HBO's The Last of Us thoughts.
Hi, it's been a while. I still intend on posting here. Saw the Last of Us TV Adaptation It was mostly good. The series changes details from the game. I feel most of these changes are beneficial. It’s successfully adapting the story using the strengths of the TV medium as opposed to merely copying the video game. There is a lot of material to discuss. However, firstly, the ethics behind it need to be discussed. The co-writer of the original game was not credited. This is wrong. I dislike Neil Druckmann’s inclinations as a writer and his unethical activities as someone in charge. He made his employees watch traumatizing videos from Liveleak to be more accurate, as well as having crunch in his studio. Onto his shortcomings as a storyteller, he really likes situations where the perspective goes between perpetrator and victim, and both sides view themselves justified. This itself is fine, but he reuses the same tropes again and again with little change. In Episode 4, Episode 7, The Las