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I think it will be. Hopefully.

Nice; didn't know this was in the works. Hope it bucks the typical trend (i.e. movie based on video game ends up bad).

I am not sure I have enjoyed a number of recent movies based on video games:

Detective Pikachu
Tomb Raider 2018
Ratchet and Clank
Sonic

I kind of enjoyed World of Warcraft also, I do understand it was not a great movie but still I watch it every 6 months.

Still have not seen the new Mortal Combat, I have herd a few good thing.

I just don't see Bella Ramsey being Ellie. she just doesn't have the right face

HBO's The Last Of Us May Be More Expensive than Game of Thrones

https://gizmodo.com/hbos-the-last-of-us-may-be-mor...

MrBean wrote:

It just seems so unlikely... what with the grand stages/castles and crap of GoT. But maybe. I'm excited to see the show for sure!

Probably set design? While pullback shots of a city can be CGI, dressing environments to look overgrown and reclaimed migjt cost a lot.

Plus cordycepts pratical makeup for hero shots.

First little teaser... Nothing substantial but man I hope they do good with this

https://youtu.be/kWsY3DlLdIA

I'm excited to see it. Casting could have been better, but I'll reserve crucial judgement after seeing them in action.

Official Trailer

https://youtu.be/rBRRDpQ0yc0

Looks pretty good. The clicker looks great

Releasing January 15th

https://www.engadget.com/the-last-of-us-release-da...

niceee

I have a whole top row of one of my collectible shelves dedicated to Last of Us, CE's/figures/etc. I feel like I'm predisposed to judging this severely, so I'm both excited and nervous. :D

Official Trailer

https://youtu.be/uLtkt8BonwM

It looks really fantastic. I don't think I like the Ellie actress, she will have to win me over. Loved her in GOT though. I LOVE that they included the Take On Me song, call back to TLOU2. Made me go and download the song and added it to my forever playlist. Just a fantastic cover of it even if it was almost unrecognizable. Ugghh the games had such good music.

I haven't even played the games, but I want to watch this.

Less than a week to go!

https://gizmodo.com/last-of-us-hbo-review-playstat...

It's getting great reviews.

Is this going to be streaming only or what? I saw an ad on TV for it advertising HBO Max.

HBO Max. I'd assume at some point they may release it on other platforms at a fee?

So when do they drop episodes? First thing in the morning?

Google says probably 9pm ET.

MrBean wrote:

That's correct. House of the Dragon and Succession were dropping at 6pm PST on Sundays for me.

Is it released all at once or is it going to be weekly?

Sid_Ceaser wrote:
Weekly

Wait when is the day it airs/drops?

sinnie wrote:

In 2 days

MrBean wrote:

So... Sunday night it looks like.

Starting it now!

I thought it was terrible, boring and miscast. Hope it gets better. Yikes.

Feeb wrote:

Really? I enjoyed it quite a bit! Ellie was miscast but that's been said since the initial news. Still, she's a strong actress and I'm optimistic she'll play the role well.

Wish they would have released two episodes to kick off like many others do.

Yeah it was awfully paced. Poorly cast. I hated it. Surprised it has the reception it does. Just cast and realize the story it would be great. Yikes.

Well, I am well known to like... Damn near everything. Might not be the best judge here but both my wife and I enjoyed it. Wish I woulda replayed the game before watching though. After Ys (which gdamnit is so good! 35 hours in), I may go play it instead of Tactics Ogre / Dead Space.

Ys is the answer.

As someone who only started playing the game last night and therefore have no over attachment (yet), I thought the first episode was extremely well done. I heard on Harloff?s show that most reviewers claim the first episode was the ?worst? (not actually bad, just the weakest of the batch) and that the show only gets stronger from there. I?ll keep on watching.

I'm waiting for the whole thing to release. Then I'll snag a month of max to watch it.

Feeb is the only person I've seen to not like it. I might finish Kladiescope before starting this but I really want to!

The hype is a bit much so far but it was a pretty slow episode.

I?ve rewatched it. I think it?s hard to watch this knowing the story and see the pace that it unfolds. It feels like forever before it gets to Boston- and knowing how quickly that into part of the story ends - it feels like a large waste of almost 1/2 the episode. It?s great TV but man how will they tell this story without like 5 seasons?

Feeb wrote:


As someone who played Remastered years ago on PS4 and recently played the PS5 Remake, the story itself isn't long or complicated. It was a 17 hour game give or take and a lot of that is gameplay. Considering the 9-episode first season is planning to cover the whole first game and the DLC and they have added content for the show, they will be just fine. When playing the Remake recently, I was surprised how quickly the game ended when going into Winter and then Spring.