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Needs A Sequel

posted 3 years ago by lm362 (341)
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The character of Pennywise made the statement: "You're all too old" when the Lucky Seven went down the sewer after him as children. As adults they killed the creature, but sometime later a new evil appears to cause more death and destruction. Their banding together to end this new evil would be why the movie/mini-series is a sequel to the 1990 mini-series.
We have, in the past several years, had elderly people cast as heroic figures and audiences have enjoyed the films. In the 1990 two part mini-series the children go after the beast without their parents and as adults in the second part, they do so without their spouses or girl/boy friends. This time the sequel could have them coming also. It would be heartwarming to see Stan's widow helping to end the terror this new entity is causing and have a loved one from Eddie's life to help. His mother could be portrayed as blaming the others for his death and not wanting to go as she doesn't/ won't believe in the existence of the fiend. Having the same spirit of love, friendship, sacrifice as in the mini-series, this sequel could be great.

[–] Lord Rake (4454) 3 years ago

I had a thought once that it would be interesting to do a sequel with only four of the members still alive but very old. Bill having memory problems because he's losing his cognitive functions. An offspring of Pennywise would have started as a spark of lightning creeping out of a blackhole in space. Perhaps from a timeline where they didn't destroy all the eggs. It would end up reaching Earth, not being as powerful as the original Pennywise but still a menace. Perhaps the new parallel to the clown would be the coldness of old folks homes.
No way they would ever do a sequel to the original TV series though, that second half was pretty bad. But to be honest the second half of the story was even pretty weak in the novel.

[–] lm362 (341) 3 years ago

I disagree that the second half was bad. It also had the values of self-sacrifice, friendship and love. Your story idea was good. With any sequel to the 1990 mini-series, all the surviving cast members of the "lucky seven" should be cast.

[–] Lord Rake (4454) 3 years ago

The second part is pretty cheesy and nothing really creative happens in it in my opinion. Pennywise is still great "Kiss me fat boy!" is hilarious and his "You're too old to stop me!" screaming is awesome.

Well there really is only Bev, Bill, Mike, Richie and Ben left. I would assume one of them would have died by that age. I know the actor who played Richie has died, not sure of the rest.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

You brought this up? I prefer the Muschietti IT movies by far, they shit all over this lame made-for-TV adaptation.

[–] MillerJones (526) 3 years ago

Disagree

This original is still better.

The issues with this original is due to the time it came out being it was for tv it had a small budget also at this time period so many restriction on what you could show.

This version and the new ones are not perfect both have good plus bad it would be nice ot have a merge of each in some ways.

Tim Curry was great in this and it was his performance which is why so many remember the character.

I don't think a sequel would work a prequel could.

I didn't like the remake as such being movies a TV series would of been better suited it could of been many different stories even to tie in with other horror.

[–] Lord Rake (4454) 3 years ago

The remake is already forgotten to most people.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

The miniseries has long been forgotten by me.

[–] Noirdame79 (99) 2 years ago

And yet you're here talking about it?

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

The only redeeming aspects of the miniseries are Tim Curry as Pennywise, and the kids. The rest can go to Hell, as far as I'm concerned.

[–] Noirdame79 (99) 2 years ago

IT Chapter 1 will maybe, come close to the cult following of the miniseries, but Part 2 will always be a disaster.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Chapter 2 is probably too long, yes, but I'd rather ANYTHING over that stupid stop-motion miniseries spider that doesn't look anything like Pennywise.

And yesyesyes, you'll say "it's a spider in the book", but even there the battles were left vague and ill-defined, and that miniseries spider is not a spider, it's a silly, goofy-looking monster.

As for your previous remarks about the miniseries having a "cult" following, that baffles me, to be honest. If the Nostalgia Critic could tear it a new asshole, so can I.

[–] Noirdame79 (99) 2 years ago

It is fact. It has a huge cult following.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Why? Tim Curry alone?

[–] Puvwall (1366) 2 years ago

No i think every actor kid, adult , small parts even did amazing. Its one of 4 movies/tv mini series thats actually creeps me out late at night .

The others being
The exorcist
The exorcist 3
The shinning

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Well, the kids were good, and I liked adult Eddie and Ben, but then again, for the adult portion, even the director admits he hated how it turned out.

[–] Puvwall (1366) 2 years ago

Yea but i would imagine he looks at the budgets of the recent movies and the way they were carried out, and maybe thinks his still better. I only saw part 1 of the remake and the only 2 things i loved about it were
1. The opening scene was amazing to the point were it never reached that level of quality again.
And the garage scene was a damn good jump scare.
Of course this is just my opinion. Have you had a chance to read the book? Nothing beats that brick. I was about 10 when i saw the mini series. Are you much younger than 38? Maybe that has a lot to do with the difference in opinion

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I have read the book, twice, with a couple of decades inbetween reads. It's a convoluted mess, jumping around in time and place everywhere. Sure, it goes into detail, but the climactic sewer scene is described both with the Losers as kids and adults back and forth, so it is harder to track. And the less said about the child sex orgy, the better.

I like the remake because I felt the kids there gelled better. Heck, they did, for a few months prior to filming, they were encouraged to play together and the chemistries between them formed that way, and so did many lasting friendships. The footage of them as themselves just mucking about and having a great time both on and off set is just so positive to watch, it made the movie do well in the box office, as well as the top-notch performance by Bill Skarsgard who could achieve a lot of things by himself with no special FX, like the control of his individual eyes and that creepy grin of his, and the make-up just improved it.

The miniseries had its day, yes, and I found it creepy too at first, but since then its effects have worn off on me and it looks just melodramatic now, and that music is just plain awful.

I'm actually 50, and I know a great remake of a movie when I see it. Actually, Muschietti's IT isn't even a remake, as IT hasn't even BEEN a movie until his 2017 film. No, a "TV movie" doesn't count, especially when no swearing or violence is allowed. In the miniseries, Bowers never even cuts Ben's belly, for crying out loud! Nor is the remarkably creepy Patrick in the miniseries, neither. Both things happen in the movie.