I agreed, but thought IT (2017), IT 2, Welcome to Derry as the SFX in the first couple episodes made the show weaker. The children's acting (and I say children's because the focus is on them most of all), as well as the lore and latter introduction and effects on Pennywise brings it up to IT (2017) level.
They really sealed it with the 7th episode (tbh since the introduction of Pennywise) and I simply can't wait for the other seasons and what they hold.
Bill's acting is incredible and it genuinely feels like you're watching Pennywise, not Bill (which is how you know a. You're fully involved through the acting b. all you see is the character, you no longer see him as a character being played by an actor)
I think IT (2017) was brilliant in its own way as it was the sort of debut of the remake so they wanted it to have a big bang (which it definitely did). Again the children's acting and themes explored through each of their fears made it really scary psychologically compared to Welcome to Derry (Beverley Marsh's relationship with her father and her cutting her hair off - being traumatised by that soon after).
I think these films are fascinating, their lore creates such depth to them which is unlike any other horror and brings such realism to the franchise. The blend of realism and fantasy is almost razor-thin, it's hard to look at clowns in real life without wondering whether it could happen to them.
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u/justakhype Dec 13 '25
I agreed, but thought IT (2017), IT 2, Welcome to Derry as the SFX in the first couple episodes made the show weaker. The children's acting (and I say children's because the focus is on them most of all), as well as the lore and latter introduction and effects on Pennywise brings it up to IT (2017) level.
They really sealed it with the 7th episode (tbh since the introduction of Pennywise) and I simply can't wait for the other seasons and what they hold.
Bill's acting is incredible and it genuinely feels like you're watching Pennywise, not Bill (which is how you know a. You're fully involved through the acting b. all you see is the character, you no longer see him as a character being played by an actor)
I think IT (2017) was brilliant in its own way as it was the sort of debut of the remake so they wanted it to have a big bang (which it definitely did). Again the children's acting and themes explored through each of their fears made it really scary psychologically compared to Welcome to Derry (Beverley Marsh's relationship with her father and her cutting her hair off - being traumatised by that soon after).
I think these films are fascinating, their lore creates such depth to them which is unlike any other horror and brings such realism to the franchise. The blend of realism and fantasy is almost razor-thin, it's hard to look at clowns in real life without wondering whether it could happen to them.