The Last of Us (HBO) TV Show • Page 17

To see it in live-action. Seems pretty obvious to me, I dunno.

 

That's pointless. It would be a waste of everyone's time to just pantomime the game.

 

Clearly it isn't. But it's nice of you to try to consider the needs of everyone.

 

The needs of everyone lol, it’s a tv show no one needs anything

 

Why act this way? They have already changed some things and will continue to do so. It would be bizarre to spend all that time and money to adapt something for another platform, especially when video games are an evolving art form.

 

It just seems really painfully obvious to me why someone would want a faithful adaptation and while I respect that's not what you want, I find it a little irritating that it sounds like you're applying those feelings to everyone, when again, clearly that's not the case.

 

I'm not applying anything to anyone. It just doesn't make sense to expect everything to stay the same when something is being adapted to a different form of media. The first game came out ten years ago and was written and conceived before that on an outdated piece of hardware. You don't think there are things they would like to have done differently? Do the TV people adapting the show get no artistic input? Otherwise it becomes a very expensive version of tracing a drawing.

The game itself is available on three different generations of console so it isn't like that story is going to be erased.

 

Being clear, I have no problem with changes to material, but you asked why someone would make an adaptation with no changes in a manner that suggested there was no point to it, and I'm saying you're wrong.

 

This thread got kind of bad real quick.

 

don't know much about the games but this was really good. some pacing issues though I think, could've added another 15 minutes to the 2003 scenes and just split it into two episodes at Ellie's first appearance. but what do I know I'm just a dumb dumb

also the Agents of SHIELD fan in me was delighted to see two major players from its best season in this

 

There is no right or wrong to something like that. However, the history of adaptations, including this show, shows the need to change things. The Last of Us is much closer to a movie than most video games but it would be a tremendous waste of time and money and talent to just do shot-for-shot adaptation.

 

that’s showbiz baby

 

That was actually originally the plan. Episode 1 was supposed be a little more padded and end when Joel tosses the kid's body in the fire. HBO higher ups suggested cutting episode 1 and 2 together, because they felt Joel and Ellie should meet in the first episode. This led to the director of the original episode 1 leaving due to "creative differences".

And not to add more to this conversation, but Part II will surely be adapted just as closely as Part I. There will surely be things expanding the story, but it's not going to veer all that far from the game's story (based on the 85 minutes we've seen of Part I, so far).

 

Oooh that's interesting. I get both arguments there.

I really would have liked to have spent more time in 2003 and the outbreak/immediate aftermath, show us a little bit on how Joel got to Boston, etc.

 

I mean they did take the spores out of the show which was a huge part of the game so…

 

Anyone that hasn't played or hasn't played in a while, there's a good walkthrough out there. I just put it on x1.5 and watch. First episode goes to about 1h18m in the video.

 

glad Troy is getting a paycheck out of this lmao

 

Nice! Are the vids gonna be a common thing? I had no idea they were a thing, I knew of the audio-only but not this.

 

Looks like it. They did the same thing with Chernobyl afaik, no?

 

That I don't remember. But then again.....looking at my podcast player the only podcast that ALSO has an accompanying video is ALSO another HBO show.......so it's prob just me being oblivious haha.

 

for the record I checked and Chernobyl had no video.

 

I hate how our avatars are the same at a glance lmao

 

What you hate, I shall like

 

I'm weird with podcasts. They're great background noise when I'm gaming but audio-only can't keep my attention. If they're video though, watching is my sole focus.

 

First episode was great, I was so tense throughout. Waiting week to week is going to be hard. I immediately wanted to watch more.

I’ve seen people on Twitter who I assume loved the game complain about similar blocking and shot design in the show as the game, and being like “what’s the point of the show if they’re just going to copy it shot for shot?” But then I imagine those same people will also complain about key differences. Annoying.