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 The Strain (Season 1) 
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Yeah the teasers really caught my interest. Plus its based on the novels from Guillermo Del Toro so we should get some bad ass creepy looking vampires. I think the show could become the next The Walking Dead.


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I hope so man, I'm pretty excited for it.


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El Maskado wrote:
Yeah the teasers really caught my interest. Plus its based on the novels from Guillermo Del Toro so we should get some bad ass creepy looking vampires. I think the show could become the next The Walking Dead.


Except it won't go on forever, if they stick to the source.

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FX announced 'The Strain' will premiere Sunday, July 13th.


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I never seen FX put out a show on sundays but I think its a nice setting especially since sunday has been a great night for cable shows


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Corey Stoll makes me excited about this. Ephraim is one the dullest lead characters I've ever read, but Stoll is too good of an actor to be that boring.


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Premieres tonight at 10 PM ET.


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The pilot was good, but could have been better if it wasn't for the cliche and "twist". Still, the acting is solid, and the story feels unique/fresh.

There is room for improvement.


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Does anyone know if this will be on Hulu Plus being that FX is a Fox network?


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Does anyone know if this will be on Hulu Plus being that FX is a Fox network?


I'm not sure.

It re-airs Monday night at Midnight ET, Thursday morning at 2:39 AM ET, Friday night at 11 PM ET and Sunday morning at 1 AM ET.


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I have this DVR-ed and will watch it this week.

Will probably be a DVR series for me as I can't stand how FX constantly drags their shows out to 11:09PM or 11:27PM and such.


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Will probably be a DVR series for me as I can't stand how FX constantly drags their shows out to 11:09PM or 11:27PM and such.


I really hate how FX does this schedule. I rather have them air it from 9:45 just to fill in that extra 15 minutes.


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It's infuriating - it's just a tactic to add in more commercials since the episodes aren't honestly much longer than 43 minutes anyway, and it makes it really annoying to DVR even. I bought the season passes of "The Americans" and "Fargo" on iTunes just so I wouldn't have to deal with it.


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Yeah, last night's premiere ran from 10 PM to 11:40 PM ET.


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The dialogue was very bad and corny but I did enjoy the pilot very much. I think I'll treat this like American Horror Story, At least the show is still better than the summer shows they offered this year. I'm talking about Leftovers and Penny Dreadful.


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I definitely enjoyed it. I adore the direct horror and suspense elements, and it became more and more riveting as it went along. Loved the Neil Diamond morgue scene.

The personal drama (He Is a Renegade Genius at His Job, But Too Distracted and Guarded with His Wife and Son) is very perfunctory and bland, however.

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I just watched the pilot and thought it was very creepy. Will stick with it.


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Yep this is good, I'm gonna stick with it.

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The first two episodes are a bit meh so far. The concept is pretty bland I think. Summer shows this year have been mediocre.


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I think it's been good. Very creepy.

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I feel the writing is a little corny and crappy but as for the horror aspect of the show I find some scenes to be chilling and effective. I'm definitely liking it so far and looking forward to seeing where it goes.


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Watched the premiere today and really didn't care for it. Not planning on continuing it.


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Your loss. It's pretty good. And it's very creepy. Kinda cheesy, but whatever.

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I like it. It's certainly better than "The Walking Dead." I'll keep watching.


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