Pretty Cool!

As we spoke about at the end of the semester ther are quite a bit of similarities between King's Under the Dome and The Simpsons Movie. In their current 22nd season they also made connections to the book that I thought was funny, seeing as how there was somewhat of an online controversy about what came first and if any ideas were stolen. The Simpsons tend to bring forward controversies in their episode, so I don't see why they wouldn't poke fun at one surrounding them.

In episode 6, "The Fool Monty," Mr. Burns is ridden of his memory and is actually nice for once, but towards the end of the episode he turns back into his old, evil, self. His idea is to put the town under a huge dome, saying he "got the idea from a Stephen King novel." Here are the screenshots:








I think that's pretty neat!

As for the novel itself, I loved it! Despite its length it kept me involved and excited. The incineration of people reminded me of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. I think that was one of the scariest things for me. Being trapped and having no where to run from toxic fumes and a gigantic firestorm!!! I'd say this was better than The Simpsons Movie, because it's darker and I tend to like the dark side of things (duh! I'm in this class), plus there are aliens involved, and nothing can beat Aliens.