I love It; I think it's one of the greatest books ever written. With that, it made me quite happy to read about how King has been dropping hints about the possiblity of Pennywise surviving his (or I should say her) confrontation with the Loser's Club.
I had read The Tommyknockers back in high school. After I read It and spent some time surfing wikipedia, I discovered that two scenes hint at Pennywise surviving. With this in mind, I went back and read through the book again. There is in fact one scene, where a character is in a Derry hospital and hears chuckling coming from the sink. According to the trusty wiki, there is another scene where a character sees a clown with glowing eyes holding balloons in the sewer. I didn't come across that scene, still the idea that Pennywise is back makes me happy.
In Dreamcatcher, a plaque that the Losers' Club made had been vandalized with graffiti saying "Pennywise Lives". Furthermore, the alien parasite goes to great lengths to try and figure out who (or what) Pennywise is.
As these moments were just winks to fans to build the King continuity. There is a missed oppurtunity I kind of like the idea of one paranormal threatening force coming into contact with another and being perplexed and shocked at the discovery of said force. Much like Brainiac reacted with a "what the hell are you?" when he discovered Chloe's "meteor freak" status on an episode of Smallville last season, the Tommyknockers or the alien parasite in Dreamcatcher would be as thrown by the existence of an extra-dimensional shape-shifting monster as we were when we first read the novel.
With King's popularity making its way into the world of comics with the highly successful Dark Tower miniseries as well as the comic adaptation of King's epic The Stand, a comic book sequel to It seems like a logical follow up. As Pennywise hibernates for decades after each attack, the original Losers' Club would be too old, however a "next generation" of kids can discover the monster and try to finish what the original crew started. As long as the writers didn't recycle the exact same elements and tell a good story, I could see a sequel working.
I had read The Tommyknockers back in high school. After I read It and spent some time surfing wikipedia, I discovered that two scenes hint at Pennywise surviving. With this in mind, I went back and read through the book again. There is in fact one scene, where a character is in a Derry hospital and hears chuckling coming from the sink. According to the trusty wiki, there is another scene where a character sees a clown with glowing eyes holding balloons in the sewer. I didn't come across that scene, still the idea that Pennywise is back makes me happy.
In Dreamcatcher, a plaque that the Losers' Club made had been vandalized with graffiti saying "Pennywise Lives". Furthermore, the alien parasite goes to great lengths to try and figure out who (or what) Pennywise is.
As these moments were just winks to fans to build the King continuity. There is a missed oppurtunity I kind of like the idea of one paranormal threatening force coming into contact with another and being perplexed and shocked at the discovery of said force. Much like Brainiac reacted with a "what the hell are you?" when he discovered Chloe's "meteor freak" status on an episode of Smallville last season, the Tommyknockers or the alien parasite in Dreamcatcher would be as thrown by the existence of an extra-dimensional shape-shifting monster as we were when we first read the novel.
With King's popularity making its way into the world of comics with the highly successful Dark Tower miniseries as well as the comic adaptation of King's epic The Stand, a comic book sequel to It seems like a logical follow up. As Pennywise hibernates for decades after each attack, the original Losers' Club would be too old, however a "next generation" of kids can discover the monster and try to finish what the original crew started. As long as the writers didn't recycle the exact same elements and tell a good story, I could see a sequel working.
- King has dropped more than one hint that It survived the final battle in the novel of the same name
- The Deadlights act as both the home of, and part of It's being
- aliens vs. monster clown would make for good reading
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12/03/2009
very interesting. I agree with Lindsay that it could be a "child" of IT, but I wouldn't like that.. I never liked the idea of IT laying eggs in the first place.
I prefer it to just have IT dead... much as I love the character, and as much as I would love to see more of IT... well, IT's story has been masterfully ended in the book
I'd personally explain the sightings of Pennywise the dancing clown as mere ghostly images... or something. He's BEEN Derry for so long, that Derry just sometimes shows another sightning of IT
Hard to explain... but really, would IT have survived then it would ruin the whole feel of the book and the ending
Or he really was death but IT rebuild Itself?
oh btw, would IT scare me I'm pretty sure It'd take the form of Zelda, from King's story Pet sematary. God did she scare me :P
Lindsay
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04/08/2009
You mentioned how Pennywise's defeat was cemented by the storm and virtual destruction of Derry's downtown..yes, Pennywise may be dead, but what about her eggs? Is it possible that the losers might have missed just one? Might explain all the Pennywise sightings mentioned in Dreamcatcher and Tommyknockers..
Thanks for the high praise. I myself recently became an examiner (Stephen King no less) so it will be no trouble getting in touch with you there. I'm curious to see your take on the issue.
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