Horror 'The Last of Us' HBO Series

[Iceman]

Really, really excited to watch Bella Ramsey go through Ellie's crazy intense character arc over this and hopefully future seasons.

Another great episode. The cold opens are nauseating in a good way.

Yeah, she’s totally capable of giving us the best of Ellie.

 

[Kane52630]

Of course, Neil Druckmann directed this episode, the action direction felt straight right from the game.

Loved the cold open in Jakarta, Like the ABC cold open, it keeps that Chornobyl feeling intact that actually feels like it's adding something more. But ngl, part of me made me wish we got a Timo Tjahjanto zombie movie, he would totally nail it.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Man in the Suit]

 

[Drizzle]

Joel firing his gun and alerting more infected is exactly how I play the game. Perfect adaptation.

This made me legitimately laugh out loud. When I've played the game on Light mode it's:

But the show also captured Grounded mode pretty well in that moment where Ellie just breathes and the clicker immediately knew they were there. The few times I've attempted the game on Grounded mode you get swarmed if you so much as bump into a wall two rooms away from infected.

 

[Kane52630]

I tried playing the game on Grounded mode and it was not successful.

 

[Drizzle]

I tried playing the game on Grounded mode and it was not successful.

Human enemies were hard enough but manageable with a lot of sneaking around. Once you get into infected territory, forget it. It took so much time to scrounge around to get enough supplies for two molotovs and I ended up missing my target both times I threw them. I threw in the towel pretty early in the game.

 

[Iceman]

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They got a good actor for Tess. Shame we didn’t get her for a bit longer.

 

[Iceman]

Of course, Neil Druckmann directed this episode, the action direction felt straight right from the game.

Loved the cold open in Jakarta, Like the ABC cold open, it keeps that Chornobyl feeling intact that actually feels like it's adding something more. But ngl, part of me made me wish we got a Timo Tjahjanto zombie movie, he would totally nail it.

I didn’t realise Druckmann would be directing episodes. Cool, it certainly felt very close to the game, as did the location used.

 

[Kane52630]

Human enemies were hard enough but manageable with a lot of sneaking around. Once you get into infected territory, forget it. It took so much time to scrounge around to get enough supplies for two molotovs and I ended up missing my target both times I threw them. I threw in the towel pretty early in the game.

I remember not having enough supplies when I had to face the

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bloater at the school

and it f**ed me up several times and that was just on hard mode. I couldn't even imagine having even less.

 

[Kane52630]

Also... looks like Bill's episode next week is the one that critics keep talking about. Which makes sense considering what happens. Also Peter Hoar directed it who worked on the Marvel Netflix shows.

 

[Drizzle]

I remember not having enough supplies when I had to face the

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bloater at the school

and it f**ed me up several times and that was just on hard mode. I couldn't even imagine having even less.

I didn't even attempt to get that far on Grounded. I knew

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the bloater

meant certain death.

 

[Iceman]

Also... looks like Bill's episode next week is the one that critics keep talking about. Which makes sense considering what happens. Also Peter Hoar directed it who worked on the Marvel Netflix shows.

Great, looking forward to it. This show is setting itself apart from other zombie films/shows. It's great not just for a video game film/show (finally!), but also setting a higher bar for these kinds of shows in general. Can compete with the current best shows of all types based on what’s been released so far. Also very much doing justice to one of the best games out there. Good times.

 

[Drizzle]

 

[squeekness]

He's high on my list of favorites.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[BoredGuy]

Just wondering, everyone in the flashbacks keep saying "A cure is impossible" "There's no vaccine, no medicine we can develop" etc... but they've provided no explanation for that

So, why is it so impossible?? We have anti-fungals for external issues, can they not be developed for internal use? We've developed medicines for all sorts of weird s*** but the characters in this are awfully insistent that it's not ever going to be possible, and I don't quite get why. Is it common knowledge that a fungal infection cannot be cured??

 

[Arachnerd]

Another great episode. I figured we would have gotten

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one extra episode with Anna Torv's Tess so it is quite sad to see her go, but she nailed the character to a tee. That kiss of death though, yuck. The Clickers were portrayed really well.

Also I'm wondering if each episode will open with a glimpse to pre-pandemic 2003 or if these two particular prologues are just it.

 

[squeekness]

Just wondering, everyone in the flashbacks keep saying "A cure is impossible" "There's no vaccine, no medicine we can develop" etc... but they've provided no explanation for that

So, why is it so impossible?? We have anti-fungals for external issues, can they not be developed for internal use? We've developed medicines for all sorts of weird s*** but the characters in this are awfully insistent that it's not ever going to be possible, and I don't quite get why. Is it common knowledge that a fungal infection cannot be cured??

Maybe because of the strain of fungus perhaps? Or that it infects too quickly there won't be enough time to get it out?

 

[Arachnerd]

That and, if I remember the game correctly, later on

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Ellie and Joel come across recordings of the Fireflies attempting to produce a cure but struggling to do so. Given all the expanding the show seems to be doing, I'm very sure they'll provide said explanation later on.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Gothamsknight]

Another fantastic episode. Those damn clickers! They nailed them.

 

[BoredGuy]

Maybe because of the strain of fungus perhaps? Or that it infects too quickly there won't be enough time to get it out?

Yeah, but idk
the scientist in 1968 named a bunch of different fungal strains, and also said "no vaccine is possible"
He had decades to try to come up with a treatment but seemingly didn't even bother because it was hopeless

 

[Man in the Suit]

The real star of the episode!

 

[Art Vandelay]

Yeah, but idk
the scientist in 1968 named a bunch of different fungal strains, and also said "no vaccine is possible"
He had decades to try to come up with a treatment but seemingly didn't even bother because it was hopeless

They seemed quite confident that it couldn't be transmitted (would that be the word?) to humans. But also, how is it transmitted? Seems like the kind of thing you'd go about your day with no idea you were infected, until it was too late.