IT: Welcome to Derry

Juvarisx said:

I'd be interested to see what they make of it. Bill Skarsgard is still Pennywise in this and he was the highlight of the films. I'm atleast interested in an episode or two unless its just painful.

Also apparently each of the 3 planned seasons is set in a different year: 1962, 1935 and 1908 each being based on the interlude chapters in It.

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Just because Skarsgard is involved doesn't really mean anything, I mean did you watch that new Crow movie?

Yeah it's a nice idea, but come on let's face it, the two stupid ass movies they made with him as pennywise weren't exactly phenomenal. Do you honestly think this won't be like the stupid alien show, even though it's two different production companies. I'm sure it'll be great looking, but I don't exactly have high hopes.

You got a lot of blank canvas to run something on, and it could be good, but is modern Hollywood going to make the most of it without fumbling the ball?

Who knows, I'll at least say it's ambitious, but I would be surprised if we actually get three seasons. It is HBO, and I know the single season of The Outsider was surprisingly good from a King work, despite some of the changes they made, specifically with Holly being black. I just can't imagine this won't be some sort of joke, and Lord knows what they're going to do with The Black-spot. It'll be like that center's movie rolled up into IT within a singular episode.

Arbitrary said:

I like the book. The Fire at the Black Spot is a cool short story within it. I'm just tired with how often race relations are a major focus of current media. Remember the 60s! How could I not. It's always the 1960s. It's always the Civil Rights Movement. If it's not it's earlier and things are even worse.

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That's pretty much my hesitance towards this being any decent. I mean you know they're going to milk that sort of stuff for all it's worth because of our current stupid ass age in modern cinema.

And let's face it, we all know Stephen King is a raging faggot, and probably always has been since he got off the booze and blow, and I'm sure getting hit by the van didn't do him any favors either.

You know he'll be involved with the project if he's still alive, I don't think he will be able to stop himself from making certain his political viewpoints aren't inserted into the story.