Its been a long time since I have written anything on this page, for that I would like to apologise…I could make excuses such as moving the country, having little internet access, and moving house (which is all true). But to be quite honest I hadn’t seen anything new and exciting enough that made me want to pick up a pen and write about it, that is until now.
This week I started to watch the new TV series ‘Under the
Dome’, the new TV series airing on Channel 5 based on the Stephen King book of
the same name. This show was recommended to me by my cousin, who by the way
compared the show to ‘The Simpsons Movie’…you know the part where they all live
under a dome? Already not the most appealing of ideas, especially when the
premise of it sounds like a social experiment concocted by the people who
brought us ‘Big Brother’- not something that appeals to me at all (in fact I
can’t imagine anything more painful that a new version of Big Brother). So it
wasn’t until my sister called me to say that she really enjoyed it that I got
to thinking, maybe this show isn’t so bad. Don’t get me wrong my sister and
cousin watch some great shows (most of which are recommended by me), but they
would also both freely admit that they would watch some utter crap…but then
again so do I, so I though maybe I should give this ‘Under the Dome’ a try…
Unfortunately I was too late to catch the show on TV, so was
forced to resort to 5OD for the first two episodes, an excruciatingly painful
ordeal as it kept freezing, pausing and streaming. 5OD in my experience just
isn’t up to the standard of its main competitors BBC Iplayer and 4OD (I have no
experience with ITV as they never air anything I find even remotely
interesting). Anyway I struggled through the first two episodes, not that they
were a struggle to watch, the episodes themselves were completely gripping, it
was 5OD that was the biggest let down. I thoroughly enjoyed the parts of the
show that I saw…it is like a social experiment gone wrong, but somehow the show
is presented as a fresh idea. With big names like Stephen Spielberg and Stephen
King as producers, and familiar faces in the cast the show was built to be a
success; usually this translates to appealing to critics (not the average Joe).
However, I can safely say this show should appeal to everyone…I would even go
as far to say its on a par with ‘Lost’, lets just hope the ending is better!
Actually this would be a prime opportunity to talk about the
ending, I should note I haven’t read the book that the series is based on. In
the show they have already admitted that the dome has nothing to do with the
government, yet some of the characters appear to know what is going on…the
mayor and the priest for example. I just hope that this becomes clear as the
show goes on, because it needs to continue with these flairs of brilliance to
keep an audience engaged. Lets all hope that it doesn’t ruin itself with its
ending much like ‘Prison Break’ and ‘Lost’. However for now the show is great,
and has an even greater potential, I can’t wait to see where they go with it.
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