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keg in kc · 05-28-2014, 04:02 PM

First real trailer is out:

Premiere's Sunday, July 13

RINGLEADER · 07-21-2014, 11:14 PM

This show is stupid beyond words. CDC can't seem to find a phone to tell anyone he has infectious worms. They imprison the only person who knows anything because, well, I'm not sure. A man flips out about his daughter dying on a plane then doesn't think twice when she shows up (he calls the CDC guy to thank him - not ask wtf someone just randomly dropped his daughter off, not does he inform anyone that she is kind of deadish). A bunch of people who feel crappy would rather not spend any time in quarantine to get checked out because they have orgies and dinners to go to.

This is an absolutely stupid show. Very disappointed.

Why Not? · 07-22-2014, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

This show is stupid beyond words. CDC can't seem to find a phone to tell anyone he has infectious worms. They imprison the only person who knows anything because, well, I'm not sure. A man flips out about his daughter dying on a plane then doesn't think twice when she shows up (he calls the CDC guy to thank him - not ask wtf someone just randomly dropped his daughter off, not does he inform anyone that she is kind of deadish). A bunch of people who feel crappy would rather not spend any time in quarantine to get checked out because they have orgies and dinners to go to.

This is an absolutely stupid show. Very disappointed.

It almost has to be a trolling attempt by FX, it's so bad

**bevischief** · 07-22-2014, 01:30 AM

Watching on DVR...

keg in kc · 07-22-2014, 06:34 AM

I heard the books weren't any good, so I'm not all that surprised by the show.

**Nzoner** · 07-22-2014, 11:07 AM

After last night I'm only watching now because I'm reminded of my youth watching Creature Feature on Saturday nights.

frankotank · 07-22-2014, 02:42 PM

hmm.....so I noticed just last night that I'd missed the premier. I DVR searched and saw that episode 1 wasn't anywhere in sight....so I shrugged and said the hell with it. if I can't start at the beginning I won't start at all (I'm like that...gotta start at the beginning).

but after reading this.....looks like I'd be wasting my time anyways.
THANKS CP!

**Nzoner** · 07-28-2014, 11:36 AM

Spoiler!

Pasta Little Brioni · 07-28-2014, 12:09 PM

So...don't catch up on this turd?

Pasta Little Brioni · 07-28-2014, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nzoner

Spoiler!

Please elaborate on this

siberian khatru · 07-28-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Nzoner

Spoiler!

Plop!

**Nzoner** · 07-28-2014, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Please elaborate on this

Spoiler!

Sure-Oz · 07-28-2014, 02:14 PM

So I dvred the first 3 EPs...it sucks? Havent watched

keg in kc · 07-28-2014, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

So I dvred the first 3 EPs...it sucks? Havent watched

I only saw the pilot so far. It wasn't great, but I didn't think it was "worst ****ing thing ever" bad.

**Nzoner** · 07-29-2014, 08:03 AM

Please be advised: This interview with Guillermo del Toro contains spoilers about a particular scene from “Gone Smooth,” last night’s episode of FX’s The Strain.

Spoiler!

In last night’s episode of The Strain, transforming goth-rocker Gabriel Bolivar lost his junk in the toilet. Sploosh! Through the FX series’ first three episodes, the scene ranks as the grossest, weirdest, WTF? moment on a show full of them, so naturally, it made us wonder: Where the hell did that come from?

As luck would have it, co-creator Guillermo del Toro was on hand last week at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, and the typically chatty director seemed giddy to be asked about the scene in “Gone Smooth,” which he called the horror series’ most pivotal moment yet. “It’s the thing that tells you these are not sexy vampires,” Guillermo del Toro told Vulture with a laugh. “Don’t expect any ‘action.’” The missing member is an important part of the biology of del Toro’s bloodsuckers, he said, and it took the production team more than a month to figure out how to get the look just right. “I can tell you we did so many iterations of the pubic area — I tried triangular, rectangular, asymmetric, round ...” del Toro counted, “and every single fissure that I put in, it looked like he had turned into a lady.”

But The Strain is not Twilight, he said, and his vampires are neither male nor female. “So we ended up [doing] was going smooth, which is what we called the episode,” del Toro giggled. “It was still so much work, I have to tell you. We did makeup, digital effects, sculpted things in clay. I supervise all the nasty stuff in the show, and that was the one thing that we did the most versions of.” Producers went back and forth over whether or not we would see Bolivar’s vital organ go down the drain, but decided it was a moment better left to the imagination. “At some point we decided, ‘Let’s just hear it fall off. He’s peeing and then, Plop!’” del Toro said. “Especially interesting for me has been the reaction of guys. They reacted much more strongly. I hear them go, Uuuugh. I really wanted the character that most enjoyed his tool to lose it.”

Despite the loss, Bolivar’s got big things coming to him, more so than the other characters. Without giving anything away, del Toro said, “For me, he’s the most interesting character. He really has a destiny. What he’s hearing in his head, that voice, it’s what he’s always longed for. Bolivar always wanted a will bigger than his own, and he searched for it in rock and roll, but only now is he finding it.”

But, you might still be thinking, I heard that The Strain’s vampires ###### and eat at the same time. How do they ###### when everything’s been smoothed out? It’s an excellent question! First, you should know that the vampires are modeled on ticks. “Part of the many notes I kept as a very strange young man was the fact that ticks, when they eat, they defecate — as they are drinking your blood, they are shitting plasma and refuse,” del Toro explained. “Organisms that are very efficient can sometimes fuse a single opening. That’s what I wanted to give these vampires. You can’t see it, but his cloaca is beneath.” Translation: Rest assured, Strainiacs, simultaneous shitting and sucking is coming to your screen soon.

stonedstooge · 07-29-2014, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Nzoner

After last night I'm only watching now because I'm reminded of my youth watching Creature Feature on Saturday nights.

This one?

05-28-2014, 04:02 PM
keg in kc oxymoron keg in kc's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever	FX: The Strain First real trailer is out: Premiere's Sunday, July 13
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07-21-2014, 11:14 PM	#31
RINGLEADER In Search of a Life RINGLEADER's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Confusion, USA	This show is stupid beyond words. CDC can't seem to find a phone to tell anyone he has infectious worms. They imprison the only person who knows anything because, well, I'm not sure. A man flips out about his daughter dying on a plane then doesn't think twice when she shows up (he calls the CDC guy to thank him - not ask wtf someone just randomly dropped his daughter off, not does he inform anyone that she is kind of deadish). A bunch of people who feel crappy would rather not spend any time in quarantine to get checked out because they have orgies and dinners to go to. This is an absolutely stupid show. Very disappointed.
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07-22-2014, 01:30 AM	#33
bevischief .... bevischief's Avatar Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere Kansas	Watching on DVR...
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07-22-2014, 06:34 AM	#34
keg in kc oxymoron keg in kc's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever	I heard the books weren't any good, so I'm not all that surprised by the show.
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07-22-2014, 11:07 AM	#35
Nzoner a haw haw haw Nzoner's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MIZZOU	After last night I'm only watching now because I'm reminded of my youth watching Creature Feature on Saturday nights.
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07-22-2014, 02:42 PM	#36
frankotank I like 'em mustard & biscuits frankotank's Avatar Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Hill	hmm.....so I noticed just last night that I'd missed the premier. I DVR searched and saw that episode 1 wasn't anywhere in sight....so I shrugged and said the hell with it. if I can't start at the beginning I won't start at all (I'm like that...gotta start at the beginning). but after reading this.....looks like I'd be wasting my time anyways. THANKS CP!
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07-28-2014, 11:36 AM	#37
Nzoner a haw haw haw Nzoner's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MIZZOU	Spoiler! Dude's dick fell right off
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07-28-2014, 12:09 PM	#38
Pasta Little Brioni Consuming CP souls Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: U.S.A.	So...don't catch up on this turd?
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07-28-2014, 02:14 PM	#42
Sure-Oz Stay positive, don't give up Sure-Oz's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2001	So I dvred the first 3 EPs...it sucks? Havent watched
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07-29-2014, 08:03 AM	#44
Nzoner a haw haw haw Nzoner's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MIZZOU	Please be advised: This interview with Guillermo del Toro contains spoilers about a particular scene from “Gone Smooth,” last night’s episode of FX’s The Strain. Spoiler! In last night’s episode of The Strain, transforming goth-rocker Gabriel Bolivar lost his junk in the toilet. Sploosh! Through the FX series’ first three episodes, the scene ranks as the grossest, weirdest, WTF? moment on a show full of them, so naturally, it made us wonder: Where the hell did that come from? As luck would have it, co-creator Guillermo del Toro was on hand last week at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, and the typically chatty director seemed giddy to be asked about the scene in “Gone Smooth,” which he called the horror series’ most pivotal moment yet. “It’s the thing that tells you these are not sexy vampires,” Guillermo del Toro told Vulture with a laugh. “Don’t expect any ‘action.’” The missing member is an important part of the biology of del Toro’s bloodsuckers, he said, and it took the production team more than a month to figure out how to get the look just right. “I can tell you we did so many iterations of the pubic area — I tried triangular, rectangular, asymmetric, round ...” del Toro counted, “and every single fissure that I put in, it looked like he had turned into a lady.” But The Strain is not Twilight, he said, and his vampires are neither male nor female. “So we ended up [doing] was going smooth, which is what we called the episode,” del Toro giggled. “It was still so much work, I have to tell you. We did makeup, digital effects, sculpted things in clay. I supervise all the nasty stuff in the show, and that was the one thing that we did the most versions of.” Producers went back and forth over whether or not we would see Bolivar’s vital organ go down the drain, but decided it was a moment better left to the imagination. “At some point we decided, ‘Let’s just hear it fall off. He’s peeing and then, Plop!’” del Toro said. “Especially interesting for me has been the reaction of guys. They reacted much more strongly. I hear them go, Uuuugh. I really wanted the character that most enjoyed his tool to lose it.” Despite the loss, Bolivar’s got big things coming to him, more so than the other characters. Without giving anything away, del Toro said, “For me, he’s the most interesting character. He really has a destiny. What he’s hearing in his head, that voice, it’s what he’s always longed for. Bolivar always wanted a will bigger than his own, and he searched for it in rock and roll, but only now is he finding it.” But, you might still be thinking, I heard that The Strain’s vampires ###### and eat at the same time. How do they ###### when everything’s been smoothed out? It’s an excellent question! First, you should know that the vampires are modeled on ticks. “Part of the many notes I kept as a very strange young man was the fact that ticks, when they eat, they defecate — as they are drinking your blood, they are shitting plasma and refuse,” del Toro explained. “Organisms that are very efficient can sometimes fuse a single opening. That’s what I wanted to give these vampires. You can’t see it, but his cloaca is beneath.” Translation: Rest assured, Strainiacs, simultaneous shitting and sucking is coming to your screen soon.
Posts: 27,111