The Last of Us

[Yo Tee]

They ended that show so fucking weak. The shortest episode of the season is the season finale?! Like, what weak, lazy showrunning.

 

[ill]

They ended that show so fucking weak. The shortest episode of the season is the season finale?! Like, what weak, lazy showrunning.

that's a dumb thing to complain about, IMO

 

[Yo Tee]

that's a dumb thing to complain about, IMO

Agree to disagree. I feel like the finale of a season should not be the shortest episode of the season. Doesn't necessarily need to be the longest, but it def shouldn't be the shortest, IMO.

 

[Payton]

Does the success of TLoU possibly cement the fact that video games CAN be made into fantastic series if given the proper treatment and funding?

Not sure what other games have quite this type of story. Maybe the success here reinvigorates the folks who were supposedly producing a series for Mass Effect? (Honestly seems Bioware has the most games I can see series being made from… ME, Dragon Age, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights… )

And… is Season 3 of The Witcher ever coming?

 

[tabascojet]

So I tuned out of this series just before ellies big gay date and let them sit on the dvr until today...gay date episode seemed to be be a big nothing throwaway. I imagine they were hoping for the same press they got from nicks tummy stick journey but probably only really appeased the "it was in the video game" crowd.

Now the next to last episode had some parts that were great but overall I think they dropped the ball again. I loved seeing Joel revert back to his we did what we had to to survive mode with the vengeful dirty cultists. Even the

Spoiler

cannibal

angle had promise but the child rapist and ellies frenzy death blow ala mortal combat could have been better.

Next stop the finale....

 

[ill]

So I tuned out of this series just before ellies big gay date and let them sit on the dvr until today...gay date episode seemed to be be a big nothing throwaway. I imagine they were hoping for the same press they got from nicks tummy stick journey but probably only really appeased the "it was in the video game" crowd.

you realize that all the episodes are filmed before the season is aired, right?

 

[Battlelyon]

 

[foster4prez]

These massively long waits between seasons are doing more to kill TV than anything else.

 

[Mebert]

These massively long waits between seasons are doing more to kill TV than anything else.

I read that this was the ultimate goal for Hollywood. Use the strike to cancel or remove a bunch of shows they don't want with Force Majeure. Clean slate if you will.

 

[calsnowskier]

These massively long waits between seasons are doing more to kill TV than anything else.

But what is “TV” today?

CBS = Paramount = not TV
ABC = Disney = not TV
FOX = Disney = not TV
HBO = Max = not TV
Showtime = Paramount = not TV
NBC = Peacock (??) = not TV
CW = Max = not TV

Netflix = not TV
Hulu = not TV
Apple = not TV

 

[Comeds]

These massively long waits between seasons are doing more to kill TV than anything else.

Any evidence to back that up? For example shows that did very well one season and the next a couple years later did poorly? While I can be frustrated by long waits, especially for 8 -10 episode seasons, I suspect there is little evidence long waits kill series or TV in general.

 

[BusSport]

Season 2 teaser:

 

[calsnowskier]

I haven’t played LoU2, but I am aware of the two big twists/spoilers. I can’t imagine they are going to avoid BOTH of them, but in today’s world (and what we saw from S1), there is no way they will skip one of them. The other, they may write themselves out of…

 

[Stakesarehigh]

I haven’t played LoU2, but I am aware of the two big twists/spoilers. I can’t imagine they are going to avoid BOTH of them, but in today’s world (and what we saw from S1), there is no way they will skip one of them. The other, they may write themselves out of…

I don't think this show has the clout GOT did to pull it off and not have the show completely tank. If that makes sense. If the arc ends there at some point...sure. but in season 2? Nah.

 

[calsnowskier]

I don't think this show has the clout GOT did to pull it off and not have the show completely tank. If that makes sense. If the arc ends there at some point...sure. but in season 2? Nah.

S1 ended at the end point of the first game. So unless they completely diverge from the game, what can they do?

Like I said, though, I haven’t played the 2nd game. Is there a time jump? Is there a window where they can tell other stories before picking up the story of the 2nd game? If they are able to make the 2nd game start in S4 (or whatever), than maybe they can do BOTH twists. If not, they HAVE to do one, but they can write themselves out of the other (granted, coming from someone who isn’t THAT familiar with the full game story).

 

[Mebert]

I haven’t played LoU2, but I am aware of the two big twists/spoilers. I can’t imagine they are going to avoid BOTH of them, but in today’s world (and what we saw from S1), there is no way they will skip one of them. The other, they may write themselves out of…

The twists in the game don't bother me in a show format. A show I watch, and I like narrative choices or I don't, but it is fine. With a game you are supposed to have choice, and the eliminated that choice from the game. That was the major issue I had with it.

To your last point, they won't write themselves out of any part of it. Druckman has that control and he is the driving force of the game.

 

[Clayton]

Okay, I think Im at the point where Im going to say this was miscast

 

[Superbelt]

The twists in the game don't bother me in a show format. A show I watch, and I like narrative choices or I don't, but it is fine. With a game you are supposed to have choice, and the eliminated that choice from the game. That was the major issue I had with it.

To your last point, they won't write themselves out of any part of it. Druckman has that control and he is the driving force of the game.

They might stretch things out, and have season 2 be before the 2nd game really gets rolling though to avoid having to cross a certain bridge with their cast. Then season 3 would really be the 2nd game.

 

[calsnowskier]

They might stretch things out, and have season 2 be before the 2nd game really gets rolling though to avoid having to cross a certain bridge with their cast. Then season 3 would really be the 2nd game.

This strategy is what I was hinting at. It allows them to tell original story while avoiding the controversial decisions that hurt the second game.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

S1 ended at the end point of the first game. So unless they completely diverge from the game, what can they do?

Like I said, though, I haven’t played the 2nd game. Is there a time jump? Is there a window where they can tell other stories before picking up the story of the 2nd game? If they are able to make the 2nd game start in S4 (or whatever), than maybe they can do BOTH twists. If not, they HAVE to do one, but they can write themselves out of the other (granted, coming from someone who isn’t THAT familiar with the full game story).

4 year jump. They could conceivably have an entire season not in the game.