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

[K-Deini]

Even after Kathleen dies you see them clickers still pouring out that hole

They had that 28 days later type speed but much stronger

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Took all of my power to not spoil this last episode... This was the reason they changed the Bill/Frank story.. Three suicides in a row would start getting a little cheap

 

[Uchiha God]

Weird 'lore' biology question:
Do clickers 'hear' with their human ears, or, since the fungus replaces your organs, do they hear using their new mushroom ears?

Just wondering if Clicker Sam would still be deaf.

Clickers use “echolocation”. Hence the noises they make and the name “clickers”

 

[CW_1991]

Best episode so far to me

Same

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Speaking of, she made another post after someone called her out for not "looking" like she could lead

fukk this dumbass and her lil story. Dude told her to run for her life and she mall-walked her ass away and got got.

Zero interest in and further time wasted in her character

 

[Uchiha God]

Anyway, as someone who never played the games, I do have what can be called a minor 'complaint'.
I can see one way that being a game adaptation slightly hurts this show. And that is that, (to me), the "Bloater" monsters make more sense as video game "End Boss" monsters than as monsters that fit in to the world that the show has created.

In a video game, you need increasingly powerful monsters to fight to make the game more challenging as your characters weapons and skill increase. It's a standard video game 'trope', but it doesn't totally fit in the show version of this story.

Why do the zombies need a giant physical "tank" monster that can give out huge physical damage? What purpose would it serve for a creature like that to evolve? Its kind of a soldier creature that would only serve a purpose if the fungus colonies were going to war with in equally matched force. But we're already seen that even the low level 'Infecteds' and 'Clickers' by themselves are overpowered when it comes to destroying human civilization.

In fact, to me, the concept of the 'networked' Infected zombies is much scarier than the Bloaters themselves. If they're an Infected hive mind, they're basically fast running earthbound Fungus Borg. My understanding is that the networking concept is original to the show.

I see what you’re saying. Though I’m forgiving in that regard - bloaters are few - relatively to other infected - even in the game - and represent a much more advanced stage of the infection that most don’t get to.

They’re def a gameplay device and artifact from the game, but I just rationalize their evolution and existence as them being the fungus’ countermeasures to both resistance - I mean the first scene said their purpose is to spread the infection by any means necessary and it’s not like humans will just stand around waiting to be infected - brute force will be needed. As well as insurance for its survival seeing as bloaters are a lot more resilient than the other infected.

 

[904]

and that 15 min is eternal. you'd prefer it be shot in an Atlanta Walmart parking lot like MCU shyt that looks like ass before it's even released?

I'm happy they did it bro.. they going all out.. I can def tell they spent money on this show...

Spoiler: Only if you played the game

So I'm watching the super bowl last night on some Canadian channel(IPTV) and they showed a Last of Us trailer.

They actually showed the Ellie's face covered in blood and you could tell it was after killing David and then Joel hugs her. The difference was they were outside in the snow.. So I guess you can expect that scene to be different.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

This episode was too upsetting to write a full review.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Damn that was bleak

Memphis.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

“ I don’t need to be muscly. That’s what henchmen are for”

Wonder how Druckman feels about that
When Abby is revealed

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Gamers, without any spoilers or details…are there grimier “monsters” than the bloaters and clickers that we haven’t seen yet?

 

[Nero Christ]

All that for 15 min of film

And yall would complain if it was all CGI too

Gamers, without any spoilers or details…are there grimier “monsters” than the bloaters and clickers that we haven’t seen yet?

Yes but that's apart of the 2nd game

 

[Red Shield]

Gamers, without any spoilers or details…are there grimier “monsters” than the bloaters and clickers that we haven’t seen yet?

2nd game

 

[Red Shield]

Took all of my power to not spoil this last episode... This was the reason they changed the Bill/Frank story.. Three suicides in a row would start getting a little cheap

yeah I could see that

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

“ I don’t need to be muscly. That’s what henchmen are for”

Wonder how Druckman feels about that
When Abby is revealed

She needed to have some quality that stopped her rank and file from taking her out. It certainly wasn’t a commanding presence, or military strategy, she sent their whole platoon to take on 4 ppl, including 2 children.

What kinda leader gives pissy orders like she was doing.

Just an awful casting and delivery. It’s cute they got to score another point for casting a less than likely person for the role but this one failed, while the kid using asl and the gay story was believable