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

[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!