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d_r_e
03/13/09

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"WE ALL FLOAT DOWN HERE!"

*shudders*
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LittleDragon
03/13/09

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I don't really see the big deal. Watched it when I was 7 was unimpressed. I have watched it since then and it still bores me. I never really understood Kings horror stuff, its not that scary. The only book of his that I think was good as both book and movie was Firestarter. All the people who made Firestarter: Rekindled, should be flayed alive. As much as I would have liked a sequel to the first one, Rekindled was beyond horrible.
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Grey_Area
03/13/09

@LittleDragon: King is really good at writing page-turners. That's all you do, turn the pages. He hooks you in with a nice set-up for a novella then draaaawss that sucker out to doorstop length.

I'm really glad of his sucess, especially since my family comes from the same part of Maine, but I've never been really excited by any of his novels.
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Mount_Prion
03/13/09

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I say use Dennis Hopper.

He could use that nitrous to blow up balloons, and then be all like, "Baby wants to float!"
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zenpoet
03/13/09

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I loved the miniseries, and it scared the crap out of me for every part except the last ten minutes. Spider monster just wasn't scary!

I hope they go with a less is more, and don't try to CG the crap out of this, and go with a more "Alien" what you-can't-see-is-the-worst type of horror.

Oh, and "we all float down here."
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/13/09

@zenpoet: "I worry Bevvie... I worry A LOT"
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Smeagol92055
03/13/09

@crashedpc: OH, FUCK YOU. I HAD ALMOST PUSHED THAT SCENE OUT OF MY MEMORY.

Well... time to go get drunk!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/13/09

@Smeagol92055: I was thinking, of course, of the book version. Have a pleasant weekend!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/13/09

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IT is second on my list of fav King novels... I still prefer Needful Things. Man that book was awesome.
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evildead1971
03/13/09

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tim curry isnt too old to play pennywise again. my only concern is how they're going to turn a mini-series into a 2 or 3 hour movie...
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Ghost_in_the_Machine
03/13/09

@evildead1971: That's my concern, too. Not every story can be told well in under 3 hours. The miniseries concept needs to come back bigtime.
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cyclops2500
03/13/09

@Ghost_in_the_Machine:

I think IT will take Watchmen's place as the adaptation that is unfilmable. The original movie was only scary in bits and the only good thing was Tim Curry. They butchered the novel. Unless HBO does it, it will not live up to the book.

And I'd see Tim Curry as Pennywise again in a heartbeat.
"We'll all float..."
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Arryma
03/13/09

@cyclops2500: Yeah, and lets not forget about the kiddie gang-bang at the end. Talk about unfilmable.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/13/09

@Arryma: As icky as that scene made me feel, at least there was some sort of "bonding-we're-in-this-together" kinda justification. Good luck getting THAT past the censors. Or, actually, good luck getting anyone to film that who's not named Roman Polanski.
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