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28 minutes ago, Kalbear said:

Also finished the show last night. What a fantastic ending. The blackout hallway fight was cool as hell.

A bit confused on this part though - knowing what we do about Howard's wife and what she went through to get a vault slot, and knowing what we do about who dropped the bombs first - how would she ever let her daughter not be at her side the day of the drops? Why was she with Howard at that point?

She and Cooper were divorced by that point, and sharing custody of their daughter.

Please tell me this is a joke

They did a pretty good job replicating the game shot-for-shot

For me, Sarah's death in the TV show didnt hit as hard as in the game.

But apart from that, good episode!

A few sneak peak clips:
 

54 minutes ago, Ran said:

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners got there first.

I probably should've said "BAD VIDEO GAME TO LIVE ACTION ADAPTATION" instead.

THE "BAD VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION"  CURSE HAS FINALLY BEEN LIFTED FOLKS!!!

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-last-of-us/season-1

(and wtf, why was the video in my previous post made private)

Very recent interview with the directors and cast members giving their thoughts on the show

On 12/5/2022 at 11:11 PM, Rhom said:

The scene with Take On Me was the highlight of TLoU2 for me.

Really? I was bored out of mind during that scene.

Just one of the many moments in the 2nd game that bored me to death.

On 12/5/2022 at 11:34 PM, Tywin et al. said:

Bella Rasmey could not have been a more perfect casting choice.

You wouldn't think that with the number of people on Reddit and on Youtube comments sections complaining about how ugly she is and how they should've cast someone better looking.

3 hours ago, Zorral said:

That all viewers are not the same in what they want? 

There's nothing wrong with trying to cater to different types of audiences.

The issue is the demonstrable lack of respect that Netflix and its writers have shown for the source material which they're drawing from.

Why do you think Henry Cavill chose not to return as Geralt?

Compare this Blood Origin trailer against the new Last of Us trailer, and the difference in quality is basically night and day.

WTF is Netflix thinking?

5 minutes ago, sifth said:

I hate these games

Any reason why?

Posters for all characters have been released:

https://press-start.com.au/news/playstation/2022/12/01/these-new-the-last-of-us-hbo-posters-show-off-the-cast-as-their-respective-characters/

Also, the show is officially premiering on January 16, 2023.

This sounds like fanfiction

21 minutes ago, Werthead said:

Depends on how you count Arcane, which is a very high bar for this show to aspire to, but it is the Chernobyl team and HBO, so they certainly have a lot of great potential.

Meh, Arcane was good, but overrated IMO.

Also, animation tends be looked down on compared to live action.

11 hours ago, Whiskeyjack said:

The Last of Us 2 was amazing.

I continue to be confused by the complaints some people had about it.  Though I guess that's not entirely true, since for the most part they're driven by a pretty obvious agenda.

And what agenda are you referring to specifically?

My complaints about the second game stem entirely from the pacing and story, which I found to be far inferior to the first game.

I honestly couldn't care less about she-hulk Abby or lesbian Ellie.

2 minutes ago, Heartofice said:

I honestly cannot tell if this show is going to be good or not from that. I’m so immune to these post apocalyptic shows and movies that nothing there even caught my eye especially. My hope is that it’s so well written it is amazing and we all love it, but yeah that trailer means nothing to me.

Same, on the one hand, this looks to be shaping up to quite possibly be the very first video game adaptation in history that is actually good.

On the other hand, I don't like Neil Druckmann and what he did to TLoU2.

Just FYI for anyone not aware, both Troy Baker and the girl who played Ellie in the game (forgot her name) will both appear in the TV series, but they will be playing diffferent characters. Rumor is that Troy will play David and the girl will play Ellie's mom.

Also, the dude who played Tommy in the game will also appear, but he'll be playing one of the residents of the Quarantine Zone.

The only actor who will be directly reprising their role from the video game is Merle Dandridge, who played Marlene in the game and will also be playing Marlene again in the TV series.