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Episode 8 is def going to be the chapter with David, which is going to be insane
Not sure if it was episode 5 or 6, but I love that Joel wants to raise sheep. Good seed, that.
Love all your band shirts! Oso Oso RULES.
I was hoping that Graham Greene would have a bigger role.
I’m not ready for the Riley episode next week
“We are communists” …so cool 🥴
I really liked the episode as well. My only complaint was that I would have liked to have more of an action scene with the humans at the university like in the game
Worst cast ever
The scene where Ellie asks "Is this what they had to worry about?" Boys and what clothes to wear etc… is actually from the game(right down to the wallpaper) where Ellie steals a horse and goes off to a ranch in the forest. but it could be Joel's future house. in the TV series.
Woke ideology indoctrination disguised as a TV show.
People who played the games: He’s not dead you idiots.
Hey there's this new game out called Hogwarts legacy. It's number 1 on most charts, everyone's playing it. Thought you guys might be interested in mentioning since your a gaming channel? Or are you activists first?
I’ll ask again. Are you ever going to review Hogwarts Legacy or has the woke mob got your balls in a Vice?
I will still never get used to anybody doing ups-and-downs other than Simon
Honestly it was a good episode (and it's a great show) but I feel like the lack of time given to really develop Ellie and Joel's relationship holds it back. Like the major decision from the episode meant to show how much Joel means to her feels unearned with how little time on screen they've had together as the showrunners have tried to flesh out more of the world around them. Just my opinion. I feel like the show is tracking for a 8/10 overall (obviously still great) instead of the 10/10 it could have been.
Hogwarts Legacy is great game.
Hogwarts Legacy Exists
Hogwarts Legacy is set to be the biggest game of the year and one of the biggest gaming channels out there refuses to review it
Hogwarts Legacy will still exist even though you pretend it doesn’t
Reviewing a TV show on a gaming channel and refusing to review Hogwarts Legacy. Very strange
Joel gets killed with a golf club within a half an hour of the start of part 2
I agree with your review of episode 6, in particular the university scenes. But let's talk about EPISODE 5. To be clear I have zero problems with the changes to the show compared to the game. BUT unlike the game where it was heart wrenching the way it played out with Sam and Henry, the TV version we never got to connect with the pair at all. This could have been written much better and I think additional episodes would have been able to flesh them out to bring that gut punch. Incidentally, I feel the same about Tess, who was a character primed to be fleshed out (in both the game and the show).
I didn't really get why at the time, but after you mention the rushed pacing of the university I have to agree. I was bracing myself for Joel to get launched off the 2nd floor but for the sake of a more grounded, realistic portrayal, I get it (Joel's supposed to be 56, not many 56-yr-olds are falling that far and surviving, let alone pulling themselves off an 18in rebar spike immediately afterward). But I think I was so focused on how they were going to handle that in the show drew my focus from how much better the buildup could've been. Still loving the show, Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay are killing it as Joel and Ellie
Show is trash
I'll admit the guy that's playing Joel is amazing in the role but Ellie doesn't feel right to me. I don't remember her being so annoying but then I haven't played the game since it released on PS3
Agreed on needing more buildup to Joel’s stabbing. Like, the reason the cannibals are still looking for him in the game later is bc he took out so many of their guys. Here he takes out one that we see. That’s not enough to make a guy memorable to you, imo. Makes me worried for the last episode despite all else so far.
My biggest problem with the over all "Last of Us" story, especially Part 2, is that they do not really expand upon the nature of personal choice. Ellie is rarely given any choice in what happens to her, so, no-spoilers, but the central plot of Last of Us Part 2 hints at but never really drives home this aspect that the doctors, Marlene, and even Joel never give Ellie the choice. Yet here, in this episode, as they are in the stable, Joel specifically says to her, "You should have a choice," on whether to continue with him or go with Tommy instead. This could be a very large hypocrisy on Joel's part, in the coming episodes, or might be the much need derivation from the original source material to identify that glaring injustice done to Ellie through the 2 video games, that nobody really mentions, comments, or highlights the fact that Ellie never got to choose her fate.
Most of the complaints about the show are coming from certain people who played the game (and didn't like the changes the game creator and directors made), and/or from people who have short attention spans who don't like drama, character development, dialogue, anything LGBTQ+ related, and/or story-driven movies or shows.
My non-gaming mom "I loved episode 6 until the end. I don't like how it ended."
Me (thinking about the second game) "It's too soon for him to die."|
Her "Um? What? Thanks, I guess?"
Regarding Ep 5 I feel like they ruined the shock of Sam turning and the scene with Ellie trying to use her blood to save him made her feel a little dumb ino
As for Ep6…I disagree on the emotional weight of some of the scenes. Part of what made me invested in Game Joel's scene with Ellie is that it was a rare outburst of emotion from him…from his muted concern searching for her to it hiking up as he got closer then the actual scene itself. I think Pedro did a great job delivering his lines but Bella seemed to lack the furious hurt in Ellie's voice from the thought of Joel Abandoning her. Cutting out the chase of Ellie and having the make up be so quick made my reaction to a scene I was hyped for all episode be one of disappointment
Easy to let slide since you’re from the UK, but Kansas City proper is in Missouri, not Kansas.
Love the coverage and what you folks do; cheers!
The first two episodes had me concerned that the show was going to put a focus on the origins of the and source of the outbreak, which made me uneasy because that's not really what the games are about. But that was a difficult argument to explain to people, until this week. Now I can point to episode 6 and say THAT is what The Last Of Us is about! It's about the struggle of interpersonal relationships in a world where violence and death are rampant, and specifically about the struggles that Joel faces in becoming a father figure to Ellie, particularly given the context of Sarah. So many of those key moments from the game leapt out in this episode, and they were all executed perfectly on screen. I am so glad to see everything coming together so well, and I have confidence and hope that they will nail the rest of the season.
they did confirm it's her though
Please don’t skip them in the future, I looked all week for your review last week.
I felt the impactful moments were too rushed also. This episode should have concluded with Joel deciding to take Ellie, showing Joel fight his emotions to let her go. The university should have been an episode on it's own. Getting to the building and finding the medical documents, then trying to escape without getting caught. That building up to Joel getting stabbed.
I hadn't thought of this before, but when Josh FromWhatculture mentioned Bill, it gave me new appreciation for the show version of Joel.
Bill's note to Joel tells him that he needs to be a protector, but now Joel feels like he might be losing his ability to be that, so he will transition more to being a teacher and father figure. (The note also helps motivate his choice at the end.)
He will teach Ellie how to be a protector, which will also further flesh out her motivation for season two, when she will feel like she failed to protect Joel.
One down was we didn’t get the giraffe moment
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." -Steve Jobs
Ermm…..dare I ask if I'm the only one that's actually finding the pacing, lack of action and lack of infected becoming boring? If I'd not played the games I'm not sure if I would be enjoying it at all
I'm sure it's HBO's fault everything's moving so fast. Nobody's willing to pay for more than 9 episodes for an untested show. Now it's a success I'm sure next season will be longer.
One of the big downs for me is that they keep altering all of the big quotes from Joel. "It's over Tess!" was rearranged and had a fraction of the emotion behind it. He didn't even say the "mighty thin ice" line. Most of Ellie's dialog is taken nearly word-for-word from the game, but they keep changing Joel's for no reason. I just don't get it.
Going a bit off topic, did you cut your hair Josh? Looks dashing! As always have a magical day 🦄
I can't deny the impact of the scene where Joel confesses to Tommy about dead Tess/immune Ellie/dreaming about losing it etc. but the creative decision to have Pedro Pascal speak a lot of the more emotional dialogue in an almost comically high broken voice was a bit distracting – personally at least. I appreciate that's what people do when they are in that state – but it brought to mind an early Friends episode when Monica 'goes ultrasonic' when she gets upset about cooking Thanksgiving dinner
I have to disagree with you, not that I disliked the episode, but the problem I had with it is that it just glossed over so MUCH opportunity! We barely get to know the new characters and community so it feels like they're trying to race to the finish. I feel like this was the perfect opportunity to do some flashback and get to know the characters that we're supposed to be rooting for (they did it with characters who are literally dead before our main cast reaches them) so we can feel more for them. I also feel like it would have been more of a chance to develop Ellie's wonder about how the world used to work and her own insecurites and feelings. Most of all, I would have liked to have seen her make more of a choice rather than what we go where she was upset about a decision that was overturned five minutes later. A lot of potential was in this episode, but it was rushed. Seriously, we BARELY get to know the new characters or the new setting before we're thrown into the new scene just to get the story moving.
As you said pacing isn't great. I feel like it's the same as reading a book first. You get to have your story drawn out compared to the sometimes rushed dialogue and scenes. Episode 5 was easily my favourite. With the entrance of the bloater actually being far better than in the game. Absolutely loved it.
Here I thought there weren’t going to be any more up/down episodes since the series has so few downs 😂