Under the Dome Premiere Review

Wow, I've been writing a lot of stuff for us lately. Then again, I've had quite a few things I've wanted to talk about, so it has kind of just worked out perfectly for me. I'll start this off by saying that I'm a HUGE Stephen King fan. I've seen most of the miniseries and movies based on his work, and I've read a shit load of his books. He's probably one of, if not my favorite author of all time. (Very original of me, I know.) So seeing a commercial for this series a couple of weeks ago, I got kind of excited and kind of a "I'll wait and see" kind of feeling. After seeing Bag of Bones, I couldn't get my hopes too high for another miniseries/show based on his work.

With all of that being said, lets get into this shit. I'll just go ahead and say it...I really enjoyed the premiere of Under the Dome. Well, I did give it 4 stars...so if you aren't blind (sorry if you are) you would see that I thought this was pretty damn stellar. I mean, it has Hank from Breaking Bad in it, how could I NOT like it?! The plot is pretty simple, an invisible dome covers a small town in the good old USA. But there's quite a bit more going on in this, but the episodes clearly focuses more on the utter shock of the people realizing what the fuck is happening. We don't know how or why this happened, but shit just got real.

There's also quite a few of those actors that you'll be like "HEY, I KNOW HIM/HER FROM SOMETHING!" Kind of like Hank from Breaking Bad for me. :D There has obviously only been one episode, so I don't have too much to really judge at this point, but I have pretty decent hopes that this will end up being pretty damn great. It seriously can't be worse than Bag of Bones...that was reaaaaaaaaally not so good. What the fuck were they even thinking?!?!?!

Now I'd like to point out a theme that seems to be happening these days. There are now a bunch of horror/thriller/put genre that fits with these two here kinda shows coming out or that are already out these days. Bates Motel, Hannibal, Under the Dome, and soon to be Sleepy Hollow. So far I have not been let down. But I get a feeling even more of these kind of shows will come out...and it may really water down the whole thing. I hope I'm wrong, but I'll live with Hannibal and Bates Motel...and hopefully I can say the same for Under the Dome when things are all said and done. I just don't want to be force fed shit because these shows have been successful.

But to wrap this thing up, I'd say this is really worth a look. It breezed by for me, so I'd imagine you could take the time to check this out. If it's not for you, great. But if you end up liking it, I'd say you're smarter than the person who didn't like it. Just throwing that one out there. It airs on CBS...so basically any person who has a TV can check it out. Do you have a TV? No?! Well how are you reading this if you don't even have the money to buy a TV? Get your priorities in order, jackass.

The Goodwin Games Premiere Review

I saw a trailer for this a while ago and thought it looked cute. Yep, cute. And then this came out with different actors in it. Right off the bat, seeing T.J. Miller in this now, I knew I had to support it. I love that guy. Denver, YEAAAAH! Listen to "Doug Loves Movies," you'll get it. As well as it comes from the creators of How I Met Your Mother, and with that show ending soon they had to start something new. But will it be any good?

The story so far is, a father passes away and reunited his three children. Henry, Chloe, and Jimmy. They have become estranged over the years and the father wanted to change his children to be better people. So before he kicked the bucket, he made a crazy as shit will. Full of tapes, games, and puzzles that the three siblings must do in order to earn the $23 million inheritance. He wants them to play a game of Trivial Pursuit, but with custom cards and questions about the family. This is where they introduce the 4th player, someone they don't know who could also win all of the money. For a premiere, I enjoyed it. It kept me engaged and entertained. Some jokes fell flat and others were spot on. I enjoyed all the performances. I will be tuning in for the next one.

but...

I do not see this lasting. Number one, it is on Fox, nothing lasts long there. Good or bad. It's like my last few jobs, high turnover rate and being run by people so far out of touch with society that they're confused by logic and things that are different. Number two, the story. I felt that the show could have been resolved in the first episode. I believe this should have been a movie. Just a one shot and done. I don't see much else they can do or add to keep it fresh for long. Number three is the amount of episodes ordered. Fox gave this a half season order, only 7 instead of the usual 13. That is a rocky start out of the gate. So my prediction is to get in while you can before this is crushed by the Fox Machine. Get your enjoyment while you can.