I'm forgoing spoiler warnings from here, as they're all spoilers. Be aware.
Ben is the last one to recount a memory during the adults drinking in the library to remember segment: this one is the first attempt on IT's life. Short form is the kids go to the House on Neibolt street armed with a slingshot, two sliver slugs, and nothing else. They manage to wound IT, but Bev (the shooter) can only it IT once, and misses the eye of The Teenage Werewolf. IT escapes into the sewers, stating IT will kill them all.
This segment goes from being banal while the kids make the slugs, to insanity inside the house (which is a literally horror show). The walls move, spooky noises and sights assault them; the kids quickly realize that IT is trying hard to scare them off before showing up.
When IT does show up, IT explodes out of a toilet. I'll give you a moment to laugh and move on.
After wounding IT they escape (not unscathed, Ben gets a claw to the belly) with the knowledge that they're out of ideas. Near the end of the segment Bill begins to muse on power, but it's clear: the kids don't know what to do from here.
This segment seems to be a big part of the upcoming film, and it was combined into the final sewer attack in the mini-series. With the announcement that movie two will flash back to them as kids, I wonder if the final sewer confrontation may be saved for that film: cutting in and out, perhaps to preserve the horror of IT's lair. The adults don't remember all the details of their encounter, the audience shouldn't be privy to that INFO any sooner.
Either way, we're about to head into another memory with the 4th interlude. After that, it's the balls to the wall action I've been promising.
Ben is the last one to recount a memory during the adults drinking in the library to remember segment: this one is the first attempt on IT's life. Short form is the kids go to the House on Neibolt street armed with a slingshot, two sliver slugs, and nothing else. They manage to wound IT, but Bev (the shooter) can only it IT once, and misses the eye of The Teenage Werewolf. IT escapes into the sewers, stating IT will kill them all.
This scene is the one I believe will precipitate it in the film.
This segment goes from being banal while the kids make the slugs, to insanity inside the house (which is a literally horror show). The walls move, spooky noises and sights assault them; the kids quickly realize that IT is trying hard to scare them off before showing up.
When IT does show up, IT explodes out of a toilet. I'll give you a moment to laugh and move on.
After wounding IT they escape (not unscathed, Ben gets a claw to the belly) with the knowledge that they're out of ideas. Near the end of the segment Bill begins to muse on power, but it's clear: the kids don't know what to do from here.
This segment seems to be a big part of the upcoming film, and it was combined into the final sewer attack in the mini-series. With the announcement that movie two will flash back to them as kids, I wonder if the final sewer confrontation may be saved for that film: cutting in and out, perhaps to preserve the horror of IT's lair. The adults don't remember all the details of their encounter, the audience shouldn't be privy to that INFO any sooner.
Either way, we're about to head into another memory with the 4th interlude. After that, it's the balls to the wall action I've been promising.
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