re: The Last of Us | S1, E7 | NO GAME SPOILERS Thread

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Who gives a shite. I wish this season only got through a 3rd of the first game. I'd like a lot of seasons.

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Show runner has already said he is not going past pt. 2. They haven't even said they are doing a season 2 yet.

Numerous people have said "do you want episodes of people just wondering around like there was in The Walking Dead?" I don't think anybody wants that, but TWD had like 1,000 seasons, they had time for filler episodes. That's the main reason I wasn't a fan of episode 3, this show doesn't have time for filler episodes. If you're possibly only getting 9 episodes, I'd prefer there not to be any episodes that you could completely skip and not miss a beat story wise.

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They haven't even said they are doing a season 2 yet.

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Season 2 has been confirmed for a while now and will likely start filming later this year. Drukman said the second game will likely be split into two seasons as well

I thought it was a decent episode. My problem is with all of the filler episodes in a series that only has 9 episodes. This felt like another EP 3 and I understand why it exists. Its great storytelling, but seems like a lot of wasted time.

Also, the danger threat of the infected seems nonexistent. They respond to sounds and you're in an arcade playing video games, riding on a carousel, and dancing with music playing. WTF

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Show runner has already said he is not going past pt. 2. They haven't even said they are doing a season 2 yet.

Numerous people have said "do you want episodes of people just wondering around like there was in The Walking Dead?" I don't think anybody wants that, but TWD had like 1,000 seasons, they had time for filler episodes. That's the main reason I wasn't a fan of episode 3, this show doesn't have time for filler episodes. If you're possibly only getting 9 episodes, I'd prefer there not to be any episodes that you could completely skip and not miss a beat story wise.

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Not going past pt2 doesn't mean it has to be done in 2 seasons.

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You must have missed the first few episodes when they outlined the process of the cordyceps mutating to work in humans.

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But I didn't miss the part where it likely took Cordyceps millions of years of evolution to get to the point where it could take over the brain and physiology of an insect or an arthropod. Or the part where it would likely take it tens of millions more years of evolution to figure how to do the vastly more complicated trick doing the same in a mammalian physiology which is almost unrecognizably different and a vastly more complex neural structure.

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Just because zombies arent real doesn't mean nothing in the show needs to be believable.

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Ok let's do believable: You just brought in a expert in fungi who clearly had a epidemiological background and asked them to respond to a local outbreak of a new strain of something that's affecting people in a disastrous way.

"Bombe."

"Shouldn't we make every effort to quarantine every single person who's not shown up to work at the affected facility, along with their families and all potential contacts? Then determine who's infected and do full medical histories with workups and continuous observations to look for patterns in the progress of the disease with regards to factors such as age, gender, pre-existing conditions, ethnicity, residency, lifestyle, diet, etc...?"

"Bombe."

"Maybe we should immediately begin to coordinate our activities with the WHO and other countries of the world, especially the U.S. and European health agencies who have the industrial and research resources to perhaps find some kind of treatment or prevention if they can get started now?"

"Bombe."

"Ok, sure we can drop some incindiaries strategically if need be. But couldn't we mobilize all of our tactical abilities to determine the most effective targets and work together with our civilian emergency authorities to get those non-infected to the safest locations, working to secure those locations simultaneously?"

"Bombe."


It's a dystopian game. It's not realistic. Nor was there ever meant to have any of that pesky realism, except perhaps just enough to draw us in. I'm not sure how the story could even work if people, society and governments responded in a realistic fashion. It's entertainment. We're supposed to get lost in whatever world they create for us no matter how far it ventures off the beaten path.

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It would definitely cause eyes to roll if we saw Joel take on 100 enemies by himself

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Ofcourse it would. It's a game mechanic. Just like it caused eyes to roll when the heavily experienced expert survivalist walks down the center of a road wide open in the middle of a gunfight carrying a hunting rifle. C'mon. Really?

I'm sure we could all go back and forth on the whole reality thing. But to me it's the basics of story telling. If you've only got so much time, but you have some extra to embellish with related background and relevant details, then don't waste that time. They've wasted quite a bit on irrelevant material.

I dont consider the background of how the main character discovered they were immune and showing that she lost her love the same day is irrelevant material. Especially when the episode before she discussed that with joel when he tried to abandon her

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On a similar note, the cussing is just weird. It feels completely unnatural and out of place. Someone said it earlier about how forced it felt to try to make Ellie seem edgy,

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It’s the actress playing Ellie and the writing.

I didn’t mind the concept of the episode except for how careless they were lumbering through a deserted mall during a zombie apocalypse without any caution. Everyone you know has been killed….wouldn’t you be a little more careful?

Since this is a series and they spect a long run, take time with character backstory and development. I don’t have an issue about the pacing but do it well.

The conversations seemed clunky and not natural. The other actress did a good job but Ellie just doesn’t seem natural in anything she does or any of her dialogue IMO. She just has this blank stare and it’s hard to tell is she happy, scared, excited…etc. she has the angry and brash art down but has zero vulnerability or depth.

TBH she’s just not very likable and it’s hard to feel sympathy for her. It’s a combination of acting and the writing.

Next episode has potential to be the best. That guy david is a son of a bitch.

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Was it the lifeless stare, foul mouth, or bitchy attitude that gave it away?

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The actress just looks gay. Not sure how to describe it.

Even in Game of Thrones.

It really blows my mind that people think her acting performance is good in TLOU

In Game of Thrones, she dominated every scene she was in.

In the Last of Us, she has no range outside of sad/quiet and cursing up a storm