This movie didn't hold up. Sure when Stephen Baldwin can't say photosynthesis, that was pretty funny and when when they hit each other with nitrous tanks there were some guffaws, but like the nitrous scene things can drag out a bit too long. Most of the movie was spent watching the Shore-Baldwin team run around and then groaning every time one of their jokes went awry. If you are looking for a Pauly Shore movie that still holds up, head straight to "Encino Man," the title character was the role Brendan Frasier was born to play.
Not wanting to waste a precious blog post I want to use this entry to highlight one of the actors of "Bio-Dome." William Atherton, the antagonist of Bio-Dome and many of the other movies he is in. He is the guy you love to hate, Walter Peck and that reporter from "Die Hard" that gets punched out by John Mclain's wife.
One of the unsung character actors, Atherton has been acting in movies for nearly 40 years. He got his start in Steven Spielberg's debut "The Sugarland Express" and played some larger roles in the 70s and early 80s. Then in 1984 Ghostbusters changed it all for him (and cinema in general) as he played the mega weasel Walter Peck who forced the poor city worker to shut down the eco-containment system releasing all the ghosts that had already been captured. There is even an action figure for Peck!
Popping up in small but memorable roles quite frequently he has been doing a lot more TV acting as of late. If you see him shake his hand and tell him that he is cinema's best loved dickhead (or maybe an actual compliment). Viva la Atherton!
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