I'm looking forward to seeing how much he hams it up. (I think I'm mainly familiar with him from Home Alone 2, Muppet Treasure Island, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show, along with his voice acting in Brutal Legend)

I've read the book, but I haven't seen either movie.

Hey, Seth Green's in this!

Didn't realize that this was made/released by Warner Bros. (I knew the modern one was)

I get that Pennywise's presence is dulling the senses of adults, and the 50s were a different era, but it seems like Beverly's dad shouting "I'm going to whip the skin off of you" as his daughter flees the house would be cause for concern.

Officer Nell is extremely Irish.

I know it was in the book, but I'm surprised that Henry Bowers threw out the n word.

Stan's life seems so happy, in contrast with Bev and Eddie, which makes what's going to happen so much worse.

I finished the first half and it went back to the main menu; guess I have to flip it over for the second half.

The part where the main characters were kids went by faster than I thought. (I remember liking that more than the part where they were adults)

Going by the gravestone, the flashbacks take place in 1960 rather than the 50s.

Ah yes, that classic novel "The Glowing".You wanna get sued?

From what I recall, the part that focuses on Mike as a child was cut from the flashback. (Unless it comes up later; I know he researches Pennywise and discovers that he's awakened by acts of violence every 27 or 30 years)

Pennywise as a dog just looks silly. (It's Tim Curry's body in a clown costume but with a dog's head)

Beverly saying "why is it so mean?" sounds childish.

The effect of Pennywise's face warping in the glass is kind of creepy.

Surprisingly, they cut out Beverly's abusive husband/boyfriend being taken by Pennywise.

Pennywise's true form (or at least the closest humans can come to perceiving it) looks silly, though I suppose it's a hard concept to do justice.

Eddie didn't even seem to be injured that badly.

I'm surprised at how much I remember from the novel, given how long it's been since I read it. A few details were cut (including part of the ending, thank goodness; no idea what the fuck King was thinking with that), but it was a pretty accurate adaptation from what I remember. (Not very scary, but I suppose that's due to a mix of the TV budget and

condensing a very large book into roughly 3 to 3.5 hours)