Warning: Contains spoilers for IT,book review Fashion and Eroticism: Ideals of Feminine Beauty from the Victorian Era to the Jazz Age for Stephen King's novel and (possibly) for IT: Chapter Two.
ITis so jam-packed with hideous monsters and lanky, child-murdering clowns that it's easy to overlook the smaller details.
The tiny, hidden references that will likely make sense only to those who have read Stephen King's novel.
SEE ALSO: This guy went to an 'IT' screening and got a horrible, horrible surpriseThey're there, though. Although the ITmovie doesn't really touch on Pennywise's origin story -- or delve into the concept of Stephen King's sprawling multiverse -- there are a couple of scenes that hint at these themes playing a part in the film's second chapter...
There are two moments in particular I want to talk about. The first happens during that montage when the kids are swimming in the quarry; one of them dives underwater, and we hear someone shout:
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable The second is the scene in which Bill encounters Pennywise/Georgie down in the basement. Before he starts following Georgie, Bill picks up a Lego turtle from his little brother's room. He's still holding the turtle in his hand when he follows Georgie into the kitchen:
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Then, when Georgie dashes in front of him a few moments later, Bill drops the Lego turtle onto the kitchen floor where it smashes:
Via GiphyThese moments are so small they're barely noticeable. But anyone who's read King's novel will know they're not there by accident.
By including two references to a turtle -- the type of references that also crop up in King's book -- Muschietti appears to be hinting something about IT: Chapter Two: Maturin, the turtle that vomited out the universe and co-exits alongside Itin King's macroverse, will also play a part in the second film.
If you haven't read the novel yet, you're probably wondering what the hell any of that means. The short version is that It -- the realcreature behind the masks -- is actually a monstrous mass of lights that exists outside our known universe. The being that haunts Derry is a physical incarnation of those lights, but Its true form resides in the macroverse. The only other being in that empty, dead space is Maturin: a giant, benevolent turtle that ends up helping the losers' club in their fight against It.
We get a brief hint of Pennywise's true identity when It opens its mouth to show Bev the bright lights hiding within its throat (surely a reference to the aforementioned deadlights) -- and judging by those sneaky turtle references, Its true identity will indeed come into play in the film's sequel.
Introducing Maturin and the concept of the deadlights could be a challenge -- the whole thing is pretty out there, after all -- but it'll be interesting to see how closely the second film sticks to King's epic vision.
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