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Stephen King's "Under the Dome" coming to CBS (1 Viewer)

Guys? Those of you still watching? This is a sad, incoherent perversion of Stephen King's work at this point.

It's okay to stop. I swear, no one will think less of you. Quite the opposite, actually.

 
Parrothead said:
I stopped after season 1.. the best decision of my life (besides re-financing my mortgage 15 years ago)
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I bailed after season 1 also. Just recently watched S2 though after I heard it was back for S3 on the hope it had improved. Just insane. I don't know what's crazier - the environmental weirdness ( squirting water on a lake that stops blood rain in minutes ), the healing powers (people getting shot/stabbed within an inch of their life are back walking around normally in a day or two), or the ability to forgive murderers and kidnappers almost instantly, with personalities changing by the episode.

 
I thought the show was okay after season 1, but I think I gave up 2 episodes into S2. If it's still spiraling downward from there, then I can't even imagine how terrible this show is right now. I honestly assumed it would be cancelled after S2

 
For those of you old enough to remember, it's an awful lot like watching the Power Rangers. The story and the acting isn't bad enough, they have to layer on the ultra cheapo effects for cheesy goodness.

 
Another really bad episode. As posted above, how many people were just living in the woods and decided to come into town? New people, including the bad dude from Terminus in TWD, having good screen time.

 
Dickies said:
I thought the show was okay after season 1, but I think I gave up 2 episodes into S2. If it's still spiraling downward from there, then I can't even imagine how terrible this show is right now. I honestly assumed it would be cancelled after S2
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It is still spiraling downwards. Its kind of amazing how bad it has become.

For example, the most recent episode mentioned "alternate reality" and "matrix" 17 times and then closed with a 50 year old archeologist turned alien vessel lady putting what I can only describe as cocoon slime on the mouth of a 20 year old manboy in sheriff's clothes, and then making out with him, with the intent of increasing her mind control hold on him.

That run on sentence is the literal truth. I know its hard to believe. Its like they took all of the drop outs from a 3rd rate writers school and fed them a steady diet of peyote and acid for a month, then had them write it.

 
If Stephen King watches the most recent episode, I expect him to rush out into the pouring rain crying, drop to his knees, and scream, "NOOOOO! WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!!!!"

 
I, too, dropped out after season one. All of the on-line reviews I run across basically have the same feelings you poor bastards in here still watching do.

It's a shame, because this story would have been a perfect one-season series.

 
I didn't even make it through the first season. Is the cute blond that Jr. chained up in the room still on the show?

 
jamny said:
I didn't even make it through the first season. Is the cute blond that Jr. chained up in the room still on the show?
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She was killed by Rachel's boytoy secretary from "Friends."

I hate this show. I've saved up all of this season's episodes. If and when I find out that this show is ending after this season, I'll watch them just to get some finality. If I find out it's running season 4 or beyond, I'm deleting them all and never thinking about it again.

 
Anyone catch any of Netflix's 'Between'? Some premise similarities of people in a small town stuck together... Only two episodes in on that one, so it can go either way.

 
babydemon90 said:
Anyone catch any of Netflix's 'Between'? Some premise similarities of people in a small town stuck together... Only two episodes in on that one, so it can go either way.
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I was out after 2-3 episodes. Maybe if you are 13 years old so you can identify with some of the characters.

 
Just watched second episode. I think I have to tap out. I honestly have no clue what's going on and I don't care anymore.

 
tonydead said:
babydemon90 said:
Anyone catch any of Netflix's 'Between'? Some premise similarities of people in a small town stuck together... Only two episodes in on that one, so it can go either way.
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I was out after 2-3 episodes. Maybe if you are 13 years old so you can identify with some of the characters.
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I'm assuming they're going to go all Lord of the Flies... was hoping it wasn't just teen angst and whatnot.

 
Aerial Assault said:
Leroy Hoard said:
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The funniest thing is that it's supposedly only been 3 weeks from dome day to present
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Also in spite of a "closed" dome they actually introduce more new characters each week than most shows.
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:lmao:

The Natalie Zea introduction ("Max" the arch-criminal, setting up a fight club) was the best. OH, SHE WAS HERE ALL THE TIME!!!!!11 Sure, guys. That's when they started to lose me.
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that was season 1 right? I think that's when I decided this was truly horrible. I stuck out the first season but haven't watched since. It started out with some potential and then stunk it up.
 
Stephen King has to be wondering if all the commercials for his new book are worth having his name attached to this train wreck. The man can't possibly need for money, can he? I get TV money probably blows away book money, but movie money has to trump TV money by far.

 
The Big Guy said:
Stephen King has to be wondering if all the commercials for his new book are worth having his name attached to this train wreck. The man can't possibly need for money, can he? I get TV money probably blows away book money, but movie money has to trump TV money by far.
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I say the same thing about The Who every time they sell out one of their songs for a crappy tv ad.

 
This show is just horrendous. I keep telling myself to stop, but then a dead girl appears from a lake. Ok, I'll give up once they explain she's an alien zombie or something. Oh wait , there's a magical locker cave now? Well, I've got to find out where that goes and then I'll quit for sure this time.

SOS- Someone please help me...

 
-arcK- said:
This show is just horrendous. I keep telling myself to stop, but then a dead girl appears from a lake. Ok, I'll give up once they explain she's an alien zombie or something. Oh wait , there's a magical locker cave now? Well, I've got to find out where that goes and then I'll quit for sure this time.

SOS- Someone please help me...
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:lol:

I quit after 3 episodes and every time I see this thread I think (a) it hasn't been canceled? and (b) people still watch it?

 
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Great cliffhangers this week. The outside world may soon be coming to an end, but first Big Jim has to find his dog that wandered off.

 
I doubt that this will even be worth putting in a spoiler tag, just in case someone hasn't seen the episode yet, but:

After stabbing Christine in the stomach, why didn't he just finish the job and slice her throat? He took an axe to Angie a couple of times, but only once with a knife to the stomach? Especially since she had Abby killed? Go figure.
 
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larch said:
I doubt that this will even be worth putting in a spoiler tag, just in case someone hasn't seen the episode yet, but:

After stabbing Christine in the stomach, why didn't he just finish the job and slice her throat? He took an axe to Angie a couple of times, but only once with a knife to the stomach? Especially since she had Abby killed? Go figure.
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It didn't make much sense, but I guess maybe

he figured it was a fatal wound, especially in dome-locked medically-challenged Chester's Mill.

And the other reason is that he wanted her to suffer after what Christine did to Abby.

But yeah, even as I saw it live, it was an obvious mistake to not outright finish the job.
 
Also, I'm still waiting for that damn dog to have some kind of significance.

It's way too prominent not to have some upcoming planned plot purpose.

 
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