The Strain.....Guillermo Del Toro's new Horror TV show

The Strain.....Guillermo Del Toro's new Horror TV show

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clonmult

10,529 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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bingybongy said:
clonmult said:
Halb said:
downstairs said:
Isn't Elementary on Watch? I think that's brilliant. Or is it on Atlantic? You see what I mean, I never know where my things are actually on!
Elementary is currently being repeated, I've seen the first episode, and it seems decent. Though has the feel of a procedural about it
Keep with it, Elementary is one of the best shows to have been broadcast in the last few years.
Really?
As good as The Sopranos - Game of Thrones - Sherlock.
In my opinion not a patch on many shows even from the last 12 months.
It is definitely better than Sherlock. I didn't expect Elementary to be good in the slightest, happily I was very wrong. I've tried GoT, but at the risk of being a heretic, I thought it was pretty lousy.

And the Sopranos is now 15 years old, hardly a recent show.

Which shows in the last year are better than Elementary? I'll admit that GoT is way more popular, not necessarily better wink

bingybongy

3,858 posts

145 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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I wanted to like Elementary and gave it a go but it didn't appeal.

VEA

4,785 posts

200 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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bingybongy said:
I wanted to like Elementary and gave it a go but it didn't appeal.
it get's betterer.

vxr8mate

1,654 posts

188 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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Wow, Elementary and The strain in the same thread.

Elementary is an excellent show offering great acting, inventive story line and brilliant writing.

The Strain is just that... a strain to watch. It offers hammy acting, almost no story line and awful writing.

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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I feel sort of the same, just the other way around.biggrin

BlackST

9,079 posts

164 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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Just starting this.
Girlfriends brother has read the books and said it is brilliant.

mustdash

360 posts

127 months

Sunday 28th September 2014
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2 episodes in and I am actually really enjoying this. Lets hope it stays at it's current level or better and doesn't drop off in to mediocrity....

BigsimonY

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616 posts

124 months

Sunday 28th September 2014
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mustdash said:
2 episodes in and I am actually really enjoying this. Lets hope it stays at it's current level or better and doesn't drop off in to mediocrity....
Yes it good watching, the wife and myself settle down to this with a bottle of red smile really enjoying it

Marty Funkhouser

5,426 posts

180 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Really enjoying this, only criticism is the comical look for "The Master", looks like a clown zombie.

a311

5,789 posts

176 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Marty Funkhouser said:
Really enjoying this, only criticism is the comical look for "The Master", looks like a clown zombie.
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Him flying about in his cape/gown added an air of mystery but I share your sentiments!

Did Del Toro design create the Vampires/Reapers in Blade II? If he didn't The Strain is a huge rip off of the material from the film.


Patch1875

4,893 posts

131 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Watched the 1st episode.

Really bad acting with corny dialogue I like it!


rich1231

17,331 posts

259 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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End of Episode 7 will give you a WTF moment smile

BlackST

9,079 posts

164 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Going to watch episode 12 soon smile

SWoll

18,207 posts

257 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Up to date with the US episodes on this, and whilst watchable it's a pretty average affair which steals all of it's ideas from elsewhere.

And to the poster above who suggests Elementary is a better show than Sherlock.

rofl

rich1231

17,331 posts

259 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Season Finale last night.

Really enjoyed it.


a311

5,789 posts

176 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Looks like it has been renewed for a second series anyhow.

This season has dragged at times so I suspect they'll not try and drag it out to more than a season per book so 3? But money talks so who knows? It certainly not good enough to make a big impact and become overly popular IMO.

Has anyone read the books? They were the written/book equivalent of a popcorn movie IMO. There's some good content there, but ultimately the books were quite average at best and so is the series. Chuck Hogan is a pretty good writer, however in Del Toro it perhaps proves that an imaginative and creative talent in film can't necessarily write.

I don't think there is enough content in the books to make a series personally and might have done better as a film series with a bigger budget or at least to focus what the money was getting spent on. The Vampires are a bit spoofy, particularly as already touched on the Master. There is a reason explained in the books why he's humongous. The vamps are a bit too easily dispatched too, particularly by a 80 odd year old pensioner with a heart problem. The vampires hunting vampires story is interesting though.

The characters are about as deep as a puddle, when released the books received praise for putting a new spin on the genre-really? Abraham Setrakian is just a Van Helsing and the rest is parts borrowed from movies that Del Toro has be involved with.

Despite saying that I'll stick with it nextseason.




hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Is this on Sky on demand?

a311

5,789 posts

176 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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hornetrider said:
Is this on Sky on demand?
It's been on FX. Not sure of on demand-Assume those who've watched the first season have obtained from 'other' sources.........

Alapeno

1,391 posts

146 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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I remember reading it a few years ago and thinking to myself it was like reading a TV show script and is this a new way to pitch a TV show.

I'm only a few episodes in but it seems ok so far, some half decent actors in there and being directed by the 2 that wrote the books means it's an exact adaptation which I'm enjoying. I really liked the lead guy in House of Cards.



p1doc

3,111 posts

183 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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very enjoyable first 3 episodes and i see season 2 has been confirmed as well
martin