Premieres tonight
Now it may just be that a season of "Under the Dome" has greatly boosted my tolerance for shitty television, but I thought tonight's premiere was a massive improvement over last season. The world felt a lot grittier and more lived in, the focus of the storytelling shifted away from Charlie to the best actors on the show, the dialog felt sharper, and the science has gotten genuinely weird.It's still more of a swashbuckling adventure than a realistic portrayal of a post-apocalyptic world, but within that framework, I thought it got a lot closer to the kind of world I imagined from the preview for season one.mattCR said:And Revolution becomes the first show officially dropped from my DVR
Looks like you're not the only one. From EW.com:mattCR said:And Revolution becomes the first show officially dropped from my DVR
I agree completely, Adam. My generally feeling regarding the first season was that it started off borderline unwatchable, but evolved in to an hour of television that i actually looked forward to watching each week.Adam Lenhardt said:Now it may just be that a season of "Under the Dome" has greatly boosted my tolerance for shitty television, but I thought tonight's premiere was a massive improvement over last season. The world felt a lot grittier and more lived in, the focus of the storytelling shifted away from Charlie to the best actors on the show, the dialog felt sharper, and the science has gotten genuinely weird.It's still more of a swashbuckling adventure than a realistic portrayal of a post-apocalyptic world, but within that framework, I thought it got a lot closer to the kind of world I imagined from the preview for season one.
No, I think most people who were thinking clearly were expecting to see what happened. It just seemed inevitable to me.mattCR said:I was with it, though I thought the opening wave of why they turned the power back off was silly and too fast, but
The moment the fireflies brought Aaron back from the dead as a near supernatural moment I thought: WTF.
Yes, they tried to turn it off to stop the nukes, but failed. Given the strange stuff going on, however, I'm not sure they did a perfect job.DaveF said:That was a strong opening for Revolution. Although I'm confused why they shut the power off. I thought it was to try and stop the nukes, but if so they were too late? Was it a tragic mistake, both losing the power again and still Atlanta and Philly were destroyed?
The idea was turning the guidance systems off along with the power. It looked like it all happened too fast to be effective. It could be that by the time the systems were down the nukes only had a straight trajectory to go anyway.Adam Lenhardt said:Yes, they tried to turn it off to stop the nukes, but failed. Given the strange stuff going on, however, I'm not sure they did a perfect job.