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the strain has really gone down the drain these past few episodes.

trill wrote:

JL21 wrote:I picked up The Strain- the book- and chewed quickly threw half of it between a few recent flights. It's almost exactly the same as the show, but the timeline is a little different, and they have a few small changes in the show. Halfway through the first book, Eichhorst has barely been in it. But they tell you so much more about The Master. There's an entire back story that you get right in the first chapter.

Can you PM me deets so I don't have to read it? Just want to know where the master comes from and who the vampire death squads are.

Edit - you do not have to do this if it's too complicated and you dont want to.

I can't get over the Master looking so terrible. I guess you can say it's part of the B-movie ethos, but then they have genuinely horrific and suspenseful stuff in the mix, so it's hard to readjust for this boss character who looks like a doofus with his big carp mouth. His hands are actually scarier than his face. Probably should have left him hooded.

MrSaigon wrote:I just can't believe they got to so many villains in the pilot. Also, isn't the whole show sort of pre-spoiled? I mean, we know he doesn't catch any of these bad guys.

I'll probably watch a couple more episodes at least. Pilots are hardly ever great because they have to do so much telling and spread so wide (Lost is a notable exception, I suppose), but this one was alright. Promising, anyway.

I'm still not sold on Gotham, but the second episode was much better than the first.

BW23 wrote:

MrSaigon wrote:I just can't believe they got to so many villains in the pilot. Also, isn't the whole show sort of pre-spoiled? I mean, we know he doesn't catch any of these bad guys.

I'll probably watch a couple more episodes at least. Pilots are hardly ever great because they have to do so much telling and spread so wide (Lost is a notable exception, I suppose), but this one was alright. Promising, anyway.

I'm still not sold on Gotham, but the second episode was much better than the first.

I've never cared for The Penguin in any iteration of Batman until this one. Robin Lord Taylor is awesome.

I love the Penguin. He's a super-weird guy that overcomes being hobbled, frail and tiny with the intensity of his evil desires. I was super excited by those rumors of PSH playing Penguin for Christopher Nolan and disappointed that didn't materialize.

No matter how tired I get of the modern comic book on screen movement, there will always be room in my heart for a well-told Batman story. With Gotham--I'm in so far, if fairly on the fence.

go birds wrote:the strain has really gone down the drain these past few episodes.

I could do without the subplots involving Eph's wife and kid, but I'm still game for everything else that's happening- the giant nest, using the light bomb on the Master, the flashbacks to Abraham's younger life, etc...

1. I love this.

2. I forgot how much I love Junior Brown.

I thought this weekend's SNL was excellent. Sarah Silverman's monologue was the best I've seen in a long time (and I'm glad to see something other than singing a song). I really like Michael Che on Weekend Update. Jost is better, but still pretty bad.

JL21 wrote:1. I love this.

2. I forgot how much I love Junior Brown.

I can't stop watching this.

AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:

JL21 wrote:1. I love this.

2. I forgot how much I love Junior Brown.

I can't stop watching this.

Somehow this makes me think they're going about this right.