The Last of Us (HBO)

[String Cheese Theory Joined: Aug 16th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 2107 View Predictions]

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theriversticks wrote:

Hakim deserves an Emmy nom. Chilling work. She built a whole character in that intro.

She was really outstanding.

I thought the way they depicted the Indonesian authorities was also very surprising, not at all the cliche I was half expecting.

Here for the comedies

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[Vicki Leekx Joined: Aug 3rd, 2019 Topics: 3 Posts: 1887 View Predictions]

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I just wanted to repost what I said from the Emmys thread

Anyone else impressed with Christine Hakim in the recent episode of The Last of Us ? I think she’d be a great option here

I should have come to this thread first 🤡 glad to see others were moved by her performance too!

This show is working well on so many levels. I like how it’s going into more of the science of the virus too. I haven’t played the game in a few years so it’s nice to see how their attention to detail is bringing back memories

Although I wouldn’t say I’ve been wowed by Pascal yet either, I have to say his performance is impressive. His confliction and realisation at the end of that episode; he’s a wounded and tough guy after years of tragedy but there’s definitely a vulnerability under the surface there. Excited to see how he continues.

FYC:

Zar Amir Ebrahimi - Holy Spider (Best Actress)
Ana de Armas, Julianne Nicholson - Blonde (Best Actress, Supporting Actress)
Samantha Morton - She Said (Best Supporting Actress)
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin (Best Supporting Actress)

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[GD Joined: Dec 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1309 View Predictions]

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The journey continues. #TheLastOfUs will return for another season on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/FQNG6vhk1d

— The Last of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) January 27, 2023

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[adriandecker770 Joined: Oct 2nd, 2022 Topics: 3 Posts: 446 View Predictions]

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Finally able to watch the second episode and I’m beyond impressed by the way they translate gameplay segments to the show. A lot of the tension in the game comes from playing as the characters and knowing that if you mess up the character will die, and I think it’s something a lot of video game adaptations struggle with. During the action scenes here I felt just as, if not more, tense as I did playing the game. It was shot so seamlessly and written so well that I didn’t even realize they had switched from something that was a cutscene in the game to a section where you’re controlling Joel. Expertly done

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[JV Joined: Dec 31st, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 5264 View Predictions]

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Netflix and Amazon executives watching HBO’s The Last of Us knowing the former also had a Game of the Year winner under their belt (and more, tons of books) and managed to blow it off with even the main star of the show abandoning the ship, and the latter got one of the most beloved IP’s with one of the largest budgets they ever had and managed to make zero buzz out of it.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 5196 View Predictions]

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Can’t wait for these icons to serve!

Tonight’s episode of #TheLastOfUs features Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett as Bill and Frank. pic.twitter.com/uMqj0TMMF4

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) January 29, 2023

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 20 Posts: 9344 View Predictions]

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Episode 3: Long Long Time
The hour introduces Bill and Frank, played by Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) and Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), respectively.

Critics hyped this one to the roof, let’s see.

FYC:
The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.

Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!

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[Evan Joined: May 16th, 2022 Topics: 2 Posts: 304 View Predictions]

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Her Tess will be remembered as one of the greatest characters in video games. RIP.

Annie Wersching, known for her roles in Star Trek: Picard, Timeless, and portraying Tess in the original The Last of Us, has died at the age of 45. pic.twitter.com/lTZJMtf3oK

— IGN (@IGN) January 29, 2023

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[babypook Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 22 Posts: 3624 View Predictions]

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Don’t usually post in TV threads but came here simply to say this ep could be the best I’ve ever seen.

The Sunne in Splendour.
I prefer my roses white

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[GD Joined: Dec 1st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1309 View Predictions]

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As a fan of the game, I have mixed feelings. This episode was beautiful and very powerful emotionally. I even cried. Very good acting and writing. But at the same time, the purpose of this episode was… not clear. It didn’t advance the story. It feels useless by the end of it. And it was too different from the game.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 5196 View Predictions]

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Just cried my eyes out watching this ep..

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[alittle03 Joined: Sep 16th, 2020 Topics: 7 Posts: 2271 View Predictions]

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*Spoilers. Don’t read on unless you’ve seen the episode.*

Um, wow. Oh my god. Perhaps it’s terribly presumptuous of me to say this considering it’s January, but this might have just been my favorite episode of television so far this year. Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett were utterly brilliant. Excellent direction and score, and I don’t think I’ve seen such a tender, humanistic portrait of an older queer relationship on television since Severance (which I also quite enjoyed). I love how their relationship is displayed throughout periodic vignettes as time passes, but through the performances and writing, you can read between the lines and understand that their love was real and complex and even deeper than what we as the audience have been allowed to see. Their love grows and ages, just as they do. I don’t know, I’m rambling, but this was just a beautiful and remarkably well-produced episode and is not only already my favorite of the show (and I’m doubtful it’ll be topped), but one of my favorites of the year. Really a splendid watch.

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[Nuebert Joined: Jan 17th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 89 View Predictions]

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Perfect episode. Beautiful, incredibly moving story. Loved how this show portrayed life in an apocalyptic world, finding love in a hopeless place. I really doubt anything can top this for a while. Have not sobbed like that from a TV episode in a while, probably since Fire Pink.

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 20 Posts: 9344 View Predictions]

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Episode. Of. The. Year and it’s only January
I highly doubt they’ll top this one, everything was so perfect, I’m crying my eyes out rn.
I wanna mention the score, the score was so perfect, they deserve to win with this score.

FYC:
The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.

Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!

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[ReginaIsKing Joined: Jul 3rd, 2020 Topics: 6 Posts: 883 View Predictions]

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