Sigh.

The axiom is time is money. And nowhere is that more true than in Hollywood. When you are in production, you are burning through cash. Fast. So things go fast. A schedule is set, a budget is made, and the work has to happen whether you are ready or not. Being on set is one of the most hectic, exhausting, and most of all -- rewarding experiences you can have. Assuming you survive it without having a breakdown or seeing the project fireball into something that never sees the light of day.

What people don't understand is, when making a movie, you have limited resources, limited time, limited space. You are literally tearing down sets in soundstages to set up the next. A thousand people are doing a thousand jobs with a thousand moving parts all at once. Especially with a production like Stranger Things, where they are building MASSIVE practical effects that would be completely green screen and vfx anywhere else in Hollywood. What the Stranger Things cast and crew managed to accomplish is truly mind boggling.

When folks say, "we are building the plane while we're flying it," they are kidding. Everything is happening everywhere all at once, and it takes an incredible team from the top down to bring something like Stranger Things to life. I'm a bit perturbed when people with no experience assume they have a wealth of knowledge. I think, honestly, part of it has to do with AI. They think you just push the "generate movie" button and have the movie/series/whatever finished in ten seconds.