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Fred Savage and the fat kid...


.... definitely takes you out of it a bit.

But clearly deliberately cast for their lookalike qualities. Why would you do this? Isn't the time setting itself enough for the nostalgia factor?

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Fred Savage and the Fat Kid is a good band name.

What do you mean though? I don't recall Savage being in the movie, haha.

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Fred Savage and the Fat Kid is a good band name.

Ha ha, yes it would be!

Actually, looking back at the OP I see I didn't fully quality that as the fat kid from the Goonies.

Here's what I meant:-
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/horrormovies/images/1/1c/BenHanscom.jpg

Vs

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/3e/48/d83e4874e543f6341cd2b3b6586028c3.jpg

And

https://assets.popbuzz.com/2020/37/who-plays-eddie-kaspbrak-in-it-1600090294-view-0.png

Vs
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fred-savage-wonder-years-e1629129591248-900x506.jpg

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Your first link is broken.

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It was working for me but I've cut it back to the jpg extension.

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I prefer the look of the IT (2017) boys, to be honest: less ugly than their counterparts you mentioned.

Why are most people here so keen to bash IT (2017)? I just don't get it!

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Ah, yeah, slight resemblance, but like AMJF said, the IT kids are a lot easier to look at. I think audiences just expect that now as opposed to the '80s?

I honestly don't think it was intentional though, but who knows.

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Well, Fred Savage was a huge child star in the late 80s. He was doing The Wonder Years, Little Monsters, and The Wizard, all within the same year this movie took place.

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