The strange things The series finale briefly mentioned Montauk though why was it so important at the show?
During the show’s finale, which aired on Wednesday, December 31, Hopper (David Harbour) told Joyce (Winona Ryder) about a job offer he received in Montauk, New York. Fans of the hit Netflix series may be surprised to learn this strange things it was originally known as Montauk.
creators red i Matt Duffer presented the show as a “Eight-hour sci-fi horror epic” set in Montauk and other locations in the Long Island area. According to the original pitch, Montauk is set on Long Island in 1980 and “Inspired by the supernatural classics of that era, we explore the intersection where the ordinary meets the extraordinary…emotional, cinematic and rooted in character, Montauk is a love letter to the golden age of Steven Spielberg and Stephen King: a marriage of human drama and supernatural fear.”
Montauk was chosen as the location due to other projects that inspired his writing, including Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, which used Montauk as a fictional setting for Amity Island. They also drew on the real conspiracy theories surrounding the town, specifically the Montauk Project.
Origin a Preston Nichols‘ Project Montauk The Montauk Project book series is a theory that claims that the United States government conducted secret projects at Camp Hero or Montauk Air Force Station in Montauk, New York in an attempt to develop psychological warfare techniques.

strange things in the end it was the title the Duffers made up once the show began production on Netflix. Although Montauk was kept as a setting, its mention at the end of the series led some viewers to wonder if it would be the focus of the series. strange things spin off
“Ross wanted to put in the Montauk theme, and that’s what I didn’t want to happen, is that people think there’s going to be a Montauk spin-off,” Matt said. collider. “No, but I actually think it’s pretty cool. I’m glad I have it.”
The Duffer brothers previously confirmed this they were working on a spin-off.
“So we have an idea, but the idea is ultimately to hand over to someone else who we hope is talented and passionate. Even the idea that Ross and I do a pilot and then leave it, that seems silly to me. You have to be there from start to finish. We have to find a partner to help us with that,” Matt explained during an episode of the “Confused 202” podcast in July. We want to do another decade in the Stranger Things universe (But) we do want to be very involved.
The writing duo added: “It’s 1000 percent different from (Stranger Things). It doesn’t follow (any of the main characters). I’m not interested in that because I feel like we’ve done all of that. It’s very different. But it shares a connection with Stranger Things and the most connective tissue is its narrative sensibility. There’s a story that connects with Stranger Things.”
strange things it is currently streaming on Netflix.



