Why Stephen King Is Still Right About Under The Domes Mistakes

Why Stephen King Is Still Right About Under The Dome’s Mistakes

The TV adaptation of Under the Dome started with promise, but Stephen King’s complaints over its poor direction and safe approach remain true today.

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Why Stephen King Is Still Right About Under The Domes Mistakes

Under the Dome is one of Stephen King’s biggest novels from the past few decades, which makes it all the more disappointing that the TV show adaptation turned into such a disappointing mess. Under the Dome was one of the most celebrated premieres of 2013, and even had Stephen King’s blessing and input. King’s story involves a peaceful community called Chester’s Mill that is suddenly encased under a mysterious dome. Under the Dome ran for three seasons on CBS, but Stephen King’s take on the TV series (via the New York Times) in 2020 highlights some worthwhile points about the show’s failure.

King’s biggest Under the Dome criticism is related to how CBS was more interested in a popular show that would draw in ads and fill a spot on their schedule more than they cared about a program that would respect or elevate King’s best-selling novel. King’s assessment is not at all wrong; it’s quite apparent once Under the Dome season 2 begins to introduce many more mysteries before answering any previous ones.

Stephen King’s original dome hook gets expanded upon to include pod people, alternate realities, and a war between factions in Chester’s Mill. Each of these developments became more outlandish and increasingly tangential to where the show began. Network interference has afflicted many Stephen King TV adaptations, but it feels rampant with Under the Dome. However, the series also experienced behind the scene changes, which further speak to King’s frustrations over Under the Dome’s degradation.

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A major change that occurred between seasons 1 and 2 of Under the Dome is that Brian K. Vaughn, who originally developed the show, left for creative reasons. Vaughn’s insight was an important ingredient in Under the Dome’s initial success. It almost feels like Under the Dome tried to cut its losses and come up with a convenient ending since they could feel that the writing was on the wall with the substantial drop in audience each season. The ending that Under the Dome resorted to is technically fine and worked as a conclusion, but completely disregarded so many other plot threads about the mysteries within the dome and failed to provide any context on the evil alien threat and why Chester’s Mill was so crucial to their planetary takeover. It rushed and focused so much on the immediate problem of dropping the dome that it didn’t have any time for the dozen other mysteries that have been brought up.

The way in which the Under the Dome finale teased another season with the return of Dawn and a new alien egg also feels borderline manipulative. It’s as if any progress that was made in the series finale would have been erased with what’s to come, just like how Under the Dome season 3, episode 1, “Move On”, manipulates and reverses season 2’s progress. Under the Dome’s biggest problems stemmed from the show’s inability to focus and its attempts to stretch out storylines like many other shows of the time. Under the Dome should have had confidence in the original stories they were telling, rather than constantly trying to deliver shocking twists that eventually reduced all major revelations of any impact.

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Under the Dome attempted to reinvent King’s classic novel rather than directly follow it. This approach is understandable, but the series may have been better off if they just stuck with King’s blueprint instead of constantly switching course. At the same time, Under the Dome benefited from having direct involvement from Stephen King, so they could have relied on him to help flesh out content that happened after the events of the novel rather than using him to change his original story, especially when the show sometimes didn’t need it. It feels like a modern adaptation of Under the Dome would better respect the source material and not fall prey to the many mandates of primetime network television during the early 2000s. CBS’ Under the Dome has still left Stephen King’s property tainted for many, but that’s exactly why it’s time for someone new to get under the dome and give it another try.

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