Last of Us Season 1 Finale (Mar 12) - reactions!

Damn can't you morons just get over TLoU2 trauma? Holly shit. Open a discussion thread on the political forum and get the **** out of here. There's no patience.

Anyway, great first episode. Still not sure about Ellie tbh. Pascal does a great Joel.

But as good as it is, this shows how reductive the whole "movie game" thing is. No doubt, whatever you wish to call the videogame experience of TLoU, it is undoubtedly superior to the TV show.

Yes you are. You've been crying for 2-3 pages now. That's a fact.

Sounds unhealthy. Might need some professional help if you're so attached to a fictional NPC in a video game and get induced with rage when you see his skin tone slightly shifted.

That's just injecting politics into everything, weird. Lets get back on topic.

That's interesting. A good friend of mine has worked In Hollywood for over 20 years. He has worked on some well known movies. Last year he pitched a horror movie that he had been working on. He had some people in mind he wanted to cast in the lead roles but the production company told him it needed to have an " interracial couple ". I mean it's 2023 and most people have no problem with that but why did they demand it? Is that not weird?

You can see certain types of people get off on pissing people off out of spite. To even win an Oscar now there are certain diversity quotas that " must be met". Again I think most people simply don't know their audience. You can't make all things for everyone that's true, but I think Hollywood makes movie's for the people their surrounded by and that hasn't worked out to well lately.

I'm not the bitch that cried about someone's opinion 🤣🤣.

Stop obseivelly white knighting for a series you hate. You have extreme mental issues.

You've been doing that for 3 pages now because a far right poster got owned by multiple people ITT and you won't drop it and keep going off-topic with politics.

For saying this game isn't woke and telling you to go back on topic? Weird.

Make a thread about your fear of certain skin colors in the politics section, take it out of here.

Were your ass around when the game came out? It was something.

Stop cryinge like a bitch on a series you know nothing about.

You just called Joel an NPC for christ sake 🤣.

You have extreme mental issues white knighting for a series you know nothing about.

Talking about Casting and how it relates to the source material isn't political. Nobody has a fear of certain skin colors and Nobody is worried about your baby brain low IQ reasoning.

To put things into perspective:

You're crying about the skin color of a character from TV show based off of a video game. And we're all laughing at you.

Oof.

Nice I got you super mad. The far right here are so emotional.

@zaryia:

To put things into perspective:

You're crying about the skin color of a character from TV show based off of a video game.

To put things into perspective " your crying about someone's opinion on a video game forum" 🤣

@zaryia:

Nice I got you super mad. Just like Joel's skin color.

That comment makes no sense.

Regardless you have spent more time defending a show then playing the game or watching the show 🤣🤣.

This is cope.

You guys are upset about the skin color of a character from a TV show based off of a Video game and we're all laughing at you. There is no other way to read this situation, except with copium.

You should read your post, you were very mad and still are very mad.

@zaryia:

This is cope.

You guys are upset about the skin color of a character from a TV show based off of a Video game and we're all laughing at you. There is no other way to read this situation, except with copium.

Who would cope about someone's opinion on a video game forum? Is your existence that pathetic 🤣🤣? You have spent 3 pages being offended by someone's opinion on a series you know nothing about.

@zaryia:

You should read your post, you were very mad and still are very mad.

Projection much? You take this a bit more seriously then I do. I could honestly give two shits about a " white knights" opinion on this forum ,specifically yours.

@hardwenzen: How does that relates to anything I've just said?

The first episode was great but the video game is a better experience. My point being that there's a valid place for so called "movie games" as they can potentially offer a superior, more unique and immersive, experience. And yeah, maybe they're a hybrid between film and gaming but this is 2023 and Pong! shouldn't be the standard to define what's a video game.

I actually prefer TLoU2 over the first. Other than the awkward narrative structure it's just a superior game but I did enjoy the original too. Not a huge fan but still a good game.

I do remember the huge meltdowns over the 8/10 around here.

lol people were crying about tlou2 way more than they're bitchin' about the show. That is why i am asking you if you were around when the actual game came out, because it was way worse than it is now.

@silentchief: That isn't weird as much as it's not surprising to hear to me. There's always been a divide between the actual talents versus the executives in the business. There's always going to be a tension between the talents versus the people running the business, unfortunately.

With that said, there are talents out there that support equal opportunity and support diversity, and they can actually pull it off authentically. You can't just look at every time diversity is put out on the table that it's coming from a bad source. Like I said: it's not all black and white, and more people are getting keen over what's pandering and what's not. You gotta be able to rationalize the differences, and that's why the "woke" gets tired and lazy after a while, because it seems more like the go-to these days for just about anything and everything diverse.

Remember too: that an actor's role is to embody a character. If Pedro Pascal can embody the character of Joel, then he did a good job with acting. With that said, I'm sure even you understand there are some things that shouldn't be crossed, like painting a white actor to be black. That's not a film issue, that's a race issue. So yeah there are definitely some things that simply should not be crossed, under all industries.

The talents just want to make things that people will like, and the executives just want things that will pump in the most money.

The biggest sin in the entertainment industry right now are these billion dollar, factory-made movies; like these Marvel movies.

I know a lot of people will say "but they're saving cinema." No, they are hogging cinema and stealing big-screen real estate.

Mid-budget films that used to take up the majority of the moviegoing experience are getting pushed and shoved out for billion dollar movies. The studios are becoming less interested in the Martin Scorsese and Stephen Spielberg's because modest profits are just becoming less lucrative these days when there's now a formula to make billions at a more frequent pace.

Can you believe that? Martin fuckin' Scorsese and your Coen Brothers are getting pushed off the big screen and put onto streaming services these days. How insulting. They're just not worth the risk anymore; they are not worth the craft anymore.

So if you really wanna care about the politics of the film industry, people need to stop being brainwashed into supporting movies just for crossing the billion dollar mark. I really can't believe it: I see Marvel and Avatar shills see this shit five times just to inflate box office numbers to cross a certain line, like it's some money sport.

The likes of company's like Disney have effectively brainwashed millions into destroying cinema while putting money in their pockets. Hopefully people wake up before it's too late.

I know you're not really doing well but here is a quick thought experiment.

Which is worse:

A.) Crying about the skin color of a TV Show Character because he is (and I quote) overly attached to the Video Game version of said character.

B.) Laughing about and shitting on A.

@zaryia said:

@silentchief said:

Who would cope about someone's opinion on a video game forum? Is your existence that pathetic 🤣🤣? You have spent 3 pages being offended by someone's opinion on a series you know nothing about.

Projection much? You take this a bit more seriously then I do. I could honestly give two shits about a " white knights" opinion on this forum ,specifically yours.

I know you're not really doing well but here is a quick thought experiment.

Which is worse:

A.) Crying about the skin color of a TV Show Character because he is (and I quote) overly attached to the Video Game version of said character.

B.) Laughing about and shitting on A.

You weren't laughing.

You had no time to laugh. You were to busy fighting those evil tiki torch carrying " RAAAAACIST"

Your not fooling anyone bro. Stop trying to convince me.

@silentchief said:

@zaryia said:

@silentchief said:

Who would cope about someone's opinion on a video game forum? Is your existence that pathetic 🤣🤣? You have spent 3 pages being offended by someone's opinion on a series you know nothing about.

Projection much? You take this a bit more seriously then I do. I could honestly give two shits about a " white knights" opinion on this forum ,specifically yours.

I know you're not really doing well but here is a quick thought experiment.

Which is worse:

A.) Crying about the skin color of a TV Show Character because he is (and I quote) overly attached to the Video Game version of said character.

B.) Laughing about and shitting on A.

Lmao it was an A or B answer, and you still somehow couldn't figure it out. That's really....special.....

@zaryia said:

@silentchief said:

@zaryia said:

@silentchief said:

Who would cope about someone's opinion on a video game forum? Is your existence that pathetic 🤣🤣? You have spent 3 pages being offended by someone's opinion on a series you know nothing about.

Projection much? You take this a bit more seriously then I do. I could honestly give two shits about a " white knights" opinion on this forum ,specifically yours.

I know you're not really doing well but here is a quick thought experiment.

Which is worse:

A.) Crying about the skin color of a TV Show Character because he is (and I quote) overly attached to the Video Game version of said character.

B.) Laughing about and shitting on A.

Lmao it was an A or B answer, and you still somehow couldn't figure it out. That's really....special.....

Put your sword down soldier. The adults are trying to have a conversation. 🤣

@silentchief said:figure it out. That's really....special.....

Put your sword down soldier. The adults are trying to have a conversation. 🤣

Imagine thinking there is a serious discussion to be had about this show being woke or not, rather than pretty much everyone who isn't far right just thinking you 2 are fucking idiots (which we all do) for outright saying you are overly attached to the video game version of the characters and upset about the slight skin color change. 🤣😂🤣🤣

Imagine ignoring the interesting discussions we're having while you sit in your corner having a meltdown 🤣🤣 because your lizard brain has no other way to respond other then ... RAAAAACIST ". Nobody is laughing at anyone it's just you continuing to bitch and moan about opinions in a gaming forum. Go play white knight somewhere else.

The show isn't woke. You're mad for no reason, take your far right fringe crying elsewhere. The politics section exists for a reason.

@jaydan: Yea it's interesting. I loved the Marvel Movies up until about endgame but honestly I'm getting tired of them. They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to characters and they are losing a large portion of their audience. I'm excited about the new Marvel games but the movies could take a long break.

I watched " The Burbs" the other day and me and my wife talked about how we missed movies like that. You don't see much of it anymore. Eventhough alot of stuff is getting regulated to streaming they will be fine as long as the services pay out but it's crucial they make content people care about.

Some of the problem witch cost comes down to Actors. So you get a movie like Bullet train with Brad Pitt and much of the cost goes into paying someone like him . The reality is I don't think star power is as important as it once was.

I actually never mentioned it being woke. You ok? You seem like you're having a full fledged meltdown. Stop cryinge when people have different opinions then you, thats life.

Also there is absolutely " NOTHING " you would consider woke so your opinion on the issue is irrelevant.

@hardwenzen said:

Took a couple of gameplay pics. Can we all agree its the best looking game on the PS5? Since everyone is saying that all sony has is movies, well, its one, which is a movie game. Good luck having anything better than that. 4090 for what? This is achieved with 9.2tflops.

Yes, now can you post Xbox pics for comparison?

Please stop derailing this thread with your fringe unpopular far right political complaints. There is a politics section for that.

Thank you.

Talking about Casting on a show isn't derailing a thread. Stop cryinge and trying to silence people that offend you.

@SolidGame_basic said:

@hardwenzen said:

Took a couple of gameplay pics. Can we all agree its the best looking game on the PS5? Since everyone is saying that all sony has is movies, well, its one, which is a movie game. Good luck having anything better than that. 4090 for what? This is achieved with 9.2tflops.

Yes, now can you post Xbox pics for comparison?

No problems, Halo Infinite is my specialty.

@hardwenzen: Lol, the TLoU2 meltdowns are still going on as we speak. It's hilarious.

@hardwenzen said:

@SolidGame_basic said:

@hardwenzen said:

Took a couple of gameplay pics. Can we all agree its the best looking game on the PS5? Since everyone is saying that all sony has is movies, well, its one, which is a movie game. Good luck having anything better than that. 4090 for what? This is achieved with 9.2tflops.

Yes, now can you post Xbox pics for comparison?

No problems, Halo Infinite is my specialty.

Wow.. why doesn’t Microsoft put the $70 billion into fixing that instead of trying to buy a mega publisher?

@SolidGame_basic said:

@hardwenzen said:

@SolidGame_basic said:

@hardwenzen said:

Took a couple of gameplay pics. Can we all agree its the best looking game on the PS5? Since everyone is saying that all sony has is movies, well, its one, which is a movie game. Good luck having anything better than that. 4090 for what? This is achieved with 9.2tflops.

Yes, now can you post Xbox pics for comparison?

No problems, Halo Infinite is my specialty.

Wow.. why doesn’t Microsoft put the $70 billion into fixing that instead of trying to buy a mega publisher?

The 1M question. I believe they think that if they acquire everyone, they will have banger after banger. Too bad they've never heard of quality management.

Top ten highest-rated video game adaptations on Rotten Tomatoes:

• 1. Steins Gate - 100% - anime show
• 1. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - 100% - anime show
• 1. Arcane - 100% - animated show
• 4. Castlevania - 100% (S2 and S4), 95% (S3), 83% (S1) - animated show
• 5. The Last of Us - 97% (2 eps) - live-action show
• 6. The Witcher - 95% (S2), 68% (S1) - live-action show
• 7. Werewolves Within - 86% - live-action film
• 8. Dragon's Dogma - 83% - anime show
• 9. Yo-kai Watch - 80% - anime film
• 10. The Angry Birds Movie 2 - 73% - animated film

Out of the top ten:

• Animation - 7
• Television - 7
• Film - 3
• Live-action - 3

Was gonna wait for the season to wrap up, but might just give the first episode a go tonight.

Definitely gonna keep this handy, just in case.

@ConanTheStoner said:

Was gonna wait for the season to wrap up, but might just give the first episode a go tonight.

Definitely gonna keep this handy, just in case.

I think you should do it. The worst thing that can happen is you flip back to Mario 64 on PC.

Yet Neil is the creator of the original game and characters, characters he now for some reason feels are insufficient in diverse representation, so much so that he pushes for change. I would be curious to know what has changed since the original game’s release to make him feel as if it wasn’t representative enough.

There is a creeping suspicion in me that TLoU 1 was a more collaborative creative effort (Druckmann was not, at that time, the studio leader and was working alongside Bruce Straley and Amy Henning). Once they both departed (Neil being directly responsible for ousting Amy, or so I’ve read), he then turned ND into his own studio to push his ideological predilections.

These swaps are just more evidence of his agenda that has been evident since TLoU 2. They don’t bother me, but the fact that people are still denying there’s an ideological agenda being pushed by Neil is laughably delusional and doesn’t comport with the evidence.

Good to see the series do so well and I'm excited for a TLOU 3

Ghost unironically has the best video game movie.

Ah but. Ah but.Ah but.

Don't care, counts.

Definitely didn't see your outrage in other examples and yeah, your 'hypothetical Barack Obama' example doesn't work. Oh and what long history lesson are you talking about? All the xamples I listed are from the last 5 years with Genghis Khan being the only exception. And the argument can't be taken at face value when you know what the underlying connotation is. Don't know what your last question means but if you explain it I can answer that as well.

Funny thing is if this thread isn't made and people like you didn't have such a thin skin I wouldn't even realize Pedro Pascal isn't white. That's how similar the actor choice is for the character of Joel. Talk about being such a snowflake. Oh and just realized another example, in the Ms. Marvel show (which I'm 100% sure you hated) one of the lead character was again played by a white guy and yet I haven't seen anyone from the brown/Pakistan/South Asian community being fixated on or crying over because the actor could be passed off as the character.

Want to dig this hole any further?

Yeah, it's hilarious that the cult is having a meltdown over a white guy playing a white guy because his surname isn't white enough. What a bunch of snowflakes. Jebus Lmao save us.

Then you see the genius comparison with Bruce Willis playing the role of the first black president and you hope they're just trolling and having fun. You know, because Joel being a pure blooded white with a full ancestral background check is absolutely fundamental and central to his character. Otherwise that whole scene, when he tattoos a swastika on his forehead, kinda stops making sense with Pascal.

Just look at it, two completely different characters. They don't even belong in the save universe.

It just doesn't work

Then what about The Godfather?

TIL: Pedro Pascal is apparently not white! And here I was thinking he's a white guy this whole time...

@kathaariancode: LMAO! Well put. And man that gif is hilarious. I'm saving it for the future.

The cinematic shots are just as they are in the original game, incredible.

@The_Deepblue:

They're characters in works of fiction. Why does it matter if the actor's race or skin color is different from the original concept? Nico did a fantastic job as Sarah and no one else could have done better. It's the performances that we should care about most. Because that's what it's all about. Theater.

@The_Deepblue:

Yeah, I've never seen anyone demonizing whites in any media so far. Race-swapping, sure but these are literally just roles in plays. In the case of Last of Us HBO, the show doesn't change at all because of the casting. And it would've been exactly the same if those main characters stayed white. Mainly, Sarah Miller. She was the same person she was in the game and nothing changed due to the actor's race. If that is the case for characters that get Race-swapped in a certain series then it *shouldn't* bother anyone.

The universal ideological grasp should be bothering. Sure, if it was only for one man there wouldn't be that much noise.

Alas...

I'm not into mass politics and crowd manipulation with radicals and extremists at the helm.