Hopefully, that reason wouldn’t be a less complete story.
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Chaplin
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Well, you’ve already said as much—and I’m seeing a few writers on the internet agree with that. Rushed, full of holes, weird character stuff for Joel and Ellie and of course, neutering the Negan wannabe.
Well most of that reaction is happening as the season unfolds and the show was already renewed. If this continues I expect it to become more of an issue with fans as the show unfolds over the course of both games.
Maybe they can continue to get away with some of it because the show has been so damn good so far.
Ouchie-Z-Clown
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yeah I was wondering the same. That’s a lot of people to just not notice a full lien fire and all the ruckus. I kinda wanted to see their reaction to finding out they’d been eating their friends and kin.
Ouchie-Z-Clown
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I’ve also been impressed that a show about a zombie apocalypse can go such long periods with no zombies - like an entire episode!
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Gnarly episode.
Stout
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Yeah that was ridiculously stupid writing. Still, this was an excellent episode.
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I think I have some bias in that I came from the game series. The characters in episode 3 are pretty minor characters and do not do much to really move the story forward.
The one theme that resonates and Joel mentioned is that some of the biggest monsters in this word are humans.
Oooooooh
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Man being the biggest monster of all ain’t exactly reinventing the wheel. That’s pretty much been the theme of any zombie story worth a lick dating all the way back to Romero’s OG Night Of The Living Dead in the early 60’s (?) that heavily trafficked in civil rights themes.
I really liked that episode.
Evil Ash
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Absolutely nailed the ending. Can't wait to see the opinions of those that didn't play the game (the ending has been debated on for over a decade by those that have played it)
LET THE DEBATE BEGIN
LET THE DEBATE BEGIN
Chaplin
Better off silent
My guess—and this is just a guess since I’ve not played the game all the way through—that Joel dies at the end of the game. If that’s true then this is a major change.
That said, this is such a great show that I thought this last episode was a bit of a letdown.
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Thought the same.
It was a pretty big debate when the game came out that's for sure.
Evil Ash
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Nope this was a good adaptation of the ending of the first game. There was a little more to it but largely 1:1 adaptation
Stout
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It was an up and down season finale. On the plus side: the darkness. On the negative side: unbelievable action. Looking forward to see where the darkness goes.
Edit: I just learned there's a giant time jump before season 2? That makes this finale a lot less impactful because we're not going to get to explore that darkness. We'll get life years down the road. Very meh. Why the need to hew so closely to video games? Just pick up the story from where it ended. Not much a fan of giant time jumps.
Edit: I just learned there's a giant time jump before season 2? That makes this finale a lot less impactful because we're not going to get to explore that darkness. We'll get life years down the road. Very meh. Why the need to hew so closely to video games? Just pick up the story from where it ended. Not much a fan of giant time jumps.
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Evil Ash
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The jump is about 4 years but the darkness is going to be explored in great detail over the next couple of seasons (yes, part 2 will be covered in multiple seasons)
Let's put it this way part 1 is a beacon of sunshine compared to what's coming up
