Under the Dome

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I'll watch it tonight

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iwantmycrayons wrote:

JJ wrote:: Hate. Will watch but soooooooooooooo not the book. Maybe you'll like it Gin.

yup, i haven't even finished the book and so far there are serious deviations

A few big deviations for me:
Spoilers kinda but not really. Just stuff that's off from the book.

Spoiler:

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I'm wondering if I'm going to remember enough about the book to recognize what's wrong lol2

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yup to all of those things

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blondie wrote:: I'm wondering if I'm going to remember enough about the book to recognize what's wrong

some of them are glaring, you'll notice them

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well you know, I FINISHED the book a while ago leg

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blondie wrote:: well you know, I FINISHED the book a while ago

apparently whomever wrote the screenplay didn't read the book either sbob

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this is why i dont read books! :) it ruins the tv shows! haha

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tv shows ruin movies! especially when written by a Mr. Stephen King!

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Subject: Re: Under the Dome Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:34 pm

I haven't read them yet, so I won't notice anything wrong. Cool

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It's just one book. Just a big one.

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iwantmycrayons wrote:

blondie wrote:: well you know, I FINISHED the book a while ago

apparently whomever wrote the screenplay didn't read the book either sbob

Subject: Re: Under the Dome Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:19 pm

I liked it, has me intrigued. Gonna order it for my Kindle.

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I did notice some differences.

Subject: Re: Under the Dome Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:55 pm

I totally forgot to DVR this.. I blame my "smart" TV.. its all fucked up and won't let me connect to the internet so I can't use Netflix, so I have to hook up my laptop to the TV so I can watch Netflix, but I just use HDMI chord that goes into the back of the cable box.. so I totally forget about it

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JJ, we may not agree on much, but I agree with everything you posted in the hidden "spoiler". That all ticked me off. While I knew, that the show would be different from the book, I did not expect it to be that different.

I am willing to give the show a chance, meaning I will watch a few more eppies.

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iwantmycrayons wrote:

blondie wrote:: well you know, I FINISHED the book a while ago

apparently whomever wrote the screenplay didn't read the book either sbob

Yes, they did, but they had Stephen Kings approval to change what ever they wanted.

I read that he was ok with that, as long as the basic storyline was intact.

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The only thing that really bugs me is the complete change in Barbie. In the book, wasn't he just simply walking out of town? Now he's a murderer. He's also much younger than I pictured. The rest of it is just small details - I'm not sure if they'll affect the overall story yet.

I also found it amusing how they knew right away that they were completely trapped by the dome - in the book they took the time to follow the perimeter first. I blame that on time though.

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blondie wrote:: The only thing that really bugs me is the complete change in Barbie. In the book, wasn't he just simply walking out of town? Now he's a murderer. He's also much younger than I pictured. The rest of it is just small details - I'm not sure if they'll affect the overall story yet.

I also found it amusing how they knew right away that they were completely trapped by the dome - in the book they took the time to follow the perimeter first. I blame that on time though.

yeah, he seems like a darker character so far, but he did have that conversation saying they guy attacked him, and I think he killed the guy because he was attacked not because that was his intent.

i guess we'll see why he was there in the first place.

I wonder if the sherriff will survive or if he dies?? My guess is he will be in a coma or somethin, i can't see him just dying in the first eppy like the book

side note, i think by the third eppy i will be completely lost as the the show will have gone by my progression in the book

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then you won't have to nit-pick - you can just watch and (hopefully) enjoy it

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hmmm. i seem to have forgotten these details you guys are "nitpicking" about so good! i dont mind the show so far... Barbie is the "officer beautiful" from Bates yes?

in the book did Barbie kill anyone - someone said he was walking out of town - he was a short order cook wasnt he? just on the move... not on the run?

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gin wrote:: hmmm. i seem to have forgotten these details you guys are "nitpicking" about so good! i dont mind the show so far... Barbie is the "officer beautiful" from Bates yes?

in the book did Barbie kill anyone - someone said he was walking out of town - he was a short order cook wasnt he? just on the move... not on the run?

he was leaving town because he was having problems with Big Jim's kid and his friends, I believe, and just wanted to move on.

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ah okay... thanks. so he didnt kill anyone?

my mother in law read the whole book this past weekend - so she's on the side of those of you who have also just read it - she hates the show so far.

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gin wrote:: ah okay... thanks. so he didnt kill anyone?

my mother in law read the whole book this past weekend - so she's on the side of those of you who have also just read it - she hates the show so far.

how is that possible

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I don't hate it, I merely have agreed with JJ that there are glaring changes from book to TV

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sorry - hate was the wrong word... well not for JJ lol

i have no idea how she read it so quickly. her and my husband read ridiculously quickly

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lol...I fling words around sometimes. I definitely did not hate it...but having JUST read the book, the differences were VERY glaring but I really do want to see where they're going to take it. I just kinda really don't like Angie.

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iwantmycrayons wrote:

gin wrote:: hmmm. i seem to have forgotten these details you guys are "nitpicking" about so good! i dont mind the show so far... Barbie is the "officer beautiful" from Bates yes?

in the book did Barbie kill anyone - someone said he was walking out of town - he was a short order cook wasnt he? just on the move... not on the run?

he was leaving town because he was having problems with Big Jim's kid and his friends, I believe, and just wanted to move on.

Yes.

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gin wrote:: sorry - hate was the wrong word... well not for JJ lol

i have no idea how she read it so quickly. her and my husband read ridiculously quickly

I wouldn't have been able to do that if I only read the even numbered pages

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i know! me neither. thats prob half the reason i hated the book - it was too damn long, i felt there was a shitload that could have been cut out

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gin wrote:: i know! me neither. thats prob half the reason i hated the book - it was too damn long, i felt there was a shitload that could have been cut out

That's true for a lot of his books though..

There was a part though that kinda irked me...that there was so much info about in the book and then the whole thing kinda didn't come to anything

Spoiler:

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...I put it in a spoiler because I don't know how far you are in the book, Vod.

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not that far

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JJ wrote:

gin wrote:: i know! me neither. thats prob half the reason i hated the book - it was too damn long, i felt there was a shitload that could have been cut out

That's true for a lot of his books though..

There was a part though that kinda irked me...that there was so much info about in the book and then the whole thing kinda didn't come to anything

Spoiler:

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...I put it in a spoiler because I don't know how far you are in the book, Vod.

true. i guess the content of this over-story-telling was not interesting enough for me

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iwantmycrayons wrote:

gin wrote:: hmmm. i seem to have forgotten these details you guys are "nitpicking" about so good! i dont mind the show so far... Barbie is the "officer beautiful" from Bates yes?

in the book did Barbie kill anyone - someone said he was walking out of town - he was a short order cook wasnt he? just on the move... not on the run?

he was leaving town because he was having problems with Big Jim's kid and his friends, I believe, and just wanted to move on.

Yes.

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angie... which one is she?

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the blonde that's supposed to be dead.

The one Junior kidnapped.

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ok thats what i thought.

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gin wrote:: hmmm. i seem to have forgotten these details you guys are "nitpicking" about so good! i dont mind the show so far... Barbie is the "officer beautiful" from Bates yes?

in the book did Barbie kill anyone - someone said he was walking out of town - he was a short order cook wasnt he? just on the move... not on the run?

yes, and once the dome fell, he returned to his old room - not Julia's house.

And I don't remember Julia coming into the story right away.

But again, most of the differences aren't bothering me so far.

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iwantmycrayons wrote:

gin wrote:: ah okay... thanks. so he didnt kill anyone?

my mother in law read the whole book this past weekend - so she's on the side of those of you who have also just read it - she hates the show so far.

how is that possible

seriously! I'm a fast reader and I know it took longer than that

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JJ wrote:: the blonde that's supposed to be dead.

The one Junior kidnapped.

and she's supposed to be in her own pantry, not the fall out shelter

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and the fall out shelter shouldn't be in Big Jim's backyard....but that's nitpicking. leg

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the radio station is supposed to be christian radio, not rock and roll

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but we nitpick

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JJ wrote:: and the fall out shelter shouldn't be in Big Jim's backyard....but that's nitpicking.

it was at or around City Hall, wasn't it? I'm pretty sure it was in town.

Subject: Re: Under the Dome Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:51 pm

I have started reading the book, I have noticed a few changes already and I am only a few chapters into it.

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blondie wrote:

JJ wrote:: and the fall out shelter shouldn't be in Big Jim's backyard....but that's nitpicking.

it was at or around City Hall, wasn't it? I'm pretty sure it was in town.

Yes.

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Ez wrote:: I have started reading the book, I have noticed a few changes already and I am only a few chapters into it.

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Ez wrote:: I have started reading the book, I have noticed a few changes already and I am only a few chapters into it.

i started 3 years ago and that's about as far as I am tongue

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