Don’t get me wrong i’ve been playing video games ever since my childhood days with the Atari 2600, my parents were not gamers though because there were none in their time lol
The funny thing about these statements is that many video games, especially The Last of Us, touch upon more mature concepts and ideas and go to much darker places these days than any of the horseshit Hollywood puts out while still being entertaining lol in fact the game is more grounded in reality than the show so far.
I'm glad you like it but aside from the first episode and the second to some extent I feel like the spirit of the game has been lost along the way, I really enjoyed the first episode and it filled me with such high hopes but as the show goes on it feels like it's completely losing that essence and putting in too much stuff that undoes how grounded the world felt in the game.I'm still liking it a lot. It's not the game, and never could be, but it's the spirit of the game.
The show augments it, adds some extra scenes, but also changes things. The changes make me want to rationalise it as being told by a different narrator from a different perspective, who heard the tale of Joel and Ellie from various, and not always trustworthy, sources.
Either that or the TLOU series takes place in Marvel/DC comic book style on a parallel Earth.
When it's finished I want to binge watch it. I was considering editing out the Bill and Frankinterludeinterruption because it breaks the natural flow of Joel and Ellie's developing relationship. But why bother? That's what the fast forward button's for.
Someone told me last week she was supposed to have a purpose in the story and after the latest episode I'm still wondering what was her purpose, aside from giving me a good laugh with her death scene
seriously what a complete waste of time on this bland character, we should've gotten two episodes of Sam and Henry not two episodes of Kathleen.
Please don’t compare disposable fun silly video games to the best cinema experiences from 1930-2023.The funny thing about these statements is that many video games, especially The Last of Us, touch upon more mature concepts and ideas and go to much darker places these days than any of the ********* Hollywood puts out while still being entertaining lol in fact the game is more grounded in reality than the show so far.
To me you just seem to have a very narrow minded view on video games and the people that enjoy them as a medium, I don't question anybody's intelligence for liking Disney, Marvel or DC and consuming their movies and shows as respectable and mature art which makes up for the majority of these forums but The Last of Us video games take a steamy dump on any of those childish stories in terms of philosophy but sure tell me about the "deep philosophy" of Luke drinking alien ***** milk or *insert superhero name here* making a funny joke after destroying half of whatever place they're supposed to save.
The spirit of the game for me is the relationship between Joel and Ellie, and the repercussions of the event that relationship leads to.
In the game Joel is hardened by the loss of his daughter. He's largely closed off and unreceptive to Ellie, who's looking at Joel as a father figure. She gradually wins him over to such an extent that... [spoilers]. Well, you know the rest.
I think Pedro's playing the part well. Withdrawn so much that he barely seems to be acting sometimes, because he's reluctant to open up.
Bella also captures the essence of game Ellie for me. An external shield of bravado that gradually drops to reveal her true nature, and her very real fear of being alone.
Warning to others - this video is a series of spoilers...
Lol someone told me that last week aswell. That we will figure out why all these people follow her. I honestly got no indication as to why they would follow her other than she was a sister to the captain? I don’t know. But either way her soft spoken stern voice made me laugh.Someone told me last week she was supposed to have a purpose in the story and after the latest episode I'm still wondering what was her purpose, aside from giving me a good laugh with her death scene
You’re older you don’t understand. You can literally play any movie you want and live through those games. Dammit jye it’s people like you is the reason why it took so long to get respected video game adaptations like sonic. And yes I’m being serious
No one went looking for quality story telling when they played TLOU but when we got it anyway most of us were quite taken with it, hence the popularity/love. Calling it stupid and lumping it in with other mindless shoot'em up games without playing it is rather close-minded and doesn't do it justice. It's like my saying AWOW is a $2 Billion hot pile of garbage without ever seeing it. Except in the case of AWOW I'm quite confident that assessment is correct.
