Andy Muschietti’s Derry.
IT has been adapted to film and TV a couple of times, the most notable ones being the 1991 miniseries with setting the first part in 1988-1989 instead of 1957-1958 and 2016 instead of 1984-1985, and changing other details to better fit these settings and allow the audience to relate. Given that the novel is over a thousand pages long, many other elements had to be left out – but there’s one that, had it been kept and added to the movies, it would have elevated them.
The Losers went back to their respective homes and gradually began to forget again, with Mike also forgetting even though he stayed in Derry, as the town collapsed following IT’s defeat (which triggered a really bad storm). Mike’s records he had written down also began to fade, and he considered starting a new life somewhere else. Having the Losers forget everything again (and for good) might seem irrelevant to those who haven’t read the novel, but it actually holds a lot of meaning.
One of the themes addressed in why IT doesn’t go after adults – except, of course, for the Losers. The Losers forgetting what happened is also a representation of IT’s manipulation and later of how they’re finally released from it, but it also adds a mystical quality to the whole issue.
The Losers forgetting again the second time they leave Richie’s feelings towards Eddie, and while it’s understandable why it was cut (as Stan’s letter wouldn’t have fit had they kept it), it would have done more good than harm to IT: Chapter Two.
