Horror 'The Last of Us' HBO Series

[Lily Adler]

Oh god someone made Cordyceps mushroom coffee?!?

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[DCDAVE]

One week away. Are you guys ready?

 

[The Joker]

I'm looking forward to it. I just replayed the second game.

 

[Pennywise]

Photos from S2, episode 1

 

[Pennywise]

The Last Of Us: Season 2

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey return in HBO's series adaptation of the horror-drama video game. Read the Empire review.

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The Last Of Us Season 2 Review: A Dark, Complex, And (Mostly) Improved Adaptation - SlashFilm

Thanks to a rare combination of ambition, creativity, and a willingness to take risks, The Last of Us season 2 is even better than season 1. Here's our review.

t.co

‘The Last of Us’ Review: Season 2 of HBO’s Hit Video Game Adaptation Is Thrilling, Addicting and Incomplete

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are joined by newcomers Catherine O'Hara, Isabela Merced and Kaitlyn Dever in a fresh chapter that picks up five years after the last finale.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

‘The Last of Us’ Review: Season 2 Is a Thrilling, Twisted Evolution of HBO’s Formidable Survival Saga

Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) face the demons they tried to leave behind in Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann's 'The Last of Us' Season 2.

www.indiewire.com

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Is a Wrenching Saga of Revenge That Lets Bella Ramsey Take the Reins: TV Review

Season 2 of HBO's 'The Last of Us' continues the faithful game adaptation while placing Bella Ramsey in the spotlight.

t.co

The Last of Us Season 2 Review: Bigger, Better, Bolder

The Last of Us Season 2 delivers a bigger and bolder story that will undoubtedly upset and challenge audiences.

comicbook.com

The Last of Us Season 2 Review - An Outstanding Ensemble Cast Rises Above the Flaws

The Last of Us Season 2 is a huge improvement on the first season, but this HBO adaptation still can't live up to legacy of the games its based on.

discussingfilm.net

The Last of Us season 2 review: "Brilliant and visceral but fails to capture the magic of season 1"

Here's our review of The Last of Us season 2

www.gamesradar.com

'The Last of Us' Season 2 Review: Somehow, the Best Video Game Adaptation Ever Only Got Better

Season 2 finds beautiful ways to update what might very well be the best video game narrative ever told.

t.co

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/last-of-us-season-2-review-20257617.php

“The Last of Us” Returns with a Devastating, Riveting Second Season | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

“The Last of Us” succeeded as a game franchise because it trusted the emotional intelligence of gamers, and the show does the same for TV viewers.

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'The Last of Us' Season 2 Needs More Us, Less Them

HBO’s hit video-game adaptation adds several new characters, but loses a step without the intense focus on Ellie and Joel’s relationship.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Snow Queen]

DiscussingFilm review gives me some hope I'll enjoy it more this time as it sounds like the reviewer echoes a lot of my sentiments on season 1 and things that ground last season to a halt for me have been improved upon. Very encouraging. Though it sounds like it may echo one of my issues with the game.

 

[The Joker]

The reviews are very encouraging. The second game is such a loaded story. One of the biggest concerns is how they will pull it off.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yep I absolutely loved the 2nd game but knew it would be more difficult to adapt. Sounds like they pulled it off so far.

 

[DCDAVE]

I am getting way ahead but I bet the two important Scar characters will be adapted differently then in the game. I just don’t know how the general audience would take it. The video game crowd didn’t seem to like it, at least the vocal minority.

 

[Kane52630]

The video game crowd didn’t seem to like it, at least the vocal minority.

who gives af about the vocal minority? Those characters were great.

 

[DCDAVE]

who gives af about the vocal minority? Those characters were great.

I agree. Just wondering what HBO might do with them. I have some ideas that I will save for after season 2 is finished.

 

[Snow Queen]

Anyone else catch the secret panel

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Pennywise]

‘The Last Of Us’ Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere

The Last of Us has been renewed for a third season, ahead of the Season 2 premiere

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[DarkKnight88]

I’m not familiar with the second game, I thought that Season 2 would adapt it fully as Season 1 did with the first.

Is the game bigger that it would need two seasons? And since there’s not a third game, does it wrap up the story enough that Season 3 could be the end of the series?

Avoiding spoilers obviously, but can be vague lol

 

[Snow Queen]

I’m not familiar with the second game, I thought that Season 2 would adapt it fully as Season 1 did with the first.

Is the game bigger that it would need two seasons? And since there’s not a third game, does it wrap up the story enough that Season 3 could be the end of the series?

Avoiding spoilers obviously, but can be vague lol

I believe they've stated their intentions to adapt the second game over three seasons, which makes sense because the second game breaks pretty neatly into three parts. You'd need to bulk up the third part a lot to make a full season of it, but it's a pretty neat break. The game is about 20-ish hours. What would be the third season ending theoretically would be a not very good ending, I'd bet. But the game and presumably fourth season ends in a way that's simultaneously not leaning on a sequel but you know there's plenty of space for one and I assume they'll end up doing it at some point.

 

[Filmfreak]

I’m not familiar with the second game, I thought that Season 2 would adapt it fully as Season 1 did with the first.

Is the game bigger that it would need two seasons? And since there’s not a third game, does it wrap up the story enough that Season 3 could be the end of the series?

Avoiding spoilers obviously, but can be vague lol

It's twice the length of the first game so it makes sense. And it does kind of wrap things up, though I'm expecting them to continue the story further with the series.

 

[Still Wynning]

It's twice the length of the first game so it makes sense. And it does kind of wrap things up, though I'm expecting them to continue the story further with the series.

Not to mention there’s a ton of backstory for certain characters and factions that’s only alluded to in art or writings or didn’t even make it into the final game. For example, a ton of planned backstory revolving around Isaac didn’t make the final cut, and I presume that’s what they’re going to be using in this series (sort of like what they did for the “Left Behind” episode in season 1 with the “American Dreams” comic, which explores her life at the school before the events of the Left Behind DLC.).

I can see why they’re adapting it into three seasons.

 

[Drizzle]

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‘The Last Of Us’ Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere

The Last of Us has been renewed for a third season, ahead of the Season 2 premiere

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If they were to wrap up Part II's storyline in season 3 it could possibly be done in 10 episodes with more than a few of them being at least 80 minutes in length, but I think they'll likely keep it going to season 4.

 

[Kane52630]

I still think the whole Santa Braraba portion can be it's own season.

 

[Drizzle]

I still think the whole Santa Braraba portion can be it's own season.

If they were to somehow combine what happens during the time jump that we didn't see in the game between Seattle and the last leg of the game in Santa Barbara, I could see it.

 

[Kane52630]

If they were to somehow combine what happens during the time jump that we didn't see in the game between Seattle and the last leg of the game in Santa Barbara, I could see it.

We also didn't see what happened to Abby and Lev when the Rattlers caught them and put them in prison, and also what led to them being posted on the beach.