I
finally got a chance to check out the new FX series The Strain based
off of the series of books written by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del
Toro. When I first heard that this was being made I got excited since
I loved the books so much. I got even more excited when I saw that it
was not going to be on network television. There are thirteen
episodes planned so some of the things that happened in the first
episode seemed like they could’ve waited a few more episodes before
getting to them.
The
premise of the show is that an airplane lands at the JFK airport with
the lights all out and no one moving on it. Now, they spoon-fed this
to the viewers by showing weird things happening on the plane first.
An employee terrified that something was alive below the plane and
seeing this door burst open didn’t need to happen. It was forgotten
about anyway since when the plane was checked out no one said “Holy
shit! This door was bent open!” Hey. A plane landing on the tarmac
and looking dead is enough.
