Author Topic: The Strain (Read 20808 times)

anya618 · « **Reply #30 on:** Jul 30, 2014 at 02:13 PM »

parang scene sa resident evil yung captain

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #31 on:** Jul 30, 2014 at 02:45 PM »

i'm actually getting a blade 2 vibe from the creatures. the premise is still interesting to warrant my interest, but, as mentioned earlier, i can't help thinking the characters being idiots. a whole morgue full of cadavers are missing along with the coroner and no one is asking questions? shouldn't eph had the other remaining survivors recalled the moment the captain showed the symptoms of whatever it is they are tracking? and how did faux manson get so smooth down there when it supposedly fell off? too many plot holes imo.

AshKetchum · « **Reply #32 on:** Aug 04, 2014 at 09:31 PM »

gross episode. on the other hand, no ex-Mrs. Eph & son, so good episode!

but no Vasiliy Fet, so bad episode.

bad writing & characterization is rather frequent on this show; that idiot wife of one of the survivors is suddenly shown being a religious type--there didn't seem to be any indication that she was one in the previous episodes.

Quote from: d4nu65+3R on Jul 30, 2014 at 02:45 PM

i'm actually getting a blade 2 vibe from the creatures.

didn't Del Toro direct that movie?

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #33 on:** Aug 04, 2014 at 10:49 PM »

yep.^

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #34 on:** Aug 05, 2014 at 12:07 PM »

i'm quickly losing my interest in this. there are a lot of questions some of the characters aren't asking, which imo is just plain moronic. too many plot lines are dangling.

AshKetchum · « **Reply #35 on:** Aug 11, 2014 at 10:10 PM »

FX announced recently that The Strain has been renewed for a second season.

Episode 5, "Runaways," was the best episode so far...yet still plagued by occasional bad writing and plot pacing:
- Anne-Marie, suddenly revealed last episode to be a religious person, does something very unreligious

- b!tch lawyer, who disappeared for two episodes, is just manifesting early signs of the infection when she was the first to have the symptoms while all her fellow survivors have turned
- Abraham's flashback is unnecessarily split into several parts, which makes one wonder if Abraham actually told Eph the entire story or left him hanging, LOL

This episode was directed by the original RoboCop himself, Peter Weller.

the_w0rks · « **Reply #36 on:** Aug 18, 2014 at 07:17 PM »

Yan ayaw kasi maniwala ng mga gongong na FBI

AshKetchum · « **Reply #37 on:** Aug 18, 2014 at 09:34 PM »

ugh, Eph's annoying wife and wooden-acting-school-graduate son are back. This show's pacing still sucks...especially when they show the wife, son, or both. Did we need that scene of Eph's wife and possible vampire fodder friend drinking wine? Or her and dead-acting son lovingly staring at the eclipse? And after all that buildup, the eclipse only made one vamp (the coroner) run out the street?

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #38 on:** Aug 18, 2014 at 09:45 PM »

the show's worst enemy is its pacing.

coastal · « **Reply #39 on:** Aug 19, 2014 at 09:09 AM »

Now it's going somewhere.

anya618 · « **Reply #40 on:** Aug 19, 2014 at 09:19 AM »

Quote from: the_w0rks on Aug 18, 2014 at 07:17 PM

Yan ayaw kasi maniwala ng mga gongong na FBI

nakakabwisit din yung bf ng wife niya

jjjeronimo · « **Reply #41 on:** Aug 19, 2014 at 01:03 PM »

Quote from: anya618 on Aug 19, 2014 at 09:19 AM

nakakabwisit din yung bf ng wife niya

Baka this is to make you cheer when he becomes a vampire.

halvert · « **Reply #42 on:** Aug 20, 2014 at 08:55 PM »

I suggest you read the book na lang. Sobrang nakakatakot!
Yung itsura ng Master and the accompanying sound effects sa TV series e parang pang-Shake, Rattle and Roll lang. Very disappointing!

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #43 on:** Aug 25, 2014 at 01:01 PM »

setrakian said it best: logic is not the issue here. seven episodes in and the main characters are still none the wiser in curving the strain.

AshKetchum · « **Reply #44 on:** Aug 26, 2014 at 09:40 AM »

The last five minutes redeemed all the stupidity (cab driver, b!tch lawyer's husband, Jim Kent's b!tch wife, b!tch lawyer's nanny's nurse daughter, Eph & Nora tailing a vampire in the dark, police in jail ignoring Gus' obviously infected pal) in the latest episode.

And since this show abounds in stupidity and pacing that's slower than a turtle's walk, those awesome people we saw at the end will probably not appear next week...I hope I'm wrong though.

anya618 · « **Reply #45 on:** Aug 26, 2014 at 09:56 AM »

Quote from: AshKetchum on Aug 26, 2014 at 09:40 AM

The last five minutes redeemed all the stupidity (cab driver, b!tch lawyer's husband, Jim Kent's b!tch wife, b!tch lawyer's nanny's nurse daughter, Eph & Nora tailing a vampire in the dark, police in jail ignoring Gus' obviously infected pal) in the latest episode.

And since this show abounds in stupidity and pacing that's slower than a turtle's walk, those awesome people we saw at the end will probably not appear next week...I hope I'm wrong though.

first five minutes yung cab driver agad napansin ko hahaha

bunnygod · « **Reply #46 on:** Aug 26, 2014 at 05:54 PM »

sino ung mga soldiers na nagrescue sa mga kids? are they good or bad?

AshKetchum · « **Reply #47 on:** Aug 26, 2014 at 07:31 PM »

Quote from: bunnygod on Aug 26, 2014 at 05:54 PM

sino ung mga soldiers na nagrescue sa mga kids? are they good or bad?

That would be the squadron led by Mr. Quinlan, a fan-favorite character from the books.

the_w0rks · « **Reply #48 on:** Aug 26, 2014 at 10:57 PM »

The ugly squad

coastal · « **Reply #49 on:** Sep 01, 2014 at 05:34 PM »

Naglalabasan na but no sign of the death squad.

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #50 on:** Sep 01, 2014 at 11:04 PM »

the latest episode's a bit of an improvement. there are still spots of stupidity peeking through. i'd say they tore a page from the walking dead with this one.

AshKetchum · « **Reply #51 on:** Sep 01, 2014 at 11:14 PM »

yup, latest episode was the best episode so far--no Mrs. Eph & son, yay! And Vasiliy has finally joined them...maybe Gus will join them next week.

anya618 · « **Reply #52 on:** Sep 02, 2014 at 12:52 PM »

goodbye Samwise Gamgee, you will be missed

DVD_Freak · « **Reply #53 on:** Sep 02, 2014 at 12:56 PM »

Quote from: anya618 on Sep 02, 2014 at 12:52 PM

goodbye Samwise Gamgee, you will be missed

Yeah. At first he was becoming dispensable. But he was already on the road of redeeming himself. So I thought... maybe his character shouldn't have been killed off.

bunnygod · « **Reply #54 on:** Sep 04, 2014 at 03:44 PM »

ako naman, i wasn't thrilled with the last episode.. i don't know why

probably because i have seen similar scene from the walking dead?

and when samwise gamgee was killed, i didn't react at all

AshKetchum · « **Reply #55 on:** Sep 09, 2014 at 09:08 AM »

The last episode was easily the most boring episode yet, filled with slow pacing, really bad writing, and the stupid moments that are fast becoming this show's trademarks. Almost fell asleep watching it.

Eph's son, who is definitely a graduate of the no-emotion, cue-card reading school of bad acting, takes center stage here.

DVD_Freak · « **Reply #56 on:** Sep 09, 2014 at 10:13 AM »

From the last episode, paang bumilis yata yun transformation into vamp nung friend of the ex-con and the ex-wife's bf. In my estimate it was less than a day before the serpent-like tongue came out.

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #57 on:** Sep 10, 2014 at 08:50 PM »

who the hell gets the urge to screw on a time like this. even the reveal was disappointing. the master looked like an orc reject from the lotr.

AshKetchum · « **Reply #58 on:** Sep 10, 2014 at 09:37 PM »

Quote from: d4nu65+3R on Sep 10, 2014 at 08:50 PM

who the hell gets the urge to screw on a time like this. even the reveal was disappointing. the master looked like an orc reject from the lotr.

This show is truly a treasure trove of stupid moments: Eph says he loves his wife...right after screwing Nora.

As for the Master's face, instead of getting scared or horrified, I LOL'd. He was scarier when he looked like a Dementor from Harry Potter.

halvert · « **Reply #59 on:** Sep 11, 2014 at 01:05 PM »

Mas maganda kaya yung pacing ng show kung ginawa na lang nilang linear yung story telling? Simulan sa kabataan ni setrakian, nazi concentration camp, tapos present day?
And yeah, pang shake, rattle and roll lang ang itsura ni master! Could've been scarier if they kept him in the shadows.