The Reel Rejects - IT: WELCOME TO DERRY 1x06 Breakdown & Review!!

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Starting point is 00:01:52 amazing way to support everyone here who works in front and behind the camera. You can scan this barcode right here on screen. If you're interested, go to the link in the description box and pin comment. If you end up not buying one, that's a okay. I'm just glad they exist so now I can be wearing them. Let's get back to the video, people. You're just going to get into it right now, so let's go three, two. All right, guys, that was season one, episode six of it. Welcome to Dairy. If you're on YouTube, you do all the YouTube stuff hit the like button share the video most importantly don't forget to ring the bell that way you're notified whenever we drop videos such as the special

Starting point is 00:02:35 thanks to find folks over at prepper they're working so hard to make sure you are viewing these videos on YouTube we appreciate all their hard work and dedication also if you're listening to us on Apple or Spotify make sure to give us a five-star rating we would appreciate it who wants to start guys don't all jump at once yeah seriously well I think it's because that ending was really messed up. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, man.

Starting point is 00:02:59 All right, I'll jump in. Get her done. Episode, very good. Yeah. Show, very good. Show very good. I heard the eye patch. Don't forget it.

Starting point is 00:03:09 Yes. If you learned anything. I'm really, I really think that they're doing a fantastic job. Now that we are where the audience is, we're watching in real time with them, I think that what's been interesting to see is the, this is performing extremely well, but a lot of people have complaints about the effects. And I actually have no complaints about the effects. I think the show looks amazing.

Starting point is 00:03:32 I think it sounds amazing. And most of all, in a show like this, I think this can go by the wayside sometimes, but they don't hear it. The performances are amazing. Every single time we have those one-on-one scenes, I'm like, I don't know. Each actor elevates the next actor,

Starting point is 00:03:48 including the little kids. Like the chemistry between Will and Ronnie and between Richie and Marge is so palpable. And, yeah, I'm just, I love each storyline. Every time we go to the adults and, like, how we should parent our kids, I'm into it. The Madeline Stow Twist, while it kind of took us by surprise, it makes sense. It kind of checks out, and I think all three of us can relate to have dead parent do anything ever to see dead parent day again, turn you into crazy person.

Starting point is 00:04:27 Totally. And we see Pennywise has turned people into crazy people over way less. So all of this is kind of just working for me. I know we only have two more episodes to wrap out this, not just this season, but this entire timeline of it. Right. So I am curious how we're going to bring it all home. And this mob cliffhanger, we've been doing more cliffhangers, is, is stressed.

Starting point is 00:04:54 stressful AF. So yes, yes, yes, across the board, this is really working for me. And I think exactly the desired effect is what is happening. Yeah, Tara. I mean, I think right now my favorite storyline is Rich and Marge. I love that whole thing because we're adding in a bit of lightness of like this like kid sort of love and one dream mixed with like, of course, we're in a shitty situation. Like a lot of people's lives currently now at the end of this episode are are in danger. Everyone is, like, not everyone, but most of them are in this actual club, which now I'm like, oh, holy shite. And I really like, I've really liked Lily's performance, that actress. She's doing a really, really good. I think she's pretty advanced. I mean,

Starting point is 00:05:42 I think all the kids are, are really, really great. But I also really like the storyline with Will's dad and the mom and the mom going, like, we're leaving with her without you. I like that. because there's a lot of times, even back then, during that timeline, we're all saying that, like, oh, hitting your kids, spanking your kid, all this stuff, right, different timeline that I think that a mom would just stay, and I like that she's like, F off, we're going. Like, she understands that he has a strong heart, and it's not like he, he's beating him up, right? It was just a thing that got to him, he got out of control.

Starting point is 00:06:17 But I do like that she's putting her foot down and she's leaving because I feel like I'm a lot of times, like, complaining about weak women in a script, and I don't like that. So I do like the way that this is where this is headed. And also, Madeline Stowe is a very strong character, too. Like, she's deciding to make her own fate and dressing up. Like, she's cuckoo bananas, but she's paving her own way. And I'm like, the twist, I liked it. I'm with you on that.

Starting point is 00:06:50 I'm like, yeah, I'm loving it. It's a great journey. Yeah, I think with Madeline Stowe, too, we just really got to see just how incredible she is with her performance because she really came off as so genuine and so caring, especially with her relationship with Hank, and just how caring she was towards Lily and Juniper Hill, wherever it's called.

Starting point is 00:07:10 And then we saw, like, how sinister and how scary she could be without actually physically doing anything in that scene, just the way she emotes and her tone and how soft-hearted and scary she sounds when she's speaking in that scene. It just speaks to how good of an actress she is. And she was, like, scaring the shit out of me, literally, in that scene. Did you watch Revenge? I've never seen that before.

Starting point is 00:07:31 She is, it's kind of a similar character, actually. Yeah, this is where she excels in my humble opinion. This is, like, kind of crazy. When we saw her initially in this, I was like, I don't know if they're going to be able to utilize her full range because she just seems like a sweet person. Yeah. Oh, yeah, this is my cast her. She's extremely versatile. I mean, I've seen her.

Starting point is 00:07:54 The only other thing I've ever seen her, and I think I pointed it out a couple episodes back when we first saw her was last of the Moicans and she was really wonderful there. So, yeah, she's really a great actress. But I'd love to, maybe one day I'll watch Revenge. But one of the biggest concerns that Roxy Tarr and myself had after episode one were like, all right,

Starting point is 00:08:12 first did we believe what we just saw? And then we had that same concern after, as we were going into episode two, we really like these kids. we have invested in them and they just killed off most of them, right? So how are you going to get us on board with a new group of kids? And they have excelled at that because we are obsessed with these kids. And it's not just the rapport and the chemistry,

Starting point is 00:08:34 but they're all such great actors. And I think from a perspective standpoint, too, they really make you understand what each of these kids are going through and just their journey throughout the season. Lily, with her father and just how everyone thinks she is, cuckoo bananas, as Tara would say, right? And you really feel for her. And then there's that whole...

Starting point is 00:08:55 I think what's one of the most fascinating dynamics is her and Ronnie. Because, you know, what's his name? Chief Bowers? He literally put her on the spot and forced her to give up Ronnie's dad, which sucked for her. And she's just a little kid,

Starting point is 00:09:09 and this guy's putting her on the spot to do that. Otherwise, you're going back to a mental institute. Yeah, and your kid. Yeah, and not justifying what happened. It's very tough than a kid in that position. You know, she didn't know how to right away react in that situation. So I get it. It's a tough position to be in, especially at that age.

Starting point is 00:09:28 But, you know, she's had a very difficult journey throughout. And I'm curious to see in the last two episodes. I mean, we know two characters who are going to survive when it comes to Ronnie and Will because they have to have a child, Mike, who we're going to see in It volumes one and two, chapters one and two. So, yeah. When I said the thing about the survival, All I mean is that the premise of the show is kind of interesting,

Starting point is 00:09:52 not just a show of everything it related because we know it's only every 27 years. So even if we didn't know that we were going backwards, which we do know because it's already been announced that that's what season two is going to be, there's only so much you can do with a set group of actors because you have to recast because you're not going to follow them

Starting point is 00:10:11 during the time that Pennywise isn't there. So it's actually really smart to make this show because the stakes are so high, we could theoretically kill off a lot of people. Anyone at any point. Because there's no season two of this cast. Exactly. And we's, yes, sure, sure, sure.

Starting point is 00:10:28 As opposed to like a Game of Thrones where like, yes, of course, we have big kills, but they majorly impact the next season and who wants to watch when you know like your favorite actors are gone or whatever. That's just not what this show is. Us with Last of Us. Right. Or The Last of Us. That's a better example, you know.

Starting point is 00:10:43 Like I think that this audience understands, yes, there's certain people who have to live because they end up having children. So, of course, we know that they live, but we could wipe out 90% of the people and it would be okay. I'm not saying we should, but when the mob is coming and we see an entire group of people,

Starting point is 00:11:00 by the way, this being in this time period that it is, and a bunch of white people are coming into a room full of a bunch of black people and they're all coming with guns and masks. Nobody is effing safe. Yeah, and they already proved that in the end of episode one

Starting point is 00:11:14 when they wiped out most of the kids, right? That we saw that we were already so invested. in and we thought we're going to be the main group of kids, not only from that episode, I think from the posters as well, it was like, holy shit, the stakes are always high. You don't know who's going to be taken out, as well as the fact that we knew in the films,

Starting point is 00:11:30 the Losers Club, they're the ones who are going to take out Pennywise eventually as well. So that was interesting, too, what you said about some people, and again, it's all subjective, however you feel, that people are complaining a little bit about the CGI and the visuals. I... Not a little bit. A lot. Have you been seeing that?

Starting point is 00:11:47 I have not, but I, I personally I think it looks fine. Tara and I had some complaints about the climax of the second film when he becomes really big and towering. We thought it was a little off-putting, but I think it looks really good here. Are they complaining about how Pennywise looks?

Starting point is 00:12:03 Everything. The teeth, everything, yeah, the abobo. Okay, I'm not bothered by it. I'm not bothered either. I don't know whether it's like the size of the screen people watch this is a problem with television these days and movies I guess but we're all watching on such

Starting point is 00:12:22 different monitors at this point and when we're watching a show to this scale we're watching on a beautiful television but of course the lights are on in here so that you guys can see us some people watch on their phone some people watch the pitch black some people watch an HD some people watch not so you know like I think it's very challenging to make a show today that everybody thinks looks good and while we're watching this I haven't had one qualm with how it looked And then meanwhile, I talk to some of my co-hosts on other shows, and they're like, what are you talking about, Roxy? It looks horrible.

Starting point is 00:12:51 And I'm like, horrible. What? For sure. What am I missing? So I think that that's very strange. You guys let us know in the comments. I'm curious how you think this show looks. I think we can all agree that, or most of us that we're liking the story, but it's a lot

Starting point is 00:13:05 of people who aren't looking at the effect. I need to know what you guys think looks horrible. Are you guys, I need specifics here? Because have I blacked out? Because I would obviously tell you I had before. if an effect looks like absolute shite. I'm like, that doesn't look good. We all have.

Starting point is 00:13:20 We all have. But I'm like, wait, what? I need you to be specific so that we know. While we're on this and you just mentioned it's all the booze that we've drank, that's why we think it looks good. For sure. I actually want us to break down this booze scenario for a second. Why did he give him the truth?

Starting point is 00:13:36 It feels like there's got to be something more to that. It didn't feel to me just like, oh, their kids. Let them have fun because you're not their parent. You didn't say anything. Like, like, it'd be one thing if he was like, you guys want me to spike it a little bit? Right. You know the same environment. Like, he literally drugged them.

Starting point is 00:13:52 He did say this is what freedom tastes like. Yeah, after. Yeah, but the kids don't have, no. Yeah, you're right. I don't know. It's a different time. I'm not with it. It's just a different time.

Starting point is 00:14:03 I don't know how much he put in it in it. He goes, he goes, oh, you're good old Will's comrades or whatever. Yeah, yeah. So I think with that lie that I had just remembered that I'm like, ah, I think he's doing it because maybe he's just like let him have some fun. It's weird time. But I do agree with you that I would, I know

Starting point is 00:14:23 right? I thought initially when we put these kids in this scenario like as a writer I would have the kids seek it out themselves. They see a beer they grab it. They're like let's have a little fun. Or ask for it. Exactly. What's that brown stuff? The fact that the guy didn't say anything, it is a little

Starting point is 00:14:39 weird. I get also the freedom line and that he's like, ah, you're a friend here. So I'm I'm interested to see if that affects them in a negative way once this mob comes in or in a positive way where they're like, we're going to F you up. I don't know. He's like, and she's like, and her hair's all messed up and she's like, did you see how they ratted it up? Great makeup, great, great, like all of that. But where's the eye patch?

Starting point is 00:15:09 Thank you. Where is it? Asking the hard hitting class. She's saving it for when they go down to see Pennywise. No, that's heartbreaking that she didn't wear it. Because she didn't have it. Imagine, okay, you have a crush, you're this age. I don't know how old they are, but you're this age.

Starting point is 00:15:21 You have a crush on a girl. You have a crush on a girl. You go into your attic. You find a family heirloom. Yep. And I give it to her. You give it to her. And then you guys go out dancing and she is still in that ragged.

Starting point is 00:15:32 I'm heartbroken. Heartbroken. Exactly. Yeah. I'm saying. I will agree, too, with Tara and you, Roxy, that is one of my favorite moment, or just that they're dynamic this episode. I love too that Marge

Starting point is 00:15:46 She feels so lost and broken In terms of like what has happened with her eye And also the fact that she's been trying to get with the popular kids This entire season And I'm afraid And yeah But Rich gave her the confidence You know

Starting point is 00:16:00 To let her stand up for herself You know To not judge her when with that I just thought it was so beautiful They make a legit good couple Like a legitimately good couple They're so adorable together But not judging her

Starting point is 00:16:13 and not freaking out on her to let her have her moment like that against those horrific awful popular girls you know what i mean if this is what popular hell no i'm turning it down i'm gonna be with this kid he's awesome and just the the the crew around me that i have but that's camaraderie like that's true friendship and i love seeing that and also like this is not to call out terror but she was not a big fan of march understandably so with how she was treating lily and trying to i was with i was with no i was with i was with you too but like to get us like to go on a complete turn around and be like now on Marge's side I love when movies and TV shows

Starting point is 00:16:47 can do that have you be so frustrated with a character and now have you be so completely on their side now. It is kind of interesting how isolated we have left Lily in this episode though because all the other kids are riding together and obviously we had that moment early on

Starting point is 00:17:03 with the boy Mike where he tried to kiss her she didn't whatever so she had a little that little love interesting and now she doesn't and she's so low and she's got the Madeline stuff but I do want to see her dynamic with the group still

Starting point is 00:17:18 as Lily did really try to get Marge to stop hanging out with the mean girls and it didn't work and it took Richie coming in so I am kind of curious what that dynamic looks like now and obviously we have two episodes to see that so I'm really worried too

Starting point is 00:17:35 just you know how it works in movies and TV shows when a character says four or five different times I'm going to be fine I'm going to be fine with Always be together. I'm safe forever. It's just a death sentence in movies and TV shows. Hopefully we are wrong.

Starting point is 00:17:48 Hopefully he's completely fine. Everything is good. And then also we got to get the other shoe to drop for him to find out that the woman he is in love with has this dark, sinister motivation as well with her father. And is she with him because of that? Right. Like, is she using him in some way or is. Because we all thought that the woman, the man, Madeline Stowe was with, you know, we see. in the shadows, and he's like, don't burn my steak again.

Starting point is 00:18:16 Right. And he's kind of a dick, and she's cheating on him. And we're like, oh, so she's cheating on him because he's a dick. But perhaps she is not innocent in this scenario. And maybe she hasn't been treating him well. I don't know. That's such an interesting question, right? I guess we're going to find out.

Starting point is 00:18:33 Do you guys have any final thoughts on the episode? Dick Hollering, perhaps, maybe about the dad is Leroy? What happened there? Just what he's going through, the hard rock and the, I have a question for you guys Before we get out of here Because I know no spoilers on it But right now

Starting point is 00:18:50 Our two throwback shows That are airing simultaneously Are this in Stranger Things Yeah Do you guys feel like this is going To toe to toe with Stranger Things Or do you guys feel like Obviously we're more invested in Stranger Things

Starting point is 00:19:01 For all the seasons But I feel like the audience Is such a smaller community for it And such a wide range For Stranger Things But I do think you know somewhat going toe to toe but I haven't heard anyone saying that the effects on Stranger Things are crap but you are telling me they are hating it so now I'm thinking not at all

Starting point is 00:19:24 even though I didn't notice it on this on this show um yeah nobody's been saying that with what I will say with the latest season a little bit yeah a little bit toe to toe with the latest season because I I I'm loving it and I'm also loving this but there are are other seasons of Stranger Things that came before that started off with a little bit more of a bang, a little bit more juice in there. So right now I would say, for me, it's a little toe to toe. And I wouldn't normally say that. I'd say Stranger Things is up here.

Starting point is 00:19:59 Maybe it is around here. Right now. I mean, hard to beat out Stranger Things. The thing is ultra popular, right? But all I would say is I'm enjoying the boat so much. I think there's a lot of inspiration. that Stranger Things does get from a Stephen King type of novel, you know, with a bunch of kids working together to work, beat something that is ultimately trying to divide them

Starting point is 00:20:22 and get on them through their fear. There's just a lot of parallels, obviously, with the age group, the gang. Exactly. The bribes. The bikes in the yard, like, all of it. The whole entire vibe. I think it's bad. Yeah, you said that.

Starting point is 00:20:37 And one last thing I would say, like Will Mike? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Exactly. Exactly. And one last thing I would say here. Bar, Marge. The actor who plays Dick Hollering. He is doing such an incredible job.

Starting point is 00:20:48 So you really feel the torment and the pain that he is going through not only from his past, but just everything he's experiencing with Pennywise throughout. I mean, just drinking and smoking, trying to numb the pain through alcohol. Drink, drink, drink. Yeah, I mean, understandable. Like, that's a real world thing that we can resonate with. But it's like he has got the shine and a psychic ability to, be able to see these things so and he is trapped in that and i could only understand or only

Starting point is 00:21:17 somewhat understand what he is going through just from a visual perspective but it's going to be interesting to see in the last two episodes because i got to imagine we know where he ends up but it's going to be fascinating just to see in these last two episodes how he's going to have to just throw all that out the window and be a strong force here for not only the kids but just to stand up to penny wise and i'm curious what happens i think we're going to need a bigger box yes we are that we will definitely all right i think that's it uh thank you so much for joining us we will be uh dropping episode seven next week so make sure you stay tuned for that and appreciate it see you guys later take care

The Reel Rejects - IT: WELCOME TO DERRY 1x06 Breakdown & Review!!

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