They saying HBO got its next Game of Thrones/big mainstream hit with The Last of Us TV Adaptation UP: Renewed For Season 2

[RamsayBolton]

The Last of Us season 1 Reviews

Set 20 years after the destruction of civilization, Joel (Pedro Pascal) is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a quarantine zone in this drama series based on the PlayStation video game of the same name.

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The Last of Us: Season 1 Review - IGN

HBO's The Last of Us is a stunning adaptation that should thrill newcomers and enrich those already familiar with Joel and Ellie's journey alike.

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HBO's The Last of Us does exactly that: a brilliant retelling of one of video games’ most beloved stories that rebottles the lightning of what made it so special to many in the first place, letting it strike again to stunning effect. Thanks to a pair of phenomenal lead performances and a beautifully executed vision of what it is to find hope and love in a world hellbent on denying it, The Last of Us thrills from the first episode to the last.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/the-last-of-us-hbo-season-1-review/

The entire season covers the plot of the first game. The show doesn’t feel hurried; each episode lasts about an hour long. Many of the episodic emotional cliffhangers from the first game are, again, echoed in the show. Now, a new generation of TV watchers will engage with the debate that players of the game have litigated over and over for the past decade, around character decisions and what it means to do the right thing in a shattered world.

 

[Gloxina]

This Sunday or next?

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

I’m not surprised, Pedro pascal is killing it right now.

 

[Tair]

I have my opinions on TLOU and decisions made by the characters,

Spoiler

I ultimately disagreed with Joel. He negatively impacted more lives than he helped.

I hope the show is good.

 

[King Poetic]

Previews look good

Plus my boy from Narcos staring in it

 

[RamsayBolton]

This Sunday or next?

This Sunday/Jan 15

 

[Ruck]

Us gamers don’t need a goddamn show to know how great the story and characters are. These actors will never replicate what the original medium presented. fukk neil druckman. I ain’t watching that shyt.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Us gamers don’t need a goddamn show to know how great the story and characters are. These actors will never replicate what the original medium presented. fukk neil druckman. I ain’t watching that shyt.

Open your heart to it

 

[RamsayBolton]

Us gamers don’t need a goddamn show to know how great the story and characters are. These actors will never replicate what the original medium presented. fukk neil druckman. I ain’t watching that shyt.

We can have both though wym

 

[Son Goku]

I have no desire to play the games so I might watch the show.

Us gamers don’t need a goddamn show to know how great the story and characters are. These actors will never replicate what the original medium presented. fukk neil druckman. I ain’t watching that shyt.

Nah, I know what you mean. I wouldn't want a Gears or GoW show or movie either. Some games (read: most) don't translate well to other visual mediums.


Look what they did to Halo.

Took a perfectly good action franchise and turned it into a sloppy soap opera.

We can have both though wym

This is why us gamers can't have nice things.

 

[Gloxina]

Us gamers don’t need a goddamn show to know how great the story and characters are. These actors will never replicate what the original medium presented. fukk neil druckman. I ain’t watching that shyt.

Millions of non-gamers will be introduced to this, though.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

It's gonna be huge. Been a massive fan of the game since back in the day.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

Us gamers don’t need a goddamn show to know how great the story and characters are. These actors will never replicate what the original medium presented. fukk neil druckman. I ain’t watching that shyt.

Nah you can flesh out the story way more on TV than in a game. Plus with Neil on board, you know they won't stray too far off and still be true to the story.

Some fools are complaining about petty bullshyt already like how the girl who plays Ellie looks different. Some fans have decided to just hate on it from jump.

I'm excited for this one.

 

[Brosef]

I’m not surprised, Pedro pascal is killing it right now.

Was in Narcos AND Game of Thrones now this

 

[Ruck]

Millions of non-gamers will be introduced to this, though.

thats perfectly fine. but for someone who played the game, i have absolutely no interest.