'Under the Dome" coming to CBS summer '13

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

That's why I said "crazy teen angst".

I haven't given the book a second look, so I'm not sure I remember everything, but I don't think Shumway was married, and Dale Barbara definitely didn't kill anyone as I recall. (None of that bothers me...)

I think the main thing is that the actors portraying Junior and Angie just sucked.

Spoiler!

If they follow the book there, Angie won't be an issue for long, but Junior will be a major player all season, getting crazier and crazier. And I'm guessing they aren't following the book at all there, since he hasn't already killed her. So we probably get months of them in the fallout shelter just to torture me.

@ your spoiler comment. I did indeed realize that she shouldn't be where she is...she should be gone....and I thought the same thing.....oh NO!

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

This was bad.

[KS Smitty]

I'm a huge SK fan. I have all of his books and have read many of them more than once. Yeah most of his endings leave a lot to be desired but I think he writes like the Brothers Grimm, it's the story itself that's important not the happily ever after part. That being said the book ending to Under the Dome was quite stupid. I think where he gets in trouble is that he's writing away and suddenly realizes that he has a page limit on his stories so he has to hurriedly wrap them up.

The first episode of Under the Dome will have me watching the next. I knew that CBS wouldn't want necrophilia in this episode and am not surprised with the direction that was taken.

Will probably watch the entire miniseries or as long as it airs.

[Buck]

Wait, at the end was Lapidus shot or did his pacemaker explode out of his chest?

[keg in kc]

Pacemaker exploded. At least that's what happened in the book.

[Frosty]

It was okay and I'll keep watching but it suffered from some of the same things the book did, like how some people became insanely evil the instant the dome came up. I'm not a fan of how they've changed Barbie, either. He was the only decent character in the book, imo.

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by Frosty

It was okay and I'll keep watching but it suffered from some of the same things the book did, like how some people became insanely evil the instant the dome came up. I'm not a fan of how they've changed Barbie, either. He was the only decent character in the book, imo.

my biggest problem with the book. just plain STUPID.
it'll be interesting to watch Hank from breaking bad and see how he behaves.

[frankotank]

when I saw that Fahey was the sheriff I was like......ahh man! they really gonna waste him on one episode?? so when he was initially in close proximity to the dome and didn't touch it I thought, hey, maybe they will let him live! because they GOTTA tweak this story somehow or it's gonna be a turd like the book.

nope.
he touched it.
I was like....

[kcxiv]

I watched it lastnight, not bad. Loved the cow getting split in half lol

[chiefs1111]

Here is a letter from Stephen King on the T.V Series

http://www.stephenking.com/promo/utd_on_tv/letter.html

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by chiefs1111

Here is a letter from Stephen King on the T.V Series

http://www.stephenking.com/promo/utd_on_tv/letter.html

cool! thanks for sharing!

I loved this

"(besides, plenty of readers didn’t like my solution, anyway)"

amen brother....amen!

[frankotank]

that redhead is so damn hot.
those soldiers are apparently so damn GAY! (you guys see last night - you know what I'm talking about? I'da probably saved the day cause I'da put a frankotank shaped hole in the dome getting to her nekked ass!!! )
that preacher is so damn dumb.

I keep wondering if necrophilia is gonna show up......

[Zebedee DuBois]

The writing is pretty poor. I feel sorry for Hank, coming from Breaking Bad to this.
Most of the characters are just cardboard caricatures at this point.

[stonedstooge]

Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

The writing is pretty poor. I feel sorry for Hank, coming from Breaking Bad to this.
Most of the characters are just cardboard caricatures at this point.

I'll give them a break on the first show. It takes a few shows for the actors to get into their roles, I hope.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

I'll give them a break on the first show. It takes a few shows for the actors to get into their roles, I hope.

Yeah. We'll see how it goes. I'm still interested enough to keep watching (not much else on right now anyway)

But man, "Junior" is awful.