We find ourselves at the end of the season. It took 13 episodes, but I’m now finally coming around to the sight of Corey Stoll with hair. This season showed us a show with promise, but was ultimately unfulfilling. It had some flashes of greatness, but mostly it was maddeningly inconsistent. It went to the […]
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It’s been a rough week, and your old pal Dusty hasn’t had much of a chance to write. With that in mind, let’s skip over the unwieldy intro and get straight to my loves and hates. Hates: 1. The stuff with Setrakian’s wife felt really forced. There wasn’t a ton of emotion, even though I […]
The season is winding down. While the show has gotten better, it’s still maddeningly inconsistent. There are some great scenes – and there have even been some truly great episodes – but there are too many moments of drama driven by the stupidity of the main characters. This episode had a little bit of each […]
Do you remember the end of “For Services Rendered” when the pack of vampire hunters showed up? I sure do. I rubbed my hands together and proclaimed, “Here we go,” to no one in particular, because my life is a non-stop party. I love that storyline in the books, and I was excited to see […]
Since I’m so late with this write-up this week (I was out of town…sorry), I’m going to skip my normal intro and just get right into the Hates/Loves. Hates: 1. Diane’s babysitting skills leave a little something to be desired. Step one: don’t swear at the children. 2. Zach is not a very observant kid. […]
You guys remember Splinter? The horror movie that took place in a gas station? It was impossible to watch this episode and not think about that film. The Mist also came to mind, although that was a slightly bigger setting, with a somewhat unseen menace. I loved it. I love the claustrophobia it brings, but […]
Now we’re cooking. The vampire menace is starting to make itself known. They congregate like packs of zombies, sniffing the air for fresh blood. And, even though their stingers aren’t strong enough to break through glass, their elbows are very much up to the task. The early vampires – like Crazy Lawyer Vampire – are […]
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The Strain S1E6, “Occultation”
Welcome back to the world of The Strain. Here you will find exterminators who are wizards with charcoal and probably should have gone into architecture, boyfriends schooled in all manner of jackassery, and patient cabbies who act as getaway drivers and listen to the ramblings of out-of-breath old men (I assume he heard about the […]
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The Strain S1E5, “Runaways”
I hate to keep harping on the same points over and over again, but they give me no choice. Outside of Abraham Setrakian, there are no other characters with decent stories. This show drags when it is driven by character drama. I liked seeing Setrakian’s history with The Master and Eichorst, but the rest of […]
Last week I talked about how getting away from character-centric drama was the key for this show. Distract the audience with vampires so we don’t see just how poorly written this show is. “Gone Smooth” finally did that, and “It’s Not For Everyone” continued down that path. That’s not to say there weren’t problems with […]