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[Davevil]

why do you want a 14 year old to be attractive, pretty weird of you

 

[TidusYuna]

They had me @ bigger budget than Game of Thrones.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Wait until the games get a huge boost in sales…oh boy

Tv adaptations will be the new bundles

The last of us 2 reaching 20m thread will be legendary after how many people keep saying it underperformed.

 

[The Tourmaline Gorilla]

The success of this show will annoy many.

It's annoying me, already. And not because of how successful it is (I'll be watching it soon), but because of how much MS dropped the ball on Halo The Series, which doesn't seem to be anywhere near as good. I saw Halo, and it was decent, but it had many, many flaws.

Good stuff Sony.

 

[remember_spinal]

why do you want a 14 year old to be attractive, pretty weird of you

There really is something weird going on with some of these last of us ‘fans’ and Ellie. Not just in the show either

There were people saying she looked “too old” or less cute or somethign to that degree when the Remake released lat fall too

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

now everyone is excited? but i thought Bella couldn't be Ellie and there are no spores so it's not true to the game!! /s some people changing their tune now.

Name and shame

 

[Mephisto40]

You must be in this mindset that tv shows like this have to come out every year.

Even if LOUP3 came out in 2027, that would probably be fine for a show like this. With Season 1 coming out in 2023 and season 2 most likely coming out in 2025.

With the reviews this season is getting, HBO are going to be pulling out all the stops to get another season out as soon as possible to ride on the hype train and keep people subscribed to their service

 

[Deerock71]

Can't wait to see the reactions when Pedro Pascal gets his brains smashed with a golf club in a couple of seasons

He was the best part of GoT, and he lasted a season.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Imagine this being every major release from one IP across 2 different entertainment media forms:

Games:
2013:

2020:

TV Show:

Like...seriously.

 

[Ansphn]

was there any doubt? Neil/Naughty Dog don't miss. Next is Factions 2.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Madflavor]

I'll be watching this with my wife, she's completely unfamiliar with the game. Looking forward to it, the reviews seem very promising. I'm a huge fan of Chernobyl. I think it's safe to say Craig Mazin is going places after this.

 

[Punished Miku]

The success of this show will annoy many.

I hated the first game, but would be happy if I liked the show. If we get an HBO level Walking Dead, I'm in. Guess we'll see.

 

[Represent.]

The only thing that bugs me out about this being an HBO show is... I subscribed to HBO yesterday for this show (Crave in Canada) and the quality of the streaming is ABSOLUTE TRASH. Like I was watchign Euphoria and that shit looks like a Pirated bootleg DVD. What the fuck.

 

[Madflavor]

The success of this show will annoy many.

I think people on here are vastly overestimating the amount of people who will be salty about this show's success. Most people who didn't like TLOU2 are likely happy to see the glowing praise the show is getting.

Matter of fact I didn't like TLOU2, but if I love Season 1, I'll look forward to Season 2. The idea of a TLOU2 Part 2 that could potentially be told with better pacing and writing? Hell yeah sign me up.

 

[TGO]

Gotta love how with this IP it’s like “I don’t trust reviews” lmao

With any IP reviewed by Hollywood critics it's "I don't Trust Reviews"
The IP has nothing to do with it when it comes to Hollywood.
Whether you like the IP or not.
That's something we all should agree on.

 

[Fbh]

I still don't get why people doubted this was going to be good. I'm in the Druckman hater club but this was still obviously going to be good.
HBO is usually quality, it has talented people attached to it and it's a very straightforward to adapt franchise (grounded zombie apocalypse with a plot that's primarily about interpersonal drama).
It's not like they were attempting to make Kratos Vs Cronos on a TV budget while attempting to give both characters emotional depth.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

As if that will be the end of your commentary on this show.

You clearly have an agenda here sir... and it's sad...

Not sure how you ascertained all that from one comment. You clearly want to argue with those who have an agenda though. If that’s what makes you happy, all the power to you.

No agenda here and I’m not sure what kind of agenda there is with this show. Glad it’s a good show and hope everyone who watches it enjoys it. Not for me as I’ve already played it out (is that an agenda to you?).

 

[RJMacready73]

absolute fucking LOL @ all the haters

 

[Synless]

Interesting, I might check it out after all.

 

[LordCBH]

I’m very excited for this one.

 

[lughnasadh123]

I mean most people have already seen his brains squashed once before (Game of Thrones).

Heeey… typecasting much?

Can we get a gif of Abby squeezing his head in?

 

[ToTTenTranz]

The most amazing thing is you think your mentality is any different to Resetera mobs

I don't advocate for banning people who don't get the joke and make poor quality posts like yours, so at least in that regard there's a big difference.

 

[RickSanchez]

The success of this show will annoy many.

The only thing that will annoy me if this turns out good, is why Sony did such a shit job with the Uncharted movie. It should have gotten the same masterful treatment that this (Last of Us HBO) seems to have gotten.

 

[mckmas8808]

Freaking Jim Ryan does it again....

 

[RickSanchez]

Anna Torv is..........breathtaking.......

 

[RickSanchez]

Watching it with my mother. She's naturally never played the game. Looking forward to see how she reacts to the story.

Yep, gonna watch this with my wife and parents and if they like it, i'll be like "BOOM, see! Video games can tell great stories too!!!!"

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

I remember reading a comment that said something like "They could've taken the cutscenes from the game and put them together and people would still complain about it".

Good thing this is getting nice reviews, but this kinda make me worried about the GoW show, lol. Will they also make something as good as this? let's hope so.

And it seems some people has already decided they don't like the show (even before we got any trailers I'm sure), I just hope they watch the series to give it a shot and not just to find something to complain about.

 

[vivftp]

I would say that Uncharted was their first project.

TLOU is the first project released that began its life under PlayStation Productions. Uncharted was in the works for many years before PlayStation Productions was created. They got credited for it still, but it was not a 100% original PS Productions project.

 

[DonJorginho]

So glad that this show kicks ass and ESPECIALLY happy that Bella Ramsey is getting heap loads of praise for her performance as Ellie.

Fuck those of you who picked on her casting and mocked her simply because she didn't look like what you wanted, which first of all is fucking weird as why do you want a 14 YEAR OLD to be attractive for you? Might as well just point to where your name is on your local offender's register.

I had some small doubts about her performance going off a few clips of her delivery in the trailers but I was fond of her work in GoT so was never too fearful of her not turning it around.

 

[Croatoan]

I don't think anyone has doubted that the first game wasn't excellent. The thing people hate is the second game and its stupid ass story telling. Here is to hoping HBO isn't fucking stupid and signs Pascal to a multi-season deal.

 

[balls of snow]

Will watch when all 9 ep drop. The games remain the best thing Sony as a corporation ever put out in its history.

 

[mckmas8808]

Looks like all those people who feel insecure and personally threatened by Druckmann despite never playing a Naughty Dog game are going to go into hiding for a bit.

The hate for Neil Druckmann is something that amazing to see. It's so sad and pathetic. But it's all part of the stupid cultural wars that many western countries are fighting now.

 

[mckmas8808]

What? Craig fucking Mazin is the reason why this show will be amazing. He wrote like 90% of it.

Give credit were its due, gents.

Every heard of source material?

 

[kiphalfton]

I don't trust reviews anymore after seeing review scores for stuff like Thor Love and Thunder (one of the worst movies last year, that received praise).

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

I don't trust reviews anymore after seeing review scores for stuff like Thor Love and Thunder (one of the worst movies last year, that received praise).

I wouldn't call a 63% in Rotten Tomatoes "praise" lol

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Meanwhile in Halo, season 2...Master Chief cucks Cortana again....this time with a human-sympathetic Jackal.

 

[RickSanchez]

Meanwhile in Halo, season 2...Master Chief cucks Cortana again....this time with a human-sympathetic Jackal.

i'd watch that

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Can't wait to see the reactions when Pedro Pascal gets his brains smashed with a golf club in a couple of seasons

He seems to be drawn to characters that get their brains smashed in.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Can't wait to start watching it and see how good it really is, but the reviews sound highly positive.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

If they make another series, it will be based on the time inbetween the first game and the second game,

Spoiler: Spoiler for TLOU2

they are not going to kill Joel off at the start of season 2

And they are also not going to make a third season that carry's on the story from the second game, Naughty Dog will want to write the story of the next game themselves, not be bound to what a TV show decided happens

I could see this happening, but do you have a source?

 

[mckmas8808]

Naughty Dog caught a bad hand with the leaks of TLOUP2 and the game definitely underperformed, but they've given the franchise a second lease on life and POSSIBLY a chance at hitting a larger demographic altogether and as a result of remaking the game they can market and advertise the franchise as a somewhat modern game to a new host of fans.

The trailer crossed 16 million and my guess is will get a boost over the next week or two as people start sharing it around again. Definitely has potential to be HBOs 2nd most popular show to Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon.

The funny thing about it is that people are genuinely going to be angry about this due to their agendas.

I'd say selling 10 million units in the first 2 years is pretty good. People have forgotten that the first game was helped by being remade on the PS4 soon after release.

They're angry because they see it as replacement theory, not just because a main character was killed off.

I'm scared to ask what is "replacement theory"......but what does that mean?

I hate almost everything story-wise about TLoU2 but I'm going to watch this show. My problem with the franchise is the second game being ruinjohnsoned, the first game is great. And that includes the LGBT-focused story of the DLC.

There's no reason to hate a first season that matches the story of the first game. If they start the second season by gratuitously killing Joel through an uncharacteristic carelessness at the hands of a gender-reversed Popeye and then they have a bunch of episodes focusing on the drama of a trans person being "dead-named" in a post-apocalyptic world where people should worry about food and deadly diseases, only then will I hate it (i.e. stop watching and whine about it on forums).

How could the 2nd game be RuinJohnsoned went the same person wrote it? The 2nd game's story was meant to be what it was.

The most amazing thing is you think your mentality is any different to Resetera mobs

100% agree. Many on GAF have the same mentality as Resetera. It's just the opposite political direction.

 

[Secret of Evolution]

I hate almost everything story-wise about TLoU2 but I'm going to watch this show. My problem with the franchise is the second game being ruinjohnsoned, the first game is great. And that includes the LGBT-focused story of the DLC.

There's no reason to hate a first season that matches the story of the first game. If they start the second season by gratuitously killing Joel through an uncharacteristic carelessness at the hands of a gender-reversed Popeye and then they have a bunch of episodes focusing on the drama of a trans person being "dead-named" in a post-apocalyptic world where people should worry about food and deadly diseases, only then will I hate it (i.e. stop watching and whine about it on forums).



Here at GAF, when we hate we must hate with purpose. We're not animals who hate through a wide brush. We're not resetarded.

Not hating through a wide brush while summing up TLoU2 via trans and muscular woman grievances, when the actual amount of plot lines in the game that explicitly talk about those topics are like... what... 5% of the script maybe? Probably less?

 

[Braag]

When I heard they got the same creator as Chernobyl to work on this, I knew the chances of it failing would be small. Also having Neil Druckmann to oversee the whole thing was smart, TV often likes to heavily deviate from source material and ruin the whole thing (The Witcher) so having someone like Neil there to keep them on track is good. The cast is packed with really great and proven talent too. Overall, I'm not surprised by the positive reception and look forward to watching it myself.

 

[ANDS]

With the reviews this season is getting, HBO are going to be pulling out all the stops to get another season out as soon as possible to ride on the hype train and keep people subscribed to their service

I doubt it. I wouldn't be surprised if this was "two and done" (no idea if Season 1 is the first game and Season 2 will be the second game or even how the second game ends); HBO has done this before with shows, so unless there's a good reason to keep the show going I doubt they will. Look at WATCHMEN - the game picked up massive steam on its way to its finale, and they could have done another season given how the season ended, but they went "one and done" with that.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Queue the angry incels who will probably review bomb the show.

Lots of people are going to be angry about this for a litany of reasons.

Chalk this up as a major win for SIE, Naughty Dog, and PlayStation Productions.

So many people asked why they remade TLOUP1 and we're about to find out over the next 3 to 6 months whether this was a good idea or not.

Naughty Dog caught a bad hand with the leaks of TLOUP2 and the game definitely underperformed, but they've given the franchise a second lease on life and POSSIBLY a chance at hitting a larger demographic altogether and as a result of remaking the game they can market and advertise the franchise as a somewhat modern game to a new host of fans.

The trailer crossed 16 million and my guess is will get a boost over the next week or two as people start sharing it around again. Definitely has potential to be HBOs 2nd most popular show to Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon.

The funny thing about it is that people are genuinely going to be angry about this due to their agendas.

Speaking on trailer views...they aren't that different from most House of the Dragon's views...and this oen doesn't have the hype from another successful TV show as well.

I have a feeling this could be HBO's new hit if they play their cards right.

 

[skit_data]

I doubt it. I wouldn't be surprised if this was "two and done" (no idea if Season 1 is the first game and Season 2 will be the second game or even how the second game ends); HBO has done this before with shows, so unless there's a good reason to keep the show going I doubt they will. Look at WATCHMEN - the game picked up massive steam on its way to its finale, and they could have done another season given how the season ended, but they went "one and done" with that.

I kinda wished they would cancel Westworld after the first season. It was absolutely perfect.

 

[Romulus]

No doubt it will increase the popularity of the brand too.

 

[skit_data]

One of the best things about this is that it’s a good indication for Sony who to collaborate with when it comes to adapting their IPs. HBO is by far my favourite of all the big streaming services so I’d be happy to see them collab in the future. I get the sense that they had a hunch also since they chose to go to HBO with their arguably biggest IP.

I guess we’ll ser how the Netflix Horizon series will be recieved but I think this will be a hard bar to reach.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Didn't expect anything less than excellence...the game is already "cinematic" so it's easier to translate to screen given the proper treatment...I cant wait.