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Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
What is the Black Spot sequence for someone who never read the book?

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Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I figured it had to do with the Pirate Black Spot from Treasure Island and other stories. This is far more horrifying. :stare:

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

It doesn't reflect the racism angle of the Black Spot fire, but I used to freak myself out as a kid reading/hearing stories about The Cocoanut Grove fire. Nightclub fires are scary as hell.

You don't have to read/imagine about it. Just watch the video of the Station Nightclub Fire as it happened to be permanently scared for life.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Why would a little girl even troll about that? There's nothing about that tweet that isn't deeply unsettling.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

WattsvilleBlues posted:

I watched most of it. Gave away too much. Kill me.

Pennywise was outstanding though.

How does it give away anything?

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

banned from Starbucks posted:

Plus youd have time to include the bully jerkoff session

Wait, did King write a second prepubescent sex scene? I've never read the book.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
IT Part 2 is such a massive risk to take. Even if IT is a huge hit basically everything about it that people like won't be in the second one. It'll no longer be a period piece cashing in on 80s nostalgia and it won't have the young cast that people like. What's going to separate it from being just your standard modern day horror film?

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Should have kept both parts in their original settings so that both films could work as a nostalgic period piece.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
So when does the review embargo drop?

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I want this to be good so so bad. Yes I know RT scores aren't everything but I'm hoping to see this in the 90s and for it to be a huge box office hit.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
35 in at 97%

Gotta account for the fact that the people who received the earliest screenings might have been seen as more susceptible to giving a positive review. But still a great sign.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Even better then.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Just saw It. It was awesome.

I'm sure that the scene with the boys in their undies staring at an undressed Bev made Stephen King very proud.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I thought casting Adam Driver as a teenage bully was an interesting choice.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
It just hit me that Belch's Anthrax t-shirt was a subtle King nod since the album's titular song Among the Living is about The Stand.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
I saw IT for a second time today. Where during my first showing the audience in my theater really enjoyed Ritchie's humor this time it fell completely flat. It was really strange.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
According to Finn Wolfhard all of Richies swearing was adlibbed which is kind of impressive.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Danny in the Shining didn't even know he was staring in a horror movie.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Curry's IT is a creepy adult in a clown costume while the new IT is a demon in clown form.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
So IT is trending for a 60+million second weekend, all but ensuring an over 300 million domestic gross. That's unreal.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Tom Guycot posted:

Heck lets keep this train rolling with something from Mr. King himself!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYwOfShX41I

Who knew a kid getting crushed by a steam roller could be so funny.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
When I saw the movie on opening night they carded me when they took my ticket at the door but the theater was still full of teenage girls. Not sure how that happened.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
If it weren't for Curry that poo poo would probably be looked at worse than the Langoliers miniseries.

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Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Curry was a creepy clown. The new one is a demon with a clown costume.

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