Nervous. That is how I feel about this show, only because I am so worried that CBS is going to screw it up completely. While I personally believe the show would have been better served on Showtime (the book is extremely violent, there is a ton of cursing, etc), I understand the decision to put it on CBS—they want to get this out to the biggest audience possible.

I had the privilege of reading Stephen King’s epic novel Under The Dome a couple of years ago, and what I realized after watching the first 5 minutes of the Dome pilot is that the book is only a guide, the series will have some similar storylines and characters, but a lot has already changed just in the pilot alone. So folks, even those that have read the book, throw it aside and enjoy the ride. Heck, even some of the characters, while keeping their book name, have changed completely for TV (See: Rusty Everett—his character and story have significantly changed from the looks of the pilot). And while a lot of the major events that took place in the pilot were still in the book, I won’t spoil any future events for those people that like surprises! So yes, as I watched the first 2 minutes of the show, I was slightly worried that this was going to turn in to another Terra Nova….. until…..

“Mooooo-owww?”

A COW WAS FREAKING RIPPED IN HALF BY THE DOME IN THE MOST DISTURBING WAY POSSIBLE! In the book, the Dome cut a woodchuck in half, so this was, in my opinion, just plain AWESOME! You have my attention now CBS! The visuals were stunning and I loved some of the changes they had made regarding the dome itself, but if the show can keep up this level of epicness, then Under the Dome might just be here to stay. The Dome-Focused pilot was great to bait the viewers into watching, but now the series needs to find a way to make us LOVE and HATE the characters as much as the book did. So my first review will attempt to take us through the characters we met in the pilot and summarize some of the more important events!

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