The Ambiguous Morality of THE LAST OF US
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Quickly approaching 10 years old, Naughty Dog's The Last of Us is one of my all time favourite video games. One of the main reasons is the way in which it goes about exploring the characters' identities, values, and morality. This is my take.
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00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - Chapter One: Loss
08:05 - Chapter Two: Painful Reminders
15:48 - Chapter Three: The Road Ahead
25:06 - Chapter Four: Forging Connections
36:22 - Chapter Five: An Impossible Choice
43:44 - Chapter Six: Conclusion
46:16 - Outro - Ігри
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I'm glad you added the "There's enough here.." part from Tess.. bc that always was the giveaway to me that although they were both keeping each other distant to avoid getting hurt.. they were Friends With Benefits at the very least...I also hate that they never ever ever ever mention Tess ever again except the one time when Ellie is talking about how Riley was first.. then Tess.. etc etc.. And how she's still waiting for her turn.. I wish there was at least one conversational moment between Joel and Ellie were he tells her a story about something him and Tess did.. or anything like that..
i actually think it was good story writing on their part! joel’s character doesn’t open up - he doesn’t even really talk about his daughter til the end. i think it was supposed to just be part of his character. he doesn’t speak about what he’s been through because he prefers to keep it at a distance. it would have been super nice to hear more about her, but it would really be straying too far from joel’s character in my opinion!
In retrospect, the game felt like the adaptation of a series or movie. The music, the writing, the production value, the way protagonists pushed moral boundaries… The game felt like playing an HBO show.
Ellie had killed someone before that, my guess is Riley. When they both waited to turn with each other, and obv Ellie didn’t ever turn.
Holy shit I thought you had a much larger channel but you only have 343 subscribers? With the quality of this video you should definitely be bigger. Awesome work you're doing!
I find it off when you get to the fireflies. Them knocking out Joel, rushing to work on Ellie. If they had talked to them explained what was happening. I don’t excuse Joel. It is just baffling. Your killing most likely your possible cure in a hope it will work.
It's explained in Part II (sort of) by a scene where Marlene speaks with Abby's father before they operate on Ellie. Abby's dad knows that if Abby was immune, he wouldn't want to kill her even if it meant saving humanity. So instead of looking Ellie in the eye and risking his own hesitancy, he goes ahead with the surgery while she's still unconscious.
The entirety of TLOU1 tries to hammer the message of not trusting people at face value, to be aware of your surroundings, and draw conclusions from what you can actually see. It was actually very well written because the writers were aware of tropes endemic to the genre and setting, and exploited that to have you believe false lines of reasoning to effectively pull the rug from under you.
So reexamine the Fireflies with that context: Are they altruistic and competent? Do you think this because they *say* that, or have they *actually* done anything altruistic for anyone else? Where are *their* infection scanners?
By the end of the game you're supposed to reflect and realize you were never supposed to trust this group that, surprise, literally nobody else trusts, but undoing decades of stories telling you about how groups like the Fireflies are plucky do-gooder rebels is hard to unpack.
Honestly I see why they did what they did. It was very shitty and shady but man you have the cure for mankind right in front of your you can save millions probably and start to try and repair society
But there’s the slightest chance the girl or the smuggler who brought her might call the whole thing off…
I don’t agree with it but I understand the urgency and the importance of Ellie’s immunity.
Obviously if they had just asked Ellie or even Joel even tho it’s not really his choice a lot of it could have been avoided
Well it's understandable why everyone did what they did. The motivation of each character makes sense. Sometimes good people have to do bad things and vice versa.
@@angla3383 I mean, you could just lie.
"I'm sorry Joel, but we were not able to resuscitate her. We're currently examining her body to see if we can derive a vaccine, but we need to do this quickly. As soon as they are done, you'll be able to see her."
If you suspect that he might try to stop the surgery (Marlene seems to suspect that they have developed a connection), and you know that Joel is a dangerous individual (if his past doesn't tell her that, the fact that they survived when she lost a good number of her people should), and you don't want to give them a choice in the matter, I would suggest giving Joel an easier pill to swallow.
Not an easy pill, but easier than "we're going to kill her to save others."
You gained a sub. A great video, and an excellent explanation of the fractured, hurtful, beautiful relationship between two of the best characters in gaming history.
Nice to find you through my recommendations. Subscribed and looking forward to more. Keep up this quality and I think your subs will blow up.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Sometimes in life there are no “good” choices and all we can really do is try to make the decision that we hope we can live with.
i would love to hear you talk about/analyse the last of us part II! loved the video
Thank you so much! I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually...
Great video I've watched so many people talk about this game and still learning new perspectives and new details I missed. Great watch
Ah the negotiator! Thanks buddy, really appreciate it!
Nice video dude, loved the analysis, would be good to see your thoughts on part 2!
this is well made brother . good stuff
these are super high quality videos! i can’t believe that this doesn’t have more views
Thanks for the kind words!
I loved this video. It was so informative. once all of the first season is out you should totally do a comparison of the game to the show and how they made the character arks different!!
I had considered that, but wasn’t sure whether people would want to hear me talk about TV. Thanks for the kind words!
@@connorpurnell you should definitely do it :)
i like your perspective!
I dont have a response to the video but keep doing what youre doing man. This is incredibly well produced and if you keep doing this youre gonna get big. Imma keep my eye on you!
Thank you so much!
The quality of this video is seriously crazy
Thanks so much!
Great video - Looking forward to seeing how this channel grows. Gained a Sub! :)
Excellent commentary.
Thank you kindly!
I so hope that we’ll get several seasons exploring the stuff that got left out of the show’s first one. Really hope we don’t go straight into Part II next season. Let that one be the depressing, controversial fifth or sixth season, per usual for HBO.
here's my question: if marlene is already at the camp hen they get there, why does she need joel to take ellie there?
love the work you've put in and the way you explain things, I really appreciate the video .. maybe we can a somewhat similar video toTLOU2?
Thanks a bunch! I’m sure I’ll get around to Part 2 at some point.
Please do a video essay on Ace combat 7
Great video
Thanks!
26:26 the classic line 😶😶😶
There’s always one, isn’t there?
well done video
This guy gets the Last of Us.
Good video with great understanding of the story, although I can't stand the look of the characters in the remake version.
Thanks a lot! I felt the same way and only used footage from the remake because it won a poll I did on Reddit asking which one people would rather watch. Having spent a few hours with it though, it grow on me in the end.
Wait… YOU HAVE 310 SUBS??!??!?????!??!?
At the time of uploading, my sub count was around 120. I only had about 18 subs 5 weeks ago, but my last 2 videos have just been recommended by UA-cam a lot.
I love how you treating snapping at someone because you're in a bad mood to murdering dozens of people and potentially dooming all of humanity. Those actions are absolutely on the same level morally.
The idea wasn’t to say that they’re on the same level in magnitude, only that your understanding of a person comes from what they present to you.
If your one and only interaction with a person is after they’ve had a bad day, you’d probably think “wow, what a dick”, when in reality you just caught them at a bad time. Part II dives into this more deeply.
HOW DOES HAVE SO LITTLE VEIWS WHAT
What people don’t understand if life is full of ambiguous morality. Not everyone is right and not everyone is wrong. But some are more right or wrong than others. And Imo, Joel was more right than the fireflies
How dare you insult Lee! Lee slander will not be tolerated (I am biased)
This guy gets it. *🤌Chef's kiss🤌* Masterpiece of a video right here.