The last of us - HBO max (spoilers!)

[UTH]

hotchy said:

Thought it was all a bit meh. Maybe if I hadn't played the games it would be different. The entire season seemed rushed. From being kidnapped to free is one episode etc. Hope they do better next season

I felt some parts were rushed as well, but I put that down to me taking hours and hours to complete the same bit in the game.

[lizardbrain]

ben5575 said:

I'm finding the comments on here really interesting. It's like everybody else watched a completely different TV show to the one I watched.

It was poorly written, rushed, acting was average at best, unoriginal, didn't actually make much sense, there was no sense of jeopardy and it was very disjointed.

The notable exception was Ep3 which was a standalone brilliant piece of television (yet appeared to have nothing to do with the series).

Not being negative on anyone here at all, clearly it's been very well received and loved, but this one is going in the instantly forgettable bin for me.

I enjoyed it but agree, it was very disjointed. Character development bouncing around all over the place.

Looking forward to season 2

[randytusk]

There’s about 8 hours of gameplay if you play through perfectly. Play it on permadeath to increase the sense of peril

[bloomen]

For those of us who haven't bothered with the game, I assume what are gripes to us are being faithful to the game to those in the know.

In which case perhaps they should've been a bit less faithful in favour of a better flow.

Still, loads of striking moments and great acting.

[ajprice]

Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, the giraffe - Real

Everything else - CG

[phil-sti]

I liked the series, watchable but not groundbreaking at all. I thought the Bill episode was probably the best as it was a great story. Having never played the games I found most episodes lacking.

[Gadgetmac]

phil-sti said:

I liked the series, watchable but not groundbreaking at all.

I agree with this. Watchable but not noteworthy. Kinda 'if there's nothing else on' programming.

It's more for (aimed at) the fan boys than the general population who it's clearly going down well with.

[justin220]

phil-sti said:

I liked the series, watchable but not groundbreaking at all. I thought the Bill episode was probably the best as it was a great story. Having never played the games I found most episodes lacking.

Similar thoughts here. A bit disappointed if I'm honest and I was really looking forward to it

[C5_Steve]

EmailAddress said:

I know everything around the Giraffe was CGI but looking online I wasn't the only person who thought the Giraffe was CGI as well! I need to rewatch the scene because I was genuinely annoyed they hadn't bothered with a real one when I watched it

[croyde]

joropug said:

Have to say opening scene, the second she spoke I realised who it was - actually, she looks like a grown up version of Ellie now - would make a great casting if there was a time jump in the future.

I did at first think we were watching Ellie in the future.

[gregs656]

Gadgetmac said:

I agree with this. Watchable but not noteworthy. Kinda 'if there's nothing else on' programming.

It's more for (aimed at) the fan boys than the general population who it's clearly going down well with.

It's viewership has grown over the season so not sure it's fair to say it's aimed just at fan boys. It seems to have been generally successful.

I just watched the last episode and do think it feels disjointed, but there is enough going on to keep me interested. The interesting thing is they developed a lot of ideas to make the game which never actually got into the game, but not many of these have been explored in the TV show. Maybe.

[Guffy]

I did enjoy the series as a whole, episode 3 was the standout.

However, the last episode was almost too similar to the game, (except Joel didn’t die 6 times in the hospital) and it lacked any real tension for me.

looking forward to the second series.

[AudiMan9000]

Overall disappointing due to lack of action/horror/tension.

[Seventyseven7]

When is season 2 out?

[The Rotrex Kid]

Seventyseven7 said:

When is season 2 out?

Jan 2025 probably.

[Mars]

My friend urged me to watch this series. I gave up 1/2 way through episode 2 because I felt I'd seen it all before.

He kept on at me though, so as soon as the series ended, I decided to binge watch the rest and having finished it I stand by my original opinion - it's nothing new. There's nothing clever about the story - nothing that keeps me guessing.

[xx99xx]

Having not done the game (didn't even know it was a game) and watched the series, my conclusion is it was good. But just good, not amazing.

You could tell in that last episode it felt a bit like a game where he was shooting everyone in sight, around corners, picking up new guns, carrying out the girl etc without getting shot himself. Bizarre giraffe scene though, that wasn't necessary.

Definitely scope for another series and I'd watch it. But then previously I've watched 'The Strain' and thought it was good so I'm no benchmark for quality viewing.

[Yazza54]

Ive played both games, two of my favourites of all time, but I do feel like it was a bit rushed... I'm not gonna complain overall though given the amount of ste on telly.

[maniac886]

Definitely worth listening to the podcasts after each episode as Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann go into details of the key scenes in each of the episodes.

The podcast for the finale is linked below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHM56v6d_gs

[Silverage]

We got a bit behind and have just watched ep 8 and 9 this evening.

I’ve enjoyed it overall but mainly for the truly incredible scenery and the standout ep 3.

I thought the giraffe was CGI too. What about baby Ellie, when she was on the dirty floor after just being born? Surely that was CGI?