'The Last of Us' - Season 1 Thread (NO GAME SPOILERS!) | HBO | January 15, 2023

[jshani]

i just noticed the reason sam didn’t attack Ellie at first is because he probably couldn’t hear her.

my girl said that and i didnt pay her any attention...makes sense tho

 

[Avisible Man]

In the post-episode vignette Mazin said he decided to make Sam deaf as a way to make him especially reliant to Henry for survival. Sam/Henry are sort of a parallel father/child relationship to Joel/Ellie.

Mazin, you made Sam "especially reliant" on Henry by aging him down from 13 to 8. Now he's a lil kid who's basically wholly dependant on his big brother, unlike the dynamic in the Joel and Ellie parallel.

However, If you peep some of the shots in the tunnels, you'll notice that Henry has Sam walking behind him most of the time, damn near ignored. That's a no-no. I know you need Joel and Ellie's help but there's no way you letting your deaf lil bro outta ur sight like that. He shoulda been walking right next to Henry or right in front of him if he's gonna be "especially reliant" on him. I was watching those scenes like

Making him deaf is a way to ratchet up the tension and accomplish what Mazin claimed. It also allows you to be more inclusive, which the games are renowned for. Typically, we get the black character also being a pole smoker. Mazin chose to make the black character a deaf boy. But in this instance, I'm not mad at it cuz it was more emotional and lil Kevionn killed it.

Kevionn was outstanding. Nico Parker was outstanding in episode 1. They were the best acted children characters in their respective episodes. It's a goddamn shame they both had to die.

God damn you, Ellie, for not staying awake with Sam like you said you would and making Henry have to put his own brother down. That's why you "sorry."

 

[Sad Bunny]

It sucks that the best episode is probably gonna be the least watched because of the time shuffle

If i ever were to lose you, i’d surely lose myself

Not it won’t. It’s streaming and it’ll do numbers regardless.

 

[kdslittlebro]

Ngl this shyt is kinda Lifetime Last of Us

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Twitter got me right now

Links nikka!

 

[old pig]

lmaooo @ “a$$hole voice”

 

[EzekelRAGE]

I’m all in on this girl being Ellie. She’s low key killing this shyt even more than Pedro

Yeah, i just said this, people owe her an apology

I mean.......they werent against bella because of her acting. Most were upset she didnt look like Ellie........
chrishansen.jpg

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Damn that was bleak

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Ngl this shyt is kinda Lifetime Last of Us

I mean.......they werent against bella because of her acting. Most were upset she didnt look like Ellie........
chrishansen.jpg

Naw after the first real trailer aired i heard a lot of people saying she wasn’t selling it for them, acting wise. There wa a lot of the above before the show came out but i also assume people were conflating the two

 

[kdslittlebro]

It’s that lack of showing the kills

 

[CJ]

My heart is still racing brehs

When that Super Clicker or whatever the fukk that was looking like Thing from Fantastic Four

All them Infected popping out from the sinkhole. shyt was incredible end to end. The ending though. They know how to pull at them heart strings

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Naw after the first real trailer aired i heard a lot of people saying she wasn’t selling it for them, acting wise. There wa a lot of the above before the show came out but i also assume people were conflating the two

Im talking more of me skimming this thread

 

[Sad Bunny]

They got the perfect actors for Joel and Ellie. Amazing episode.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

It’s that lack of showing the kills

Yeah they have been pretty tame with the violence so far, not sure why they are cutting away from it.




Miles/sam with the Boricua perm

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Yeah they have been pretty tame with the violence so far, not sure why they are cutting away from it.

They gave some lame excuse of they went light on the violence to make it more impactful for when they do utilize it.