MovieChat Forums > The Strain (2014) Discussion > I blame... (spoilers)

I blame... (spoilers)

posted 8 years ago by songod-95003
9 replies | jump to latest

the last ep, SE EP6, on the writers. Fet should not have taken all day to get to where he could explode the silver bombs. Did time move differently? Did the strigoi attacks slow him down so that it took till nightfall to get in place??

The trap had to wait till nightfall to work I suppose but really... ALL DAY to get to the spot?? Lousy writing of the plot arc for the ep. A line or two about being slowed down or "it's getting late, these strigoi are making us lose daylight" from Fet would have been all that was needed to explain their 12 hour or so trek. Otherwise due to it not being there; it made no sense.

Reminded me of the old Hammer vampire films where no matter what time Van Helsing leaves to stake EP6 the vampire it is always twilight when he arrives!

[–] clyons 8 years ago

That is an inherent part of the genre, so there's no point blaming anyone for it. And we don't really know how long Fet was down there on his scouting run.

[–] ydobon-1 8 years ago

That is an inherent part of the genre, so there's no point blaming anyone for it. And we don't really know how long Fet was down there on his scouting run.

No, but after he found the nest, he got to the surface in about 30 seconds. OK, so that was probably exaggerated for TV, but still, going in that way would have had to been faster than traveling a couple miles through the tunnels.

This is a THREADED message board. Please reply to the proper post!

[–] clyons 8 years ago

If you want to complain, complain that Fet never figured out he was being used--but he's typically not bright about that kind of thing--he's a great fighter, but he's no strategist. He's easy to fool. He's good at improvising, bad at planning. He was the perfect tool.

It was easy for him to get in and out the first time because The Master made it easy. It was hard the second time because The Master made it hard.

[–] songod-95003 8 years ago

You are right about not knowing how long it took to find the nest. But since he had found it taking all day to get back there is what I was complaining about. It made for dramatic tension but seemed to me forced tension.

Then again I figured he'd go back to where he had been but he didn't. Sure seemed like he would when he told Justine in the beginning that the area was too small for a team... but then he went another route which took him perhaps all that extra time.

Over all it failed. Now what? Sure seems like NYC is done for. Unless Eph and Dutch got some usable data. Even so, disrupting strigoi communication is only half the problem... they all still have to be killed and it sure seems there are a million more of them than anyone thought!

I have not read the source material but someone said in the books they nuked NYC as a final solution. What about everywhere else? Seems the master's minions are now worldwide (from the TV report in ep 2). How did the infection spread? Seeing how the strigoi have serious travel limitations how did they get to England, etc? Ah... another question for another day.

Onward!

[–] clyons 8 years ago

I don't think New York gets nuked in the novels, but I'm not really sure--nukes are involved, but it's the vampires using them.

Remember it's winter, the days are short. And it's a television show. 

[–] songod-95003 8 years ago

Indeed and it is the nature of the show I am stating. Reality has no foothold here except in the reality the show establishes. Since days are days, winter or not, and that they all left at 5:30am I believe... ugh, you're right in the respect wasting mental energy on this is pointless. Next ep we are apparently back to Palmer and his continued failing health, so NYC is still standing.

[–] clyons 8 years ago

It's pretty much the nature of all shows, some more than others.

Dana Scully was pregnant for over a year.

So are you entertained or not?

If not, why are you watching?

It's not a docudrama. It's a genre show. You could take any genre show ever made and cut it to pieces. You could take any police procedural ever made and cut it to pieces. Courtroom dramas look nothing whatsoever like the actual work lives of lawyers and judges. Have you ever been on a jury? Did you ever think "Wow, this is just like TV!"?

I don't see any really egregious problems here. I did think the ep was a bit sloppy in its execution, dramatically speaking. But I like this show, I enjoy it, I'll keep watching it until it ends next season, and I will not bitch and moan about how unrealistic the Vampire Apocalypse is.

[–] songod-95003 8 years ago

Like most supernatural shows the characters are what keep it going so yeah I am "entertained". THAT was not the POINT.

Yeah I have done the jury duty thing and it was for the most part boring as hell. We spent more time in our chamber than in the jury box!

For the record I am a former pro actor (film and off Broadway) and am well aware of dramatic license. SOMETIMES though an ep or a character inconsistency inspires me to comment on it. Doesn't mean I hate the show.

I have tried ending this nonsense debate and you keep antagonizing me. I have to assume then you are a troll.

Roast in hell.

[–] clyons 8 years ago

Like most supernatural shows the characters are what keep it going so yeah I am "entertained". THAT was not the POINT.

Then I don't really think you had one, but go on.

Yeah I have done the jury duty thing and it was for the most part boring as hell. We spent more time in our chamber than in the jury box!

Realism makes for bad fiction, most of the time.

For the record I am a former pro actor (film and off Broadway) and am well aware of dramatic license. SOMETIMES though an ep or a character inconsistency inspires me to comment on it. Doesn't mean I hate the show.

This is really so much more information than anyone needed, man.

I have tried ending this nonsense debate and you keep antagonizing me. I have to assume then you are a troll.

But wouldn't a troll be ATTACKING the show?

Roast in hell.

After you, my deal Alphonse.

