Am looking forward to the fact that this version is suppose follow the novel better then the 1990 miniseries. Plus, we get to see the "Hollywood Version" of Mataurin. I really felt like that was a major let down in the 1990 version.
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I wish I was half as excited for The Dark Tower movie as I am for this one based on the trailers and casting. This looks damn good to me.
Always seemed the other way around from what I was seeing. Fans are excited for IT and nervous or hostile to the DT.
I don't think it started that way though, people were pretty hostile towards IT at the beginning, with the change of directors, worried about the new director, didn't like the new Pennywise, he wasn't Tim Curry, etc. The trailer really turned that all around. I think people have always been excited, their expectations were just low. I'm really not talking the last few months, but a year or so ago.
First, let me say that I like the new Pennywise makeup. I don't want to be one of those fault finders that picks apart every detail, lol. This is more of a comment on the nature of clowns in general. To me, what makes clowns so creepy is that they actually look happy; not scary at all. Past movies that tried to make clowns grotesque or evil end up losing what made clowns interesting and unsettling to begin with. Stephen King explained it better on Conan once. The parents point at the clown, child in tow, and say, "Hey, little Johnny, look at the happy clown! Isn't he funny?" And the child screams.Yep, just found my new WhatsApp profile pic. Hurrah.
It's funny, I think people expected the Dark Tower to be the better movie, and IT to fail, but based on the trailers of each, I'm pretty sure that's not the case.
I think people had higher hopes for DT, but not higher expectations.
Romero also did a really interesting film called Knightriders which I am convinced that King had a hand in writing. I don't have any inside information; it is just a gut reaction to watching it.
No, Knightriders was written by Romero himself. It doesn't feel specifically King-esque to me, apart from the fact that SK loves motorcycles of course.
It's a very good film. I recently watched it again and rightaway ordered the blu-ray from Arrow. It has among other things an audio-commentary by Romero (with Tom Savini, actor John Amplas who is in several Romero films and probably best known as playing the titular character in Martin, and actress Christine Forest who was his then-wife) which are always fun to listen to. Tom Savini has a fun role in Knightriders.
Knightriders shows Romero was able to do so much more than horror and zombies.
It is a great film, and I already have it on Blu-ray. But we will have to agree to disagree on whether or not King had a hand in it in some way or another. It has several profoundly King-like themes and scenes. Of course, Romero and King are friends and storytellers, so there is a chance they just shared like ideas. Then there is the fact that King has a cameo in the film. This too could just be because they were friends I suppose, but I can't help but think he was offering input. I've seen most of Romero's films and this one is very distinct.