The Last of Us Tv Show - Anyone saw this?

[Johan Schmidt]

But how many zombie shows or movies take place two decades after a full scale outbreak of disease and a military bombing campaign? Walking Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Black Summer, 28 Days/Weeks Later, are all right within the initial outbreak. Last of Us has two decades of there being no public access to any utilities or services. FEDRA obviously has some way of powering their vehicles and making tools, drugs, weapons, and whatnot but they have a monopoly. Hence the main character trading food stamps for pills.

Like in Black Summer when they steal a car, it was a vehicle that was literally working that day, and had been sitting idly for maybe a few hours at most. So it makes perfect sense that they can use planes and cars because everything is still functioning and new. When they drive a car in Last of Us it has been sitting in a garage for twenty straight years? Where are they getting parts for maintenance? Fag Bill somehow gets 100,000 gallons of diesel from where exactly? Where are the oil filters, air filters, spark plugs, and other parts for his generator coming from? This stuff makes no sense.

I know that the kind of people who watch this stuff are usually imbeciles with no real world skills. But the reddit fags are praising this as the "greatest story ever" yet the entire premise is stolen from 28 Weeks Later or even something like Resident Evil 4. Escort missions during a zombie infestation. Keep the immune child alive. And the world is poorly written and shallow with impossible survival tactics and zero realism.

Wait until this show starts winning "best show of 2023" at every single ceremony.

Weirdly, Day of the Triffids covered this pretty well, when the survivors all get to some emptyish island and begin trying to make civilisation anew. Someone points out that the tractors they use will break, then eventually so will the shovels, and hand ploughs, none of them know how to make everything from the ground up; and that once the gears of industry stop turning, they are really, really hard to get going again.

 

[TVB]

So the next episode is set to air on its regular schedule on HBO Max simultaneously on February 19, though it turns out moving to Fridays payed off for HBO Max, sorta, as it's the highest with almost a million. That's still nothing as it's like giving a child a gold star for finally learning the alphabets.

 

[Screamer_2]

And mind you, this is from the guy who wrote Superhero Movie.

He went from a pretty decent comedy writer to a very mediocre drama writer for HBO in a matter of a decade.

That scene was amusing.

Chernobyl was very good though.

I think TLOU has an issue where the good experience of the game, is clouding the ability to make a truly great show. It's being bogged down with, "the game" and then the adapation, making the show it's own thing is suffering. Even if they're adding stuff, going off on tangents. Even improving various aspects of the story telling. It's still being tied down by the game.

Also for a writer, Craig Mazin is almost too good at playing the creepy guy in his small role of Mythic Quest.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Black Summer

Nigga, Black Summer is far superior to TLOU

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

I know that the kind of people who watch this stuff are usually imbeciles with no real world skills. But the reddit fags are praising this as the "greatest story ever" yet the entire premise is stolen from 28 Weeks Later or even something like Resident Evil 4. Escort missions during a zombie infestation. Keep the immune child alive. And the world is poorly written and shallow with impossible survival tactics and zero realism.

Wait until this show starts winning "best show of 2023" at every single ceremony.

It's literally the same thing people got bored 5 years ago. Same shit, same tropes, same character dynamics. Why are people eating it up? Omfg. Even the zombies are the same.

 

[TVB]

That scene was amusing.

Chernobyl was very good though.

I think TLOU has an issue where the good experience of the game, is clouding the ability to make a truly great show. It's being bogged down with, "the game" and then the adapation, making the show it's own thing is suffering. Even if they're adding stuff, going off on tangents. Even improving various aspects of the story telling. It's still being tied down by the game.

Also for a writer, Craig Mazin is almost too good at playing the creepy guy in his small role of Mythic Quest.

Don't get me wrong here, I liked the Chernobyl series a lot, and that shows further proof that he can make good drama when he wants to as oppose to his usual comedies like The Hangover or a couple Scary Movies (as well as Superhero Movie). And I honest to god can't blame Mazin for his shoehorned in writing as it's more based on the studio's mandate than a creative decision.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Why is there so much fucking filler in this show it's even worse than early Walking Dead (except for season 2 on the farm)

Why did we need to know all of that shit about the father and his deaf son, or about what went down in Kansas City? And don't give me that WoRlD BuiLdInG excuse bullshit. All of the information could have been given (and pretty much was) to Joel and Ellie in about 1-2 minutes of dialogue anyway, the rest was for irrelevant characters that we never see again.

You want to give the leader of the rebellion some ~depth~ because you don't want her to be a cartoonish villain? Then make sure she lives longer than an episode and a half, otherwise who gives a shit? Why should I care about her brother we've never seen and the room she spent time as a child where she was scared of lightning or bringing up her mother so much?

Why spend so much time on the father and son if they are also going to die at the end? Just so we feel sad for the dead kid? Except that would have been a bit more gut wrenching if we realized after he turned he had been bit. Instead, when he told Ellie and she decided not to tell Joel, all I could think was "What is wrong with you retarded, you just got nearly killed by a child zombie and you're going to sleep next to one no problem and keep it a secret?" If Ellie was like, 8 years old, maybe you could understand doing something so dumb, but Ellie is way too old to pull that kind of shit when she literally grew up in a world where everyone repeats constantly how you have to kill the infected right away etc...

Speaking of Ellie:

It's like the show forgets that Ellie and Joel are the main character and it's their relationship we should be invested in, and their relationship we should see grow. The only moment in that episode that felt good as far as the two are concerned is when the black dude is pointing a gun at him and the whole 'asshole voice' bit. I genuinely laughed. Aside from that, though, how did their relationship develop in any way whatsoever this episode? How are we supposed to know that Joel is starting to see her as a surrogate daughter. I mean, if anything, the whole simultaneous "Not my daughter!"/"Not my dad!" and the asshole voice bit earlier make it feel like their relationship is basically exactly the same as it was in the premiere.

I genuinely don't get why people are jizzing so hard over that show, or why it became such a huge thing. It's... really not that good.

I'm giving it at most an episode or two, and I'm going to drop it if the quality doesn't improve dramatically. Episode 2 was the only one that was good overall, aside from the first 20-30 minutes of the first episode before and during shit broke down. Everything else has been from mid to shit so far.

 

[Sniperwoof]

Why is there so much fucking filler in this show it's even worse than early Walking Dead (except for season 2 on the farm)

Why did we need to know all of that shit about the father and his deaf son, or about what went down in Kansas City? And don't give me that WoRlD BuiLdInG excuse bullshit. All of the information could have been given (and pretty much was) to Joel and Ellie in about 1-2 minutes of dialogue anyway, the rest was for irrelevant characters that we never see again.

You want to give the leader of the rebellion some ~depth~ because you don't want her to be a cartoonish villain? Then make sure she lives longer than an episode and a half, otherwise who gives a shit? Why should I care about her brother we've never seen and the room she spent time as a child where she was scared of lightning or bringing up her mother so much?

Why spend so much time on the father and son if they are also going to die at the end? Just so we feel sad for the dead kid? Except that would have been a bit more gut wrenching if we realized after he turned he had been bit. Instead, when he told Ellie and she decided not to tell Joel, all I could think was "What is wrong with you retarded, you just got nearly killed by a child zombie and you're going to sleep next to one no problem and keep it a secret?" If Ellie was like, 8 years old, maybe you could understand doing something so dumb, but Ellie is way too old to pull that kind of shit when she literally grew up in a world where everyone repeats constantly how you have to kill the infected right away etc...

Speaking of Ellie:

It's like the show forgets that Ellie and Joel are the main character and it's their relationship we should be invested in, and their relationship we should see grow. The only moment in that episode that felt good as far as the two are concerned is when the black dude is pointing a gun at him and the whole 'asshole voice' bit. I genuinely laughed. Aside from that, though, how did their relationship develop in any way whatsoever this episode? How are we supposed to know that Joel is starting to see her as a surrogate daughter. I mean, if anything, the whole simultaneous "Not my daughter!"/"Not my dad!" and the asshole voice bit earlier make it feel like their relationship is basically exactly the same as it was in the premiere.

I genuinely don't get why people are jizzing so hard over that show, or why it became such a huge thing. It's... really not that good.

I'm giving it at most an episode or two, and I'm going to drop it if the quality doesn't improve dramatically. Episode 2 was the only one that was good overall, aside from the first 20-30 minutes of the first episode before and during shit broke down. Everything else has been from mid to shit so far.

I mean to be fair Cuckman has said he intends to follow the plot of the games so all of the building up of Joel and Ellie's relationship is going to come to an abrupt end via golf club come season two so there's really not much of a point.

 

[TheHarbinger]

Why is there so much fucking filler in this show?

Part of it is that this is a video game show. So the real excitement from this story comes from playing the game and killing bad guys and jump puzzles and unlocking new areas for a sense of achievement. You do not really have that on the show where there is excitement in killing new enemies, getting new gear, and leveling up or whatever. So now they have to really pad out the story with fag romances, deaf niggers, flashbacks to society, and so on. The original story was probably written in a way where the gameplay covers up for how derivative (and plagiarist) it is. I never played the actual games.

Most video game stories are rather shallow. But even the best ones still focus more on player choice and gameplay than a pure linear story. Hence why pretty much all, if not all, video game to screen adaptations are horrendous.

The other reason is budget. Killing zombies in a video game does not bloat the budget. But on a television show they need to keep the action sequences short. Hence the constant indoor shots and sets. Quick action pieces. And so on. Yeah you could have a massive CGI dragon battle and huge ice zombies that spans an entire season. Or.....you could film a twenty minute battle in pitch darkness despite being the highest viewed and purchased show of all time.

And finally the writing is just bad. Joel has to escort the girl to another state. He chooses the path into the most hostile FEDRA city he knows of? So a lot of stuff feels like padded story or filler because the characters are so stupid that their actions seem time wasting or illogical. Joel is some ex soldier or marine but behaves like a retard who has no clue. He lets the girl sleep in a room alone and lets a guy who held a gun on them keep his gun when he sleeps. If he was a proper soldier he would have left them alone that night and crept off unawares.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

CGI

Speaking off which, the obese zombie was fucking ridiculous looking, I know he was supposed to come off as scary, I'm sure he's like, a zombie boss in the game or whatever, but holy shit it looked ridiculous.

 

[Sniperwoof]

Part of it is that this is a video game show. So the real excitement from this story comes from playing the game and killing bad guys and jump puzzles and unlocking new areas for a sense of achievement. You do not really have that on the show where there is excitement in killing new enemies, getting new gear, and leveling up or whatever. So now they have to really pad out the story with fag romances, deaf niggers, flashbacks to society, and so on. The original story was probably written in a way where the gameplay covers up for how derivative (and plagiarist) it is. I never played the actual games.

Most video game stories are rather shallow. But even the best ones still focus more on player choice and gameplay than a pure linear story. Hence why pretty much all, if not all, video game to screen adaptations are horrendous.

The other reason is budget. Killing zombies in a video game does not bloat the budget. But on a television show they need to keep the action sequences short. Hence the constant indoor shots and sets. Quick action pieces. And so on. Yeah you could have a massive CGI dragon battle and huge ice zombies that spans an entire season. Or.....you could film a twenty minute battle in pitch darkness despite being the highest viewed and purchased show of all time.

And finally the writing is just bad. Joel has to escort the girl to another state. He chooses the path into the most hostile FEDRA city he knows of? So a lot of stuff feels like padded story or filler because the characters are so stupid that their actions seem time wasting or illogical. Joel is some ex soldier or marine but behaves like a retard who has no clue. He lets the girl sleep in a room alone and lets a guy who held a gun on them keep his gun when he sleeps. If he was a proper soldier he would have left them alone that night and crept off unawares.

Nitpick but Joel wasn't a soldier. He was a raider loosely affiliated with the Rattlers raider gang before cutting ties and becoming a drifter.

Granted that was the games though, Bill's big gayout wasn't in the game so for all I know Joel's backstory was changed in the TV adaption.

 

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Backing up to Ep4: They did a good job replicating the truck crash setpiece from the game. I chuckled when the two guys taking potshots from behind the truck behaved very much like video game enemies... they stayed in the same spots and would pop up, let off a shot or two, duck down, rinse repeat.

I also liked when Joel tells Ellie to move for the gap in the wall while theyre being shot at, and he reassures her "Don't worry, they won't see you." I'm pretty sure it was a nod to the game where enemy AI completely ignores Ellie.

 

[TheHarbinger]

Nitpick but Joel wasn't a soldier. He was a raider loosely affiliated with the Rattlers raider gang before cutting ties and becoming a drifter.

I mean before the zombie outbreak he was in the US military and had war training. His truck on the show has a giant "DESERT STORM" emblem that was clearly there to be visible to viewers. It explains his ability to survive and move through the wild if he had Ranger training. So if he is a former US soldier from Desert Storm his training has left his brain because he makes a ton of careless and stupid mistakes.

 

[Particle Bored]

I mean before the zombie outbreak he was in the US military and had war training. His truck on the show has a giant "DESERT STORM" emblem that was clearly there to be visible to viewers. It explains his ability to survive and move through the wild if he had Ranger training. So if he is a former US soldier from Desert Storm his training has left his brain because he makes a ton of careless and stupid mistakes.

His brother Tommy was the one that was in the army. They even said it in the show. Joel was a construction contractor.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

I also liked when Joel tells Ellie to move for the gap in the wall while theyre being shot at, and he reassures her "Don't worry, they won't see you." I'm pretty sure it was a nod to the game where enemy AI completely ignores Ellie.

I don't think the show is anywhere near that clever

 

[Oats12345]

So how's Pedo (this is not a typo after he mourned the pedo that Rittenhouse killed) Pascal's performance?

 

[Sniperwoof]

So how's Pedo (this is not a typo after he mourned the pedo that Rittenhouse killed) Pascal's performance?

Average, he can act but he's not tall enough and a little too pudgy to portray Joel properly.

 

[TVB]

So how's Pedo (this is not a typo after he mourned the pedo that Rittenhouse killed) Pascal's performance?

He may be an ok actor, but he's a very shitty person. The fact that he defended the same groomer that Rittenhouse had killed almost three years back is disgusting.

 

[Oats12345]

He may be an ok actor, but he's a very shitty person. The fact that he defended the same groomer that Rittenhouse had killed almost three years back is disgusting.

That what also pisses me off he has the nerve to defend a groomer but when it came to Carano nothing but silence (like only two actors from the show have defended her since than). I really don't get the hype for him

 

[TVB]

That what also pisses me off he has the nerve to defend a groomer but when it came to Carano nothing but silence (like only two actors from the show have defended her since than). I really don't get the hype for him

This is what happens when he works for Hollywood. Mental illness gets into the guy.