The Strain

[hapa74]

I'm pretty excited to see how they adapt the book "The Strain" by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan. I loved the first book in the trilogy, though the other two weren't as strong. The fact that Del Toro will be directing the first episode gives me hope!

 

[Emmalie]

I loved the first episode. I think it's going to be a great series as long as FX doesn't do it's typical random pushing over they edge for no flipping reason crap. Example: Random Bleach Enema in 'American Horror Story Coven'. It had nothing to do with the plot and was just thrown in there. I hate when they do crap like that. Hopefully the books guide them more than ratings.

 

[hapa74]

I was a bit wary at the beginning of the episode. The acting seemed a bit clunky, but by the end of it I was pretty happy. I believe that del Toro has a limited amount of seasons locked in to tell the story (four or five, as long as the show is popular enough in the ratings). I'm pretty hopeful, and I can't wait until the story really gets rolling and we get the rest of the characters introduced.

 

[Always_Tim]

I watched the first episode. It's pretty good. I don't think I'll watch the rest because my TV schedule is already pretty full, but it looks like they're doing a pretty good job with it.

 

[VallieBeuys]

I'm not sure how I feel about this show yet. But I'm reserving judgement until there are a few more episodes. I like a lot of Del Toro's other works (The Devil's Backbone is my fav) but I don't know anything about these books. I have to say I wasn't super impressed with the villain so far. Seemed kinda... Campy. Really campy. I like camp and all but the robe wearing vampire dude thing seemed like something straight out of a 90's show like Charmed.

I'm not giving up tho. Like I said I'm waiting to get a few episodes in before I make any rash decisions! Open mind and all.

 

[goldenaye666]

Looks like a show I'll like. Been saving the episodes so far until I can watch a few in a row.

 

[SatanJonez]

Seen both the episodes that have aired so far and I dig it quite a bit. Of course, I've loved 90% of what Guillermo del Toro has done so I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[AmberCutie]

The story seems cool but the bad acting and cheesyness/unrealisticness of the human characters turns me off a bit. The whole CDC guy just standing around nonchalantly holding an unsecure-lidded specimen container in the middle of an airport thing sorta made me chortle.

I'll watch another couple episodes and see if it sticks with me.

There are a lot of made-up words in this post. :mrgreen:

 

[waogo]

I think this show would've benefitted from John Hurt sticking around as the old guy. He was apparently in the original pilot, but left.

 

[Irishmut]

I just watched the first two episodes yesterday. Both seemed a little slow but picked up towards the end. I think it has promise to be really great. I haven't read the books. It is me or why is it little kids are so damn creepy when in a horror/scary scene? That little girl creeps me the fuck out. :crybaby:

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

The story seems cool but the bad acting and cheesyness/unrealisticness of the human characters turns me off a bit. The whole CDC guy just standing around nonchalantly holding an unsecure-lidded specimen container in the middle of an airport thing sorta made me chortle.

I'll watch another couple episodes and see if it sticks with me.

There are a lot of made-up words in this post. :mrgreen:

The premise is good, the acting is pretty bad.. It reminds me a lot of the other FX summer series. Tryant, a really good premise; Americanize doctor who is the son of Middle Eastern dictator, returns hope to help rule/transform the country. Unfortunately the acting is just as bad in Tryant as Strain.

 

[MsDonkey]

I still can't tell if I like this show or not!

 

[hapa74]

I think this show is finally starting to hit it's stride. It's taken way too long, but we're finally getting some nice vamp action!

 

[goldenaye666]

I like it, but I also think it could be better. Agree on the acting, but rarely is acting good in the horror genre. The depth of the characters is not the focus.

 

[hapa74]

So last week one of my favorite characters from the book finally showed up! The acting is still so-so, but a lot of the set up is finally paying off.

 

[MsDonkey]

Now that Sidekick Evil Samwise is dead, I'm just waiting for Main Character's wife to get turned into the bloodsucking parasite, so that the metaphor becomes LITERAL.

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

I think the Strain was my favorite summer season. The last couple of episodes have been really intense. We have gotten so use to dumb zombie, that is really a nice change to see intelligent monsters.