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Under The Dome [CBS - US] [** Spoilers **] (Warning in OP)

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    #332
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭squonk


    I thought it was an improvement so far over S1. There was genuinely a sense of weirdness there and it did feel more 'Stephen King'. Thumbs up so far. Didn't spot King's cameo. Where/when?


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    #333
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,462 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    In the diner - he asked Angie for coffee.

    Good episode - didn't expect the two big deaths that happened.


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    #334
    somuj
    Registered Users Posts: 867 ✭✭✭somuj


    Hope we dont have yo hear about propane this season.


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    #335
    Peppa Pig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Peppa Pig


    Thought it was an excellent episode - really enjoyed it. Another WTF moment when
    the car crushed Linda to death - she was a great character. Maybe the dome will bring her back


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    #336
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,882 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    ^ Or maybe they just listened to fans criticism? :D


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    #337
    gazzer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭gazzer


    Really enjoyed this episode. A massive improvement on Season 1. I actually cheered when
    Linda died


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    #338
    tvnutz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    Peppa Pig wrote: »
    Thought it was an excellent episode - really enjoyed it. Another WTF moment when
    the car crushed Linda to death - she was a great character. Maybe the dome will bring her back

    Haha what? is that sarcasm? She was easily the worst character and an awful actor. They obviously did listen to fan criticism and said, right lets get rid of her sooner rather than later!


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    #339
    Peppa Pig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Peppa Pig


    Maybe I need to get out more :D


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    #340
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    It was an improvement all right though. I don't mind shows not being exactly like the book but I really wish they had made it more mature and darker, like I don't hate Big Jim and Jr. nearly as much as I hated their book characters, now those were some loathsome bastards with big jim being up there as one of the best king has ever created.


    My brain did get up and walk at the end though saying "you're on your own now pal" when they showed
    Jr.'s mum alive and well
    :D

    Also I can't stand Eddie Cahill :mad:


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    #341
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Bit sad Angie was killed off, good looking lass. They didn't take long to kill off that cop, I lol'd


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    #342
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    So the consensus is that series two is off to a good start? Have to say that series 1 really did nothing for me, it had a few good ideas in play but they went nowhere and most of the characters acted like idiots far too often. Were it not for the fact that this is on during the summer, I really don't think I'd even bother with it.


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    #343
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    So are RTE going to be keeping up with the US pace for this. They're running a double bill next Thursday


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    #344
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    I felt the last two episodes or so of the first season really did intrigue me enough to keep watching the second season. A solid start to the second season so far. My only problem with it is that there are so many characters flip-flopping around about which side they're on.


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    #345
    wandatowell
    Registered Users Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    "Shut up and be dead, I'm busy"

    Outstanding stuff.


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    #346
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,856 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Not liking that teacher. She seemed to go from potential Barbie interest to siding with big Jim.


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    #347
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭squonk


    The teacher makes no sense. They're under a dome in a small area. If she was that hacked off about what was going on you'd thik we'd have seen her before now. I don't think it's one of those shows that they can easily bring in new characters as they wish. They need to decide whether the dome, and Chesters Mills is a small area or somewhere quite large.

    The whole scene with the townsfolk and Jim duringthe euology was cringeworthy. They all deserve to be anhilated if they are sheep like that. I thought the writing there could have been better.


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    #348
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,856 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Yeah the eulogy was a bit bit much "We're here to mourn the loss of Angie. We will do so until her brother arrives, at which point we'll change it into a political speech"


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    #349
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,882 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    The writing is absolutely shocking.


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    #350
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I watched the first ep of S2 and seen it was pretty much more of the same.....slightly edgier. So I went on with the second epsiode.
    Good jaysus, so difficult to watch.

    Time to get the book instead.


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    #351
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    I didn't think it was too bad, but bear in mind I watched the latest episode of falling skies before it :)

    The old religious guy is a good actor


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    #352
    Sudden Valley
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Sudden Valley


    they're getting of the hot women in the show. I'm against this new development!


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    #353
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    I'm much preferring this series to the first one. Whereas season one seemed to focus on finding out what the dome wanted from it's 'chosen ones', this season seems much darker and more apocalyptic in tone. Linda being killed off in the first episode certainly helped too ;)

    Great to see Dwight Yoakam appearing - I haven't seen him in an acting role since Panic Room. He does creepy so well!


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    #354
    rockbeast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,548 ✭✭✭rockbeast


    dark crystal wrote: »
    I'm much preferring this series to the first one. Whereas season one seemed to focus on finding out what the dome wanted from it's 'chosen ones', this season seems much darker and more apocalyptic in tone. Linda being killed off in the first episode certainly helped too ;)

    Great to see Dwight Yoakam appearing - I haven't seen him in an acting role since Panic Room. He does creepy so well!

    Reason I've checked out, Dark Crystal...

    Between this and The Leftovers and The Last Ship I'm a little bit concerned (and disinterested :D ) in what I think may be some proselytizing from some networks...

    That sh!t will keep me awake longer that an episode of The Strain:eek:

    ;)


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    #355
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,856 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Even if she is much older than him, I still think Joe would be upgrading going with Melanie.

    I think it's a bad idea to have that bit at the beginning about "2 weeks ago..." because knowing it's only 2 weeks makes all the relationships and reactions seem stupid or over the top.


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    #356
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Can't maintain an interest in season 2. I read the book so I suppose that's why the TV show is such a letdown - the book actually has laugh out loud moments. This is just drab.


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    #357
    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I can't say I'm impressed, characters are swinging all over the place - Barbie from a do-gooder to "let's hear the psycho teacher who wants to kill 25% of the population out". Joe goes from wanting to put a bullet in Melanie to liking her. Junior just annoys the sh1te out of me. At least Hank, sorry, Big Jim is somewhat consistent in being a power-hungry ruthless mofo (the almost-hanging-himself bit notwithstanding).


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    #358
    tvnutz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    That teacher has to be one of the worst conceived characters in television. This is a teacher, someone who has dedicated their life to looking after kids, caring for them, passing on knowledge. Yet this nut case seems to have no problem in implementing a mass eugenics program including killing of a newborn. If there was an argument for it, perhaps don't kill off the future generation. But again its getting back to the fact that she has no problem releasing a massive virus.

    She is a Science teacher, yet she never considered that a flu virus could mutate and also assumes it would just kill of a quarter of the population. Everyone would be infected, she assume the weakest will die off...well inside the Dome I assume medical supplies are very low or running out, a mass flu outbreak would be deadly and kill off a lot more.

    And her character is only one of the more annoying things in the last few episodes. Dead girl from the past...meh, junior's mother the prophet...meh, Tag from friends being the killer, meh.


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    #359
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭squonk


    After the first episode I was positive and had hope for the season. Now I'm not so sure. The introduction of the teacher was a bit stupid but it wouldn't be so bad if she was wheeled on and off for a while until she established herself but, no, now she's gone from being (apparently) one of the silent, unseen majority to a front and center mover and shaker. She's quite annoying and it's a bit much tbh. I'm not buying the #running out of resources' story either. It's not surprising seeing as they've suddenly reopened the café and are scoffing coffee and pies and anything else they can get their hands on. They could introduce rationing at this stage. I'm sure there'd be a bit of resistance but it's better than genocide surely!


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    #360
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,373 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Not liking that teacher. She seemed to go from potential Barbie interest to siding with big Jim.


    I prefer even Linda over Rebecca
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    #361
    Sudden Valley
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Sudden Valley


    The dialogue in this show is it's only saving grace - it's just hilarious. I've heard the book is actually not too bad, I wonder where it went wrong. At least they revealed more about the mystery of the egg in the last episode.


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