Wow Dr. Eph's House of Horrors! I will say Dutch is easier on the eyes than most Igors.
The Strain (Guillermo del Toro's New FX Summer Show)
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It just got more apocalypsy!
The penultimate episode was amazing. I can't believe they killed three semi-major characters in one sitting!
I was really hoping that Eldritch had the nuke in his lap and was going to nuke Eichorst, killing them both. That would have been amazing (and redemptive for him- I'm thinking Borsk Fey'la in Star By Star).
I was really hoping that Eldritch had the nuke in his lap and was going to nuke Eichorst, killing them both. That would have been amazing (and redemptive for him- I'm thinking Borsk Fey'la in Star By Star).
Haven't watched it yet but.... Shark jumping? 
Haven't watched it yet but.... Shark jumping?
Naw I thought it was pretty good. I'm a hell of a lot more interested in this than the Walking Dead. But that suitcase nuke going off made me wonder: there must be pretty good intel by now back in Washington that the "King Rat" is in Manhattan. We know from Setrakian's voiceovers that other places are feeling the bite (sting?). I would think the President would order NYC nuked at this point, and not by a small tactical bomb.
Zero with Gus this ep. Hope he has a role still to play.
That's it for the season, isn't it?
Awesome season finale! What an amazing closing stretch of episodes! I was really surprised that Palmer got offed right in the opening like that. I truly expected him to nobly sacrifice himself, setting off the nuke in a kamikaze attack, killing the Master, and then this ancient Eygptian strigoi they mentioned would be the final bad or something.
The kid setting off the nuke is utterly unforgivable. What a little shit. He deserves to die.
I really don't understand the reasoning behind setting off a nuke at the base of the Statue of Liberty. What was it supposed to accomplish? I get that a cloud covered the sun allowing the strigoi out in the day, but that would only last for a few hours. They could have attacked in the night at any time. What's the point? The only thing I can think of is that there's some crazy magic spell thing going on, where the cloud permanently remains over Manhattan, or the artificial eclipse of the sun was fulfilling some prophecy or something. But the show has done nothing approaching that fantastical yet so it would be pretty weird to do it at the very end....
The kid setting off the nuke is utterly unforgivable. What a little shit. He deserves to die.
I really don't understand the reasoning behind setting off a nuke at the base of the Statue of Liberty. What was it supposed to accomplish? I get that a cloud covered the sun allowing the strigoi out in the day, but that would only last for a few hours. They could have attacked in the night at any time. What's the point? The only thing I can think of is that there's some crazy magic spell thing going on, where the cloud permanently remains over Manhattan, or the artificial eclipse of the sun was fulfilling some prophecy or something. But the show has done nothing approaching that fantastical yet so it would be pretty weird to do it at the very end....
I think the nuke sets up a nuclear winter, blocking out the sun completely. The vampires were building assembly lines to drain blood, so they have some sort of big plan in the works.
But.... how does a single small nuke on an island to the south of NYC do anything to make a nuclear winter? Wouldn't you need a series of large yield nukes to do that? That would have been caused by massive firestorms filling the atmosphere of the Earth with soot. That one bomb wouldn't do anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter
Sharknado!
Loved The Strain up to the last nuke detonation. Too easy. All that character buildup, backstory and oops, the kid pushes the button. Disappointing. Basically a reset with a localized nuclear explosion.
Probably gonna be cancelled anyway, too bad there couldn't have been a dignified finale. Ah well, chewing gum for the eyes...
Loved The Strain up to the last nuke detonation. Too easy. All that character buildup, backstory and oops, the kid pushes the button. Disappointing. Basically a reset with a localized nuclear explosion.
Probably gonna be cancelled anyway, too bad there couldn't have been a dignified finale. Ah well, chewing gum for the eyes...
They've already announced the show will end with the fourth season next year.
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-strain-season-four-ending-1201871793/
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-strain-season-four-ending-1201871793/
Bingo.
I look forward to it then...
Very mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand I love that the Master just went straight in and grabbed Palmer: Yay! A villain does the obviously smart thing to assure themselves an easy victory!
But on the other hand: the Master escapes from the box because they didn't think to secure it better. Boo! The good guys fail to take the obvious precaution that could have thwarted that bad guy escaping!
As soon as they closed the lid on that box I about shouted at the screen: "Now seal it shut! Wrap some heavy duty shipping bands around it! Something! Anything would be better than those weak little catches!"
And yeah, I get why the idiot kid detonated the nuke, but at this point why should I care about him exactly? He's never exactly have much agency of his own and has pretty much spent the last three seasons moping around.
But on the other hand: the Master escapes from the box because they didn't think to secure it better. Boo! The good guys fail to take the obvious precaution that could have thwarted that bad guy escaping!
As soon as they closed the lid on that box I about shouted at the screen: "Now seal it shut! Wrap some heavy duty shipping bands around it! Something! Anything would be better than those weak little catches!"
And yeah, I get why the idiot kid detonated the nuke, but at this point why should I care about him exactly? He's never exactly have much agency of his own and has pretty much spent the last three seasons moping around.
Here's my guess: something of Palmer is left in there and he screws up the Master. Somehow. Just a thought, probably wrong, but it'd be cool.
I think the Master wanted the occultation but loosing the strigoi in the day must do more than fulfill prophecy. What I mean is, these events aren't just prophesied for the sake of being prophesied, but serve some purpose in future schemes, and are THEN, secondarily, in a prophecy.
I was a little confused by the Master using the white to heal Eichorst. Wouldn't there still be silver bullets embedded in Eichorst in at least some of those holes?
I think the Master wanted the occultation but loosing the strigoi in the day must do more than fulfill prophecy. What I mean is, these events aren't just prophesied for the sake of being prophesied, but serve some purpose in future schemes, and are THEN, secondarily, in a prophecy.
I was a little confused by the Master using the white to heal Eichorst. Wouldn't there still be silver bullets embedded in Eichorst in at least some of those holes?
Anyone else think Palmer looked goofy as hell when as the Master? I was cracking up when he was making the "turtle face" with his chin all sucked in.
Oh, and fuck that kid.
Oh, and fuck that kid.
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