The Last Of Us Series - Page 2

Pacmeyer · 01-18-2023, 09:31 PM

It's a fungus not a virus so we're not the same as The Walking Dead.

Then the show goes right back to the same "spread by zombie bite" trope. Trying to distinguish itself from other zombie apocalypse movies and TV is a losing battle when even the orphan/surrogate father premise was done better in another game. When it's not possible to be new in a genre, you embrace the tropes and make them your own. Instead, the producers seem satisfied with checking off certain playable scenes. I don't think I've seen so much walking and running in a show before without anything actually happening.

finfangfan · 01-19-2023, 08:34 AM

I watched the first episode and wasn’t too into it. I have never played the video games so maybe that would have helped me enjoy it as much as others. I think as a pilot TWD did a much better job of reeling the viewer in, but maybe my view on that is biased since I did have familiarity with the TWD comic before the TV show began.

DioBrando · 01-19-2023, 04:42 PM

I watched it, never played the game but am aware of it. Wasn't impressed, seems pretty on par with every other zombie show.

Pacmeyer · 01-20-2023, 12:25 AM

Craig Mazin quoted as saying "We're so used to characters with plot armor. One of the great things that The Last of Us achieved was puncturing that plot armor in such a brutal and gorgeous and sad way."

I guess he thinks no one has ever heard of either The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones

Earlsnake07 · 01-20-2023, 07:54 AM

Watched it and LOVED it - also played the games. The running away scene (knowing what was about to happen) was crazy...........reminded me 100% of the game.

Look forward to this one each week.

awz50 · 01-20-2023, 12:10 PM

I really enjoyed it, played the game years ago and loved it

marl1220 · 01-20-2023, 05:16 PM

I wasn't aware a thread existed for the show and posted about it in the horror movie thread. Not all that thrilled after one episode but I'll give it a couple more weeks. I'm getting the same vibe from this show that I got from the Netflix Resident Evil show. I find the young female lead very obnoxious right away. Both are very easy to dislike.

Hollywood42 · 01-20-2023, 08:15 PM

Did you play the game? I thought Ellie was very well represented, they nailed her type of humor right off the bat

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Originally Posted by marl1220

I wasn't aware a thread existed for the show and posted about it in the horror movie thread. Not all that thrilled after one episode but I'll give it a couple more weeks. I'm getting the same vibe from this show that I got from the Netflix Resident Evil show. I find the young female lead very obnoxious right away. Both are very easy to dislike.

Brobocop · 01-21-2023, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by marl1220

I wasn't aware a thread existed for the show and posted about it in the horror movie thread. Not all that thrilled after one episode but I'll give it a couple more weeks. I'm getting the same vibe from this show that I got from the Netflix Resident Evil show. I find the young female lead very obnoxious right away. Both are very easy to dislike.

Being one of the worlds biggest fans of Resident Evil and also being a fan of both TLOU games, I’m shocked someone could make this comparison. TLOU looks, feels, and sounds like the game, almost to a fault. Resident Evil, both the show and movies, are almost embarrassed to be associated with the games rather than embrace them and properly adapt them.

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marl1220 · 01-21-2023, 03:44 PM

I never played the games. Maybe it would give me a different perspective on the shows. My comments are based solely on the shows, and the personalities of the characters, alone.

golferphil · 01-22-2023, 09:55 PM

I still believe that Bella should have been made Queen on Game of Thrones.

Chuck Bartowski · 01-23-2023, 11:10 AM

They made Clickers more terrifying than they were in the game. They also depicted how hard it is to get a head shot on them so well with the flailing arms charging right at you.

Not sure how I feel about the interconnectivity thing. I guess as long as this doesn't just disappear in the rest of the episodes it's fine, but if it's a one and done thing it will be kind of bad.

Brobocop · 01-23-2023, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck Bartowski

They made Clickers more terrifying than they were in the game. They also depicted how hard it is to get a head shot on them so well with the flailing arms charging right at you.

Not sure how I feel about the interconnectivity thing. I guess as long as this doesn't just disappear in the rest of the episodes it's fine, but if it's a one and done thing it will be kind of bad.

I liked the interconnectivity of them versus the spores. Not sure I want the main actors to run around sounding like Bane in those sequences.

NCtheBBcradle · 01-23-2023, 02:18 PM

That kiss!

Chuck Bartowski · 01-23-2023, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brobocop

I liked the interconnectivity of them versus the spores. Not sure I want the main actors to run around sounding like Bane in those sequences.

Yeah I don't mind getting rid of spores, but I think there is danger in introducing something and then having it disappear as if it were never a thing so I just want the interconnectivity thing to come around in future episodes as well. There could be additional explanation required as well as it's not clear why not all infected are connected to this "network."

xbignick · 01-23-2023, 04:31 PM

If the clickers react on sound why not basically just keep throwing random junk away from you, heck...even out the window and they'll jump out?

Hollywood42 · 01-23-2023, 06:05 PM

Oh man the infected are so much more gross in the show than the game. Yuck!

Rabs · 01-23-2023, 10:17 PM

Are clickers a term for anyone that is infected?

I'm guessing over time their heads turn into the flower looking fungus?

Pacmeyer · 01-24-2023, 02:19 AM

How long is Ellie going to eat the same chicken sandwich? Unless she has a Yeti in her backpack that thing is more dangerous than the clickers.

therealcjc33 · 01-24-2023, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rabs

Are clickers a term for anyone that is infected?

I'm guessing over time their heads turn into the flower looking fungus?

So there are a few "stages":

Infected= they can't move very fast, so they are easier to kill.

Runners= They run at you and are a little more difficult to kill.

Clicker= They have the fungi head and are blind but have extraordinary hearing. More difficult to kill than Runners.

Bloater= The bigger and more powerful of the bunch. Extremely difficult to kill due to the fungi creating an "armor".

And the last and probably the scariest...Ratking. We won't see it this season, but definitely next season.

oldgoldy97 · 01-24-2023, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by xbignick

If the clickers react on sound why not basically just keep throwing random junk away from you, heck...even out the window and they'll jump out?

That’s what you do in the game.

Rabs · 01-24-2023, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by therealcjc33

So there are a few "stages":

Infected= they can't move very fast, so they are easier to kill.

Runners= They run at you and are a little more difficult to kill.

Clicker= They have the fungi head and are blind but have extraordinary hearing. More difficult to kill than Runners.

Bloater= The bigger and more powerful of the bunch. Extremely difficult to kill due to the fungi creating an "armor".

And the last and probably the scariest...Ratking. We won't see it this season, but definitely next season.

Thanks that is helpful. I don't think the show has really explained all the differences yet unless I missed it.

So the "runner" would be the type that chased Joel and his daughter right before she died from the military guy.

therealcjc33 · 01-24-2023, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rabs

Thanks that is helpful. I don't think the show has really explained all the differences yet unless I missed it.

So the "runner" would be the type that chased Joel and his daughter right before she died from the military guy.

You're welcome! I hope they do explain them because it does get confusing!

Yep, that was a runner. There's also a "stalker" thar is in between infected and runner.

Like I said, it gets confusing lmao

xbignick · 01-25-2023, 03:17 PM

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That’s what you do in the game.

Makes sense. Despite not playing the game, I'm noticing multiple things that are game-like. Example: walking through the door way and it immediately collapsing behind you preventing any double back.

Earlsnake07 · 01-26-2023, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NCtheBBcradle

That kiss!

That was crazy....

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Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

That’s what you do in the game.

Absolutely - or burn their asses up!

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Originally Posted by therealcjc33

So there are a few "stages":

Infected= they can't move very fast, so they are easier to kill.

Runners= They run at you and are a little more difficult to kill.

Clicker= They have the fungi head and are blind but have extraordinary hearing. More difficult to kill than Runners.

Bloater= The bigger and more powerful of the bunch. Extremely difficult to kill due to the fungi creating an "armor".

And the last and probably the scariest...Ratking. We won't see it this season, but definitely next season.

Excellent description for both

01-19-2023, 04:42 PM	#28
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01-20-2023, 07:54 AM	#30
Earlsnake07 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 9,501 earlsnake07	Watched it and LOVED it - also played the games. The running away scene (knowing what was about to happen) was crazy...........reminded me 100% of the game. Look forward to this one each week. __________________ SCA - https://sportscardalbum.com/u/earlsnake07 Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/187941314@N02/albums/with/72157713887746408

01-20-2023, 12:10 PM	#31
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01-22-2023, 09:55 PM	#36
golferphil Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 4,055 Golferphil Golferphil	I still believe that Bella should have been made Queen on Game of Thrones. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember; we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion. --Maynard James Keenan

01-23-2023, 04:31 PM	#41
xbignick Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 29,307 xxbignick	If the clickers react on sound why not basically just keep throwing random junk away from you, heck...even out the window and they'll jump out? __________________ @xxbignick on twitter

01-18-2023, 09:31 PM	#26
Pacmeyer Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: All over Posts: 4,206	It's a fungus not a virus so we're not the same as The Walking Dead. Then the show goes right back to the same "spread by zombie bite" trope. Trying to distinguish itself from other zombie apocalypse movies and TV is a losing battle when even the orphan/surrogate father premise was done better in another game. When it's not possible to be new in a genre, you embrace the tropes and make them your own. Instead, the producers seem satisfied with checking off certain playable scenes. I don't think I've seen so much walking and running in a show before without anything actually happening.

01-19-2023, 08:34 AM	#27
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,288	I watched the first episode and wasn’t too into it. I have never played the video games so maybe that would have helped me enjoy it as much as others. I think as a pilot TWD did a much better job of reeling the viewer in, but maybe my view on that is biased since I did have familiarity with the TWD comic before the TV show began.

01-20-2023, 12:25 AM	#29
Pacmeyer Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: All over Posts: 4,206	Craig Mazin quoted as saying "We're so used to characters with plot armor. One of the great things that The Last of Us achieved was puncturing that plot armor in such a brutal and gorgeous and sad way." I guess he thinks no one has ever heard of either The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones

01-20-2023, 05:16 PM	#32
marl1220 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9,805	I wasn't aware a thread existed for the show and posted about it in the horror movie thread. Not all that thrilled after one episode but I'll give it a couple more weeks. I'm getting the same vibe from this show that I got from the Netflix Resident Evil show. I find the young female lead very obnoxious right away. Both are very easy to dislike.

01-21-2023, 03:44 PM	#35
marl1220 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9,805	I never played the games. Maybe it would give me a different perspective on the shows. My comments are based solely on the shows, and the personalities of the characters, alone.

01-23-2023, 11:10 AM	#37
Chuck Bartowski Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Alaska Posts: 3,210 bartowski1976	They made Clickers more terrifying than they were in the game. They also depicted how hard it is to get a head shot on them so well with the flailing arms charging right at you. Not sure how I feel about the interconnectivity thing. I guess as long as this doesn't just disappear in the rest of the episodes it's fine, but if it's a one and done thing it will be kind of bad.

01-23-2023, 02:18 PM	#39
NCtheBBcradle Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 296	That kiss!

01-23-2023, 06:05 PM	#42
Hollywood42 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 39,485 Hollywood42	Oh man the infected are so much more gross in the show than the game. Yuck! __________________ Collecting the Twins All my PC wants/haves available at hollywood42cards.com

01-23-2023, 10:17 PM	#43
Rabs Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 16,050 Rabs	Are clickers a term for anyone that is infected? I'm guessing over time their heads turn into the flower looking fungus? __________________ Sean Taylor/Craig Kimbrel/Brian Orakpo Collector! https://sportscardalbum.com/u/rabs

01-24-2023, 02:19 AM	#44
Pacmeyer Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: All over Posts: 4,206	How long is Ellie going to eat the same chicken sandwich? Unless she has a Yeti in her backpack that thing is more dangerous than the clickers.