Posted August 25, 201410 yr The Strain is an American vampire horror–drama television series that premiered on FX on July 13, 2014. It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, "Night Zero", which del Toro directed. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013. The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014. The third episode, "Gone Smooth", had its debut at the 2014 SDCC on July 25.PremiseA plane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport with the lights off and doors sealed. Epidemiologist Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his team are sent to investigate. On board they find 206 corpses and four survivors. The situation deteriorates when all the bodies disappear from the morgue. Goodweather and a small group of helpers find themselves battling to protect not only their own loved ones, but the entire city, from an ancient threat to humanity.Cast:Corey Stoll as Dr. Ephraim GoodweatherDavid Bradley as Professor Abraham SetrakianMía Maestro as Dr. Nora Martinez,Kevin Durand as Vasiliy FetJonathan Hyde as Eldritch PalmerRichard Sammel as Thomas EichhorstSean Astin as Jim KentJack Kesy as Gabriel BolivarNatalie Brown as Kelly GoodweatherMiguel Gomez as Augustin "Gus" ElizaldeBen Hyland as Zach GoodweatherRobert Maillet as the Master (*The character is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) wikipedia.org
August 25, 201410 yr Ah sweet nice to see this show have its own topic. I caught the first 3 episode and was quickly hooked. I need to get all caught up though before I fall too behind
August 25, 201410 yr The Strain is based on 3 x novels. I don't plan on watching the series, but I 'speed- read' the official graphic novel a while ago and it's pretty good story- both shocking and sickening. There are lot of cliches' and tropes used that many would catch but it's good entertainment. The story is very easily translated to TV show form due to the numerous cliffhangers and it conveys a feeling of escalation & increasing hopelessness throughout. The endings (3 of them) will not disappoint. The vampires are a lot like the ones in "Blade II" which came from the same source, Del Toro.
September 27, 201410 yr Author Preview to tomorrow's episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7tYfGoaFxM Next week is the season finale. The show has been renewed for a second season, airing sometime next summer. The filming for season 2 is scheduled for November
October 1, 201410 yr Author Season Finale Previews... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-PRQSlGWRY Glad that Mr Quinlan gets more screen time the next episode!
May 18, 20159 yr Author According to IMDB season 2 is set to premiere on Sunday, July 12 I hope Mr. Quinlan will get a bigger role this season (Y)
September 8, 20159 yr Author "The Strain" Renewed For Season 3 By FXFour weeks into The Strain‘s sophomore season, the FX horror drama has been picked up for a third, to air next summer. A breakout when it launched last summer, The Strain has been down in the ratings in Season 2 but continues to be strong in the adults 18-49 demo and to deliver solid DVR gains. The second episode posted 2.6 million viewers in Live+3 and 1.5 million adults 18-49.The thriller, from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, is based on the best-selling The Strain Trilogy by del Toro and Chuck Hogan. “Guillermo and Carlton have delivered two thrilling seasons of The Strain that are captivating and visually arresting, doing justice to the original novel trilogy and meeting fans’ high expectations in the process,” said FX’s Eric Schrier.In the current second season, New York City is rapidly falling to an evil epidemic, and no one is coming to its rescue. Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his unlikely allies tried to take down the embodiment of this evil — the Master — and failed. Now Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) concentrate on creating a biological weapon to wipe out the creatures, while Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) searches for an ancient book he hopes will reveal the strigoi’s entire history…and possibly a way to kill them.The Strain hails from showrunner/executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse, along with co-creators/executive producers/writers Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Gary Ungar, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle and Regina Corrado serve as executive producers. FX Productions is the studio. deadline.com Hopefully Quinlan will get more screen time in season 3. And I miss Vaugn!!! He was gone too soon. Maybe the Ancients will resurrect him or something
November 12, 20159 yr Author ^ As much as I don't want to admit it I do want Zach to be killed off He is just super annoying and for a child his age he doesn't seem to be very bright At least they killed off Coco (at least I hope they did). She was also super annoying and the actress who plays her isn't very good
November 12, 20159 yr I want the entire cast to be killed off except Eichorst & Gus (mainly because I find Gus to be the only likable character and frankly he's cute as fuck!). I've honestly never disliked an entire cast of a show as much as I hate the Strains cast.
November 12, 20159 yr ^^ So trueThe cast of fear the walking dead is super bad too. And yes, Pink, that Coco -stripper name- fucking grand papa is a hell no!And I am still wondering what Eichorst wanted to do with his giant alien tongue to Dutch... ?
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