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The Strain - season 3

Excited for this, it's been a guilty pleasure of mine for a while now. Didn't like how the last season ended but interested in where they take this season.
 
Isn't this supposed to be terrible? Not trying to troll, but I don't know anyone that likes it. Keamy with obviously dyed hair and goatee doesn't help.
 
I gave some information about the book series for those watching the first season in the thread awhile ago. Didn't watch the second season at all and am a bit curious as to how much it diverted from the books. Still overall I thought the books ended up pretty silly. The first book was decent and the other two went downhill in my opinion. Dialog worse, premise got worse, and just entertainment value got worse. Still I might binge season 2 and 3 once they are both done.
 
Yeah, the first season was fine. The second season (as with many of these types of shows) seems as if it needed to turn things up, and it got a little stupid... but still tolerable. I'll watch the third season and maybe abandon it if it goes too far awry.

After two seasons, I wouldn't classify the show as "good"... but okay enough.
 
Rumpltzer said:
Yeah, the first season was fine. The second season (as with many of these types of shows) seems as if it needed to turn things up, and it got a little stupid... but still tolerable. I'll watch the third season and maybe abandon it if it goes too far awry.

After two seasons, I wouldn't classify the show as "good"... but okay enough.
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The problem is the books are basically the same way.
 
Well, going by one of the trailers...
It seems the military is coming to help, no idea if it is the whole army or just a unit to investigate.
Is that how the book has it as well?
 
Year 1. Member of us killed by monster. OMG!🙂
Year 2. We kill several monsters alluding to a big bad. This seems important.😉
Year 3 Onward. We knill hundreds of monsters preparing to get big bad....till we do...another big bad revealed. Ho Hum.🙁
 
First 2 episodes were pretty good, and I hear the 3rd one will be heavy into Quinlan's past so I'm excited for that as he's easily my favorite character now.
 
I didn't know the timeline until that video. It really doesn't seem like the first two seasons were in the space of 2 weeks real time. I read somewhere this is the last season, can anyone confirm? I'll watch if it is, otherwise I might have to wait until it's over and I'm really bored
 
this is one of the few "mainstream" tv shows i will be watching. i really think the pacing in the strain (i.e. making thing happen) is better than anything else on tv.
 
Yep. Good series. Let's hope it doesn't jump the shark - it seems like season 3/4 is usually when it happens.
 
Well...
I don't follow what they are doing now.
The Master obviously knows that he has captured the girl (stuck in a breeding facility?) and the old man (no idea where he ended up yet), and the guy working in the food plant, so... why let them live, and not turn them?

The other guys are hunting away looking for a nuke.
Well, except for the Doc, he is being his whiny ole self, drowning his sorrows in booze.

@HumblePie, are they still following the books, or have they split off into their own direction?
 
Elixer said:
Well...
I don't follow what they are doing now.
The Master obviously knows that he has captured the girl (stuck in a breeding facility?) and the old man (no idea where he ended up yet), and the guy working in the food plant, so... why let them live, and not turn them?

The other guys are hunting away looking for a nuke.
Well, except for the Doc, he is being his whiny ole self, drowning his sorrows in booze.

@HumblePie, are they still following the books, or have they split off into their own direction?
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Well Setrakian being alive is a departure already from the books.

Book spoilers below which may cover things the show hasn't.

Timeline wise the first two books cover a month of timeline wise at most. The third book is suppose to be a year or two later after the Master has taken over the entire planet. Basically the Master has nuked all the other "parts" rivals/ancients for control. You find out that the Master was the original Angel Azreal that feasted on human blood after turning Sodom into salt. He goes from being God's avenger to evil vampire. Gabriel, another angel, then rips him asunder, but it's not enough to completely kill him if something as strong as goes blinding wrath doesn't do it. Why he doesn't isn't explained, but whatever. So Gabriel buries all the parts of Azreal into 7 places. The head he buries last and deepest. That is basically the Master. The other parts end up infecting worms and creating the "Vampires" we know. The master takes longer to escape and more blood thirsty than the rest of the Ancients. He uses nukes, akin to God's wrath in power, to kill them off. Then he goes into dismantling any nuke he can so he can't be nuked in return.

However one nuke slips through and the "resistance" as they are left gets their hands on it. The main ringleaders of the resistance are Fet and Nora in the books. Augustine helps and hurts the resistence as he continues to let him mom, a vampire, live on hidden near the resistance head quarters. Dutch isn't a character in the books at all so I have no idea how her part will play out.

The entirety of the last book is basically one long emo trip with Ephram being all sad and despondent until he learn his dumbass kid is now the Master's "son" and decides to finally help kill the master. Which you learn is that Ephram is basically the only one even with the nuke that could kill him because of that stupid vampire book. It takes synergy with the nuke to kill the Master for good or some stupid nonsense. Basically Ephram and Quin fight off against the Master and Zack as father + son of the other fight father + son of the other. End the end Ephram nukes master+ quinn + zack + himself to holy hell and all is over.
 
Elixer said:
Well...
I don't follow what they are doing now.
The Master obviously knows that he has captured the girl (stuck in a breeding facility?) and the old man (no idea where he ended up yet), and the guy working in the food plant, so... why let them live, and not turn them?

The other guys are hunting away looking for a nuke.
Well, except for the Doc, he is being his whiny ole self, drowning his sorrows in booze.

@HumblePie, are they still following the books, or have they split off into their own direction?
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Yeah, the whole thing is pretty rudderless now. Now overarching idea of what they are doing or where anything is going.
 
Hmm, well, at least the old man ([Setrakian) took out Eichorst, though, I think it would have been better if he lived.

That @#$@#$!!@! kid is back in the picture as well, Quinlan should kill him on site.
 
Just looking what is on tonight, and I see this title:
'The Strain' Won't Return For Season 5, But It's Getting The Ending Fans Deserve
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All I know is, that kid better die, though, I have a sneaking suspicion that he will be the new master.
 
Sigh.
They could have had silver bombs up the wazoo in the "pit", along with any number of other weapons.
Where was Quinlan's signature Uzis?
Where was Setrakian's cane sword?

Just too many things that they should have done, but didn't. 🙁

At least that kid finally died--though, it was idiotic again. Why didn't Ephram just go directly to the nuke at set it off? Instead, he tried to "save" his kid, only to become the master himself, so now the kid nukes everyone.

Overall, that ending sucked.
 
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Wrapped things up pretty well but unsatisfying. Quinlan didnt get the death he deserved and the last 5 minutes after the bomb could have been an entire episode. WTF, Dutch and the ratcatcher not together? Random meeting 5 years later? The idiot kid saves everything? Dont buy NY being completely safe from radiation either.
 
Elixer said:
Sigh.
They could have had silver bombs up the wazoo in the "pit", along with any number of other weapons.
Where was Quinlan's signature Uzis?
Where was Setrakian's cane sword?

Just too many things that they should have done, but didn't. 🙁

At least that kid finally died--though, it was idiotic again. Why didn't Ephram just go directly to the nuke at set it off? Instead, he tried to "save" his kid, only to become the master himself, so now the kid nukes everyone.

Overall, that ending sucked.
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I can only assume that the prop department lost the cane sword. The "aftermath" had what's his face carrying a piece of rebar which I thought was really odd. As far as the ending goes.. I can't help but feel that there wasn't much they could have done to make it work. The show had gone off the rails a while back so them suddenly attempting to make up for it in the final moments is something I just can't see possible.
I am confused with Quinlan declaring he 'won' even though all he did was rip out his throat. The Master was still able to puke on Eph's face, and even if he hadn't, he still had the kid... who had an AR.. the odds of the Ratcatcher (assuming that Quinlan thought that was who was in the elevator cage thingy, as Eph was still out) not getting either shot or killed by the Master was a long shot. It only worked because the kid was the kid and couldn't even kill his father right. Now that I think about it, everyone should have just made plans around the kid screwing up. It was the only thing they could count on through out the entire show.
 
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