The Last of Us show
17-Jan-23 4:07am
#41 Sun
Feeb wrote:
I?ve rewatched it. I think it?s hard to watch this knowing the story and see the pace that it unfolds. It feels like forever before it gets to Boston- and knowing how quickly that into part of the story ends - it feels like a large waste of almost 1/2 the episode. It?s great TV but man how will they tell this story without like 5 seasons?
As someone who played Remastered years ago on PS4 and recently played the PS5 Remake, the story itself isn't long or complicated. It was a 17 hour game give or take and a lot of that is gameplay. Considering the 9-episode first season is planning to cover the whole first game and the DLC and they have added content for the show, they will be just fine. When playing the Remake recently, I was surprised how quickly the game ended when going into Winter and then Spring.
#41 Sun
Feeb wrote:
I?ve rewatched it. I think it?s hard to watch this knowing the story and see the pace that it unfolds. It feels like forever before it gets to Boston- and knowing how quickly that into part of the story ends - it feels like a large waste of almost 1/2 the episode. It?s great TV but man how will they tell this story without like 5 seasons?
As someone who played Remastered years ago on PS4 and recently played the PS5 Remake, the story itself isn't long or complicated. It was a 17 hour game give or take and a lot of that is gameplay. Considering the 9-episode first season is planning to cover the whole first game and the DLC and they have added content for the show, they will be just fine. When playing the Remake recently, I was surprised how quickly the game ended when going into Winter and then Spring.
17-Jan-23 8:13am
#42 Dasgessabel
Feeb wrote:
I?ve rewatched it. I think it?s hard to watch this knowing the story and see the pace that it unfolds. It feels like forever before it gets to Boston- and knowing how quickly that into part of the story ends - it feels like a large waste of almost 1/2 the episode. It?s great TV but man how will they tell this story without like 5 seasons?
If it takes them 5 seasons to tell the story of part 1, they would definitely lose me - talk about padding and not moving the plot forward. That would one up some Game of Thrones seasons in terms of nothing happening. Considering the game is made of large chunks of gameplay which is time they can instead use to further focus on character/story development, I think using 1 season to tell the story will be perfect. Pacing is everything and they could mess it up, but first episode has me confident so far
#42 Dasgessabel
Feeb wrote:
I?ve rewatched it. I think it?s hard to watch this knowing the story and see the pace that it unfolds. It feels like forever before it gets to Boston- and knowing how quickly that into part of the story ends - it feels like a large waste of almost 1/2 the episode. It?s great TV but man how will they tell this story without like 5 seasons?
If it takes them 5 seasons to tell the story of part 1, they would definitely lose me - talk about padding and not moving the plot forward. That would one up some Game of Thrones seasons in terms of nothing happening. Considering the game is made of large chunks of gameplay which is time they can instead use to further focus on character/story development, I think using 1 season to tell the story will be perfect. Pacing is everything and they could mess it up, but first episode has me confident so far
17-Jan-23 9:38am
#43 Feeb
They practically more than doubled the length of the prologue. I think the reason the show is not hitting with me yet is because there is not a dearth of action long periods in the game. The amount of great story in that 15-20 hour experience is a part of its brilliance. Hopefully the show picks up and I enjoy it but seeing more stuff about the upcoming episodes it looks like it may get a GoT type multiple character / stories ongoing that interconnect type treatment. This will require lots of backstory and new / supplemental material. annnd- it?s HBO. They have a penchant for creating brilliant TV when given source material but inevitably destroying the best stuff by padding it out too much. True Blood, GoT etc- some of their best shows were cancelled and never got watered down. Like Deadwood, Rome, Carnivale etc.
Here?s hoping they don?t HBO this.
#43 Feeb
They practically more than doubled the length of the prologue. I think the reason the show is not hitting with me yet is because there is not a dearth of action long periods in the game. The amount of great story in that 15-20 hour experience is a part of its brilliance. Hopefully the show picks up and I enjoy it but seeing more stuff about the upcoming episodes it looks like it may get a GoT type multiple character / stories ongoing that interconnect type treatment. This will require lots of backstory and new / supplemental material. annnd- it?s HBO. They have a penchant for creating brilliant TV when given source material but inevitably destroying the best stuff by padding it out too much. True Blood, GoT etc- some of their best shows were cancelled and never got watered down. Like Deadwood, Rome, Carnivale etc.
Here?s hoping they don?t HBO this.
17-Jan-23 1:24pm
#44 Sun
Here are all the cutscenes (5 hours):
https://www.youtube....
The first hour of cutscenes mirrored what happened in the first episode (of 9 total this first season), leaving 4 hours for the rest of 8 episodes. Some key gameplay portions will get trimmed down into a few action sequences for the show. The rest of the gameplay is filler and won't need to be reflected in the show.
Major story points would be Bill & Frank, Sam & Henry, David, Salt Lake City, and Riley from the Left Behind DLC. Each of those can be covered in a single episode, maybe 1 and a half for some characters.
#44 Sun
Here are all the cutscenes (5 hours):
https://www.youtube....
The first hour of cutscenes mirrored what happened in the first episode (of 9 total this first season), leaving 4 hours for the rest of 8 episodes. Some key gameplay portions will get trimmed down into a few action sequences for the show. The rest of the gameplay is filler and won't need to be reflected in the show.
Major story points would be Bill & Frank, Sam & Henry, David, Salt Lake City, and Riley from the Left Behind DLC. Each of those can be covered in a single episode, maybe 1 and a half for some characters.
17-Jan-23 1:26pm
#45 Sun
Maybe it was just me, but Gabriel Luna as Tommy sounded just like the Tommy voice actor. And casting Marlene's voice actor to actually play Marlene in the show was awesome.
#45 Sun
Maybe it was just me, but Gabriel Luna as Tommy sounded just like the Tommy voice actor. And casting Marlene's voice actor to actually play Marlene in the show was awesome.
17-Jan-23 3:51pm
#46 Feeb
There will likely be a ?before the outbreak? episode or at least an after the bombing type episode.
He did sound exactly like Tommy. I was confused as to the casting Tommy VA as another toon and using that dude as the character- he?s pretty great.
Another insight- the prologue took more time partly because the ability of the game to tell the story by exploring the items in the house etc had to be more visual and less intuitive. That?s one of the perks of a video game. Tons of the story- and especially back story- is told through item descriptions/ files / photos, in game dialogue etc. that will all likely be realized through television by longer runtimes.
#46 Feeb
There will likely be a ?before the outbreak? episode or at least an after the bombing type episode.
He did sound exactly like Tommy. I was confused as to the casting Tommy VA as another toon and using that dude as the character- he?s pretty great.
Another insight- the prologue took more time partly because the ability of the game to tell the story by exploring the items in the house etc had to be more visual and less intuitive. That?s one of the perks of a video game. Tons of the story- and especially back story- is told through item descriptions/ files / photos, in game dialogue etc. that will all likely be realized through television by longer runtimes.
17-Jan-23 5:43pm
#47 Feeb
Some cool discussion of the source of the outbreak. Especially with the foods mentioned in the prologue. My theory is sugar, soy or flour (which would be because it has sugar in it.)
This is not a huge spoiler and won?t ruin anything for you as it?s speculative- just respect.
#47 Feeb
Some cool discussion of the source of the outbreak. Especially with the foods mentioned in the prologue. My theory is sugar, soy or flour (which would be because it has sugar in it.)
This is not a huge spoiler and won?t ruin anything for you as it?s speculative- just respect.
18-Jan-23 7:00am
#48 Kommie
It's a bit too similar to the game. But with most game adaptations, they usually stray so far from the source it just sucks as a result.
#48 Kommie
It's a bit too similar to the game. But with most game adaptations, they usually stray so far from the source it just sucks as a result.
18-Jan-23 7:00am
#49 Broccoli
I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl as Ellie
#49 Broccoli
I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl as Ellie
18-Jan-23 7:06am
#50 Kommie
Broccoli wrote:
I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl as Ellie
You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh?
#50 Kommie
Broccoli wrote:
I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl as Ellie
You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh?
18-Jan-23 7:11am
#51 shadyfozzie
I enjoyed the pilot... Since I played the games I already knew about the beginning, but I thought it was pretty good and sets up the show nicely.
Does anyone else picture Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian during certain scenes and laugh a bit? I'm just waiting for him to say "This is the way" in a scene...
#51 shadyfozzie
I enjoyed the pilot... Since I played the games I already knew about the beginning, but I thought it was pretty good and sets up the show nicely.
Does anyone else picture Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian during certain scenes and laugh a bit? I'm just waiting for him to say "This is the way" in a scene...
18-Jan-23 7:22am
#52 Feeb
Kommie wrote:
Broccoli wrote:> I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl> as Ellie You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh?
Bella Ramsey is 19. I agree it?s a bad choice. She looks like a sadist during the scene when Joel beats that dude. Too creepy.
#52 Feeb
Kommie wrote:
Broccoli wrote:> I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl> as Ellie You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh?
Bella Ramsey is 19. I agree it?s a bad choice. She looks like a sadist during the scene when Joel beats that dude. Too creepy.
18-Jan-23 4:51pm
#53 Broccoli
Kommie wrote:
Broccoli wrote:> I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl> as Ellie You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh?
Huh? no. I wasn’t thinking about age (or that) at all.
I just think she has almost no likeness (IMO) to Ellie. Even the pics I’ve seen of her from the show, the looks on her face and stuff, doesn’t really make me think she was a good choice.
I’ve watched GoT, she did a fine job in that for the smaller role she had. She has some chops for sure.I don’t dislike the actress.
Now I could watch it and maybe she does a great job and does mannerisms and nuance that youd never be able to tell from still photos of her. I could be blown away by how great she does even if she initially seems like a poor casting choice (a la lots of ppl with Tom Cruise as Lestat in Interview With a Vampire), but she just doesn’t seem to look like a good representation of Ellie I guess, to me. I’m open to being wrong. I’ll give it a shot for sure.
#53 Broccoli
Kommie wrote:
Broccoli wrote:> I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that girl> as Ellie You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh?
Huh? no. I wasn’t thinking about age (or that) at all.
I just think she has almost no likeness (IMO) to Ellie. Even the pics I’ve seen of her from the show, the looks on her face and stuff, doesn’t really make me think she was a good choice.
I’ve watched GoT, she did a fine job in that for the smaller role she had. She has some chops for sure.I don’t dislike the actress.
Now I could watch it and maybe she does a great job and does mannerisms and nuance that youd never be able to tell from still photos of her. I could be blown away by how great she does even if she initially seems like a poor casting choice (a la lots of ppl with Tom Cruise as Lestat in Interview With a Vampire), but she just doesn’t seem to look like a good representation of Ellie I guess, to me. I’m open to being wrong. I’ll give it a shot for sure.
18-Jan-23 5:41pm
#54 MrBean
Feeb wrote:
Kommie wrote:> Broccoli wrote: |>> I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that> girl |>> as Ellie> > You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh? Bella Ramsey is 19. I agree it?s a bad choice. She looks like a sadist during the scene when Joel beats that dude. Too creepy.
They explain that scene in the post credits as part of the behind the scenes (which was pretty good) to show the difference between Sarah and Ellie.
#54 MrBean
Feeb wrote:
Kommie wrote:> Broccoli wrote: |>> I haven?t watched it, but just looking at the pics I hate the casting of that> girl |>> as Ellie> > You wanted to creep over a 19 year old actress playing a teenager, huh? Bella Ramsey is 19. I agree it?s a bad choice. She looks like a sadist during the scene when Joel beats that dude. Too creepy.
They explain that scene in the post credits as part of the behind the scenes (which was pretty good) to show the difference between Sarah and Ellie.
18-Jan-23 6:09pm
#55 Feeb
Yeah I saw that. Like she loves seeing him batter someone for her. Yikes.
Im afraid they’re going to have her manipulate his protective nature more than we’re accustomed to. Seems to be a big thematic goal after seeing the after credits.
#55 Feeb
Yeah I saw that. Like she loves seeing him batter someone for her. Yikes.
Im afraid they’re going to have her manipulate his protective nature more than we’re accustomed to. Seems to be a big thematic goal after seeing the after credits.
19-Jan-23 7:41am
#56 t0pdawg7
Feeb wrote:
Yeah I saw that. Like she loves seeing him batter someone for her. Yikes. Im afraid they’re going to have her manipulate his protective nature more than we’re accustomed to. Seems to be a big thematic goal after seeing the after credits.
We get it, you don’t like the show. Yikes
#56 t0pdawg7
Feeb wrote:
Yeah I saw that. Like she loves seeing him batter someone for her. Yikes. Im afraid they’re going to have her manipulate his protective nature more than we’re accustomed to. Seems to be a big thematic goal after seeing the after credits.
We get it, you don’t like the show. Yikes
20-Jan-23 7:47pm
#57 Feeb
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
#57 Feeb
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
20-Jan-23 11:28pm
#58 EclipseLion
Yo, that kid playing Ellie is cosplayin’
Rest of the cast felt like the game
#58 EclipseLion
Yo, that kid playing Ellie is cosplayin’
Rest of the cast felt like the game
22-Jan-23 12:58pm
#59 kevolones
Love it so far. That scene was perfectly done and acted IMO.
People are going to hate the 2nd season...
#59 kevolones
Love it so far. That scene was perfectly done and acted IMO.
People are going to hate the 2nd season...
22-Jan-23 8:29pm
#60 sinnie
Watched the first episode last night. I think they did a wonderful job. I don't think Bella is the perfect Ellie but she is acting the part well. It really did capture the feel of the first game.
Honestly after digesting the second game for a bit, I do quite love it too. So the 2nd season should be great.
#60 sinnie
Watched the first episode last night. I think they did a wonderful job. I don't think Bella is the perfect Ellie but she is acting the part well. It really did capture the feel of the first game.
Honestly after digesting the second game for a bit, I do quite love it too. So the 2nd season should be great.
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