VinylGuy wrote:i guess ill watch the first ep at least. But i havent played the game and im so fucking tired of this narrative, not sure if its for me right now.
Fair. For me, it was TWD that killed zombie stories when
never watched another episode after that. Only Train to Busan has felt interesting since then (and Anna and The Apocalypse, but obviously that's a different genre).
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**I have not played the game so no spoilers please**
What I'm hoping for is Station Eleven with zombies.
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
I do have mild concerns about production values and directing but this was still a solid start. (A nitpick: the “big event” that closes out the prologue needed another beat or two before the time card came up. Let the audience sit with what happened and then wallop them with the time jump.)
I do have mild concerns about production values and directing but this was still a solid start. (A nitpick: the “big event” that closes out the prologue needed another beat or two before the time card came up. Let the audience sit with what happened and then wallop them with the time jump.)
Agree. There were a couple spots where we jumped in mid-action, but it wasnt jarring just a second or two to reorient. Overall fantastic start with Pedro crushing it.
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I think I'm the only one on the internet who wasn't feeling it. I'll give the next few episodes a chance though. Pascal was great but Ramsey as Ellie is just not doing it for me...not yet anyway...
tree_ wrote:I would recommend to them to just play the games.
Have you ever watched a person unfamiliar with dual analog sticks navigate a 3D space? Horrifying.
Lol. I’m familiar with them and it’s still horrifying.
I don’t know the story, never played the game, but episode one was very entertaining. I loved it, tho I am a sucker for anything dystopia and zombies/monsters of any kind.
Revelator wrote:I think I'm the only one on the internet who wasn't feeling it. I'll give the next few episodes a chance though. Pascal was great but Ramsey as Ellie is just not doing it for me...not yet anyway...
A few of the reviews I read mentioned the series gets better as it goes along. Hope it sticks with you.
Revelator wrote:I think I'm the only one on the internet who wasn't feeling it. I'll give the next few episodes a chance though. Pascal was great but Ramsey as Ellie is just not doing it for me...not yet anyway...
A few of the reviews I read mentioned the series gets better as it goes along. Hope it sticks with you.
Yeah, don't want to over-hype it so that it cannot live up to expectations, but this is the first series in a while that has gone up on Rotten Tomatoes after the premiere.
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
Kind of took me out of that scene for a bit! I thought that exposition worked pretty well. Wonder how that scientist's research will come back into play down the line.
tree_ wrote:I would recommend to them to just play the games.
Have you ever watched a person unfamiliar with dual analog sticks navigate a 3D space? Horrifying.
spot on. This is my older brother to a tee. Trying to make him a convert on TLOU since he's got a brand new PS5 but he's pretty much only into racing games...from the PS2 era. Starting to question his purchase decision
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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spot on. This is my older brother to a tee. Trying to make him a convert on TLOU since he's got a brand new PS5 but he's pretty much only into racing games...from the PS2 era. Starting to question his purchase decision