Guillermo del Toro's The Strain on FX

[BAYLOR]

We will be getting a 4th season which will also be it's last.

 

[ctg]

When in doubt, napalm them.

 

[BAYLOR]

Last nights episode should have been titled, Houston We Have a Problem.

 

[Gnrevolution]

Spoiler: S03E04

Strange thing about consequences of killing of the Master is that nobody talks about the big worm, which squirmed into the storm drain at the after match. Almost as if nobody saw it happening even though it was quite the clear that they were all staring Master's corpse lying on the street.

Setrakian specifically mentioned seeing the worm in this episode, but specifically didn't bother to do anything about it, you'd think they would be jumping up and down on it like 6 year olds on a sugar rush! And then the other master vamps tell Quinlan, who is understandably not very happy about that bit being left out, although you can kinda see why they didn't tell him. However either they want the Master dead or they don't, relying on a bit of luck doesn't quite seem good enough to me...

 

[ctg]

I really don't know how nobody knew that vampiric race was going to spread so fast, over vast distances and many running waters. It's now way beyond anyone's control, even if they would find the big worm. The only option is go big, and go loud. This is war humanity should be fighting, instead of bickering between each other. But still they aren't united, just head-scratching.

 

[Gnrevolution]

I really don't know how nobody knew that vampiric race was going to spread so fast, over vast distances and many running waters. It's now way beyond anyone's control, even if they would find the big worm. The only option is go big, and go loud. This is war humanity should be fighting, instead of bickering between each other. But still they aren't united, just head-scratching.

My understanding (as per traditional vampiric mythology) was that if you kill the Master all of his servants also die. Hence the hunt for him, but they may subvert the traditional view...

 

[ctg]

My understanding (as per traditional vampiric mythology) was that if you kill the Master all of his servants also die. Hence the hunt for him, but they may subvert the traditional view...

Yeah. But everything else has failed, so it should be time to unite and go loud. No more holding back as they're holding back either.

 

[Gnrevolution]

Yeah. But everything else has failed, so it should be time to unite and go loud. No more holding back as they're holding back either.

Problem is they still think of it as a disease rather than an invading force and are trying to fight it as such, maybe take the silver grenade idea and expand upon it (silver-based bombs / aerosols etc.). TBH I read the books when they first came out so I kinda know what's coming, but saying that they are sooooo off reservation with some of the story lines it's difficult to know whether the series will stay true to the books.

 

[ctg]

I really, really hope Ancients survived.

 

[Judderman]

I was finding a few of the early season 3 episodes weren't quite as good as season 2 but it has really picked up again.

Spoiler: S03E08

Great to see the ancients actually get up and show they are physically powerful after all. But why then have they been practically lying around? It seems they are completely dead now after about 10 seconds of action.

Presumably the Ancients should be more powerful than the Master as they are related but older. Though they don't have the huge army in support.

 

[ctg]

Presumably the Ancients should be more powerful than the Master as they are related but older. Though they don't have the huge army in support.

They have their dudes in super cooling looking gear. Not much could they do against an army of Srigoi. All had is wasted. There is nothing in New York that will top them in power. Except maybe the army, which is still too afraid to go loud.

 

[ctg]

Epic Final on the Season 3.

 

[nixie]

Just discovered this thanks to ctg.Watched the first two series and started season three. I am seriously starting to worry about my viewing habits. TWD, FTWD, this and anything with lots of blood and gore.

 

[BAYLOR]

Just discovered this thanks to ctg.Watched the first two series and started season three. I am seriously starting to worry about my viewing habits. TWD, FTWD, this and anything with lots of blood and gore.

It's terrific and suspenseful television with lots of action. There will be a 4th season.

 

[ctg]

The final season

As the fourth and final season begins, nine months have passed. The world has fallen into darkness, and the strigoi are in control. The explosion at the end of season three triggered a global nuclear apocalypse. The resulting nuclear winter liberated the strigoi, allowing them to move about during daytime, and allowing the Master to establish a totalitarian regime.

Preying on the fears of the populace, the Master and his minions have created an unsettling alliance in “The Partnership.” The majority of humans are now working for the strigoi, operating with a single understanding — collaborate or die. With the world in disarray and our heroes disbanded, each of them will have to overcome personal hardship and defy death for even the smallest chance at fighting back… All the while, the Master reigns supreme, furthering his scheme for the end of the world as we know it. In the face of annihilation…do our heroes have what it takes to save humankind?

The Strain: trailer for fourth and final season

 

[ctg]

Spoiler: S07E01

It's back. I watched the first episode and at the end I couldn't stop think that Guillermo made us want the world to survive from the vampire apocalypse and I believe till the end of third season that Master wouldn't survive. Now at the other side of the nuclear winter I don't see a way on how anyone can survive without the Master and the Strigoi.

The dead aren't causing humanity downfall, the living are and in that context, Ef is a saintly person. He could have left everyone for the bottle, but he didn't. Instead it was amazing to see him saying no to the lure and actually delivering alcohol for fuel. Although, for being a trained chemist/epidemiologist he could have brewed large quantities of that stuff for trading.

I don't think there are many people left with the knowledge, but there certainly a load who could just do with medical grade stuff. Either to drink or to use for cleaning etc. What surprises me is that the people outside the population centres are acting as if they're in war with the living. That war ended when the bombs fell.

What is interesting is that a great deal of people doesn't seem to be suffering from the fallout. It is almost as if the nukes didn't work.

 

[Judderman]

Although I don't think it was quite up to season 3's high standards it was an enjoyable start to the season.
Will Dutch be back? I suppose not.

 

[ctg]

Third episode is the best one I've seen in the long while. It is almost bar to the pilot episode with the tension, mystique and everything nasty. Master's speech was magnificent. And so was Eph's weapon. One that finally worked, perfectly.

 

[Judderman]

Yes that was a very good episode. Particularly the Vasiliy scenes. He may not do the chemistry but he is the action hero now. The Strain seems to be an underwatched show. An unusual one in that the first series is probably the weakest.

 

[ctg]

Oh man, that head roll was so satisfying. The Strain is becoming much more interesting as it clearly gears up towards the final. There aren't many things left. It's all or nothing. On both sides. But if the humanity falls I'm convinced that the Strigoi is right species to take the bloody throne.