'The Last of Us' - Season 2 Thread (NO GAME SPOILERS!) | HBO | Neil Druckmann stepping away from creative involvement

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I'm not buying this Abby shyt
Maybe if I played the game I'd have an appreciation for her character
But from what they've shown, I don't get how/why she's 'winning' so far

She completed her mission (kill Joel) in such a convenient manner, in record time
She got the drop on Tommy (in the theatre), by herself...?
And killed Jesse

She hasn't shown any type of skill that would warrant such impactful actions here

Maybe I'm missing something, but this show/season is average at best
In the game you knew even less about her lol

For reference, the season 1 finale drew over 8 million
 

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I can respect how they addressed the fact that Ellie and Abby were supposed to be equally as bad in the game and it was just impossible to dislike Ellie that much. Showrunners just decided to make Ellie completely insufferable for an entire season.

THAT is a creative way to fix that problem.
 

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I can respect how they addressed the fact that Ellie and Abby were supposed to be equally as bad in the game and it was just impossible to dislike Ellie that much. Showrunners just decided to make Ellie completely insufferable for an entire season.

THAT is a creative way to fix that problem.

IDK if that was they intention on this my guy :mjlol:
 

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IDK if that was they intention on this my guy :mjlol:
:francis: Just tryna give them some props

I don't remember the game enough to recall if nikkas give Ellie the same level of shyt by this stage in the game. but when 2 of the 3 mfs you closest to on this planet both tell you that you're full of shyt, I think it's time for some self-reflection.

I got a feeling they're gonna overcorrect in the other direction and make Abby a fukking saint because of how much shyt neckbeards gave Neil for the last half decade. Neil WANTED you to like Abby in the game, I do remember that
 

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:francis: Just tryna give them some props

I don't remember the game enough to recall if nikkas give Ellie the same level of shyt by this stage in the game. but when 2 of the 3 mfs you closest to on this planet both tell you that you're full of shyt, I think it's time for some self-reflection.

I got a feeling they're gonna overcorrect in the other direction and make Abby a fukking saint because of how much shyt neckbeards gave Neil for the last half decade. Neil WANTED you to like Abby in the game, I do remember that

Well he might get his wish cuz the lady playing Abby is a considerably better actor than Bella.

If she can get on some HGH in the next few years she'll be a pretty spot on rendition beyond the whole being 5 foot nothing thing :manny:
 

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Show is cw status rn

Ellie actress aint bad. I like lynanna mormont. They just put her in shytty situations and logic and dialog. She sposed to care about dina being pregnant and the most they do is have asian guy say “i wan get my kid the ruck outta here”. Barely even scratch the surface of her bloodlust.

They rushed it, made he make impulsive decisions without like sitting in the situation and dialoging it out proper. Just scene to scene. Dumb move to dumb move.

Like some have said i never played 2, but its the things they go through that tells the story. Here she isnt really going through much. Just killing people left and right with almost no danger. Tryna gun down groups of people alone to help?

It makes it seem like super lgbtq girl. Shes the one who cares….

They harping on this cycle of revenge thing too much. Never gonna like abby. What she did was not ok. Joel shot people yes. Killed her father yes. Fast. She tortures him to death. Its NOT the same thing.

They gon repeat the mistakes they made and double down because of whatever messaging they wan get across.
 

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I really don’t get people because last season everyone praised the bill and frank episode and everyone on here agreed it was dumb as hell and did nothing to progress the plot. But since everyone on social media and hollywood praised it the entire series got elevated and thats the main episode i heard about.

Feel like with a lot of pop culture people just follow the way the wind is blowing. I’ve seen people this season praise and ep and come back 3 days later and say its wack :dead:
 

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Just finished the episode

I’m ngl, they tug on your heart strings about as well as a TV show can do, esp a show where you don’t like the main character :hubie: It’s hard to give them props exclusive of the show and not keep in mind how much of a run they were on with the games. I’d give it a 6-7/10 season all in all
 

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I really don’t get people because last season everyone praised the bill and frank episode and everyone on here agreed it was dumb as hell and did nothing to progress the plot. But since everyone on social media and hollywood praised it the entire series got elevated and thats the main episode i heard about.

Feel like with a lot of pop culture people just follow the way the wind is blowing. I’ve seen people this season praise and ep and come back 3 days later and say its wack :dead:
everybody did what i did, when Joel got killed, they dumped the show, no one wants to see the adventures of solo (essentially) Ellie

when GoT killed Ned they still had Jon at the war, Robb assembling his army and Tyrion doing whatever Tyrion does, there was nothing else to the show.

Succession killed Logan , ppl were rooting for Tom, I wasn't I was rooting for Connor, but still.
 

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HBO notorious for this with their big budget hits.

But yea, now we gotta wait 2 fukking years to find out what happened. Not only that, they probably gonna wait until the last episode to show what happened to Ellie.

these nikkas better come with at least 10 eps next season
They kinda gotta do it like this with how they chose to deviate from the game’s story telling device and the fact that the show runner, for some reason, went public with saying they’d need a S4. I don’t know why he did that
 

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They kinda gotta do it like this with how they chose to deviate from the game’s story telling device and the fact that the show runner, for some reason, went public with saying they’d need a S4. I don’t know why he did that

IDK what they can use a s4 for unless they plan on expounding quite a bit on the last section of the game.
 

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IDK what they can use a s4 for unless they plan on expounding quite a bit on the last section of the game.
I was starting up a rewatch of a TLOU2 walk through last week…kinda just interested to recall how little (or much) happens between that season ending and the series ending.

You think this series would be better if they chose to do the constant switching between both sides like the game did?
 
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