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[Hugare]

I think much like with the first season is the takes on this season are going to be pretty polarized and it will come down to just a matter of personal preference on if you like the changes they've made. So I think the opinions will be pretty varied and there won't be one consistent sentiment throughout all reviewers. Aside from the fact that it appears most people still consider it a good show, even those who are less positive, but it will come down to the specific moments and who liked how they translated it and who didn't.

I already hate how they are introducing Abby now

Seems like they are reusing the same idea Druckman had for the game, then decided to drop it, but suddenly found the idea to be good now for the show (it wasnt)

 

[Banjo64]

hahaha

 

[Mibu no ookami]

She should have been recasted, ffs.

Everyone saw it coming from a mile away.

I thought she was great in Season 1 but should have been recast in Season 2. You're just talking about a very different Ellie and a more physically imposing Ellie at that.

The first tag line from the game's marketing was Dina telling Ellie that everyone should be frightened of her.

It's a mixed bag though, you would have had people complaining about her being recast too. That's just how tv works.

I already hate how they are introducing Abby now

Seems like they are reusing the same idea Druckman had for the game, then decided to drop it, but suddenly found the idea to be good now for the show (it wasnt)

Reusing the same idea but decided to drop it, but then suddenly found the idea to be good?

Where did you come up with this theory?

 

[GymWolf]

I'll probably watch it eventually, but I didn't like what they did to S1. From casting, to very little action, to some of the episodes being really weird filler.




Having said that, it still had one of the best and most terrifying opening scenes to any recent series I've ever seen and it was achieved by just talking. Just insane.

Best thing out of the 2 seasons.

 

[Hugare]

I thought she was great in Season 1 but should have been recast in Season 2. You're just talking about a very different Ellie and a more physically imposing Ellie at that.

The first tag line from the game's marketing was Dina telling Ellie that everyone should be frightened of her.

It's a mixed bag though, you would have had people complaining about her being recast too. That's just how tv works.


Reusing the same idea but decided to drop it, but then suddenly found the idea to be good?

Where did you come up with this theory?

The game initially was this open-world thing. And you spent all this time in Jackson,” Druckmann said in an interview with IGN. “Abby joined the community and you were playing as this new character until she *spoilers*”

Spoiler: Spoiler

But Druckmann explained that spending so much time with Abby before Joel’s death, “just didn’t work because Joel dying is the inciting incident, and you want to get to the inciting incident as quickly as you can.

The Last of Us Part 2: Abby Story Changes Revealed

Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann revealed that The Last of Us Part 2 was originally an open-world title and that players would have spent more time with Abby at the start of the game.

www.denofgeek.com

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The Last of Us Part 2: Abby Story Changes Revealed

Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann revealed that The Last of Us Part 2 was originally an open-world title and that players would have spent more time with Abby at the start of the game.

www.denofgeek.com

Looks like you're conflating a lot of things for the tv show.

 

[Gripsx]

Sounds like its gonna be better than the game, I mean makes sense, its Neil's second attempt on that convoluted story.

 

[simpatico]

Having now played about half of TLOU2, I don’t see any way they make that actress accurately portray the beast that Ellie becomes in the game. Further shining light on what a huge mistake that casting was.

 

[TwinB242]

This is the casting the series deserved:

 

[Nocty]

LMAO!

 

[Zacfoldor]

I told you they would not fuck the TV audience like they fucked the game audience(us).

They are gonna get a whole extra season of Joel and a meaningful death. They are going to remove what made the game so shocking because TV audiences would revolt just like the gaming audience did.

They caved, which actually makes me hate the game that much more now. If they had just caved with the game it could have been much better.

They ain't killing off Joel until as late as fucking possible and they will soften his death. They treat TV audiences so much better than they treated us. Where's your artistic integrity? If Joel's death is softened AT ALL they are sellouts.

 

[DragoonKain]

They might, but I'm not so sure based on the reviews. The reviews say there is a cliffhanger at the end, but they also eluded to a shocking moment early in the season that will stun non-gamers. Gee, I wonder what that is.

 

[Madflavor]

It's amazing to me how the show pulled a Reverse Uno card, and made Ellie weird as fuck looking, and Abby beautiful.

 

[Kacho]

I will never watch this but the memes are entertaining

 

[DForce]

I told you they would not fuck the TV audience like they fucked the game audience(us).

They are gonna get a whole extra season of Joel and a meaningful death. They are going to remove what made the game so shocking because TV audiences would revolt just like the gaming audience did.

They caved, which actually makes me hate the game that much more now. If they had just caved with the game it could have been much better.

They ain't killing off Joel until as late as fucking possible and they will soften his death. They treat TV audiences so much better than they treated us. Where's your artistic integrity? If Joel's death is softened AT ALL they are sellouts.

Everything from the trailer suggests it's happening early in the season, not at the end.

 

[Madflavor]

I actually disappointed they didn't cast a big musclebound butch lesbian to play Abby. Would've been extra hilarious trying to show Bella Ramsay fight someone like that.

 

[basement dweller]

Garbage in, garbage out

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

hahaha

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hahahaha

 

[Mibu no ookami]

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hahahaha

It's a super weird time in gaming.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

The fact that Abby is physically so different than the one from the game just goes to show how overboard they went with her design to show "female empowernment" back then and whatever woke crap they had in mind. I did like her story arch and the game but I really thought her design was so stupid and over the top just to show a "strong" female. This thing how they want to show a different abby for the show is just an excuse, the producers probably thought, where the fuck do we find some butch boy, oversized chick that can act.

 

[semiconscious]

"Bella Ramsey was fantastic as a younger version of Ellie, but their performance in season 2 didn’t really sell me on the fact that five years have passed in the world of The Last of Us. Ellie just doesn’t appear to have matured, and it sits strangely next to the very mature content of season 2. Ramsey acts with more physicality, displaying impressive combat skills, but still behaves like a child in conversation."

obviously written by a sexist misogynist...

 

[Banjo64]

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hahahaha

Strange conclusion to jump to. I find it funny because that’s the least intimidating person holding a gun I’ve ever seen.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I'll probably watch it eventually, but I didn't like what they did to S1. From casting, to very little action, to some of the episodes being really weird filler.




Having said that, it still had one of the best and most terrifying opening scenes to any recent series I've ever seen and it was achieved by just talking. Just insane.

I completely lost interest a few episodes in but E1 was legit great. It felt poignant and really doomy.

I think I already checked out in E4.

 

[kiphalfton]

I will never watch this but the memes are entertaining

Bella to star in remake of Caddy Shack.

 

[Cakeboxer]

This retweet is funnier and has more likes.



hahahaha

Isn't she supposed to be like 20 in the game? So a woman is playing a woman. That's just a made up salty comment from a woke sissy or a defence force warrior.

 

[Nocty]

Sounds like its gonna be better than the game, I mean makes sense, its Neil's second attempt on that convoluted story.