Madflavor
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Remove the gameplay from TLOU2 and what do you get?
Misery Porn.
Remove the gameplay from TLOU2 and what do you get?
Remove the gameplay from TLOU2 and what do you get?
Why? what happened?Pedro is out, so what is the point?
Global rating numbers (which are the ones that matter the most) is at 37 million viewers per episode which for HBO is still quite high. Personally i enjoyed S2 and can't wait for S3 as i love the character of Abby.
TLOU2 writer tried to do Apocalypse now. But I doubt even Brando could have saved this amateur attempt.Basically this.
I actually liked TLOU2, but it only works when we are taken through the entire dark arc of Ellie (and, mirrored by Abby). She is a complicated, complex, and dark character throughout the game. Revenge is killing her and everyone around her. Its decaying her from the inside pushing everyone away. She is not a heroine. The show is very tentative in going down that path. And, Bella Ramsey has no where near the acting chops to pull that off (even with the weaker script).
It feels more like teenager "edgy" rather than a deeper look at the cycle of violence and revenge. The game, love or hate it, did have a more serious tone and did try and tackle these things.
Exactly. Its armature. It feels amateur. The acting is amateur.TLOU2 writer tried to do Apocalypse now. But I doubt even Brando could have saved this amateur attempt.
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Most Part II fans fucking WISH they did the same again lol. Not this sanitized, dumbed down, butchered version of Part II with worse acting.They really tried to do the same exact thing again and expected different results.
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Misery Porn.
One thing that baffled me about TLOU2: the whole post apocalyptic society is dropped in favour of the teenage drama.
The zombies are barely a backdrop.
A single or a few aren't but in hordes they're a force of nature few can withstand. It might've been interesting to see what the survivors have learned of them over the decades and how they've adapted to get around unscathed as much as possible.Because zombies aren't an interesting foe. The problem with TLOU is that they don't have great human antagonists either. This is not TWD, not even a million miles close.
You're telling me when it got left to just the ugly girl people stopped watching? I'm shocked!
Remove the gameplay from TLOU2 and what do you get?
TLOU2 writer tried to do Apocalypse now. But I doubt even Brando could have saved this amateur attempt.
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At least the show won't force you to try kill Ellie. That's when I checked out on the game.The show hasn't even hit the part gamers hated the most - where the story suddenly does a 180 and turns the villain into the protagonist and tries to make you feel sympathy for a totally unsympathetic character. This show is in trouble.
It's quite satisfying to see regular audiences get turned off too, and to see all those gamers who enjoyed the violent gameplay and tried to convince themselves this shit was Shakespeare or something look silly.
Wrong - season 1 was 32 million an episode in the US alone - although those numbers are supposedly not reliable. Season 2 is 37 million worldwide - so it is down a lot which makes sense because look at the thread you're in.It's averaging 37 million views an episode so more than season 1.....
I'm confident that viewers are going to enjoy it much more in the show honestly. Bella Ramsay is a horrible, fucking horrible Ellie.The show hasn't even hit the part gamers hated the most - where the story suddenly does a 180 and turns the villain into the protagonist and tries to make you feel sympathy for a totally unsympathetic character. This show is in trouble.
It's quite satisfying to see regular audiences get turned off too, and to see all those gamers who enjoyed the violent gameplay and tried to convince themselves this shit was Shakespeare or something look silly.
actually, this was true of the game version, as well...Misery Porn.
Most Part II fans fucking WISH they did the same again lol. Not this sanitized, dumbed down, butchered version of Part II with worse acting.
This isn't Part II, not even close.
Pedro is out, so what is the point?
In fairness, Ellie in the game couldn't carry it either if not for the gameplay element of it. Joel was the best thing about the story. Or rather he and Ellie's father daughter dynamic. Learning from one another, growing as people. Remove that and it suffered big time. The source material was the biggest road block for adapting the second game. And unfortunately, they haven't maximized it with odd writing choices. They took a character that isn't nearly as compelling as Joel and made her even worse, so they're starting off trying to dig themselves out of a hole already and just made it deeper.Further proves she can't carry the show (i.e. she was a shit casting choice).
I don't know - I don't think most viewers realize that not only is the season 2 cliffhanger not going to be resolved at the start of season 3, but the story is going to flashback and focus on Abby until it catches up again. That's going to be a tough sell. Apparently many people were confused by the ending of S2 flashing back to Seattle day one.I'm confident that viewers are going to enjoy it much more in the show honestly. Bella Ramsay is a horrible, fucking horrible Ellie.
Further proves she can't carry the show (i.e. she was a shit casting choice).
"subverted expectations"The Abby casting in the other hand would be a better adult Ellie. They really fucked up that too.
Saying this while the father is still alive is some wild shit. Makes her come off like a psycho.
I'm so happy for Asmongold, he's gonna be a great father.Just caught up. Man what a fucking embarrassment.
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