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The Strain mini-series: based on the novel by Del Toro & Hogan
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Saw a preview for it over the weekend. Looks interesting!
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Guillermo del Toro's The Strain
After months of various teasers FX finally released a trailer featuring actual footage from their upcoming series based on Guillermo del Toro's The Strain. It's scheduled to premiere on July 13. I've been looking forward to considering the quality of some of their other shows.
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Sweet! Looks good!
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SPOILER WARNING
For the most part I enjoyed the series premiere. It's nothing mind blowing but it was a solid start. The casting is pretty good but a couple of the characters felt 2-dimensional especially the goth rock star guy. David Bradley was kind of bad ass as Professor Setrakian though. Visually everything looks pretty cool. The practical effects are solid, the CGI looks good and the gore is brutal. The scene where The Master drank that guy's blood then smashed his head in was pretty crazy. I'm excited about the rest of the season. |
Missed the premiere last night, hoping I'll be able to catch it On Demand.
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Watched it last night, I liked it!
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SPOILER WARNING
Episode 2 "The Box" was pretty slow with a lot of characterization and it introduces the exterminator character Vasiliy Fet. The only actual horror was during the last 15 minutes though. Still the end of the episode was gruesome. Episode 3 "Gone Smooth" The pacing was a little better in this episode than in the last. Eichorst putting his face on at the beginning of the episode was gross. Great use of a practical special effects makeup. Bolivar's transformation was also pretty graphic. Nice bit of horror at the end of the episode. Episode 4 "It's Not for Everyone" was much better than the last few. Gruesome special effects during the autopsy scene. Seeing Sean Astin freak out was kind of funny. I like that his character came clean to Ephraim and Nora. Plus it was satisfying to see Ephraim punch him in the face. I actually enjoyed the scenes with Gus and think he's starting to be a pretty interesting character. Nice to see Jamie Hector from The Wire show up. Some excellent and tense scenes with Annie discovering Ansel's transformation. Setrakian was pretty bad-ass once again. Episode 5 "Runaways" Interesting flashback featuring Setrakian. I hope that's something that keeps up throughout the series. The developing mentor relationship with him and Ephraim also seems promising. The scene where they confront Ansel in the shed was kind of cool. The scenes with Bolivar are easily his best so far. The sewer scene with Vasiliy Fet was also decent. The preview for next weeks episode looks like all hell breaks loose. |
Yeah...it started off slow and kinda eh...but has picked up pace and gotten pretty good.
LARGELY in part, to Walder Frey... He's just awesome at whatever he's doing. Good backstory opening up...Nazis...it's always Nazis! But hey, what's with seemingly EVERY alien or vampire or mutation of ANY kind... In almost EVERY horror/sci-fi movie... Having a GIANT, LONG, EXTENDING TYPE OF TENTACLE COMING OUT OF IT'S MOUTH??? Why? |
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