On 6/6/2020 12:06 AM, between "Jimmy Anderson : August Abolins":
AA>> But King's book of the same name was terrible, imho. The
AA>> back stories of the characters were far too drawn out and
AA>> extending dozens of pages before the real story line would
AA>> pick up.
JA> I read the book and LOVED it!!! That's why I checked out the
JA> show, but just couldn't get into it... Did the show end the
JA> same as the book?
Apparently MANY differences between the show and book. But I did not know that
when I reached for the book thinking I would get an advance on the next bunch
of tv episodes.
JA> LOL - I'm sure, since the overall premise was the same, but
JA> the story was NO where near the same when it came to
JA> details, like the 'egg' and the aliens (or whatever they
JA> were)...
Yes, the tv version with the egg, the tunnels, people assimilating with the
underground life form, etc. Was very interesting.. but when I couldn't find
that in the proper places in the book, I got frustrated and skipped most of the
book.
JA> I just finished The Institute the other day. Man! Another
JA> great one, IMHO.
It's a short one. Maybe I'll give it a try.
AA>> ..but I don't need to read 12 pages of somebody's
AA>> fear of rape and/or a depiction of it to make sense of the
AA>> dome.
JA> So did you read the ending?
I read a bit of it. And, yes.. people's child-hood traumas play a necessary
role to appease the aliens.
I guess King wanted to parallel the childhood vulnerabilities of the humans in
Under The Dome with the childlike ant-farm experimentation and playfulness of
the aliens.
AA>> I'm working on Hostile right now. I'm at the point where
AA>> the main char is trapped under her vehicle, broken a lower
AA>> limb, and trying to reach for her gun. Pause. Went to bed.
JA> Hostile? Not familiar with it...
I posted a bit more about it with a bit of a spoiler in ROT13 in this echo.
AA>> In other news: I think actors get paid far too much for the
AA>> fun of pretending to be someone else.
JA> LOL - you should try local community theatre. I have been in
JA> two local productions and LOVED it!!! No pay, it's all
JA> volunteer, and LOTS of work and time, but it's VERY very fun
JA> to pretend to be someone else. :-)
Life is not at a point where I can relax and participate in fun things like
that. But it has crossed my mind. Even if I just had a bit part with a couple
of lines would have been fine.
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