# Under the Dome (mostly book, but mini-series too if you want)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 19, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-mostly-book-but-mini-series-too-if-you-want/818219 "2018-07-19T18:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-mostly-book-but-mini-series-too-if-you-want/818219/21 "2018-07-23T16:36:25Z")

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> [@ivylass](#):
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> To me, if you’re going to base a series on a book, try to follow the book. I understand there are differences between what an author can write and what a director can film, but let’s not veer so off track the show is unrecognizable from the source material.

You could say the same thing about “Based on a True Story” movies, too. At some point, you might as well just make it an original picture.

Don’t even get me started on “The Big Sick”…

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