r/ThelastofusHBOseries

A few actors are good, some scripts are decent, but most of it just doesn't work. As a fan of the game, explain to me why I should subscribe to watch something that not only doesn't come close to the game but also defies all logic.

List of things I didn’t like:

- Joel. In the game, Joel is a beast but gives you a sense of protection, whereas in the TV series he only did that at the beginning with his tough-guy act and at the end in the hospital.

- Let’s not even talk about the actress playing Ellie—they could have found someone better, but I can overlook that.

- Some plot inconsistencies that go back and forth. For example: in the game, they go to the campus and see the giraffes before meeting David, while in the movie, David appears first.

- Lots of plot holes—where’s Ellie’s big escape all alone through the resort? In the movie, she barely even leaves the restaurant. Fine, but what about all the people who were with David and live there—did they just disappear??

- A crucial point: where are the zombies? Where are the toxic spores? In the game, there were many more zombies, but more importantly, in some places there were toxic spores that actually helped Joel realize that Ellie was truly immune and not just a casual bite victim.

- The part with the sniper and Sam’s bite

- The fight scene between David and Ellie against the zombies is missing

Who would I save?

- Marlene—the actress did a good job in the role.

- Joel’s brother, even though he could have done much better.

- The actor who plays David—he captured the character at times, but could have done better.

- Some of the scripts, landscapes, and settings.

- The boss that appeared midway through the season—in the game, there were at least two (again, in the first game).

- The way the zombies are portrayed—but they never mention that there are three types everyone knows about, and then the fourth is the boss. It’s not explained, so viewers don’t understand.

Aside from these few things, everything else deserves a rating of 1, which is a shame because great actors could have delivered more. I think the contract should require that every actor—supporting actors at least twice and lead actors four times—play the game to understand what fans and the audience expect. It felt like a movie that said, “Wait, now the series really begins,” but instead it’s over, and you’re left wondering, “What did I just watch?”

The game is much more thrilling and exciting; it gives you a real rush, vibes. It’s as if you were drinking an excellent wine (the game) and then they gave you a discount-store wine diluted 95% with water (the TV series) and told you it reflects the game. Yet they’ve proven that it can be done with *Uncharted* and have made a movie—which is shorter than a TV series.

Just on my way through the seasons again and I wanted to say, the intro to this episode, based in Jakarta, Indonesia is actually one of the best starts to a tv show episode I’ve ever seen. It’s a pretty flawless opening with such underrated acting.

Having the leading expert in Cordyceps emotionally telling the commander before asking to be taken home to be with her family is a genuinely genius delivery of the gravity of the infection… “Bomb. Start bombing. Bomb this city… and everyone in it.”

This is what a friend told me, too gamey and got worse as it went on. Seems pretty bizarre to me (No, she does not play video games).

Does anyone else think the show is gamey? I haven't watched it so I can't judge for myself, and I don't even know what it means.