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The Strain - FX

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At least now we have the exterminator as part of the story.

Wonder how much longer till the chic spills it that she's behind the computer problems.

So now we know the reason for the 7 that lived. Without looking back, only the rocker dude of those are left alive correct?


Not sure why complaints about the amount of time spent at the gas station. We go from we're going to heal him to blowing his head off to mister cdc doing the same for the delivery driver. And even though he kept questioning him, mister cdc did learn a lot about them throughout.
 
I didn't see anyone complaining about the amount of time spent in the gas station...?

My problem is ya why didn't the CDC people bother checking his entire body and just how stupid the general population is in this series.
 
"Last nights episode was pretty bad imo - the whole thing pretty much takes place in that gas station store. It felt pretty slow to me and like not much progressed."
 
lilrayray69 said:
I was also wondering how he got CC authorization on that gas pump.

I go back and forth on this show, sometimes it's fun other times it's silly. The acting is pretty hit or miss as well.

Last nights episode was pretty bad imo - the whole thing pretty much takes place in that gas station store. It felt pretty slow to me and like not much progressed.
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I thought they said internet/phones were slowed down not shut down completely. There was a chance it could go through, just not likely. In this case it was bad convenient writing.

RPD said:
Holy crap, ENOUGH with the stupid by standers. What are you doing, uh I'm going to run. It's getting to the point of being a distraction on how stupid anyone but the main characters are. (And even the chick is pissing me off, what have we become, forgive me etc ugh).
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It's badly written but I also think people are really stupid so a lot of it doesn't strike me as far off. If something like this happened in real life there's a good chance people wouldn't run as they've been desensitized by years of fake horror movies and prank shows.

AznAnarchy99 said:
That too. Truck dude saying "Oh please let me go". Really dude. Look out the window.
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This one didn't bother me as when someone is scared their field of vision becomes a cone. He obviously thought the people in the gas station were either robbing the place or going to kill everyone. He would be so focused that anything outside wouldn't register. There's tons of stuff out there on the how panic effects people and how they react. Having said that, a lot of this show is just bad writing. It wants to be awesome but it's like the writers don't know how.
 
Childs said:
He probably would have made it if he wasn't so concerned about finishing his deliveries. lol he took his hand truck with him and had to maneuver it around the vamps.
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i thought he was using it as a way to keep them away from him? even as ineffective as that was...
 
Skel said:
This one didn't bother me as when someone is scared their field of vision becomes a cone. He obviously thought the people in the gas station were either robbing the place or going to kill everyone. He would be so focused that anything outside wouldn't register. There's tons of stuff out there on the how panic effects people and how they react. Having said that, a lot of this show is just bad writing. It wants to be awesome but it's like the writers don't know how.
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Maybe if it doesn't keep happening in the show over and over. Look at Apu. Crazy vamp breaks the windows in the store and take out the power and he keeps on worrying about who's gonna pay him for the items.
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
Maybe if it doesn't keep happening in the show over and over. Look at Apu. Crazy vamp breaks the windows in the store and take out the power and he keeps on worrying about who's gonna pay him for the items.
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This is one of those weird moments where I'm defending bad writing as the crap that's used as an example isn't the worst stuff.

Didn't the mention at one point that the cashier thought he was much safer in his box than out there? He also said many times that the police were going to show up. He probably thought that was going to happen and if he didn't keep track of the stuff taken he'd be out a job. It still goes back to my point that people do the stupidest crap when they're terrified. Now go to the stuff like not thinking to swap the tires or the already mentioned only pulling one worm out and he's good thoughts then you'd have good examples of bad writing.. well better ones cause I'm not going to stand here (mostly cause I'm sitting) and tell you the stuff I'm defending is good writing.
 
pontifex said:
i thought he was using it as a way to keep them away from him? even as ineffective as that was...
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haha maybe. He spent half the episode stocking his bread. Whats funny is the hacker girl's friend already showed how to do it...if you're not a recurring character just run.
 
Childs said:
haha maybe. He spent half the episode stocking his bread. Whats funny is the hacker girl's friend already showed how to do it...if you're not a recurring character just run.
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well to be fair, he did have headphones on and wasn't paying attention to what was going on around him
 
Childs said:
haha maybe. He spent half the episode stocking his bread. Whats funny is the hacker girl's friend already showed how to do it...if you're not a recurring character just run.
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That should be "if you're not a recurring character be the first to run" if you're not the first then you're going to die in a way to make people think it's scarier than it is. The first running gets to live because they need a way to tell the viewers that it's all about our heroes.
 
pontifex said:
well to be fair, he did have headphones on and wasn't paying attention to what was going on around him
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haha true, but then whats the cashier's excuse? It is odd that everyone except the main characters simply refuse to believe their eyes. Even if you don't accept its a monster, something aint right so gtfo. Not sure if its subtext or just really bad writing.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Unless I'm mistaken, didn't she do just that in this last episode?
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She only told her friend, who ran off. Nobody else inquired about it (and she looked like she was going to tell, then the CC got accepted at the pump using some kind of magic). I'm sure eventually, it will get out, but does it even matter?
 
Lol, the master is Voldemort! They have this really dark vibe going on and THAT is the master? Wow... So anticlimactic ...
 
I am waiting.... :colbert:
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Could have put ALL the episodes that have been shown into one 2 hour show, and nothing at all would have been lost.

::sigh::
Just how did the vamp miss the kid, twice, and just why wouldn't he run out of the house when he saw everything was tossed ? Oh right, his dad is dumb, so, that is why the kid is dumb as well...
The "hacker" girl admits she and her pals are behind it, so, I guess the next episode they will "fix" the internet. (Looks like they did a DDoS attack)

And the jail scene again... bah. How did those guys NOT get the worms in them from picking him up ?
Then, in the transport van... aargh!

And please... "I can't teach you how to be a human being." Tell me, why is she still alive, besides the obligatory sex scene...
That and the fact that these same CDC idiots didn't burn down the house, since they had NO CLUE where the worms could be, since that vamp could have had fluids all over the place...

The point of the main vamp breaking the fingers is what ???

The only thing good in this whole episode was seeing the SOA trailer, 🙂
 
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Here is the The Master: http://crooksandliars.com/files/imagecache/node_primary/primary_image/14/09/thestrain_the-master.jpg


lmao....so bad....hel, the regular zombie vamps are scarier than he is. oh shit, thats why he wears that robe/cape/cowl thing. if he didn't, everyone would be laughing at him and he'd never be able to take over the world.

Also, what happened to the goth rock dude? I thought I saw him on the cover of that newspaper or magazine that Eph used to set Matt's body on fire.

Last I remember is he killed that "cleaner" guy.
 
I let out an audible groan when he pulled the hood back. Is that the best their FX department could pull together? The run-of-the-mill minions are scarier looking than him. And jeez, not another smart mouthed kid who can't act to break the immersion. After avoiding death, seeing the decapitation and not knowing if mom is dead or alive he had as much believable reaction to it all as if he was playing XBOX.
 
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