Steven Spielberg Teams with Stephen King for Under the Dome

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

nah, I'll keep watching since there's nothing else I like that's on at that timeslot... besides, it gives me something to watch when 24 is done for the night...

 

[3dman27]

EDIT wrong thread sorry

 

[squeekness]

If this show continues to be bad, i might just read the book.

The book was way different and therefore much better, lol.

 

[Rowsdower!]

That teacher seriously needs to die.

 

[X-Ray]

that teacher makes Linda likable.

 

[Golgo-13]

that teacher makes Linda likable.

This, lol!

 

[GoldGoblin]

How come Stephen King's IT can't get a series,and this Under the Dome didn't get a movie deal?

 

[Dr. Remy Lebeau]

This show is so lovably stupid. It feels like it was produced in the early 90s, with the staging and the actors. It just has that cheap CBS/big network safe vibe that we have forgotten about in recent years. The whole crop-dusting scene was just so eye-rolling.

I shouldn't be watching new episodes of this show every week in 2014, I should be finding dusty VHS copies of it in my nearest Goodwill store...

Hilarious and so true!

I lost !
Fun fact : I didn't recognize the old women from True Blood, in both show she plays a nutso

Indeed, but it's obvious she's trying to play down the nutso a bit so as to somewhat distinguish herself from Mrs. Thoightenberry. By the way

Spoiler

she just met her true death on True Blood.

 

[Kelly]

That teacher seriously needs to die.

She is as irritating as Deputy Esquivel....that character almost made me stop watching it last season...this one may do me in.

 

[Paradox1]

I actually like the teacher, she isnt evil just hyper rationale. She is playing Big Jim because the people listen to him. With her having his ear she can now push her own agenda.

 

[voyzovrezon]

This scene creeped me out. Why is she putting it in those terms, like the humans are the problem? I would have said the problem was a shortage of crops or resources, not that "we're" the problem. Is this teacher being influenced by the dome?

Stay tuned.

My hunch about her was right. Not sure if she's being influenced by the dome, but she's certainly enamored with big Jim.

 

[voyzovrezon]

Anyone else suspect that Lyle (played by Dwight Yoekum) is Jr.'s real father?

 

[voyzovrezon]

I actually like the teacher, she isnt evil just hyper rationale. She is playing Big Jim because the people listen to him. With her having his ear she can now push her own agenda.

"her own agenda."

Me thinks you're right, whatever that agenda is.

 

[Donut]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

that was some weird s**t with that blood rain...

 

[Marvolo]

That teacher is giving me the wiggins.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

This show is so entertaining & fun, the dialogue can be really terrible at times like a character expressing something you just saw, that doesn't need to be said but at the same time it feels like the writers are like "oh f*** we need to provide exposition for those who won't get it" but it's endearing at the same time.

The stuff with the Internet coming back was a good idea, and Lyle is going to be amusing to watch, Dwight Yoakam is that guy's name, he was in Wilfred & was a lot of fun to watch.

 

[DigificWriter]

I couldn't sleep last night, so I decided to start surfing the Internet and ended up watching the Under the Dome: Inside Chester's Mill special that CBS aired last month, and I'm considering taking a break from binge-watching BONES to get caught up on UtD so that I can start watching it LIVE, because it looks and sounds freaking awesome.

I'm not a big Stephen King fan in general, but fell in love with The Dark Tower, The Talisman and Black House, and SyFy's Haven, and UtD looks like it's got everything that drew me to those works, mixed with the kind of supernatural mystery, character-fueled drama, and serialized story progression that made me a fan of stuff like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ANGEL, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Fringe, and Once Upon a Time.

 

[Teelie]

I realized that I'm no longer invested in it. I watched the Strain which was infinitely more interesting and entertaining and dropped this. It's too bad because the story was so potentially strong and instead wandered into so boring and stupid I can't be bothered anymore.

I originally posted this mistakenly in the Falling Skies thread thanks to both starting with Stephen/Steven. I don't know how.

 

[DigificWriter]

I'm three episodes in, and I have to say that I really don't get the complaints being leveled against the series.

Favorite characters so far are Julia, Joe, Junior, and Linda, with Barbie, Dodee, Phil, and Norrie close behind them.

Jim Rennie remains the most clichéd of the main characters so far and the least interesting, but Episode 3 did start to make him a bit more nuanced even though he's still really clichéd.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I love Julia but they're starting to make her a bit annoying just to create tension between her and Barbie, I guess. I mean, I can't stand the teacher at all, but after Lyle kidnapped and tortured her, I don't blame her for throwing acid rain in his face. But Julia's reaction was so stupid: "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!! HE WAS GOING TO SURRENDER!!"

"Gee, b***h, maybe because the a**hole just kidnapped and tortured me. How about we let him do the same to you for a while and see how you react?"

 

[DigificWriter]

I've hit Episode 9 ("The Fourth Hand"), and the show just keeps getting better and more intense.

The fact that Stephen King is actively involved with it might have something to do with how excellent it is, because although I'm not a fan of most of his stuff, I do recognize that he's an incredibly talented and creatively gifted individual, and there's definitely more than a few things in the show that you can tell are being driven by his creative influence that extend out beyond the source material.

 

[voyzovrezon]

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR ANYONE NOT CAUGHT UP

Anyone want to guess what's up with Sam (Jr.'s uncle)? Is he the one that tried to kill Melanie all those years ago? Apparently, she was in the drawing in Jr.'s mother's journal in Sam's cabin. If Melanie saw the killer of Angie, why hasn't she identified him yet?

And nice to see the biology teacher changing her mind (but only because the virus has mutated.)

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he killed Melanie and Angie. Not exactly sure why though. It seems like he believes he had to for some reason?

 

[Tim_Riggins]

Another good one, I swear I want to punch that science teacher in the face though