When I read the books I thought, "This is written as if it is a script for a movie." Then I read he always wanted to do something like this and decided to do the books on the way.
So basically, del Toro is knocking off the story from Blade 2 that he directed and recreating infected vampires like Nomak? Nomak was a vampire that was infected with the "Reaper" virus.
On the upside if this is actually good it will not be cancelled prematurely. John Landgraf has already said it will run for at least three seasons in order to tell the story.
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So basically, del Toro is knocking off the story from Blade 2 that he directed and recreating infected vampires like Nomak? Nomak was a vampire that was infected with the "Reaper" virus.
With all the constant bombardment of ads, on every possible platform the bus posters, on the Subway, news papers, it's on every other channel I still forgot, didn't want to add it to my Tivo line up, as it's already full.
Post-apocalyptic and vampires are two things that I usually hate as I feel they have been done to death, yet I still gave this show a chance on the strength of it being an FX program.
I thought the premiere was alright. The acting and dialogue were quite shoddy at times and some plot elements were spoon-fed to the audience a little too much, but this series could be a nice little diversion.
Watched my DVRed opener this morning. Grim, IMO. Really bizarre mix of vampire/zombie tales, overlaid with CDC superbug mumbo jumbo, and even some apparent Nazi fiction. Then there's Alien-like (the movies) bloodthirsty worms. Some gibberish at the end about love spreading the Strain. Oh my. -- John
Can't go too wrong with these ingredients along with rich dying white guy who wants to live forever and is apparently willing to destroy the human race to achieve it.
Also had the intrigue of the henchman who was already infected and seemed to be doing okay to some extent.
I read the first book and didn't care much for it. The pilot episode is pretty faithful in plotting to what I remember of the book, but benefits greatly in live action from the creepy atmosphere and Guillermo del Toro's directing. We'll see how well it holds up in the subsequent episodes when del Toro hands the reins over to other directors.
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