TV: The Strain (FX) (Del Toro)
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1. EVERYTHING in that episode was telegraphed. It was painfully obvious that the Assistant for the old guy didn't want to kill them and that Kelly wasn't going to be a straight up vampire.
2. This is an ongoing huge problem. The German guy clearly wants to jewish guy dead, and he (if i recall) even got the jewish guy to tell him about the pawn shop, or at least knows about it. The Master wants the main group dead enough to surround a random gas station... Why in the hell is it just okay for them to keep returning to the same place every night uncontested?
2. This is an ongoing huge problem. The German guy clearly wants to jewish guy dead, and he (if i recall) even got the jewish guy to tell him about the pawn shop, or at least knows about it. The Master wants the main group dead enough to surround a random gas station... Why in the hell is it just okay for them to keep returning to the same place every night uncontested?
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I like how they introduce these mysterious "good" vampires for thirty seconds four episodes ago and haven't addressed them since.
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Way to explain the joke Chud@SkitchP wrote:broken iris wrote:Have you considered live tweeting one of these?@SkitchP wrote:Im watching this now.
I pretty much just did
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@SkitchP wrote:1. EVERYTHING in that episode was telegraphed. It was painfully obvious that the Assistant for the old guy didn't want to kill them and that Kelly wasn't going to be a straight up vampire.
2. This is an ongoing huge problem. The German guy clearly wants to jewish guy dead, and he (if i recall) even got the jewish guy to tell him about the pawn shop, or at least knows about it. The Master wants the main group dead enough to surround a random gas station... Why in the hell is it just okay for them to keep returning to the same place every night uncontested?
Well, and the fact that half the city seems to be behaving normally while the other half is panicking and looting at the same time. Also, the complete absence of any protective force (army, national guard, etc.) is strange. They use comms that are not dependent on cell towers or the internet, so they would be completely unaffected by hottie-hacker's impossible trick. Hell, most news vans have satellite hookups at this point. How would the rest of the US not be entirely focused on this?
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I like how they introduce these mysterious "good" vampires for thirty seconds four episodes ago and haven't addressed them since.
I read he will be back starting this weekend. But he will be more involved I am guessing down the line. I give till the finale, if they end it well, I will watch next season. The problem is alot of it takes place during the first two nights of the outbreak and the show hasnot really represented time well, We think it's been a couple of day, but I am not really sure.
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It's been at least a week if not two. It was a few days between the time they first met the old man and the first time they killed a vampire.lowlight79 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I like how they introduce these mysterious "good" vampires for thirty seconds four episodes ago and haven't addressed them since.
I read he will be back starting this weekend. But he will be more involved I am guessing down the line. I give till the finale, if they end it well, I will watch next season. The problem is alot of it takes place during the first two nights of the outbreak and the show hasnot really represented time well, We think it's been a couple of day, but I am not really sure.
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That would explain why everyone still isn't totally freaking out. It really does feel like it's been weeks, though.lowlight79 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I like how they introduce these mysterious "good" vampires for thirty seconds four episodes ago and haven't addressed them since.
I read he will be back starting this weekend. But he will be more involved I am guessing down the line. I give till the finale, if they end it well, I will watch next season. The problem is alot of it takes place during the first two nights of the outbreak and the show hasnot really represented time well, We think it's been a couple of day, but I am not really sure.
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is this show just mashing up the zombie virus plot with vampires?
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It's equal parts Zombie show, Vampire show and hairpiece show.spike wrote:is this show just mashing up the zombie virus plot with vampires?
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broken iris wrote:It's been at least a week if not two. It was a few days between the time they first met the old man and the first time they killed a vampire.lowlight79 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I like how they introduce these mysterious "good" vampires for thirty seconds four episodes ago and haven't addressed them since.
I read he will be back starting this weekend. But he will be more involved I am guessing down the line. I give till the finale, if they end it well, I will watch next season. The problem is alot of it takes place during the first two nights of the outbreak and the show hasnot really represented time well, We think it's been a couple of day, but I am not really sure.
Besides, how "long" its been is moot point if half the city is already looting. The other half is working alone at night in vampire infested areas.
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I just reread the thread. It was really cute how you guys were trying to convince yourselves that this show was good.
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I'll be the first to admit that I was. This is so bad.@SkitchP wrote:I just reread the thread. It was really cute how you guys were trying to convince yourselves that this show was good.
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I stand by my "C" rating.E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'll be the first to admit that I was. This is so bad.@SkitchP wrote:I just reread the thread. It was really cute how you guys were trying to convince yourselves that this show was good.
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Where's the Goth Rocker guy - he seemed like he'd be semi interesting, but now he's just been forgotten about
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He's been cast in Equestria Girls 2 as a lost brony. He doesn't have time for this show so they wrote him out.Rangi Guy wrote:Where's the Goth Rocker guy - he seemed like he'd be semi interesting, but now he's just been forgotten about
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:He's been cast in Equestria Girls 2 as a lost brony. He doesn't have time for this show so they wrote him out.Rangi Guy wrote:Where's the Goth Rocker guy - he seemed like he'd be semi interesting, but now he's just been forgotten about
It's just voice work ruddo
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Yeah but he's got to get into character. Going from a pen*sless goth dude to a brony would be diffic... oh wait.@SkitchP wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:He's been cast in Equestria Girls 2 as a lost brony. He doesn't have time for this show so they wrote him out.Rangi Guy wrote:Where's the Goth Rocker guy - he seemed like he'd be semi interesting, but now he's just been forgotten about
It's just voice work ruddo
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah but he's got to get into character. Going from a pen*sless goth dude to a brony would be diffic... oh wait.@SkitchP wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:He's been cast in Equestria Girls 2 as a lost brony. He doesn't have time for this show so they wrote him out.Rangi Guy wrote:Where's the Goth Rocker guy - he seemed like he'd be semi interesting, but now he's just been forgotten about
It's just voice work ruddo
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Rangi Guy wrote:Where's the Goth Rocker guy - he seemed like he'd be semi interesting, but now he's just been forgotten about
He has to come back,
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Ya know what else is cute? how people thought season 4 of the wire was great when it was a steaming pile of shit mixed with cum and piss. It's all the same. People like things and they don't like things. Not every tv show is gonna be 100% without errors or bad plots or chracters that suck. You just hope it has a good ending each season so there is something to build to the following one.
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It's no worse than most of the other shows on TV. Last night on Sons Of Anarchy two groups lined up across from each other in the open with automatic weapons and only the "bad guys" got shot. Ridiculous.