Anyone into the new tv show The Strain?

[Yeah]

I've been digging this show. Its a good twist on vampires.

[bte]

Watching it now on OnDemand. Great show

[MrFanti]

I've been watching it & I give the show's writer(s) "kudos" for straying away from the "sexy" vampire that's been prominent the last couple of decades.

"The Strains" vampires are ugly, offensive, & malevolent. Quite refreshing (IMHO) to see them in a different light...

[youngblood61]

Real good show getting better. Love the twist on the Vampires, that stinger is nasty. I hope they go back in time to show how these type of Vampires evolved. Worms.

[fred41]

Started watching this only because I read the book series when it first came out...and the reason I got the book series was because I wanted to see what kind of new spin Guillermo Del Toro could put on the vampire legend....plus a lot of it takes place in N.Y State....I have to admit though - overall I wasn't thrilled with the books...I thought I thought they were just 'okay'...could've been better.

I figured, with Del Toro involved, it was probably always part of the plan to be a film or cable show, so maybe that will be better than the book version.
So far I like it. It's a little hammy, but the effects and makeup have been handled well. I don't much care for the actor chosen to play the lead...but that hardly matters because in the show, as with the books, the secondary characters are far more interesting anyway. Fet - the exterminator is totally cool.

[BlüeKarma]

Love how the CDC people are in denial it's a vampiric outbreak, not like there's been millions of movies about vampires that would give you a clue when you see certain symptoms...

[trish]

Watched the first two or three episodes, 'cause Del Toro was involved in the production. Gave up 'cause I'm burnt out on vampires. Never finished the last couple of seasons of True Blood either.

[fred41]

Love how the CDC people are in denial it's a vampiric outbreak, not like there's been millions of movies about vampires that would give you a clue when you see certain symptoms...

Lol...you would think just finding aggressive, skin burrowing, blood drinking worms at JFK...would be enough to to set the CDC into a world stopping tizzy...even if you leave out the carved, wooden sarcophagus filled with soil.

[fred41]

Watched the first two or three episodes, 'cause Del Toro was involved in the production. Gave up 'cause I'm burnt out on vampires. Never finished the last couple of seasons of True Blood either.

I believe True Blood is geared more towards a female audience, whereas, in my opinion, this is more geared towards a male audience.

I will probably wait for all of True Blood seasons to become available on Netflix or Amazon , then will marathon watch them while stoned.

[Yeah]

Glad to see others like the show too.

[youngblood61]

Anybody's guess what the Master will look like?

[Yeah]

I think a mix of the newly infected vampires and the orginal 1930's version.

[Teydyn]

Love how the CDC people are in denial it's a vampiric outbreak, not like there's been millions of movies about vampires that would give you a clue when you see certain symptoms...
And when you see something looking like a vampire attack in the real world you are going to think: "this looks like a vampire attack, but what on earth is it really..." till you get more information

[BlüeKarma]

I'm fairly open-minded to paranormal activity, if I see some weird vampire-like shit going down in real life I ain't gonna worry about the particulars, I'm going to haul ass it to the nearest church - load up on holy water and crosses and book it to someplace the sun shines all freaking day.

[trish]

How long have vampires been around? Since the first appearances of modern humans some 100 000 years ago? Since God created Heaven and the Earth 6000 years ago? Or perhaps they’re a relatively recent development, first appearing say 2100 years ago shortly after the beginning of the Christian Era.

How often do they bite people and turn their victims into vampires? Once a year? Once a decade? Twice a century?

Let’s suppose the oldest vampire is 2100 years old and that he and his “converts” bite and turn another human each once every 70 years. Since vampires don’t die (or die rarely) there should be 2 to the power of 30 vampires (since 2100/70 = 30) "living" on Earth right now; that’s just over one billion vampires__one seventh the Earth’s population are undead! If each one bites and turns one more human each, they would account for two seventh of the Earth’s population. If each of those two billion vampires bit and turned a human, their population would rise to four seventh of the world’s population. If each of those four billion vampires bit and turned a human there would be no humans left. We could be only three bites aways from total extinction!

[MrFanti]

Well I'll be!
"Chief Tyrol" made it on tonight's episode...

[Yeah]

I missed last episode. I like everyone's view on vampires.

[fred41]

I missed last episode. I like everyone's view on vampires.

It was good...I think this show is really getting addicting..It's entering a much more interesting phase that I forgot about...when I go to Direc Tv to catch up on shows I missed during the week - I now go to FX to watch this before going to Showtime for Ray Donovan...(then i go to Netflix to finish the second season of American Horror...the fourth season of American Horror, I believe, will be about a circus freak show...excellent!!).

[fred41]

when I go to Direc Tv to catch up on shows...

I meant OnDemand actually.

BTW...surprised no one mentioned that the actor that plays Abe Setrakian - David Bradley - also plays the much hated Walder Frey on "Game of Thrones".

[youngblood61]

Great twist that Setrakian built the Masters Coffin.

[Yeah]

Thanks for the advice. I'll have to catch on episodes

[MrFanti]

Ah crap - missed last night's episode!
With the race on & holiday, guess I lost track of what evening it was...:(

C'est la vie - will catch up though this week....:cool:

[MrFanti]

Alright, just watched it....
Dang "he" got infected....

[fred41]

show keeps on getting better...love it.

[othello]

this is a cool show.I like there take on vampires.My question is who are the vampires in uniforms with guns in the one episode?

[MrFanti]

this is a cool show.I like there take on vampires.My question is who are the vampires in uniforms with guns in the one episode?

I think I know who they are but I don't want to produce a spoiler....

[youngblood61]

No tears for Jim, he let the Coffin in. My guess his wife has already been infected.

[youngblood61]

Do we finally get a look at the Master?

[Yeah]

It would be cool to finally get to see the Master.

[MrFanti]

Kid walks into house at night....doesn't even try to turn on any lights...

Eh? :dead-1:

[youngblood61]

Thought the Master would be scarier. Those hands are huge.

[feneman]

I'm digging the show despite its shortcomings; it`s ok if you just wanna see something on TV.

I`m really surprised by the last episode though, making an obscure reference to "los desaparecidos" in Argentina, not something your average american audience will get.

(by the way, the actress is argentinian, though her accent is not hardcore portenio, which in case is good and makes it easier for non-argentinians to understand.)

[BlüeKarma]

Eph is such a nitwit, there's a freaking vampire apocalypse going down so let's just put that on hold while I fuck my girlfriend in my wife's bedroom... seriously dude?!

[ElectricWoody]

Is this another one of them Series where they always go Commercial Break when the story line gets intense.

[Lovecox]

So we finally got a look at The Master. What did you guys think? I have mixed feelings about him. He was creepy but ... why wasn't I scared? Was he a bit chubby? He reminded me of the bad guy in a Porky Pig cartoon I saw as a kid.

[goatman]

Read the Graphic Novels(to date) & "The Fall". The TV Series is pretty faithful to the source material(except "Dutch" the hacker).

[Yeah]

Finally caught up on some shows.

[youngblood61]

So we finally got a look at The Master. What did you guys think? I have mixed feelings about him. He was creepy but ... why wasn't I scared? Was he a bit chubby? He reminded me of the bad guy in a Porky Pig cartoon I saw as a kid.After thinking about it I think the next time we see Sardu we will be scared. Remember that was 1944 The Master was still evolving. My guess, when we see him next the look might be different. At least I hope it is. The last episode is called The Master.

[MrFanti]

Heckuva season opener....

[youngblood61]

Looking forward to watching it this am.

[youngblood61]

Very impressed with the episode. Hope it continues, the story of Sardu was really good.

[MrFanti]

Last 2 weeks have rocked! :pumped: :cool:

[Dark passenger]

I watch it, it's actually really good

[youngblood61]

Really good last night. Love the flash back stuff, the gang better be on alert the feelers are right on their ass.

[dunkiex]

Great story, full of neat twists, awesome characters..it is very good.

[MrFanti]

Another great episode!

[MrFanti]

Finally got around to watching the season finale....

Well, Zach wins the prestigious award of being the dumbest kid on the planet....

[youngblood61]

Agree, surprised she didn't turn him. Poor Nora.

[Yeah]

Great show. I also luv Vikings too.