HBO: The Last of Us

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[spike]

Yeah I’d say phenomenal episode with one exception

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the giant monster was kind of goofy. Also oddly sentient which I don’t remember being the case in the game, but my memory is fuzzy

Other than that I loved it

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Did they do the Rat King already?

[Ensign9]

Yeah I’d say phenomenal episode with one exception

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the giant monster was kind of goofy. Also oddly sentient which I don’t remember being the case in the game, but my memory is fuzzy

Other than that I loved it

If I flash back to the gymnasium sequence in the first game, I’d say it acted pretty similar.

[Ensign9]

That was great. The “unearthing” was incredibly well done.

I suspect I’m going to enjoy the series even more upon a rewatch when I won’t be as hyper focused on similarities and differences from the game. (I’m not sure I liked the slight difference in the final Sam scene, for example.)

#Ish

[psychobain]

I dont remember pt. 1, thats prob good

[Ello Sailor]

Some pretty intense feels in this ep.

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The deaf 8 year old kid had to get bitten? Come on, now.

But on a positive note, the annoying, lumpy resistance leader got smoked. Woohoo!

[Ensign9]

Let's ditch the spoiler tags.

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[Biff Pocoroba]

One of the better action sequences so far in the second half of the episode.
I am not familiar with the game so while I don’t know where the story is going I do know enough not to get feel any character other than Joel or Ellie are safe.
The fungus really gives the makeup artists a chance get grotesque; tumorous growths are more eww to me than traditional blood and guts.

[spike]

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Was the scene between Ellie and Sam, where he reveals he was bitten, verbatim from the game? Because it went on for forever and was weird with the pacing.

[wease]

Just starting the first episode.

[Ensign9]

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Was the scene between Ellie and Sam, where he reveals he was bitten, verbatim from the game? Because it went on for forever and was weird with the pacing.

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Almost. Sam doesn’t reveal he was bitten the night before. Ellie finds him standing in a room with his back to her in the morning. The rest is pretty much the same.

He’s also a little older and not deaf in the game.



I’m not sure I like the change (him revealing it to Ellie) but I do think this could have some added emotional payoff in how Ellie reacts to what happens since her blood didn’t help him.

[Simple Torture]

I was pretty hard on this show at the beginning, and I was going to bow out of this thread after Episode 4 because I didn’t like it very much and didn’t want to bring the room down, but this episode dragged me back in, much like Episode 3 did. Like I said then, the show did this weird thing where focusing on other characters made me care about Joel and Ellie more. I think they work best almost as audience surrogates, but I don’t think that’s what the show wants us to read them as. Henry, for as briefly as we knew him, was a much more complex character than Joel, so the pairing makes Joel look shallow by comparison. Am I being too hard on the show again? I dunno. I liked this episode, and I want more of Joel and Ellie riding around and finding other people with more interesting stories, but I think in the end I will probably be disappointed.

[Ensign9]

That’s likely a product of you playing as Joel for the bulk of the game. Most games want YOU to be the main character and don’t necessarily spend a as much time fleshing your backstory put.

That said, I think there’s opportunity to show some of Joel’s history with the flashback approach they’ve been using all season long.

[Rangi Guy]

I just started watching Episode 1 during my lunch break - will hopefully finish it off tonight. Is this The Happening?

[Ello Sailor]

Nah, it's The Walking Dead except less shitty.

[spike]

Nah, it's The Walking Dead except less shitty.

jury's out on this

[Ello Sailor]

OK

[Bi_3]

Loved episode 5. Both Henry and Sam were great. They’ve just crushed the casting so far… Henry’s hesitation at the end hit hard.

[wease]

Just finished catching up. Goddamn. They really know how to make us care about these characters don’t they?