would mean they were casting actual teenagers who look like teenagers and not 20 somethings who look like body builders or glamour models which would be refreshing.
One thing i hope they consider even if none of the casting is true: Cast Darce Montgomery as a villian, even if its just his voice and especially if its Lord Zedd. It would be a great callback to have the actor playing the lead of the last movie come back as its villain. His delivery when possessed by the Mind Flayer in season three of stranger things was so chilling. imagine this coming out of a more calm, collected and sinister Zedd terrorising the rangers before exploding in a fit of rage, lightning and monster growing grenades. i wonder what a movieverse Zedd would look like…
I know I’m late posting theories but its been hard getting time to write them down. So here goes.
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE COMIC & THE TEASE FROM THE COMPANION BOOK FOLLOW
1. The Rats. We all know by this point one of the episodes is titled Mall Rats, and its unlikely the title is talking about kids hanging out at the mall. The poster pretty much confirms this as running towards whatever horror has escaped the upside down are many rats. When Hopper found that large chamber in the tunnels there were multiple piles of bones and furred flesh from the wildlife that had either stumbled into or been dragged into the tunnels to feed the vines and Demodogs. So its possible that some rats may have entered the tunnel, made contact with the upside down atmosphere that could carry the Mindflayers essence/virus/whatever and become infected/possessed like Will was. The only thing that debunks this is that everything connected to the mind flayer supposedly died when the gate closed, which would mean any rats infected should have died as well. Another possibility is that some rats may have made it through the tunnel all the way to the gate and entered into the upside down where they have been corrupted and mutated by the Mindflayer ready for when the gate is reopened. Which comes to my next theory (we’ll come back to the rats later):
2. How the creature(s) crossover. One thing that has never been established is how the original Demogorgon from season 1 opened those mini gates (they don’t have a name so im going with it) whenever it snatched prey and took them to the upside down. I say minigates because unlike THE gate these ones were small and closed themselves after an amount of time. The Demogorgon opened at least 3 in the byers home itself. It also used ones we didn’t see it open like the one it used to catch Barb & the one in the woods with the deer. Janes the one who originally opened the first gate after making contact with it but afterwards it seemed to be able to open any gate it wanted whenever it caught the scent of blood. But then in the comics we see Will finding the mini gate he talks to Joyce through in season 1, though its not fully formed and more like a window. Now it wasn’t till season 2 we learned that the Demogorgon & everything “alive” in the upside down is just a vessel for the mindflayer to control, so did it inherit the ability to open gates or did it lose that ability when that particular Demogorgon was destroyed? In season 2 it already had a stable gate that didn’t close after a while so it may not have seen the need to use it & focused on expanding into Hawkins through its tunnels. On the other hand if it doesn’t have that ability maybe the creature(s) will cross through a random minigate that opens if they do indeed still open. Again what debunks the minigate theory is that everything from the upside down appeared to die when the gate was closed, so if there are minigates to the upside down there should have been a “signal” that would have kept them alive. That being said we never saw what became of that piece of the mindflayer that was exorcised from Will in the cabin. Maybe because it’s a piece of the mind flayer itself it is able to survive the gate closing and took possession of those rats to survive, slowly growing its shadowy essence/virus through them and its goal of the season is to get Jane to reopen the gate.
3. The Poster’s Monster. We can only see what might be part of two arms or legs and its knee’s/elbows. But if you can find a good enough picture you can see all the disgusting detail of what I think it might be made of & what its name might be. Remember the rats running towards it? I think their running to become part of it. Those little thin protrusions running up and down the limbs look very much like tiny ribcages don’t they? Also I cant find a clear enough picture online but someone had a close up pointing to one of the rats on their Instagram story & I swear I can see a rat face near one of its knees/elbows. In the World Turned Upside Down book the sneak peak mentioned that this season would have some disgusting body horror moments reminiscent of The Fly which I took to mean that it would be a human going through a disgusting transformation, but know I wonder if whatever escapes the upside down or has been in hiding since season 2 is slowly building itself a new body out of the rats it has infected. Then as it gets bigger it starts looking for other bodies to assimilate/mutate. This also fits into a real life disgusting phenomenon that is also the name of a Dungeons & Dragons monster: THE RAT KING. In real life a rat king is created when a large swarm of rats is so big that multiple rats end up getting their tails knotted together through having to crawl over & around each other in tight spaces. Google it but be warned its pretty gross since they do not survive as they cannot move and get to food/water whilst stuck & in some cases their feces have glued some of them together. The D&D equivalent doesn’t have a picture but is basically a wererat. Doesn’t match what I’ve just described but since when has any of the creatures from the upside down looked like the D&D monster their named after? Another thing that makes me think it’s a cluster of bodies is from one of the pages of the last issue of the comic series. Its hard to tell if what Will is seeing once he’s connected to the mindflayer via that vine in his mouth (that’s also impregnating him with baby Dart) is real since earlier he was hallucinating that he actually was Will the wise but I cant help but notice how similar the horror he is seeing has a similar look to our mystery monsters limbs. I feel like this whole section is a tease of whats to come & just how many worlds the mindflayer has taken (WTF is that massive jaw bone from?!!)
I have more theories on other stuff but this has taken long enough to write so think I’ll stop there for now. I don’t know which I want more when season 3 hits: for my theories to be true or for them to be something else entirely. I just hope whatever answers are revealed they make sense within the world the Duffers have created.
Hmmmmmmm…
I know Noah’s eyes are hazel, which can appear different under certain circumstances but they really do seem light brown on this poster.
Just like when Will was possessed by The Mind Flayer in S2.
Which became darker and darker as time passed by.
What do you think ?
If it is the case it connects to two things and another theory, that I don’t remember who made it so if you see this post, let yourself know.
The eyes changing color(s) or changing period is something we’ve seen with two other people, El whose eyes become red when her abilities are pushed to her absolute limits or beyond her powers; and Billy, whose pupils dilated when the MF had a reaction.
Now I think there’s a reason why Billy’s eyes didn’t change colors like El or Will for that matter (which might also confirm something about Will): And that’s theory time, Billy isn’t a psychic like El since I think when psychics seems to use their powers to their full potential at the particular moment they are used or beyond their abilities, their eyes change colors for whatever reason.
Billy’s eye thing was probably something else (that, with his weird other abilities, I think are different in their nature compared to Will’s and El’s abilities).
If we follow this theory, it confirms that Will is indeed a psychic and perhaps was one before he encountered the Upside Down or the Mind Flayer (which to this day has elements that is weird and unexplained about those encounters Will had with anything related to the UD.). The most of what that encounter could have done is enhance those abilities or change them into something else. (Plus the new first 8 minutes for Season 4 heavily hints at that in many weird ways…)
Which brings me to my final point, True Sight. Which Will had or is supposed to have, or at least a power or version similar to it. Vecna and his eye,has/grantsTrue Sight. If I am right about this I have an idea about how that connection could work and how it could serve a purpose in the second half of Season 4 or Vol. 2.
But I just wanted to point out in this post that Will’s eyes in his poster for Season 4 always seemed a bit weird to me. Especially when he had similar eyes and an ability supposedly similar to the main threat of this season. At least in D&D lore.
The True Sight theory will come soon enough. At least I hope if I continue like this. X)
They’re all copying my boy and y'all don’t want to admit it…
You know Will…?
episode sixty-seven: the mindflayer
