Is The Last of Us Show Better Than The Game? The Last of Us Season 1 Review
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- After years of waiting and weeks of Sunday night television, The Last of us finally made it’s way to our screens. For years there were always talks of a movie or a show with a whole bunch of different fancasts, and now that it’s finally here, Did it live up to the hype?
0:00 - 0:55 - Which Is Better?
0:56 - 2:24 - Additional Show Scenes
2:25 - 2:52 - The Little Things
2:53 - 3:22 - Music
3:23 - 4:24 - Episode 3
4:25 - 6:51 - Pedro & Bella
6:52 - 7:53 - Line Delivery
7:54 - 9:19 - Pacing
9:20 - 11:19 - Everyone Dies
11:20 - 12:44 - The Lack of Infected
12:45 - 15:00 - Show vs. Game
15:01 - 16:52 - Seasons 2 & 3
16:53 - 17:28 - My Rating
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The lack of infected waters down Joel’s choice in the end. The audience immediately supports Joel’s choice because there is no risk for society without Ellie’s sacrifice. Marlene emphasizes Ellie’s importance to save the world, even though we really haven’t been exposed to a lot of infected
Maybe a little but the show is still showing the effect of having infected has had on the world and the stpry gas always been more about people's reaction to crisis as opposed to the crisis itself. It would be cool to have more infected but not necessary imo. Maybe 1 more big sequence with them but idk
I don't agree at all. In the show the infected are a much much greater threat because we know that person can't simply rambo through any of them. Joel and Tess nearly die to two clickers, two(And Tess does die due to this). Compare that to Joel alone soloing dozens upon dozens by the end of the story.
Absolutely agree
I didnt like the fact that Ellie clearly doesnt see Joel as a father figure in the show while in the game it was sooo obvious, in the show she sees him more as a friend and her equal while they make it out to be like Joel is just replacing Sarah with Ellie
I like how how pedro's joel is much more visibly shaken throughout the events of the series. I think it adds more dimension to his character and will ultimately make the outcome more nuanced and heartbreaking. Game joel kind of feels like a terminator at times (especially considering how many more bodies he has) while show Joel feels more like a regular dude who has done what he needed to do to survive and is constantly horrified by what he has become.
Yeah they did such a great job with all the changes to Joel in the show. Much more grounded but still shows that darker side
Yeah Joel and Ellie were well acted and the supporting cast were all great. They did a pretty faithful adaptation but yeah the game has more action. The show is more drama.
Yeah I feel like that is one of the few things that worked better in the show, but overall the game is definitely way better than the show
I actually found game Joel a lot better. He’s a hardened man and doesn’t care for anyone or anything. So when Ellie finally breaks his walls down I found it extremely well written. Where as show Joel doesn’t seem as disconnected
spoiler for tlou2: i think while this makes his final decision in the end of season 1 of the show a lot more intense, I think its going to take away from Joels end in the next season. Unless we get to see a lot more of Joels brutality through flashbacks before his death, it is going to upset audiences even more than the game did, as in the show Joel is a lot less brutal. Either way, if the writers can understand how their changes have adapted the audiences perception, I believe they will do just as good as a job as they did with adapting the first game.
The show was genuinely well done. But it was nowhere near the quality of the game.
The show is definitely well done, and for a first time consumer of this story the show is great for them, but the game will always be perfection for me personally.
Agreed, the show is good. It’s a pretty good adaptation, but the game is better
I think this show was complete trash🤷♂️
@raymondsims7042 Thought I was the only one, the show is fucking garbage and I'm tired of seeing people praising it when everything they changed was to its detriment. I don't understand how any fans of the game could call the show "good", they destroyed the story and characters so much I actually hate the show more than I hate the sequel
@@SpikedTeeth can you please tell me what they changed or what you didn't like? Cause I haven't watched the show yet but I've played the games.
@lorcejay2596 Ellie and Joel feel flat as paper(I'm blaming the directors, Pedro Pascal is a good actor and he could've nailed Joel's personality had they let him), Joel is no longer a stone cold badass but a baby with inconvenient PTSD episodes, Ellies a bit of a psychopath, they took out basically all of the action, the infected are in the show for maybe 30 minutes and have been turned into a hivemind that can burrow through the ground and move like acrobats(also removed the spores so the infected aren't a threat at all really), removed/changed/combined important moments in awful ways(like Ellie shooting the bandit drowning Joel, they combined it with the ambush in Kansas City, but Ellie doesn't kill the bandit and they don't fight about it afterwards), they gave whole episodes to side characters but changed the characters completely(Bill was always gay in the game, but the entire episode might as well have a rainbow painted over it, Bill isn't Bill anymore, he dies and we don't ever get to see his and Ellies interactions or the whole section where they go to the school for the battery, they just get the car and Bill's town is completely secure, they ruined Sam and Henry as well, these episodes break the pacing completely), Maria is basically just Michonne from TWD(not bad, but certainly a ripoff), they decided to add mentions of Ellie getting periods for some reason(Maria literally gives her a period cup), Ellie doesn't run away to the farmhouse after finding out Joel's trying to get Tommy to take her(they fight in her room and it's not emotional at all and then they go to sleep and Joel just decides to take Ellie again himself in the morning for no real reason), David is now a Christian cult leader(not religious myself, but my family is and I'm personally tired of every Christian being portrayed as evil psychopaths, do it to another religion for once or just don't do it) they kept the giraffe scene but CGI'd the crap out of the real giraffe they got making it look terrible, and honestly I could go on, but this is already a long paragraph and I feel this is enough to let you decide whether to try to watch it or not.
I wish the show had done the part wheee Joel is running with Ellie in his arms at the end. I remember running through the halls with that music
I actually like the pacing of each episode, they feel like one contained act (except for 4 and 5) it makes each Sunday feel so exciting and fresh. It’s like a hour long burst of adrenaline. Although I wish some episodes got extra length.
This show had some of the worst pacing I’ve ever seen🤷♂️how is this show rushed and slow at the same time?😂😂this show was so so awful!
Yeah 2 LGBTQ full episodes in a 9 episodes show seems a bit much. So yeah pacing is off but it's ok still.
@@jonfreeman9682 two episodes with ROMANCE in them . That’s not the whole point of the story bill and franks story told a beautiful love story of a couple who beat the apocalypse and died on there own terms . Riley and Elleys story gave Ellie important character devolopment. If it was a heterosexual relation ship you would of never brought it up. Your just homophobic.
@@gracecairns9747 the two romance episodes were absolutely pointless, made no difference in the story. the pacing was awful, no action, like literally less than 5 zombie scenes. Ellie was an annoying ass character, the first episodes was amazing and got me hype for this show. it was absolutely atrocious I had to turn it off in the middle of it and I've never done that on a show before
@@kyledeacon5620 but that’s the thing they weren’t meant to add to the story main plot. The main plot is already perfect. Instead of drastically changing the plot from The first game they added new side story’s that only complement the main plot by developing the world and it’s characters. I get when you heard that it was a zombie show you expected action and zombies. But the show can’t just be encounters like the game. It’s meant to be an engaging character drama not an action film. It’s ok for you to not like that type of story but that doesn’t make the show anymore worse.
My two issues with the show were first, we didn’t have enough of Anna Torv, but that’s understandable. The second is that we didn’t have any interaction between Ellie and Bill.
i hope for a season 2 they start with abby’s flashbacks so we can sympathize with her easier and if they do give us spoiler warning joel’s death that they make it much quicker like a gunshot cause joel did deserve to die but he never made anyone suffer unless he needed to so i think if they make joel’s death faster then abby will be a easier character to understand
It would be cool to see how you would write season 2 and 3!
So I’ve never played the games, a lot of my close friends had and thoroughly enjoyed it! I was very very excited for this series since I just finished game of thrones and I appreciated the time and effort put it by HBO. So I was soooo excited.
I can honestly say now that season 1 has concluded that the game is FAR BETTER. I’ve been watching the scenes off the game on UA-cam and man I see why the gamers are upset.
The first 2 episodes of the show were amazing. Pacing, effects, acting, writing. But episode 3 and 7 are great examples of how POINTLESS backstory can be with no PURPOSE in mind!
Episodes 3 and 7 take you away from Joel and Ellie to give long dragged out story that does NOTHING for the main storyline.
Not to mention those episodes are just boring.
Also watching Ellie in the game is like a different character than Ellie in the show. In the game Ellie is a little girl who doesn’t know how to handle this world but in the show she somehow handles almost everything on her own.
Again I had never played the games until the show ended. The Ellie in the game is so likeable and believable. Belle Ramsay’s Ellie is written like she’s got everything figured out and is never in real danger. Padro Pascals Joel comes across as weak and unprepared at times while Joel in the game is a master survivalist in this apocalyptic world.
My friend said it best. “The show is a solid 8/10 if the show runners wrote it BUT since the story was written for them 10 years ago, they have no excuse to mess it up this bad. So it’s a 4/10”. 🤣🤣
In conclusion.
I’m buying the game. Lol
Big disagree with all that.
Big agree with all that.
(except for "The first 2 episodes of the show were amazing." I disliked them the most because Ellie seemed so off)
So, did you play the game?
I played it on PS3 when it came out and it blew my mind. I played the remastered version on PS4. I haven't watched the series because of casting / story changes / familiarity.
I waited a year after part 2 came out to play it and it also blew my mind, but it was also so mean spirited I refused to watch the show. Neil Druckmann is a sadist, leftist, troll. He intentionally built in a traumatic experience for the player with the second game. While I understand what he chose to do I still felt betrayed.
I will play the next game but I will buy it on the secondary market. F you Neil.
The show should've had more episodes. Especially since they kept taking the focus away from Joel and Ellie entirely. For me, it just felt a bit rushed in the end. All of problems I have with this show would be solved if they had a few more episodes.
Yep. There were significant Times Jumps between several episodes that could/should have been filled in for Show watchers...
Largely as a "Show first" watcher (UA-cam eventually suggested a "Left Behind" compilation to me just before the Episode dropped so watched it beforehand then "played" a Movie version of Part 1, in episode segments, to get caught up after each new episode aired) I don't think they offered anything new or skipped anything too drastic in the Timeline (except maybe subbing the Dam and Jackson).
Would have been nice to have filled in some of those gaps that neither show or game offered as build up for the characters. Seems more likely they'll have chances to do just that during S2+ (maybe using some of the deleted,blooper,or extended S1 scenes as "filler"? And of course "new" content...).
Agreed
I thought the ending was well done and didn't really need more runtime or episodes. It follows the game and ends just like that.
I hear a lot of complaints like that but honestly I feel like they hit the major plot points and beats with each episode, say their was another couple of episodes what would you do with them?? (Out of general curiosity as I know the game off by heart and don’t know what I would do too add a couple episodes)
Definitely way too rushed
I adore how you presented your thoughts here.
No you’re right it felt like she was acting at first
But she started to fit into that character
While I watched the show first then played the game I prefer the game over the show because I felt more invested in the characters because I was the one playing as Joel and sometimes Ellie but the show I think does a great job at capturing the feel and drama the game presented and was done very well
I would have liked to see more infected, but I was also happy with what we got. At the end of the day, and the same is true for The Walking Dead, the infected are there mostly to serve as the reason for the world the characters live in, and so to see a show focus on people's humanity and finding reasons to love and live for in a hostile world, presented (mostly) so beautifully, I was cool with a lesser focus on infected. After all, it's called 'The Last of Us' and not 'Attack of the killer mushroom men' for a reason
I DEFINITELY agree that having 2 episodes for the Kansas City plotline was unnecessary especially since they all die anyway, and if any plotline shouldve been given 2 episodes it's the winter one
Great video,Please do the video of your opinion on how the next season’s writing should be please
I think the show of Season 2 and 3 could be better then the game Part 2 if they can fix all the sloppy pacing Issues and how Abby is introduced to the audience.
you took the words right out of my mouth... bravo
Hey, so I've been following your channel for quite some time, and I really have to say that I've enjoyed your essay videos, whether it is for The Walking Dead or other popular TV shows, or when you talked about video games like The Last of Us, Alan Wake, and both Until Dawn and The Quarry by Supermassive Games. You ever thought about doing videos about the Red Dead series, particularly Redemption 1 and 2? Hell, maybe even Undead Nightmare? I feel like those games are right up your alley.
10:21 BRUH!!! 😂😂😂
Also, I think I might be the only person who experienced most of the game, stopped because I couldn't get into it, then enjoyed the experience of the show better. It definitely isn't perfect (the body horror in the first few episodes made my skin crawl, then it felt like they just dropped it), but what other video game story adaptation has gotten it this good? This show is nothing short of an achievement.
question, did you play the game and then stopped, or watched a playthrough? because watching a playthrough of a game THIS long is basically like being the lead editor for the show and saying you can't get into it because of that - you aren't experiencing it the intended way. that being said, if you played it, then the long gameplay might be exactly what turned you off.
I'm down for a video explaining your take on seasons 2 and 3.
Amazing video 💪💪. I hope you will make a video about structure of Season 2 and 3. I think Its a so hard to make Abby perspective and The best way to do it is a combite it with Ellie story.
I was very impressed with this show. I had basically rock bottom expectations given the trend of video game adaptations. My biggest fear was that the ending would be changed into something that would better fit the retcons in the second game. But they actually stuck to the original ending. I was never even a fan of the game, I found the actual gameplay of it to be very boring and it’s laughably basic enemy AI took me out of the experience many times. But I always appreciated the story and characters, so getting a screen adaptation was something I always wanted and for me it turned out really great.
Well it's basically a copy and paste of the game cut scenes. Let's not shower too much praise on it. The game did it first.
As someone who never played the game I really enjoyed every episode so far..hopefully it delivers in season 2 as well and HBO won't repeat AMC's mistake with The Walking Dead and dragged it for so long with boring and unwatchable episodes
No. They can’t be compared. The game is able to do things that the show literally cannot do and vice versa.
That it? They just can't be compared at all? Ever?
@@Neverdieonce I mean, you can compare certain aspects, but we can never really say which one is better overall because they’re both different. Here’s what I mean by that…
The game has the dynamic of gameplay which the TV show doesn’t have. In the game not only are you actually playing with the characters and responsible for them (ultimately growing a stronger bond with the main characters) but you only view the game from the perspective of Joel and Ellie, also Sarah for a tiny bit in the beginning.
The show is able to take you away from Joel and Ellie and show you the same world from the perspective of other characters, essentially bringing them to life. This is how we’re able to get better backstories on characters like Henry and Sam that weren’t in the game. We’re able to do things like go to Indonesia in episode 2 and see how their government reacted during the initial outbreak. We got a better look Into fedra QZ’s being overtaken by the oppressed people living there etc
The game has game design and graphics that add to how we perceive the game. The show doesn’t.
They’re 2 different dimensions of the same world. You can definitely have an opinion on which one you like better and you’ll never be wrong, but it’s almost impossible to say that one is objectively better than the other
@@mystic8580 thats dumb
@@Mr.Witness explain
I don't understand why people even ask which is better
I like both. it is slow, I would like more infected to emphasise the survival aspect of it. In my eyes, the game is better because i was joel, i was ellie, especially the hospital scene. I agree with it up until i was forced to kill the doctor, and then he lied to ellie. But because i was playing as him, i felt the need to justify his actions, which made P2 hit a lot harder for me
As far as season 2, i think i will feel the same. because i dont see them establishing that same hate for abby in a tv show, as the game it would lose too many people. Games could do certain things a tv show can't do, and for that reason, i always think i would prefer the games. Im genuniely interested in how they adapt P2, though
Totally agree. There needs to be more zombie bad assery. It's a good adaptation of the game but let's be honest here. It's a pale imitation of TWD which did it better in so many ways. Just look at TWD Hannibal the cannibal scene compared to TLOU cannibal scene and there's no comparison. Case closed. There's a reason TWD hit 16 million viewers at its peak.
As for show vs. game, I would love to see the opinions of people who watched the show first, then went on to play the game.
But are great in its respective medium but basically game is more action oriented and completing a quest. Show is more drama oriented.
I watched 2 eps before getting a PS5 and starting the game, but I coukd say that knowing what game content was cut once I got there in the show made me just a tiny bit disappointed in what was cut. (like not repetitive gameplay moments, I'm talking story beats and action sequences that were whole cloth removed in adaptation) still loved the show overall though
I've finished playing the game for the first time today after watching the show a few months back. The game is way better.
I was personally very underwhelmed by the show even when I had no context of the game. It felt to me like an overrated game which was only acclaimed because how charged of ambiguity is the ending. I found the relationship between Joel and Ellie not believable enough and in general aside from Bill and Franks episode nothing really hit me emotionally. I did think that the whole sequence in the hospital was done very well and I loved the way the shootout was directed and how it emphathized that while Joel is doing this for someone he loves and becajse of his trauma because if what hapoened with Sarah what he's doing is objectively an unforgivable crime. That's pretty much it.
Now, the game. Ellie and Joel's relationship is way more organic and Joel's character is handled way better. My problem with Joel in the show is that he's too openly vulnerable and while there is vulnerability in Game Joel is a closed vulnerability. The open vulnerability on itself is fine but I found it odd and inconsistent when put against the parts of the show that are closer to how he is in the game. And with the open vulnerability comes the "It wasn't time that did it" moment which would've been beautiful in the game with the context and buildup of the game but in the show feels unearned, rushed and in terms of script manipulative since they're telling you what they should've shown you and you as a viewer should've taken from watching their journey throught the whole nine episodes. It's a poor manipulative attempt at doing the job the show should've done since it's beggining in just one scene.
As for the hospital, I'm torn but I slightly prefer the game too. I think for the TV Show the more outside perspective during that sequence works better because of what I've mentioned. In the game it's more personal not just because you control Joel but tone-wise with the music. Plus you get the audios from Marlene and the part of Joel carrying Ellie throughout the place while the guards follow them and the elevator with Joel saying "Oh God" at the realization of what he's done.
Another thing I prefer in the game is David. You can sill predict that the guy is not trustworthy but the game makes you feel like Ellie. You have the same information she has. You spend a good time with him, fighting with him before the reveal and he even helps you and you help him so by the time the reveal comes if you suspected you might have even stopped doing it. The show just shows you from the beggining his cult leader personality and how much of a piece of shit (doesn't she slap a woman in the face if I remeber correctly?) he actually is so by the time Ellie meets him you have more info than she does and while that can be effective in a dramatic irony type of way I think it works better if you are in the same mindset she is in.
All in all, If I had to say something is that what the show needed the most is more of the small talk (and not so small) that Ellie and Joel have during the gameplay sections, more of the closeness of Game Joel at first to make the progression more visible and natural and certainly we didn't need so much time spent on Sam and his brother and the woman that was after them before they meet Joel and Ellie. And while Bill and Frank were the highlight (and I like this stuff in the show more) I would've reduced the flashback a little bit and spent more time on the present focusing in the main characters since you know they're the main characters and their relationship and the connecton the audience has with their relationship is essential in order to make the ending truly hit.
Also, the part of the bus close to the hospital when Ellie drowns and Joel tries to desperately revive her and doesn't care he's havibg guns pointed at him while doing it because she's more important than his life should've been in the show instead of that lame attack with the smoke grenades.
I wish the show had more episodes too, like one or two more and they still could've kept most of their plan the same.
Episodes 1-3, keep them all the same.
Episodes 4-6, keep 4 and 5 the same, change episode 6 ending to not have them shoehorn in the University so quick.
Episode 7-9, 7 do the university and have them hole up in a mall so Ellie can have the Left Behind flashback, split episode 8 across two episodes (8 and 9).
Then Episode 10, have the finale be an hour+ long just so the moments can breathe more.
Do I wish there were more infected? Of course. Do I wish there was at least one more episode to let things breathe a little more? Definitely? Do I think how they adapt Part II across the next two seasons needs to be seriously good so this show doesn't turn into TWD Season 8? Absolutely.
I loved this adaptation for what it was. I would give it a solid 8.5-9 out of 10. I am so surprised by how well it was for what we got, and I am eagerly anticipating what comes next for the Last of Us show wise and hopefully Part III game wise. This story isn't over. I am glad it gets to continue and be brought to so many others.
Also, loved your video man. Keep it up!!!
What's the name of the song at 16.32
Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 1 and Last of Us are my favorite games ever. I like the show better. I like the way the show laid the story out better. Every supporting cast member essentially gave us their Emmy reel.
I played the game first, loved it for years before the show came out. So yes, I do like the game overall better. However, I like the show version of Joel far more than the game version. I feel the same with Ellie. They have a humanity in their actions and dialogue that we never got in the game. Moments like Joel talking to Tommy about his fears are a prime example.
It always bothered me that Ellie's influence on Joel was that he learned to connect again, and his influence on her was that she became guarded and violent. The show takes a more nuanced approach to the relationship: that both Joel and Ellie have the potential for acts of love and violence. That they bring out the best, and the worst in each other. To me, this is an improvement from the game, where it felt like Ellie had been corrupted by Joel. Which has its place in storytelling, but felt hollow after he had changed in a much more positive way.
I needed this today..
I loved this first Season! Seeing how I love both Games, I was nervous but excited for this HBO adaptation. Overall, I love both versions of this Story now!
them saying they’ll show more infected in s2 is a bit weird because during my playthrough of part ii i felt like you had encounters with wolves and scars WAY more then you ever did infected
I hope they do Joel’s send off different. Make it have more sense.
Short answer… no
Long answer, it does do some things better and a few added scenes/pieces of dialogue worked better. I had a few scenes I wish we would have got (upside down trap scene, bill and Ellie interactions, Ellie a David fighting the infected etc) but overall no. I think if we had 12+ episodes in this season with a slower pace more infected scenes wit might have been much better
Game = 11/10
Show = 7.5-8/10
I watched the show in conjunction with the show (game first then show) and it’s a bit hard for me to compare the two because I really view it as the same thing in my head. The best parts (in my opinion) of both are in both experiences. It feels like comparing a book to it’s audiobook.
Same
The comments from Druckman make me nervous for future seasons. It seems like he thinks criticisms on Part 2 were only because of Joel dying or that people “didn’t get it.” It feels like he’s not going to have learned from it and is just going to make the same mistake because he thinks he’s just better than everyone
Cuckman*
I still think the game is superior, but the show isn't bad either, its like you said, it depends what you played or watched first, cause its almost the same thing.
The show is definitely bad
Even though I find the tv show to be a good adaptation, whenever I want to revisit the story, I’m just going to replay the game. I just love certain segments from the game that got cut from the show (Bill’s Town) and prefer Joel and Ellie especially in the game
Video Game: 10/10
Tv Adaptation: 8.6/10
After the first season of the show I can say that the last of us is now my favorite game and one of my top 5 shows
9/10… loved it, Pedro and Bella killed it
I asked this in your discord I can't wait to hear your opinion on this.
His discord is a mess I have no idea how to discuss anything there
14:00. But Frank's is in the game. He's just hanging around Bill's Town.
The show is maybe a 9,5/10 for me, it's my favorite show, but i had only seen a little of the game before watching the show.
I’m hoping season 2 is a massive improvement over the first one because it honestly did felt rather disappointing for what it was adapting.
They’re both great in there own way
And I definitely agree that the pacing is a strange (it felt like the first 5 episodes took things at a slower pace with two of them being over an hour long, with the latter 4 episodes being much faster paced and shorter, especially the finally), episode 3 was amazing in isolation in terms of storytelling, but in terms of game story adaptation and pacing it's problematic because it really sucks you out of the present storyline (although this is aides by the Joel and Ellie parts of the episode) and it's all show exclusive and we miss out on all the Bill's Town story and the interactions between Bill, Joel and Ellie. There's also a criminal lack of infected, and yes, it's not a "zombie" show, but it is a show with zombies IN it, it's a post apocalyptic world swarming with infected, yet we hardly ever see them, and the encounters we do get go for more quality over quantity with infected being more horrifying and harder to kill than in the game where you go around stealth killing them with ease
40 hours? The games isn’t even half that length.
IMO the first season's episodes just needed to be longer to not feel rushed. I understand the lack of infected due to the budget but they could have managed it better. other than that there are some nitpicks which I don't mind much since they didn't take away too much from the overall story. I haven't played the games cause I've never had a PS4/5 to play them on and I know the story through youtube recaps and some gameplay footage but I still prefer the Game, for me everything about the first game is perfect and therefore would be a10 and so the show would be 8.5 or a 9 to me. While neither replaces the other both the show and the Game add to each other where the other couldn't because of the format they were on. for example, you could never get Bill and Frank's backstory in the game but now we have that while also having the interactions between Ellie, Joel, and Bill in the game.
and as for Part 2 IMO they should do it in chronological order cause the flashback thing would not work for TV and it's record in movies and TV hasn't been that good cause by the time you come back to the main story everyone has forgotten about it. A perfect start for it would be showing Abby and her Dad in the first episode and ending it with her going to the hospital, cutting to black when she finds her dad and then going from there with Joel and Ellie stuff at the same time with Abby stuff.
I had been giving thought to seasons 2 and 3 also and agree with your take. Best I could come up with was season 2 be about character building in the 4 years between the games and end with Abby’s “golf scene” and season 3 cover the Seattle events and beyond
I think everything Was good I played both games too many times I think they both are good
I hope Season Two takes place between the first and second games.
There is nothing between games 1&2.
Chernobyl was Craig Mazin’s audition for The Last of Us.
While everyone was having a conniption about Bella's looks and how they don't look like Ellie i had a problem with their acting. I just don't think Bella is a good actor, or at least, i don't think that they managed to grasp this role. Everything is so stilted and as you said, an actor reciting the lines. Hope season 2 improves on that, and other points too.
The game was better in every aspect
id rate it 9 out of 10
This was a 9 out of 100 maybe 😂😂this show sucked
@@raymondsims7042 beter then most vidio games movie and shows🤣🤣
I think there is a lot of nuance in what's better version. There is a lot about the show I really liked. It would of gave the game a bit more depth. But they missed a lot from the game in the show. Overall tho HBO knocked it out of the park.
The off pacing of this first season has me skeptical they would be able to fix the serious pacing issues of TLOU2. I love the game but my biggest issue with it is the timeline, which I had hoped the show runners would be able to adjust/fix.
I think it's hard to compare because there's just so much more game than show, and it's not limited practically like a show is.
the only thing i don't like is the lack of tension
Watch the first 7 minutes of episode 1 of the show Wayne and tell me Ciara Bravo couldn’t play Ellie. She would have been perfect.
I agree with everything. I was watching episode to episode until about 4-5. and the complaints about line delivery and Bella are exactly why I stopped watching as they came out. I'm going to watch the rest, but man it just doesn't feel the same (first episode was beyond phenomenal though, I was grinning all the way through that)
Also the villain lady, It seemed to me that I was quite outspoken that she was just horrible in the show, everyone was saying she was realistic because it was normal people who survived the apocalypse, but 20 years of that world would either change you, or you died, so to me she felt very unrealistic.
where can i watch the last of us series/movie
I only watched the show and probably won’t play the game. Loved the show but did not really feel the connection between a Joel and Ellie until episode 7 either. It seemed like they went from him putting a gun to her head to familial bickering in too short of time. It just didn’t feel like a tight enough narrative, more like a series of shorts. But the production was brilliant and some of the scenes are going to stick with me for awhile.
My review: Season 1 was pretty good Bella doesn’t deserve that much hate
16:44 I would like to see this lol
Nothing will ever beat the game
If season 2 happens like the “game” I won’t be watching it … it reminds me of Glenn and Abraham…
Everybody but Bill dies in the game as well. What's the complain? Maria and Tommy don't die either so... feels nitpicky to me
Spoilers for the 2nd game for those of you who havent played
I was telling a friend that maybe season2 should start off with abbys pov with her father and the giraff and stuff, and it leads up to his death, that way they build an emotional connection to abby, then cuts to them in Jackson finding a man they're looking for, then we can cut to ellie and Joel and their bonding moment, then we cut to the actual beggining of the game where Joel explains Tommy what happened and such, then fast forward to where ellie and Joel aren't really getting along and them going on patrol setting up the 2 stories to collide, Joel and Abby run into each other she leads him the mansion and gets killed and from there I feel like the back and fourth thing they tried having can work a lot better (of course I probably forgot some of the things that happened because I haven't replayed the 2nd game as of lately, but from what I remember maybe something like that can work out)
They were nothing alike. Different story, different characters. Skipping future seasons.
Lmao what? How was the story different?
Agreed.
@Mystic You change the characters, you change the story. It's not the same.
@@trikyy7238 That’s a reach
I really truly hope that the second season makes more use of the flashbacks to show just how Joel became who he was when we first meet him in Boston, as opposed to strictly following the second game. This is the perfect opportunity to give more depth to these characters like Tommy, Tess, hell even Marlene, and to show more of the creation, and breakdown of Joel, and Ellie’s relationship over the years they spend in Jackson as a family as well. That in my opinion should be the whole point of an adaption when you already have such an entrenched, and well known story. However, that is just me wanting so terribly bad to know the full story of Joel, because we already have all of Ellie’s.
It’s pretty silly to me episode 3 was almost literally twice as long as the finale. What a fucking waste.
you didn't blindly clap like a seal whilst watching that episode???????????????????????????????
I don't think the show is better than the game, but I do think it's very close.
I am excited for season 2 and show's fans getting angry again as gamers did would be interesting to see, and me watching it peacefully without playing the game and knowing the whole story from watching playthroughs (it was the only way to experience it before the pc port for the remake come out)
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@@kyleisbart9042 you are against the second season? you are definitely a child
@@writerlairchannel2636 you sound like a petulant toddler. Grow up
I didnt like the show, but I loved the game.
The game is absolutely superior
The game, with the show I just wasn't emotionally connected with the characters.
Lll save you 17 minutes no, no it did not😂
the game isn't 40 + hours, its 15 hours
I don't like Bella Ramsey as Ellie. She says the same lines as Ellie, but In would feel annoyed whenever she spoke. I don't think she did Ellie well, and I don't think Ellie is a very hard role to fill.
Pacing was too fast, some of the acting was questionable. Other stuff I really didn’t like, but overall it was good.
Show good. Game good.
Nah mane but still a solid show.
I prefer the video game over the show
Well the show is good but it just copies the game and it's a pretty faithful adaptation. The actors did a good job. IMO the game is the pioneer of a great story with motion capture that's still good a decade later. I'd say the game did it best and keep in mind it's tough to capture all the emotion and acting with tech from a decade ago. The show does emotion better as it's real actors and it focuses less on action and more of drama. Both are the best for its medium but the game IMO gets top marks for being first. I don't think the show dramatically improves on the game much.
Credit where it’s due:
Bella Ramsey far outperformed expectations, that’s for sure. But she’s still not the right Ellie in my book.
I just want more Live action Troy Baker after watching this honestly lol your Idea of keeping him alive into Season 2 would have been sooo good. Huge missed opportunity
I prefer the game over the show
If a man and a little girl defeated 100's of infected on a constant basis on their travels, the infected would not have seemed to be much of a threat to humanity.
40 hours????? The game is like 12-15 hours….
The final fight makes the Firefles jusy look incompetent because they get massacared by one dude its a wonder FEDRA didn't wipe them out. In game since you play through that you can suspend your disbelife that this is the game moment it probably didn't really happen like this. Anytime there is like a bit from the game that isn't a must have it feels uncanny and a bit forced. Now we run into the video game adaptaion curse because no matter how good the show is it will never be as good as actually playing it. Althoug I can't wait for them to adapt that dumpster fire that was the last of us 2.
To me it is! I really did like the show’s version of the story a bit more than the games🤩
Come on mate the show absolutely sucks
CAP
@@raymondsims7042 that’s what you think, sir. I’m different
@@MistahJay7 nope. Not CAP at all.
@@silashurd3597 yeah you’ve got to be
Not going to watch but, NO the answer is no.
Absolutely not.. Not even close it's great but and I loved it but it didn't nearly reach the potential the game set up for it. Spending to much time on some things and not enough on others.
I will say I definitely prefer the shows cast. Like when I see joel now I always think pedro and when I see the game version it always feels slightly off now mentally for me because I'm expecting pedros face. As far as bella vs Ashely I'm really half amd half. They are better in their own ways from one another so I could honestly accept which ever one at any given time.
No, no it did not. It was a letdown
Played Last of Us years ago. S01 exposed many of its flaws. Sam and Henry's deaths hit even harder in episode 5, as the acting and directing was better. Episode 6 added layers of drama and tension to Joel and Tommy's reunion, whereas originally it lacked both. Watching the show made me dislike the game because Craig Mazin told the story even more competently.
No