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HBO Original | The Last of Us | Part 1 OT | Endure & Survive
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Fools idol
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one of the critics on twitter said the episodes build up the story of Frank and Bill's relationship and how Frank eventually lead to hanging himself (you find him in the game IIRC with only a few scattered bits of information leading up to it via notes in the map
Valedix
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LMAO
elcapitano
Member
Neil being coy on a potential Part 3. Not making any promises but not shooting down the idea either. Personally I hope it's in development as that will allow the show to end in tandem with the final game.
If it's not in development but comes ten years down the line the show would be over and you might have a hard time bringing it back for a final season or two to catch it up to the ending of the game series.
Also despite being someone who absolutely loves Part 2 I don't believe it's the best ending point to Ellie's story. And for that reason Part 3 is a must!
If it's not in development but comes ten years down the line the show would be over and you might have a hard time bringing it back for a final season or two to catch it up to the ending of the game series.
Also despite being someone who absolutely loves Part 2 I don't believe it's the best ending point to Ellie's story. And for that reason Part 3 is a must!
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Mibu no ookami
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TLOUP2 could have been two games.
If Naughty Dog builds out TLOUP3 and P4 with a similar length as P1 they could certainly have them both out in the next few years
crackajack
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An actress not looking old enough is a rather peculiar problem. I'd agree that she has very girly looks and probably won't look "normal" grown up feminine ever. Perfect for her career probably but yeah, playing anyone older with her natural looks will be a tough sell to the audience.
But makeup can do a shit ton.
Colin Farrell in Batman is unrecognisable. Would anyone realise it's him without knowing before? Maybe from very subtle mannerisms, I don't know, but just from looking on some photos or the entirety of his scenes?
And tons of youtube make up transformation videos show what is possible, done by average people, without pros handling camera and lighting or some post processing. From ugly/average to fake as f but god damn, or to actually looking like some celebrity. Probably looking very weird up close and personal, but make up plus other helpers can do all sorts of believable fakery.
Edit: eg swapping the female lead in House of the Dragon was imho entirely unnecessary. Would have much rather seen the initial actress in some old make up or something. Anytime anyone get's replaced is weird. Dario in GoT eg. Works mostly when actual kid turns proper grown up (Matt Damon old dude in Saving Ryan), but if it is supposed to be 5 or 10 years finding that perfect similar actor is nigh impossible. So you anyway would need to make make up adjustments, which the new actor certainly doesn't want- playing then a sort of a grorified body double.
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AeonGaidenRaiden
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IbizaPocholo
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3liteDragon
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‘The Last of Us’ Renewed for Season 2 by HBO as Premiere Hits 22M Viewers - THR
www.hollywoodreporter.com
‘The Last of Us’ Renewed for Season 2 by HBO as Premiere Hits 22M Viewers
Viewership for the acclaimed apocalyptic series continues to climb.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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elcapitano
Member
Hopefully it's internally also renewed for Season 3 because Neil and Craig said they need two seasons for the second game
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
That moment when you realize Tess and Joel were in a relationship.
I've seen fan theories on this for literally a decade
I forgot most of what happened in Part 1, might get it but doubt it.
Speaking of the series so far it's pretty solid, nothing much going within 2 episodes but it's just establishing what's ahead. The Walking Dead should be worried as they dragged the fuck out of their series.
Tiago Rodrigues
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The forgotten IP failing in both videogames and now the TV show as well. Gaf will love this for sure, lmao.
Mibu no ookami
Member
That moment when you realize Tess and Joel were in a relationship.
I've seen fan theories on this for literally a decade
Fan theories? The game was pretty explicit about this... what theories were needed lol?
kyliethicc
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‘The Last of Us’ Renewed for Season 2 by HBO as Premiere Hits 22M Viewers - THR
‘The Last of Us’ Renewed for Season 2 by HBO as Premiere Hits 22M Viewers
Viewership for the acclaimed apocalyptic series continues to climb.
kyliethicc
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Banjo64
cumsessed
Any reason why the clicker was so slow moving towards Tess and then leaning in for that wannabe kiss? Unless I'm missing something, that's not the clicker's nature. That stood out for me like a sore thumb but episode 2 was fantastic overall. I like the context of the gov. officials at the start, fits in to the game universe and is very believable.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Just fuck buddies bro, Joel never felt love again until Ellie.That moment when you realize Tess and Joel were in a relationship.
I've seen fan theories on this for literally a decade
Dorohedoro
Member
It wasn't a clicker. Looked more like a stalker.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Thanks for the heads up, I still don't remember them having a slower nature in the first game.
Ulysses 31
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Think someone linked an article/tweet saying that they're violent because of the resistance of their prey but if they don't you get what was show in the TV show.
Still a bit weird of a change to add IMO.
Maybe it was some veiled condemnation saying people who do things without consent are monsters or something.
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ecentre
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That was a runner, not a clicker nor a stalker!
Dorohedoro
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Well I was also thinking it could be a more advanced version of a runner, because runners don't typically have that much growth on their heads.
RyanEvans21
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Nope! that stalker. Runner is like a normal infected.
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kyliethicc
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"We wanted a chance to show a different result of being infected, which was not one of mere violence or horror, but rather a sick kind of community. We had set it up already that they're all connected. Ellie says they're connected and Tess says more than you know. And now at the end we had an opportunity to show how connected they were. They can sense that she's one of them."
"... I love the way we did that because its underscoring again the theme of love and the way love functions. Because the fungus loves too. It makes more of itself. Thats what we do when we love each other. A lot of us make more of ourselves. That's how the species is propagated. ... And there's this sense that ya know what [the infected] are may look disgusting and the way [the infected] reproduce may be horrifying and vioalting, but is is tender. When this man comes to her its not violent because she's not fighting. If she ran, if she fought back, they would take her apart, but she's just standing there and he very gently shares of himself and it is... its very Jungian, its very upsetting. Anything penetrative is disgusting and scary when you're dealing with monsters... I don't know there's something so creepy and gross and primal about it and yet also weirdly ... beautiful. So there's a lot of stuff going on in that shot and that's why we wanted to do it. Thats so much more interesting than like, FEDRA showed up and shot her."
- Craig Mazin
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Banjo64
cumsessed
Thanks for that, at least they gave it some thought and have rationalised it.
Have to say I disagree personally with the thought behind it, as it's much scarier when they are 28 days later-esque. Much scarier if they 'reproduce' in a forced/violent way IMO.
kyliethicc
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ecentre
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This article points to the same conclusion that it was a runner.
https://decider.com/2023/01/22/the-last-of-us-episode-2-ending-explained-tess-dies/
But after watching some pictures on stalkers, it is definitely a stalker!
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Weak episode, the 2nd one.
Okey-ish, but very bland and uninspired in terms of camera work and scene composition. They seem to be trying to check some boxes, just for the sake of it. Reminded me more of the game than the 1st, but everything looks too much like it's shot in a studio with some fake scenery overlayed.
Tess scene also ended up being cheesy and just not what they were going for (emotional ..maybe?)
Hopefuly it's just a case of the classic 2nd episode syndrome.
Okey-ish, but very bland and uninspired in terms of camera work and scene composition. They seem to be trying to check some boxes, just for the sake of it. Reminded me more of the game than the 1st, but everything looks too much like it's shot in a studio with some fake scenery overlayed.
Tess scene also ended up being cheesy and just not what they were going for (emotional ..maybe?)
Hopefuly it's just a case of the classic 2nd episode syndrome.
Venuspower
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I would argue that this particular infected was in the status of developing into stalker. So he was not a real/fully developed stalker yet. What could also be explicitly determined by the behavior. Stalkers hide and quickly flee again. Possibly this infected person also belongs to another kind of evolutionary stage.
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RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
This guys knows his shit, it was fucking great and unexpected and adds a whole new angle to the typical "zombie" monsters and really sets them apart, definitely a match made in heaven that one
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
Bloody hell M8 you musta watched a different episode to pretty much the rest of the world lol the 2nd part was pure brilliance, the scenes/settings are all top quality imo and waaaay beyond Marvel green screen shite, Christ I just zoned out of the last Thor movie because of how bad the green screen looked whereas this actually looked great
Slothbeing1209
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vodka-bull
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I agree, she doesn't look like Ellen Paige but damn, her performance as Ellie is outstanding!
Slothbeing1209
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M1987
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Meltdown incoming
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Really enjoyed EP1, but EP2... not nearly as much. My wife, who can't even make it through PG-rated scary movies, didn't find it scary at all. Tension just wasn't there during stalker section.
elcapitano
Member
The voice actress for Tess just died aged 45.....
What sad news. Suppose that means any chance of DLC or ever seeing the events of Joel Tommy and Tess is out the window for good.
What sad news. Suppose that means any chance of DLC or ever seeing the events of Joel Tommy and Tess is out the window for good.
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Ulysses 31
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Characters can be recast. The new Bayonetta did good enough IMO.
Pelta88
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I mean, when you break HBO's record for increase viewership between episodes 1-2 by 22%, I'd say the tension, which we're literally seeing in real time spread by word of mouth...
Is perfection.
I'd say that your wife and you are clearly outliers in terms of you're perception.
Vick
Member
Fuck no! She was awesome!
So much potential for the character and future for the series as well.. this news sucks all around.
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
Getting a rewatch of episode 2 in. Props to the production team that had to do all of the physical set design. They didn't cut corners or slack anywhere. Hopefully it keeps up, and isn't like other shows where they clearly had the budget front loaded for the first several episodes.
LaughingStock
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This worries me.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Personally I think that's the main standout aspect of the show so far.