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steinrokkan posted:Master should have taught more of his vampires how to use guns. He shouldn't have used all of his time teaching every single vampire how to wear jackets.
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Sep 18, 2017 15:54
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with zach finally dead the human race can begin to rebuild civilization
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Sep 18, 2017 16:01
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rip zach he never got laid
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Shitenshi posted:Why the gently caress did Eph bother to physically attack the Master, a creature who is still able to stand and talk after having both his throat ripped out and being shot up like a piece of swiss cheese? Just activate the nuke already while he's busy loving with your son, because you know with super badass Quinlan gone, there's no way either of you are getting the gently caress out of here alive. Yeah, I mean I know why they did it from a storytelling perspective, so they could have the last scene together, but it was dumb from a practical perspective. Is it just me or did this completely invalidate the lumen? I mean, it originally gave us 'nuke it' but the professor's last moments were talking about how it wouldn't work and how there was another way.
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There was supposed to be a whole religious dimension to the story, without it the Lumen is indeed a total red herring.
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steinrokkan posted:There was supposed to be a whole religious dimension to the story, without it the Lumen is indeed a total red herring. For some reason they completely dismissed the idea of trying to trap the Master in the silver coffin again, when it would have worked to begin with had Zach not been a little poo poo. Then again, I guess they figured the Master would have been expecting something like that anyway. I did like how Setrakian quoted the Lumen to talk about how the Ancients could speak in a voice that could not be heard or something, and Eph was all, "That's bullshit," until Master Palmer's neck vagina in this episode did exactly that.
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steinrokkan posted:There was supposed to be a whole religious dimension to the story, without it the Lumen is indeed a total red herring. Here's what wikipeda has for the last book where the stories differ. quote:Following his friend Abraham Setrakian's death, Fet struggles to decipher the Occido Lumen, a tome possibly holding the key to defeating the Master. He is aided by Mr. Quinlan, the vengeful half-vampire who was first created when the Master infected his then-pregnant, human mother.
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The book ending is better but no less dumb. It was a satisfying conclusion I guess. I won't miss the show so much as I will miss Eichorst vs Setrakian.
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David Bradley was really good for the first 3 seasons and then he phoned it in like in GOT.
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Shitenshi posted:Why the gently caress did Eph bother to physically attack the Master, a creature who is still able to stand and talk after having both his throat ripped out and being shot up like a piece of swiss cheese? Just activate the nuke already while he's busy loving with your son, because you know with super badass Quinlan gone, there's no way either of you are getting the gently caress out of here alive. There was no good reason. They just wanted to drag out the scene and have a final father/son bonding thing. To be honest, there was no reason Quinlan couldn't have vampire speeded to the bomb and just flicked the switch either. MiddleOne posted:I haven't felt this free since the end of Under the Dome. Haha, I dodged that bullet even being a sucker for anything vaguely scifi.
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Tenzarin posted:Here's what wikipeda has for the last book where the stories differ. Yeah, it was kind of weird how the Lumen scenes on the show took some parts of it but Setrakian interpreting them a completely different way. Like the nuke stuff in the books was that you had to nuke the specific spots in the world where the angel parts were buried to kill an ancient, which was the whole "face of God" thing as well as the part about removing the limbs.
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That was a cheesy as gently caress, rushed ending but whatever, I enjoyed the show and I can see myself watching it again sometime.
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Would've been cool to get a little montage of all the former cast members who got all wormy before the end, but I'm just glad Zack's finally dead.
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ruddiger posted:Would've been cool to get a little montage of all the former cast members who got all wormy before the end, but I'm just glad Zack's finally dead. The Strain: Season 4 - Zack's finally dead
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unlawfulsoup posted:The Strain: Season 4 - Zack's finally dead Don't ruin the joyful news for those who haven't seen it.
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I came across this show last week and have been marathoning the first couple seasons. The CGI and makeup for The Master is hilariously awful and it seems as though they're doubling down on the hilariously 80s-looking "glowing red eyes" effect. Also I lost my poo poo entirely when I realized that, at the finale of season 1, everybody piled back into the same lovely box truck full of stale hot dog buns - which has to be one of the most unsafe vehicles you could possibly choose during a zombie/vampire apocalypse, on top of totally not being made for a group of people to ride around in.. Budgetary reasons, maybe? And despite not having even got 3 episodes into season 2 yet, I'm already pleased to hear that Zach will die. He got both fat AND annoying in the "only a few days" which seem to have passed since the finale of season 1. TheAbortionator posted:Eichhorst was ideologically never really for team humanity. muscles like this! posted:In season 3 they reveal that the first two seasons took place over a really short period of time. By season 3 the infection was known widely known about and now in this season it has become public knowledge. The son obviously spent a long summer eating Twinkies, though. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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ruddiger posted:Would've been cool to get a little montage of all the former cast members who got all wormy before the end, but I'm just glad Zack's finally dead. Only if Journey's "Open Arms" were blasted over top of that montage while Fet and Dutch slowdance with single tears rolling down their cheeks. Also I would like to nominate Fet's beard in the finale for some kind of costuming award.
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coyo7e posted:And despite not having even got 3 episodes into season 2 yet, I'm already pleased to hear that Zach will die. He got both fat AND annoying in the "only a few days" which seem to have passed since the finale of season 1. Oh, you have no idea what horrors await you.
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Anyone have a gif or remember which episode it is that has them escaping from the gas station? There's a quick gag with Fett that might be the high point of the show IMO.
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NmareBfly posted:Anyone have a gif or remember which episode it is that has them escaping from the gas station? There's a quick gag with Fett that might be the high point of the show IMO. 
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Remembering this, I was gonna make a gif of a couple seconds of the fight scene with the Ancients when they get off their asses to kick some asses but seeing it again it doesn't impress me as much. cool head ripping tho quinlan is p cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRHc3v4tSsk
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Oh wow, season 2 has been pretty awful. I haven't seen Zach in like 3 or 4 episodes though so that's a plus. One weird trope that this show has in scads to me, is the "the cast are apparently the only people on the planet", because it's kind of bizarre how the dude who was buying boosted cars and haggling and insulting someone over a couple hundred bucks - is also apparently a capo-level kingpin who has millions of dollars on hand, and can literally acquire anything from a handful of uzis, to a nuclear warhead, to a magical tome of mystery power. It's kind of jarring how no matter how things escalate, this one dude is so goddamn hard that he's just an underworld kingpin who nobody fucks with, ever. Except for the boxer guy! He's got amazing plot armor, I love him! The "Goodweather infects the vampires with a man made plague," subplot was pretty funny when it all led to an utter wet fart and was forgotten immediately. Currently I'm up to the flashbacks of Eichhorst the Radio Salesman (nearing finale of season 2), his failed attempt at leading a normal life because he's a bigoted loser, and some really line-pushing vampire-cunnilingus-rape stuff for an FX show. I'm sort of glad that this season is almost over for me, with Eichhorst being both the highlight and the worst at the same time in the same episode.  When did Martinez get a haircut? Or was "cutting my hair to be a badass", just a part of being the gang now? Boxer dude continues to be the underdog star of the show, I could watch a whole show about his escapades tbh, just running around being real, dealing with day to day bullshit of people who aren't a world class hacker, or a CDC doctor, or a crazy pest exterminator cum philosopher (who reminds me strongly of Artyom from the Metro 2033 novels). I remember this and I remember it clearly being a gag, it didn't really strike me as particularly special or funny. So he's buying premium on someone else's card? v  v People rememebr different things with different priorities, I guess. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Sep 21, 2017 |
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coyo7e posted:cum philosopher Name change please. tia
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I'm really surprised they tried to redeem Zack at the end. That did not work at all and it would have been much more satisfying for Eph to blow the nuke. Ah well. I'll miss this stupid show.
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el oso posted:I'm really surprised they tried to redeem Zack at the end. That did not work at all and it would have been much more satisfying for Eph to blow the nuke. Ah well. Won't miss this retarded lovely show, because it's impressive they accomplished what they set out to do with a conclusive 4 season run TheRationalRedditor fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Sep 22, 2017 |
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I'm about halfway through Season 3 now, it's better than Season 2.. Will Eichhorst's hand grow back? If it does, that would mean that the Nazi doctor might conceivably come back, which would be cool I liked his cowardly rear end. Losing the hand was such a weird thing to happen out of nowhere that I can't see them going Jamie Lannister over it.
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Vishass posted:Anyway,can't wait for Zach's redemption arc I was kidding but at least he died how he lived: setting off nuclear weapons to get back at a father figure
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coyo7e posted:I'm about halfway through Season 3 now, it's better than Season 2.. They heal good but can't grow back big parts. This is true even of The Master and why he has to body jump.
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Zach is the worst but let us not forget the true horror of season one, Nora's mother. YOUNG BOY
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https://www.instagram.com/p/8NumGeGAdm/
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Holy poo poo, did Zach just kill more people than Hitler?  The actor playing Palmer clearly had a really good time being The Master though, his facial contortions were really something.
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coyo7e posted:Holy poo poo, did Zach just kill more people than Hitler? I never even thought of it that way, but poo poo man. That about settles it. New thread title over here. quote:The actor playing Palmer clearly had a really good time being The Master though, his facial contortions were really something. Wait till you see him in Season 4 with full on vampire makeup.
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That'll do as an ending. I will miss these guys:
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Same. It was cheesy at times but a good show with memorable characters. Eichorst vs Setrakian was always cool--from beginning to end they were very great characters with fantastic stories and interactions.coyo7e posted:Holy poo poo, did Zach just kill more people than Hitler? Yeah. He's playing a bit older than he really is when in the old age makeup for Palmer. I'll be on the lookout for his Phillip Drummond looking face in future shows. Also Fet, he was a goddamn cool character too.
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Yeah, say what you want but this show went from gothic horror mystery to
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I miss this show already. It was a lot better than people in this thread give it credit for.
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I was pretty bummed there was no episode last night.
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Metrilenkki posted:Yeah, say what you want but this show went from gothic horror mystery to It was pretty much exactly what the books did, and I gotta give del Toro credit for sticking the landing. I read the books between each season, and when I heard that the last one took place on Vampire Earth after the fall of mankind and the show was still Our Heroes running around semi-normal NYC, I didn't think he'd be able to take the show there.
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Metrilenkki posted:Yeah, say what you want but this show went from gothic horror mystery to Heh, that is true. Other thing I just realized is that the characters acted as you expected them to and didn't do any stupid "character development" 180s out of nowhere into being obnoxious except for Zach, and he's a dumbass kid who was surrounded by assholes and vampires who got exactly what he deserved in the end.
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