Under the Dome 101 (Pilot Episode Discussion)

[passionista23]

 

 

Let's discuss the very first episode of Stephen King's Under the Dome.
What did you like? What did you loathe?
Share it all; just be courteous to other posters please.
Spoilers are allowed under the cut!


Questions to begin with:

What was your favorite scene?
What was the most disturbing moment to watch?
Do you have a favorite character or couple yet?

Comments

[timetobegin]

I really enjoyed it!!!

i like that its kinda jericho-like in its set up!

my favourite scene was probably colin ford looking for a power source - it was just like, neat that someone thought about that.

the disturbing stuff was definitely the disturbing guy (junior?)and his kidnapping of britt robertson (i dunno their names yet i'll get there!!!)

I quite like Red-head reporter and the new mysterious guy for shipping purposes, but other than that nothing really yet. EVERYONE IS MYSTERIOUS! But he killed her husband or maybe killed him so i dunno!

I did not expect duke to die...his pacemaker exploded????

GREAT FIRST EPISODE!!!

[passionista23]

I had a nice long comment typed out and darned if my computer didn't eat it lol So I will just say for now I am really into this show so far and it definitely has a Jericho-ish feel to it.

Thanks for replying. :)

[timetobegin]

awww i hate it when that happens.

yesss. i heard it was a mini-series but i hope it goes for a decent while? it could explore a lot of stuff!

[passionista23]

Yeah I just saw that myself on Wiki but I hope it gets at least a good 12 eps. There is a lot of potential.

[timetobegin]

there isssssss

but maybe if they make it work it might be a really great season

[alorarose]

omg, Junior was so effing creepy. POOR LUX!!!

[passionista23]

LOL I love Britt Robertson.

I guess I'll go first!

[passionista23]

Since this is one of the shows I am "captaining" I guess I should write something about it huh?

What was your favorite scene? Probably my favorite scene was Dale (aka Barbie) realizing he had killed Julia's husband. That was an eerie moment.
What was the most disturbing moment to watch? Uh the cow being severed in half. Sure it wasn't a real cow being severed but still it had a big ewwww factor to it. I also was disturbed by Angie being locked in a bomb shelter. Her now I assume former love is a big creeper!
Do you have a favorite character or couple yet? Oh I am trying so hard not to ship every show I watch but I could definitely get into Barbie and Julia eventually. They have a really cool dynamic.

I like this series so far and hope it succeeds!

Re: I guess I'll go first!

[timetobegin]

oh his name is dale!! i'll have to remember their names better.

i'd completely forgotten about the cow!!!

:D i am pretty sure we're getting 12 episodes no matter what, which is great

Re: I guess I'll go first!

[colls]

BARBIE!!
*snort*

[simplyn2deep]

ZOMG! I so loved it! My friends and I were talking about it Monday night (after it aired for me on the West Coast), last night, and a bit today.

We called all the characters by who they are.

I don't trust the Councilman or jealous!creepy! boyfriend...and was surprised to find out they're father and son! I so want Barbie to kick jealous!creepy! boyfriend's ass to save the candy striper girlfriend

Loved the plane crash scene, if only to yell at that boy just standing there staring at it as it was falling down around him. Loved the cow splitting scene. that was cool.

Barbie. ha! What's his "real" name...and when is Journalist Lady going to find out he killed her husband?

I loved the bi-racial lesbian couple and their daughter. as well as the sheriff (damn is he really gone?!)

what did the 2 teens that had the seizure babble? it was something about falling stars? I didn't get it all. And I wonder if what they said has anything to do with the Dome.

interesting things it took me 3 days to realize: natalie martinez and aisha hinds were in Detroit 1-8-7 together. Aisha played Lt. Maureen Mason on 187 and she's the black lady in the bi-racial lesbian couple on Dome and Natalie played Det. Ariana Sanchez on 187 and is Dep. Linda on Dome.

I'll be tuning in next week for sure!

[colls]

I like your character names - LOL!

The sheriff surprised me. Although he struggled as the dome went up, so something obviously interfered with his pacemaker. Still, the thing exploding in his chest was startling and makes me worry about that Councilman dude because HE HAS PLANS and with the sheriff out of the way....

[simplyn2deep]

I forgot to say that I thought the Councilman was the one who shot the sheriff bc he was about to tell Linda that something hinky was going on...but he was too close to the dome wall so there wasn't enough room for him to have been shot from the front.

[colls]

What was your favorite scene? - I liked a few scenes, but when the dome first arrives is pretty dramatic what with the side of beef and all

What was the most disturbing moment to watch? - the lady who was simply gardening when her hand was chopped off - GARDENING IS DANGEROUS YO
The girl getting kidnapped and waking up in the bunker. :(

Do you have a favorite character or couple yet?
- I like the MacCalister kid, he's already making friends with the skateboarder dude and that seems like a promising setup for plotty stuff
- I sort of like 'Barbie' what an amusingly absurd name and the journalist but am really curious as to why he was burying Peter.
- I like the deputy and her boyfriend? husband? Rusty who's on the other side.
- I like the biracial-lesbian couple and how they contrast/complement each other - the one mom seems rather intense and a tad bossy the other seems a calming influence until the daughter has her seizure. I wonder what the girl and the other kid (MacCalister) have in common
- I like the girl who works at the radio station.


I've not read the book, so I have no idea what's going on or what's going to happen (although I understand the ending differs?). Stephen King adaptations tend to have endings I'm not overly fond of but we'll see. I'm rather glad it's a planned miniseries and not a larger regular series because I'd hate for them to struggle to make stuff up once they've told the original story.

also, hi! :)

[alorarose]

omfg, I'm never ever ever gonna garden, ever! That was so scary!

[colls]

JUST SAY NO TO GARDENING!
really, any excuse, right?

[alorarose]

totally.

[passionista23]

I love this thread. So glad other people are watching and enjoying the show!

[alorarose]

Stephen King has always made me either wanna hide under the couch or wait impatiently for what's really going on, so I'm excited about this show. But I still have nightmares about The Langoliers. Seriously.

[simplyn2deep]

oh i missed the gardening scene. too busy laughing it up with my friends

[passionista23]

Yeah I actually am getting used to the idea of it being a mini-series for the reason you mentioned. They can tell a concise story this way!

[passionista23]

I really surprised to find out jealous!creepy!boyfriend! was the councilman's son. But the way the councilman seems so skeevy, it makes sense!

[malicat]

I thought the pilot was pretty good and intriguing and set up some things rather lately. Too many teenagers though and I just know that I will wait the whole season for them to die *lol*
I also didn't think that LaPenis would die right in the pilot episode?

[unightfog]

I liked it a lot!

so much stuff going on, for example the 2 kids having a seizure and babbling something like...the stars falling down.

also Junior...wow...so creepy!

and they killed the sheriff in the first epi...so didn't see that coming!

looking forward to the next epi!