The Last of Us
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platinumsage
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I saw the first episode but haven’t seen any more yet. I still don’t get what makes it so good though? What makes this better than the first couple episodes of Walking Dead, which everyone raved about at the time? What makes it not just another rehash of the same old scenario? The fact it’s caused by a mutant global warming fungus or whatever doesn’t really add anything imo.
I was sucked into watching about seven seasons more of the Walking Dead than I should have done, I’ll never get those hours of my life back. If I’m going to follow this show I need to be sure in my own mind why.
I was sucked into watching about seven seasons more of the Walking Dead than I should have done, I’ll never get those hours of my life back. If I’m going to follow this show I need to be sure in my own mind why.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
You may be right but i've never watched the walking dead so i can't compare it to this. Never played the LOU game either. Enjoyed both episodes so far. If it gets shit later i'll stop watching.
T & P
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Well, one very crucial difference apparent already is that this show gets the pace spot on; the complete opposite of The Snoozing Dead.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
This week’s episode didn’t go the way I was expecting, but the series is all the better for it. Great storytelling, and I can’t wait for the next instalment. How to fucking make a TV series
It was really excellent. Hard to see how any other episode of this series could top this.
HBO max is just unrivalled in terms of producing TV shows. We’ve had White Lotus S2, House of Dragons, Last of Us and, up next, Succession S4. All in a row.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Brilliant casting decisions for Bill and Frank.
Ron Swanson basically playing himself (if he found love):
And loveable Murray Barlett:
Ron Swanson basically playing himself (if he found love):
And loveable Murray Barlett:
Always playing everyone's favourite character and then dying 
jannerboyuk
...just kids gone wild.
Really warming to this, and episode 3 is amazing. Best post-apocalypse tv series for a long while.
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
Lyanna Mormont on a quest with Oberyn Martell with added gay nesting?
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Ooh I'd seen this mentioned in places but didn't realise it was about a pandemic caused by a cordyceps fungusCordyceps are awesome, one of my next tattoos is gonna be a giant ant with a fruiting body growing out of its head.
Yeah see post 61. I've also seen several pics of infected insects recently like this fly here...
Behold this award-winning image of fungus making a fly its “zombie” slave
Plus eight other winning images in 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.
arstechnica.com
Or this tarantula..
Freaky fungus turns a tarantula into a work of art
This unfortunate arachnid is infected with Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that replaces its host’s tissue with its own. Cordyceps fungi invades its hosts (mainly arthropods), and eventually re…
sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com
Yeah they affect a lot of species but they tend to be super specialised, so one fungus will affect a specific species of ant or whatever but not the very closely related species living a mile away. I read an estimate from a scientist who works with these and various other parasites that there's probably 1000+ different ophiocordyceps in the world and they're finding new ones all the time.Yeah see post 61. I've also seen several pics of infected insects recently like this fly here...
Behold this award-winning image of fungus making a fly its “zombie” slave
Plus eight other winning images in 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.
Or this tarantula..
Freaky fungus turns a tarantula into a work of art
This unfortunate arachnid is infected with Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that replaces its host’s tissue with its own. Cordyceps fungi invades its hosts (mainly arthropods), and eventually re…
There's other even more specialist fungi (polycephalomyces iirc?) that grow as a hyperparasite of ophiocordyceps sp. They don't really seem to turn up anywhere else, but they grow around the immature fruiting bodies of ophiocordyceps and its dead host and effectively neuter the "zombie fungus", limiting the amount of viable spores it releases which actually probably helps it survive long-term because it's not wiping out too many of the insects it needs reproduce.
The games are actually one of the few with a really high quality of writing and dialogue. If you just watched the cut scenes back to back and then filled in the in between bits they would actually be better than most movies, one reason why this adaptation is particularly good.
Based on the games, you can expect something a lot more character driven than The Walking Dead.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I know exactly what that means.
That the TV series is excellent?I know exactly what that means.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I’m never done talking about the cut scenes of video games with da yoot. Sick.
I’m never done talking about the cut scenes of video games with da yoot. Sick.
If you watch the opening 15 minutes of the game on Youtube, you can see how it is quite easily adapted to TV. The entire game keeps up a similar level of cinematicness throughout.
Cut scenes are the talky story bits where you don't have to press any buttons.I’m never done talking about the cut scenes of video games with da yoot. Sick.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
They’re the bit everyone skips because they want to play a game not watch a badly animated movie.
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8ball
Decolonise colons!
It’s really not “badly animated” in this case.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I’m sure it’s great. I’ll probably watch the TV show if it ever hits a platform I can access. But, and I mean this in friendship, I’m not watching a 15 minute YouTube video of a computer game.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I watched along with some of the game with my daughter years ago - along with Fallout: New Vegas and a couple of others, it's actually enjoyable to watch even if you're not playing. Beautiful interesting world-building, amazing music. So I did have reasonably high expectations for this show. But it's exceeded them absolutely. It's been brilliant right from the first scene. The casting is entirely realistic - for example, when they want a fungus expert, the person they call in is a woman in her 60s, much more likely to be THE expert than the 20-something hottie they usually cast. And her acting was heartbreaking and believable, same as everyone else's.
I've come close to tears a few times, but laughed a bit too. Daughter and I were both really disappointed that we have to wait for the next episode.
I've come close to tears a few times, but laughed a bit too. Daughter and I were both really disappointed that we have to wait for the next episode.
