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Topic: Under the Dome

Under the Dome

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Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are partnering to create a miniseries based on King's book of the same name.The plot is set in a Maine town that is suddenly overtaken by a force field preventing the locals from reaching the outside world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uv0IGE65iw

Well i liked the book so will be checking this out

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Simpsons already did it.

http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/OrlandoNEP.png

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Orlando wrote:

Simpsons already did it.

big_smile

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but my question is, should i read it asap before watching even the promo.
because i do like king's story telling, and i like to read books without knowing what the characters look in tv.. Like i did asap reading of ender's game before watching trailer.

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Looks nice - saved.

I almost never read the book before watching the movie. Otherwise, I don't enjoy it as much with all the changes and missing stuff. (The Firm, Misery, etc.) Reading the book after gives a face to the characters and all.

Some like it better the other way around I suppose.

Myka : You slept with her didn't you ?
Pete : Well... you... you told me to investigate ok ? So... she's unarmed.

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Loved all of the book except the ending, wont spoilt it but wonder if they will go the same route in the series?

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proteinnerd wrote:

Loved all of the book except the ending, wont spoilt it but wonder if they will go the same route in the series?

I read the book but can't remember the ending anymore, so this will be nice.
The Simpsons version was great though big_smile

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Orlando wrote:

Simpsons already did it.

  big_smile

Had almost forgotten that

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Quinlan wrote:

Looks nice - saved.

I almost never read the book before watching the movie. Otherwise, I don't enjoy it as much with all the changes and missing stuff. (The Firm, Misery, etc.) Reading the book after gives a face to the characters and all.

Some like it better the other way around I suppose.

There is Game of Thrones, but maybe that's an exception of the rule. (although in my opinion TV show is superior, because it's better paced)

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Orlando wrote:

Simpsons already did it.

big_smile

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Okay for the first episode....

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I'm over half way through the book, and whole time i have been thinking that it would make a really good tv show if executed correctly. Even if it's not that good i will be watching the first episode, just to see how will they make the Dome Day aka the day when dome appears.

(also i would bet that King got his idea for the book from Simpsons.. and i'm not even mad, it's pretty good book even if i don't agree with Barbi decisions sometimes. Also how conveniently evil people are doing conveniently evil stuff at the conveniently right moment. and good guys do conveniently bad decisions at conveniently wrong moment. But i guess it's just the formula to write thrilling book for people.)

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proteinnerd wrote:

Loved all of the book except the ending,

Kings book what ending is as good as the rest of the book, that would be something new big_smile (at least general opinion is that King is bad at endings)
but i mostly have liked his endings, mostly.

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OK episode... it had some poor acting and the final shot at the dome suggested it was much smaller than it should have been, but overall I liked it.

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boring concept. I'll give it a few episodes, though.

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Keisu wrote:

boring concept. I'll give it a few episodes, though.

Amen brother!

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Spoiler

Not sure killing the best actor of the bunch is a good sign. Not every show can pull a Game of Thrones and make it work.

Other than that, sticking to it. Gives a small Jericho feeling and it's been awhile something original enough came up.

Myka : You slept with her didn't you ?
Pete : Well... you... you told me to investigate ok ? So... she's unarmed.

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Doubt it will last

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Too all the people saying its boring....just wait till things ramp up, its a great story with a bit of an iffy ending...

"wont last", its a single book, probably 10 episodes max, you really think it wont play out a single season of 10 episodes?

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It was well done with a good cast, decent script and the CGI worked for me. It also got good numbers and I expect it will hang on to most of those.

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I'm being over critical of it b/c I get a "Lost" feel and if it does last thru a full season I foresee a stupid ending

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just watched the pilot, it was ok.

Hasn't it only got a small season 10/11 eps so expect it to progress more over the next few episodes.  Wait and see how it goes

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Hopefully they will focus more on the sci-fi element and not turn out into:

"this small town has secrets, let us dwell into all of them and teenage love and drama and shit... there is also an invisible wall which we will completely ignore until the massive cliffhanger of a season finale after which the show gets cancelled because we bored everyone to death"

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So, will this be a resource starvation series or something else?

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xzeal wrote:

Hopefully they will focus more on the sci-fi element and not turn out into:

"this small town has secrets, let us dwell into all of them and teenage love and drama and shit... there is also an invisible wall which we will completely ignore until the massive cliffhanger of a season finale after which the show gets cancelled because we bored everyone to death"

LMAO so true i couldnt have said it better! Thank you!

...Its all been said before!

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xzeal wrote:

Hopefully they will focus more on the sci-fi element and not turn out into:

"this small town has secrets, let us dwell into all of them and teenage love and drama and shit... there is also an invisible wall which we will completely ignore until the massive cliffhanger of a season finale after which the show gets cancelled because we bored everyone to death"

I take it you haven't read the book then? If they stay true to the book the dome is more just a vehicle to produce the stress level and bring out the good & bad in the inhabitants. Sure it features more in parts but to be honest its more about the town secrets and the crazies...

I'm going to be really disappointed if they even need a cliffhanger, they should be able to wrap up the story in 1 solid season.