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    Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life

    Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?

    New Trailer For BSG's "The Plan" Explains Exactly What That Plan Was

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    Image of Insomnia Bob Insomnia Bob
    11/21/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    This premise of the invisible dome that cuts off a small town is almost verbatim the plot of a little known comic series called 'Girls' that hit selves a few years back.
    ...wonder if King read it?
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    I sometimes feel I'm the only person alive that thought Watchmen was a fine length and didnt want it any longer.
    The comic was at least 50% filler and benefited a lot from being trimmed down.

    In general, Id love more miniseries like this though.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    I liked it the first time it was made and called "Bio-Dome".
    That movie was TERRIFYING.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    They made a mistake. This should be being done for The Dark Tower, not this new-fangled one.
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    Image of bookling bookling
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    I haven't even finished the book yet, but it could make a fabulous mini-series. I was already thinking of the scenes that would have to be cut out for network TV, but then I re-read the story and saw that it's HBO. Awesome!
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    Oh for the love of Buddha... stop it with the "Simpsons did it" crap. I was tired of seeing it on the first article about this book. Truth be told, King had been writing this long before anyone from The Simpsons thought of the idea. "King did it!" X-(
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    11/20/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Well duh King did it first. Can't stop us from cracking a joke and having a little fun with it.
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    Image of ImFeedingMattDamon ImFeedingMattDamon
    11/20/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Bless you.
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    Image of krztov krztov
    11/20/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: uh king released the book this year, simpsons movie was what, 3 years ago now? even if (based on the wiki) first draft one done in late 08, thats still over a year after simpsons movie.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/20/09

    @krztov: Actually, Stephen King's been fleshing out this story since the late 70's. He's got the original rough drafts to prove it - which he put up on his website as soon as he heard about the main plotpoint of the Simpsons movie - but don't let facts get in the way.
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    11/20/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Thank youuu. It was kind of funny when the book was first announced, but now it's getting old. Not to mention that even if King HAD snagged the idea from The Simpsons, it would still be a very different story. Not to mention that King's been working on the story since before The Simpsons was on the air!
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/20/09

    He may have thought of it first, but the Simpsons *did* it first.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/20/09

    @AngryEddy: I don't think anyone is saying he actually saying he stole it from the Simpsons. It's just a coincidence. And if you remember the South Park episode, part of the point was that The Simpsons take from others (Twilight Zone, etc)
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    @ZaxxonQ.com: Not to rain on everybody's parade, but I think the original drafts of Under the Dome (which is great) are set in an inescapable apartment building.

    That doesn't change things; he's still the uncontested master of the 12-page crawl across 10 feet of broken glass to the gun with one rusty bullet left in it. Even if he did get the idea from the Simpsons movie, so what? Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Matrix are both about the Chosen One who can save us from unknowable terrors that lurk just outside our sunny simulacra. They're both great.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/20/09

    @AngryEddy: The domed city is as old as science fiction. It doesn't matter who used the device first since every author who has ever used it for the last 50 years has had a different tone and purpose. When the device was used in the Simpsons movie it was broad satire about government bureaucracy run amok which is obviously not King's intention.
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    11/20/09

    @Wookie1972: Actually Mark Tigan did it first when he proposed a dome for the city of Winooski, Vermont as a way of controlling winter heating bills. Stephen King probably got his idea from this article in Time Magazine in 1979 -- [www.time.com]
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    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    This is the impetus I need to finally crack open that beast of a book that's been sitting on my coffee table.

    Starting a 1,000-page opus is always a little daunting. But if I don't read it, how else can I moan about poor casting decisions and gripe about what they cut out or changed?
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    Image of OgreNUT OgreNUT
    11/20/09

    @ProfessorSara: This is the Internet... You don't need facts or reason to back up an argument.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    @ProfessorSara: You'll be done with it in two weeks. It moves SO fast.
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    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    11/20/09

    @OgreNUT: You're wrong!

    Oh, wait ... I just proved your point, didn't I?

    #calendar
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    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    11/20/09

    @Perhaps Not: Or possibly less! If I provide my husband with an equally gripping book, we can spend the whole weekend on the couch, reading. Truly, it's the American dream.

    #calendar
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    Image of Agent355 Agent355
    11/20/09

    @ProfessorSara: Oh, that sounds heavenly! I wish I could get my husband to crack open a book.
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    ProfessorSara promoted this comment Agent355 was starred Agent355 was unstarred
    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    11/20/09

    @Agent355: It's heavenly until we're out of sync. As in, I've just finished a great book but haven't committed to the next one yet, but he's in the middle of his book. Then I want to watch TV or converse, but he just wants to read. Or vice versa. But I suppose if that's all I have to complain about in a marriage, I'm pretty lucky.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    @ProfessorSara: Yeah, that happens to us, too. She's reading "The Great Gatsby," I'm reading "Infinite Jest."
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    Image of ProfessorSara ProfessorSara
    11/20/09

    @Perhaps Not: And no doubt she'll be able to finish the entire Fitzgerald oeuvre (along with Zelda, too!), while you're still plugging away on yours.

    I actually picked up "Infinite Jest" at a rummage sale last weekend, because it's long been a "shoulda read it" book for me. Maybe I'll tackle that after "Under the Dome."
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    @ProfessorSara: It's problematic but totally good. Be warned, it's incredi-dense, which will either make you go, "I don't have time for this," or "Oh yeah? I bet I can read it AND understand it! What about that, DFW?"

    And of course, much of it is bust-a-gut funny.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    Both Richard Matheson devotees? Both lovers of stories about adventurous children confronting horrible monsters? Both masters of long-form narrative who should have been working together for years?

    I predict greatness.
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    11/20/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    May I be the first one to say "Woo!" and might I add "Hoo!"? ^_^ This is gonna be brilliant!
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/09/09

    In reply to Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?
    Why are we all going to watch this despite the fact that it's going to piss us all off?

    Why why why?
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @twophrasebark: BSG fans are compulsive weirdos who enjoy self torture. Kind of like Opus Dei without the Catholicism.
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    Image of YeiFazules YeiFazules
    10/09/09

    In reply to Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?
    So excited. And yet as far as potential nudity goes, I find I can't get as excited about that if it doesn't involve Jamie Bamber.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @YeiFazules: No love for Michael Hogan?
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    Image of YeiFazules YeiFazules
    10/10/09

    @Bill-Lee: Well.... now that you mention it, I could get behind some naked space pirate...
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    Image of I_Like_TDs I_Like_TDs
    10/09/09

    In reply to Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?
    I will never complain about seeing more of Tricia Helfer naked.

    GO BALTAIR!
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @I_Like_TDs: Will you complain if the nudity is Dean Stockwell and his swaying old man junk?
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    Image of Hotscot Hotscot
    10/09/09

    In reply to Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?
    Can I just be clear? The Plan will be a tv movie and a longer DVD release?
    Should I avoid the tv version and wait for the DVD if I want to see the most complete story?
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @Hotscot: The only things cut from the TV version will be the nudity. I hear we see Cavil's penis in the DVD version.
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    10/09/09

    @Bill-Lee: You just single handedly made the sales numbers for the DVD go way down.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/09/09

    @Motoki: i agree nothing is worse than "oldman penis" i know this i am in my 50's and i hate to look at my old wrinkled and decrepit penis
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @gorehound: Wow...That was more than I needed to know. However, it explains a lot...a lot.
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    Image of AZTriGuy AZTriGuy
    10/09/09

    In reply to Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?
    I was not expecting the nudity in Caprica when we got the DVD. Not complaining about it, far from it, just thought it was a TV-movie and suddenly *BAM* there's boobies and humping going on...a little awkward as mother-in-law was visiting...

    Had to watch it again later, in a more private setting . . . so, he's hoping we see some hot Caprica-6 action here as well. I'll be better prepared to, uhm, prescreen this.
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    Bill-Lee promoted this comment AZTriGuy was starred AZTriGuy was unstarred
    Image of tbrunner tbrunner
    10/09/09

    In reply to Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?
    Is there any chance that this movie might reveal that the finale was some sort of Cylon induced group hallucination and the humans are really still living in refugee camps on Earth 2 (or whatever it was called in 2nd season)?
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    10/09/09

    @tbrunner: I doubt RDM and crew have the balls to pull that kind of mindfrak.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/09/09

    @tbrunner: That would be even lamer then the ending the gave us. The whole "it was just a dream" is the worst cop out imaginable. It has not once been done well.
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    Image of pallendo pallendo
    10/09/09

    @LittleDragon: I am going to have to disagree with you here... The end of "Newhart" takes us back to the "Bob Newhart Show" where he wakes up next to his wife from that show and explains how he was the owner of a Vermont B&B and had an Heiress for a maid, there were 3 woodsmen, but only one of them talked, and he had a blonde wife...
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment pallendo was starred pallendo was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/09/09

    @pallendo: Ok I have never seen that show so I can't judge that one, but I have never seen it done well.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/09/09

    @pallendo: That worked because of the personalities involved. Newhart ended when Bob Newhart was at the top of his game.
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    Image of Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost_in_the_Machine
    10/09/09

    @LittleDragon: It worked an a very meta way. The BSG equivalent would be Edward James Olmos waking up and telling Crockett and Tubbs about dreaming he was a spaceship commander being chased by killer robots who looked like people.
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    Edited by Ghost_in_the_Machine at 10/09/09 11:31 AM Ghost_in_the_Machine was starred Ghost_in_the_Machine was unstarred
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