Just read that the sequel will have some flashbacks/supplemental scenes with the kids, so some
of my fears of how they split it up are sufficed.
of my fears of how they split it up are sufficed.
Did you catch how the empty bolt gun worked on Pennywise because Bill thought it was loaded and believed it would work? The filmmakers put that in the film and then totally ignored it. Why???
I thought Mike reloaded it after Henry shot it at him then dropped the REST of the cartridges. That's why it worked the first time but then didn't again.
Also, did they say that Bev killed her dad? I was under the impression she just cold clocked him and was going to live with her aunt.
As for Bev's dad, yeah, I did not assume he was dead. Just severely wounded. IIRC, he dies before Bev returns to Derry as an adult, so he's not around in the "adult" storyline either way.
Yeah, Mike reloaded it after Henry, and Bill used the one shot on Pennywise when he was disguised as Georgie. But then, after Pennywise changed back to normal, Bill held the bolt-gun up to his head again. Mike started muttering that the gun wasn't loaded, but Bill didn't appear to hear him. Bill fired the empty gun, believing it had another shot in it, and because of that belief, it actually worked on Pennywise. I thought that was a fine idea, a nice shortcut around melting the silver dollar for the werewolf in the book and Eddie believing that his inhaler was acid, but the filmmakers then totally ignored it.
As for Bev's dad, yeah, I did not assume he was dead. Just severely wounded. IIRC, he dies before Bev returns to Derry as an adult, so he's not around in the "adult" storyline either way.
Well, I made that statement, and I figured (assumed, perhaps incorrectly) that he was dead because (i) "pool of blood spreading around the head" is usually film-speak for "dead"; (ii) Beverly mentioned moving away at the end to live with relatives (which could be indicative of a dead dad/no parents, or just that she and her dad that she just beat the crap out of are not on good terms ATM), and (iii) the Wikipedia (I know, I know) summary for the film. as well as the Stepehn King Wiki (I know) stated that she killed him. But I've not seen any "official" statement that she killed him.
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Wikipedia's summary currently says that she "incapacitated" him.
See I viewed the second shot as just Pennywise playing it up because Bill didn't know the gun wasn't loaded. I felt that it was Pennywise...excuse the pun...clowning around in order to make Bill THINK it had done something, when in reality it hadn't. .
I didn't get the whole "if you believe . . ." thing from that scene either. I think poor editing is to blame. It's a shame they didn't play that aspect of the story up more since it is pretty integral to the core of good vs evil in this story.
Which reminds me - what kid in 1988 is going to name his bike after something from "The Lone Ranger"? '58, makes perfect sense. '88, no way.
Maybe it's a Nod to "Silver Bullet" which came out in 85. The kids likely saw that movie in their theater. That was sweet motorcycle / wheel chair. Plus it's also a SK book. But kids thought of bikes as their horses. Can't say I know too many other horses from tv who had names. What would you call your bike Mr.Ed or Silver?
I think it begs the question to assume kids in 1989 would necessarily name their bikes after any horse, much less one from a TV series that had been defunct for 30 years. I would argue that "The Lone Ranger" was not even a nominal part of the tween zeitgeist in 1989. Kids had long since moved past playing "cowboys and Indians".
In the clown room. Lower-left of the coffin. I think that clown-statue was a Curry homage.
Well, you make a good point, and isn’t there even a little more to it than that? In some of the scenes where he is riding the bike, can’t you also hear him faintly yelling “hi-yo, Silver -AWAY!”? Pretty sure you can – but then again, I’ve also re-watched the miniseries recently, so maybe I am just mentally confusing them. In any event, I was born in 1968 and my only exposure to the Lone Ranger was on crappy local stations up to about 1974 ( I remember my dad and I discussing then when I was around four or five). Since then, I don’t believe I have ever even seen reruns available on TV. So definitely an anachronism in 1988.
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