Stephen King's Under the Dome - Season 2 Discussion - CBS
07-01-14, 11:20 AM
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Ha! I was laughing when everything metal was flying at the dome and Barbi yells "it's magnetic"! No shit! Had to cut it off shortly after as I had to log into work but that was my last image before cutting it off. Still interested in watching the rest.
07-01-14, 04:29 PM
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07-01-14, 07:16 PM
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Things that are working: The lead romance
Things that aren't working: Everything else. I'm surprised they didn't wipe out all guns in town with the wave of magnetism. Apparently the magnetism only affected buildings the writers wanted it to affect.
I did like the new characters, mostly because they haven't been given any lines yet to make them sound like idiots. This show already has enough dumb characters, axing Angie is a good start. Though they were really pushing the analogy between the waves and the contractions of a pregnancy a little too much.
The writers apparently watched their Lost Blu-ray seasons over the break and will now bring back dead people as phantoms at every opportunity.
The Dome also knows if you are a main character or not, as the wave affected everyone except characters with speaking parts.
Things that aren't working: Everything else.
I'm surprised they didn't wipe out all guns in town with the wave of magnetism. Apparently the magnetism only affected buildings the writers wanted it to affect.I did like the new characters, mostly because they haven't been given any lines yet to make them sound like idiots. This show already has enough dumb characters, axing Angie is a good start. Though they were really pushing the analogy between the waves and the contractions of a pregnancy a little too much.
The writers apparently watched their Lost Blu-ray seasons over the break and will now bring back dead people as phantoms at every opportunity.
The Dome also knows if you are a main character or not, as the wave affected everyone except characters with speaking parts.
07-01-14, 08:44 PM
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The wave did take out the teacher, which is good because anybody with a clue would know that 4 gas generators were nowhere near powerful enough to meaningfully manipulate a magnetic field of that magnitude.
07-01-14, 09:17 PM
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I think I'm out. I just don't give a shit. The actors aren't very good... the guy who plays Barbie has the screen presence of a mildewy dishrag, the ginger chick is kind of hot but forgettable -- like everyone else on this show she could be replaced by a cardboard cutout and nobody would notice, the kids are annoying, and Dean Norris can't salvage the awful writing.
And the dome itself... just isn't very interesting. It's like the ultimate deus ex machina that does whatever the plot needs it to do.
07-01-14, 11:11 PM
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Decent premiere. Two regulars get killed off and Eddie Cahill joins the cast. The magnetic sequence was decent, though poorly executed in parts. At least they tried though. I get the sense they're trying to right the wrongs from season 1. Will see now successful they end up being...
07-02-14, 02:14 AM
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No, we swear these four kids are the important aspect to the dome..
Maybe they'll just drag her corpse to it so they can touch it? Is the mini-dome even still around? I don't even remember anymore.
Maybe they'll just drag her corpse to it so they can touch it? Is the mini-dome even still around? I don't even remember anymore.
07-02-14, 03:22 AM
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Why yes, character I'm just going to off, I would like a refill of hot water???
07-02-14, 12:07 PM
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Iirc she dropped the mini-dome in the lake. Then that girl surfaced ...
07-02-14, 12:20 PM
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I feel like I should watch the rest of Season 1 so I can keep watching this.. but... ugh.
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07-02-14, 01:46 PM
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As long as you don't expect riveting television or anything more than barely acceptable acting, Under The Dome can entertain in its sheer ridiculousness. One thing that didn't portend well for this second season is that it appears they are doubling down on Junior's storyline, bringing in his mother as a key cog.
07-02-14, 02:30 PM
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Nice that just because someone is dead or not actually inside the dome doesn't mean they aren't actually alive and inside the dome. Really opens up a lot of plot possibilities. Wonder who turns up next? Barbie's long lost twin brother? Conan O'Brien? Nicolae Ceaușescu?
07-02-14, 04:49 PM
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I think I'm out. I just don't give a shit. The actors aren't very good... the guy who plays Barbie has the screen presence of a mildewy dishrag, the ginger chick is kind of hot but forgettable -- like everyone else on this show she could be replaced by a cardboard cutout and nobody would notice, the kids are annoying, and Dean Norris can't salvage the awful writing.
I liked that we finally got at least one scene outside the Dome and actually think they could improve this series if they introduced a whole string of characters outside the Dome working to get it open/studying it, etc.
07-02-14, 04:50 PM
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Sam (the new guy) said he has a sister that committed suicide...I'm guessing that's her, but she hasn't aged a day (so, yes, it's someone the Dome created in her likeness...or the Dome resurrected her...or something like that).
07-02-14, 06:19 PM
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I would like to see Jacques Cousteau and his yellow submersible pop up from the middle of the lake. Now that's entertainment.
07-02-14, 09:24 PM
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It was Juniors mom that he was referring to that killed herself. He his her brother and Juniors uncle.
07-02-14, 09:58 PM
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My comment about it being dumb five minutes in was because Redhead just road a boat to the shore and then wheN the
girl fell into the middle of the lake instead of hopping back into the boat she swims to her.
Boat 30 seconds, swim much longer, then swim back with unconscious girl even more longer.
girl fell into the middle of the lake instead of hopping back into the boat she swims to her.
Boat 30 seconds, swim much longer, then swim back with unconscious girl even more longer.
07-03-14, 05:02 PM
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That doesn't explain the girl being in the scrapbook he had, though. I thought he might have been referring to another sister that died when he was young. You may be right, though - for some reason I remember the mother dying in a car accident and not as a suicide...but maybe it was a suicide car accident.
07-03-14, 09:17 PM
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Decent premiere. Two regulars get killed off and Eddie Cahill joins the cast. The magnetic sequence was decent, though poorly executed in parts. At least they tried though. I get the sense they're trying to right the wrongs from season 1. Will see now successful they end up being...
I'm looking at this show as a guilty pleasure. It's really just a soap opera with supernatural undertones. Some of the acting is terrible, some isn't. I kinda like how they are bringing back characters you didn't expect to see again. Some of it was a little creepy and tense, a lot of it is also tiring with all the melodrama. This episode actually reminded me of Stephen King book. Let's see how it goes, it was just the first episode.
07-05-14, 11:56 PM
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That doesn't explain the girl being in the scrapbook he had, though. I thought he might have been referring to another sister that died when he was young. You may be right, though - for some reason I remember the mother dying in a car accident and not as a suicide...but maybe it was a suicide car accident.
There was speculation in season 1 that she committed suicide via the car accident.
07-06-14, 12:18 AM
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07-07-14, 01:42 PM
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Episode 2 is tonight
BARBIE RISKS HIS LIFE WHEN AN INFESTATION JEOPARDIZES THE CHESTER'S MILL FOOD SUPPLY, ON "UNDER THE DOME," MONDAY, JULY 7
"Infestation" - Barbie risks his life to help Rebecca save the Chester's Mill food supply when she discovers an infestation of butterfly eggs on the town's crops, on UNDER THE DOME, Monday, July 7 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
SERIES REGULARS:
Mike Vogel (Dale "Barbie" Barbara)
Rachelle Lefevre (Julia Shumway)
Dean Norris (James "Big Jim" Rennie)
Eddie Cahill (Sam Verdreaux)
Alexander Koch (Junior Rennie)
Nicholas Strong (Phil Bushey)
Colin Ford (Joe McAlister)
Mackenzie Lintz (Norrie Calvert-Hill)
Karla Crome (Rebecca Pine)
Natalie Martinez (Deputy Linda Esquivel)
Britt Robertson (Angie McAlister)
RECURRING CAST:
Grace Victoria Cox (Melanie Cross)
Dale Raoul (Andrea)
GUEST CAST:
Matt McHugh (Farmer Killian)
WRITTEN BY: Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson
DIRECTED BY: Ernest Dickerson
The writers of tonight's episode (Souders and Peterson) were the Executive Producers and Showrunners of Smallville during season 9 and 10.
BARBIE RISKS HIS LIFE WHEN AN INFESTATION JEOPARDIZES THE CHESTER'S MILL FOOD SUPPLY, ON "UNDER THE DOME," MONDAY, JULY 7
"Infestation" - Barbie risks his life to help Rebecca save the Chester's Mill food supply when she discovers an infestation of butterfly eggs on the town's crops, on UNDER THE DOME, Monday, July 7 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
SERIES REGULARS:
Mike Vogel (Dale "Barbie" Barbara)
Rachelle Lefevre (Julia Shumway)
Dean Norris (James "Big Jim" Rennie)
Eddie Cahill (Sam Verdreaux)
Alexander Koch (Junior Rennie)
Nicholas Strong (Phil Bushey)
Colin Ford (Joe McAlister)
Mackenzie Lintz (Norrie Calvert-Hill)
Karla Crome (Rebecca Pine)
Natalie Martinez (Deputy Linda Esquivel)
Britt Robertson (Angie McAlister)
RECURRING CAST:
Grace Victoria Cox (Melanie Cross)
Dale Raoul (Andrea)
GUEST CAST:
Matt McHugh (Farmer Killian)
WRITTEN BY: Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson
DIRECTED BY: Ernest Dickerson
The writers of tonight's episode (Souders and Peterson) were the Executive Producers and Showrunners of Smallville during season 9 and 10.
07-07-14, 03:06 PM
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Stephen King on Twitter today:
We're getting down to it on DOME tonight; too many people, not enough resources. Sound familiar?