Mercury33 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Wow, what an absolutely incredible episode of television. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Damn what an episode! My heart strings broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 That was really great. Broke my heart at the end. I liked expanding on Bill’s backstory. The change suited it well, too. Didn’t really change Joel and Ellie’s journey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Frank is D.K. from Farscape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 My only issue with them deviating is that I watched it before bed. What a great episode. This will get lost in the episode, and I don't believe this was in the game, but that mass grave reminded me of the Killing Fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 An episode like this is what justifies the entire existence of this show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 i cant quite remember the game but the running joke of ellie keep asking to get a gun and shut down was funny. im sure we know when she will get to use one soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I thought the episodes go up on Monday? When did you guys watch this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I've never played the game so I don't have anything to compare it to, but holy fuck that episode was incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_BJ_ Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, best3444 said: I thought the episodes go up on Monday? When did you guys watch this? They go up Sunday nights. I'm probably making a mistake watching this before playing the game, but it's just too damn good. I might start the game soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 13 minutes ago, best3444 said: I thought the episodes go up on Monday? When did you guys watch this? They're released Sunday at 9pm Eastern. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Well fuck me I missed this last night. Can't wait to see this tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Disability community isn't totally thrilled with one part Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Great episode though I’d be interested to see how the person that created that Twitter thread above would prefer the ending. They carry on as they were? They eventually die of starvation, dehydration, or disease? They get eaten? They turn into monsters? Is there a better cliche to go with than someone killing a persons they love to spare them from everything bad that inhabits that (fictionalised ) world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 45 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: Disability community isn't totally thrilled with one part Hide contents I thought he was sick, not just disabled…? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: I thought he was sick, not just disabled…? He was sick. Probably with cancer. He was dying anyway and wanted to end things on his terms. That’s what I took from it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Also, goddamn the chuds in the IGN comments. Idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I assumed it was cancer since Frank said it was incurable pre-apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: He was sick. Probably with cancer. He was dying anyway and wanted to end things on his terms. That’s what I took from it. I took it as MS or maybe ALS given it seemed progressive as he struggled to paint and eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: I took it as MS or maybe ALS given it seemed progressive as he struggled to paint and eat. Entirely possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 17 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: I took it as MS or maybe ALS given it seemed progressive as he struggled to paint and eat. That was my thought as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I saw that the other day on FB. Sent it to my husband and he’d forgotten Pedro Pascal played Oberon. 🤦🏻♀️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Wow. Did not expect that at all. So wonderfully done and really sweat and touching. What a fuckin show so far. It has completely surpassed my expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 That take sure is a take 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Welp, that’s twice that “On the Nature of Daylight” caused me to break down in a flood of emotions (Arrival being the other). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2209831120 WELL THIS IS INTERESTING 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 17 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Also, goddamn the chuds in the IGN comments. Idiots. Look, don’t make us chastise you like we do @ortover his repeated readings of Fox News 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 So yeah, I've been watching this. It really is good. I have never played this game and barely knew anything about it. I didn't even know it was (yet another ) zombie apocalypse story. I find it interesting just how comfortable the show is in sticking to the video gamey nature of the story. It's got fetch quests from NPCs, storage lockers, blocked passages, different difficulty paths, clearly defined bad guy types that come at you in staged encounters, etc... it 100% feels like you are watching a video game. During episode 2 when they were "forced" to go into the "museum level" because the all the streets were blocked off by rubble, I literally laughed out loud. I mean, it's a show and I'll just go with it, but come on... I kind of want them to have a scene where they are walking down a wooded path and are like... "hey look at that, let's go check it out... oh wait, we can't get over this row of 2 foot tall bushes here... I guess we just have to keep moving..." It's like some sort of nutty Ouroboros, with a game designed to be feel just like a movie turned into a "movie" designed to feel like just like a game... I wonder if they wouldn't have been better served trying to make it feel a little less video gamey. (episode 3 definitely was the least gamey one so far) The mushroom zombies are truly scary. I don't understand how Ellie managed to survive for 14 years without getting herself killed. Her character feels a little weird to me. For someone who was born into and who has only experienced life in this mushroom apocalypse hellworld, she seems a little too naive, foolhardy and innocent. I don't think a 14 year old from this universe would even be remotely similar to how kids today act. They would be cold, brutal survivors or they would be dead. Even in a QZ or whatever. Anyway, I am really enjoying it. I'm not sure I love it as much as a lot of people seem to, but I give it a big thumbs up and will keep watching for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 i think it feels more video gamey to us because we play video games all the time and are looking at this like “oh that’s a video game thing” when they loot a store or climb over something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 How ‘The Last of Us’ Revived Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Long Long Time,’ Which Is Now Up 4,900% in Spotify Streams VARIETY.COM Linda Ronstadt's song "Long Long Time" has seen streaming numbers soared by 4900% following an episode of HBO's "The Last of Us." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Her documentary from a few years ago is also trending on HBO Max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Watching Fatman/Blackman Beyond hosted by Marc Bernardin w/ guest Tiffany Smith & she says she has no idea where the story is going but she's all aboard for it. This has to be the same sentiment SO many others who haven't played the games, nor have any context for what transpires, that so many have watching this show & it has me joyfully giddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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