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  1. steve2^4

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    Dunno. my silliness meter jumped a few times in 2:32. Hard to get worked up about a possessed Kodak Carousel slide projector.
  2. ed629

    ed629 Morally Inept Banned

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    Cool... they're including Ben and the Library, the fire at the "Black Spot", the House on Neibolt Street, and "Silver". They've also made Henry, Patrick, Belch, and Vic older. Around 15-16 or so, which makes them more believable than having them as scary bullies at the same age as the "Losers".

    Sort of a bummer, the flowers are supposed to be roses at the House on Neibolt Street, the house in the book isn't supposed to look "haunted", they changed Bassey Park to Alden Park.

    But they did get the corner of Jackson and Witcham street right.

    And the minivan is out of place, it's a 2006 or later model.
  3. Aurora

    Aurora Vincerò!

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    This actually looks good. I may get over the silly Pennywise costume after all. However, what sacrifices will have to be made to force the 1000 page book into a 2 hour movie...
  4. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    This one is just the children half, the sequel will be the adult half.
  5. Aurora

    Aurora Vincerò!

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    Oh, two-parter? Good. They're not really communicating that fact.

    Always found the children stuff in the book much better. I mean it is King's best for me by far.
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  6. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    This does look good. IT is one of the few horror movies that truly scared me and this looks fucking scary. I just hope it's good.
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  8. ed629

    ed629 Morally Inept Banned

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    Dumb ass....

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  9. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    How do we know Pennywise didn't keep him from seeing it?
  10. ed629

    ed629 Morally Inept Banned

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    In the book, Pennywise created illusions, creatures, etc., and could selectively let only certain people see things. He didn't prevent people from seeing things that existed.
  11. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Like, the wrong font, for example?
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  12. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Trailer #2.

  13. The Flashlight

    The Flashlight Contributes nothing worthwhile Cunt Git

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    Many have tried, but few have ever been able to successfully capture the tone of King's work. There's a gonzo quality to the horror, which Rob Reiner and Kathy Bates understood with Misery. Kubrick's Shining also had a goofy streak, thanks to Nicholson's off the wall performance.

    A lot of King's stuff simply can't be translated to the screen. It works on paper, but looks silly when visualized.
  14. steve2^4

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    Especially when King tries to visualize it.
  15. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Hey, shut up!!
    "Maximum Overdrive", is awesome and you goddamned know it!!
    :rant:

    *Fights back tears of rage*
    Oh God....if...you...ever....blaspheme.....that movie again...*choke*....just don't you do it.
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    Maximum Overdrive was King's attempt at making a popcorn flick. It was like that on purpose.
  17. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Final trailer, Pennywise finally talks.

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  18. steve2^4

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    something something deadlights.
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    WRONG FONT! :mad:
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  21. ed629

    ed629 Morally Inept Banned

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    Technically it wasn't an orgy, it was a gang bang.
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  22. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Alamo Drafthouse is doing a clown only screening of "IT".

    What surprise of entitled victim complex scumbags will this cause butt-hurt with?
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  24. Paladin

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    Looking forward to this one. I hope it's scary as f**k.
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    If I'm a clown I don't go to that.

    That will be the one where clown pulls out a rifle and starts going on a shooting spree.

    Killer clown wipes out clown brothers!
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  26. elitirate ķnut

    elitirate ķnut Eat Shit And Die

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    He was probably coked out of his head when he wrote that bit.
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    T.R Don't Care

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    Anyone catch it yet?
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    One of my daughters saw it last night and liked it. She said the cinematography and "look" of the film was really good.
  29. Dayton Kitchens

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    What's the difference?
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  30. Dayton Kitchens

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    My observations about Stephen Kings works.

    1) He has always had massive problems ending his stories. Massive set up but lots of failure to live up to it at the end.

    2) Kings works onscreen suffer a lot when they have big name actors in them. Such as Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". Steven Weber isn't in the same class as an actor as Nicholson yet I think the tv version of The Shining was far, far more effective than the original movie "The Shining".