Today, Friday, television viewers face a great dilemma: what to watch? The highly anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things 4 are released at the same time.
The streaming tv It is the most “modern” way to watch series, but the platforms use one of the oldest advertising techniques in the world: counterprogramming.
We have seen it every day, for decades, on free TV: if a channel programs one of its star contents, the competition does the same, at the same time, to annul the rival.
It is the same that happens with the star series of Netflix, Stranger Things 4which premieres its fourth season on the same day as the new Star Wars series, Obi-wan Kenobi, on Disney+. In this video you can see the first 8 minutes of Stranger Things 4:
stranger things is a suspense series, set in the 80s, where a group of teenagers get into all kinds of supernatural, exoteric and dimensional trouble, from which they almost always manage to escape alive at the last moment.
The series carries several mysteries from the first season, which have not yet been resolved. With each new installment it has become a little more terrifyingand it seems that in this fourth season it is going to become a real horror series.
This is precisely the key point that can attract, or turn back, certain viewers. Horror series and movies always have a great pull. But there are people who do not like to be constantly nervous or tense, although they do endure some scares or touches of suspense.
The key will be to check How far does Stranger Things 4 pull the string?and whether it will be too much for some viewers.
Stranger Things 4 premieres today on Netflix.
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Obi-wan Kenobi, instead, it focuses on the more classic Star Wars universe, replete with fantasy, adventures, and laser sword fights.
Set a few years after Episode III, the “resurrected” Dath Vader seeks out Obi-Wan Kenobi to put an end to the Jedi for good, while the master watches over and protects Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, still children.
The series is very liked, our colleague Javier Cazallas from HobbyConsolas has been enthusiastic. You can read Obi-wan Kenobi’s review here, or watch it on video:
Obi-wan Kenobi is now available on Disney+.
What series to watch tonight?
If you like teenage stories with touches of terror, feel nostalgic for the 80s, or want to know what has happened to its protagonists, Stranger Things 4 it is what you are looking for.
If you prefer space fantasy, action thrillers, and want to recall the classic Star Wars with the characters created by George Lucas, start with Obi-wan Kenobi.
The good thing about streaming platforms is that you can watch the series whenever you want, so you can devour the two in the order you prefer.
And if you’re not a subscriber and don’t want to spend any money, you can still enjoy a great series tonight: Apple TV + offers free the first chapter of his spectacular dinosaur documentaryPrehistoric Planet.
Fun and guaranteed quality, in any of the three contents. Which one do you prefer?
George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism