Current Events > wasn't Pennywise scarier when he wasn't obviously evil looking?

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MakoReizei
04/08/17 4:26:00 PM
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I've only seen bits and pieces of the old series but I remember him being so frightening because he just looked like an average clown.

It's like how TDK got the Joker wrong
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refmon
04/08/17 4:30:02 PM
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No

MakoReizei posted...
It's like how TDK got the Joker wrong


and no
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Skye Reynolds
04/08/17 4:32:14 PM
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I never understood "It's not scary and that's what makes it scary."
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clearaflagrantj
04/08/17 4:32:29 PM
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refmon posted...
No

MakoReizei posted...
It's like how TDK got the Joker wrong


and no
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MakoReizei
04/08/17 4:33:13 PM
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refmon posted...
No

MakoReizei posted...
It's like how TDK got the Joker wrong


and no

elaborate
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Nomadic View
04/08/17 4:37:16 PM
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Amazing Atheist has a good evaluation on the subject. The video is like 15 minutes long, but the tldw version is "Boiling an iconic character an horror movie down to "jump scares" demean and devalue the legacy of the IT movie."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFCDlx-AAg

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DK9292
04/08/17 4:39:24 PM
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MakoReizei posted...
It's like how New 52 got the Joker wrong

Better example.
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SoundNetwork
04/08/17 4:40:52 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
I never understood "It's not scary and that's what makes it scary."

horror is usually better when its subtle

the original pennywise was like a clown you'd find at any birthday party but there's something wrong with him that you can't exactly pinpoint, which makes him extremely unsettling

the new clown looks like a stereotypical evil clown that you'd find in a midway haunted house
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Paper_Okami
04/08/17 4:43:01 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCpvoj1aKk

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3khc
04/08/17 4:43:52 PM
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curry looked scary af yall trppn
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Kitt
04/08/17 4:44:07 PM
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Axiom
04/08/17 4:56:43 PM
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Kitt posted...
He was scary?

This. That movie and his character wasn't scary in the least and I watched it when I was pretty young. The creepiest part was actually in the tunnel when you couldn't see him in the dead lights going after the bullies
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WindMouseHanpan
04/08/17 4:58:33 PM
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Paper_Okami posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCpvoj1aKk


Pennywise was hilarious. I never found him scary in the old movie, thanks to scenes like this.

New Pennywise is far scarier. Just hope the movie isn't chock full of silly jump scares like they had at the end of that trailer.
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Darthfluffy2
04/08/17 5:03:31 PM
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Nomadic View posted...
Amazing Atheist has a good evaluation on the subject. The video is like 15 minutes long, but the tldw version is "Boiling an iconic character an horror movie down to "jump scares" demean and devalue the legacy of the IT movie."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFCDlx-AAg

That's stupid though. IT didn't start a iconic character from a subpar made for tv horror movie. He always was a being of pure evil that even when he was just a clown there was something unsettling about him.
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Irony
04/08/17 5:04:52 PM
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It was physically impossible for them to make a better Pennywise than Tim Curry.
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TheVipaGTS
04/08/17 10:27:19 PM
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Pennywise tricked kids into coming towards him by being fun and playful, then he turned evil....that could very well be the same approach here but we haven't seen much...of course they're going to put the scary parts in the trailer....that's what Hollywood does these days.
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