This episode freaking hauled ass in all the right ways. Bravo to Neil for debuting in the directing shoes.
Yup, great episode and again, they changes made all ADD to the lore and overall story.This episode freaking hauled ass in all the right ways. Bravo to Neil for debuting in the directing shoes.
Yup, great episode and again, they changes made all ADD to the lore and overall story.
I thought I wasn’t going to like spores not being present in this show, but the fungi network where all clickers are connected that they are going with us actually more interesting and in many ways has the opportunity to be scarier going forward. I also like the flashback to 2003 again and hope we see more flashbacks in the series to fill out some of the gaps.
That museum scene was sooooo good. Great comparison with the JP kitchen scene.I mentioned this in a tweet reply I sent to Emory; but the expansion of the universe's lore; the evolution to see how they evolved it from Spores to spreading by a mycelium network is perhaps one of the best changes to the universe lore yet. It feels incredibly natural; it doesn't take away from what the spores meant in the game but rather lets the TV show have the chance for ticking time bombs to go off depending on a situation. Makes me really interested to see how that's tackled when we get to Fall at the University.
Another thing that I have to give genuine props for: are the clickers. The Museum scene felt extremely like something that is similar to the kitchen scene from Jurassic Park; in how tense the actions are due to the nature of the creatures (which, look absolutely amazing and they captured how the clickers look and behave completely well.
It's already doing great and can only go up. As far as non-GOT related Universe shows go, TLOU already is less than 1 million viewers behind the all-time HBO record set by Euphoria last year with 6.6 million viewers in the finale episode of that season. TLOU, if it keeps increasing, looks to surpass the 6.6M Euphoria saw last year fairly easily (that's Sunday night viewers counted only) at some point in this first season of the show.I got one of my friends to watch it yesterday before the new episode
Yeah...its a good show and feel like many are still missing out so hope people listen to their friends and watch
It's already doing great and can only go up. As far as non-GOT related Universe shows go, TLOU already is less than 1 million viewers behind the all-time HBO record set by Euphoria last year with 6.6 million viewers in the finale episode of that season. TLOU, if it keeps increasing, looks to surpass the 6.6M Euphoria saw last year fairly easily (that's Sunday night viewers counted only) at some point in this first season of the show.
With an audience so large, it really does make me wonder what they'll do for a season 2. I just can't see them diving right into Part 2 for various reasons (or at least not the whole second game), but if they are to tell an in-between story, it has to be worthwhile and not just to pad seasons since the show is bringing in a sizable audience. If you do a tweener story and it has the same level of writing and care that they've given to the added parts or changed up scenes.
By the time we are looking at a Season 3 being done and aired, I think it's quite possible that Part 3 is close to being released as this show had about an 2 year production timeline (not counting pre-production). If each season takes that long, a season 4, where they could theoretically dive into Part 3 and finish out the story, wouldn't could out until around 2028/2029 anyway and that gives plenty of time (even with how long games take to make these days) to get TLOU 3 out while the show is still going on and before the show even would reach the point of needing to tell that Part 3 story.Honestly I think a perfect middleground might actually be doing Season 2 on the period in-between TLOU and TLOU2. Set up Abby, show her pain and the elements of grief that she undergoes alongside giving more to WLF for her character; while also building upon and going into Joel and Ellie's relationship after the events of Ellie agreeing to initially stay.
TLOU2 in the Present Day storyline from the night of the party to it's ending could then fill in Season 3.
Just walking around is directly from the game and a big part of the overall story. Joel is tasked with finishing the journey he started with Tess in dropping Ellie off as she may be a cure, all in a post-apocalyptic world where you have various stages of people infected with a cordyceps virus. This is a story and show that wants you to bathe in the world because the smallest misstep and you could be screwed. The eerie world and walking through it where anything could go wrong at any point is my favorite thing about the show and the game.The first half of the episode dragged. The opening sequence in Indonesia was good but just walking around seemed like filler. 2nd half was good. Nothing really revolutionary here and think most people are really trying to make it better than it is because of the game they played. Had not played the game and liked the 1st episode but the apocolypse genre is kinda overplayed. I compare it to Station Eleven which is probably the best show in the last 10 years.
The first half of the episode dragged. The opening sequence in Indonesia was good but just walking around seemed like filler. 2nd half was good. Nothing really revolutionary here and think most people are really trying to make it better than it is because of the game they played. Had not played the game and liked the 1st episode but the apocolypse genre is kinda overplayed. I compare it to Station Eleven which is probably the best show in the last 10 years.
Yeah, not everything is going to be action sequences like in episode 1 where the outbreak happens and Joel and Tommy rush to leave, the plane crashes and cars are crashing everywhere. We're 20 years beyond that and people are barely surviving or have already gotten infected.What you call 'dragged' I call world building and character growth.
I have never played the game, didn't even know anything about the storyline, and I'm absolutely loving the show.