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Incredible show thus far, particularly the first 2 episodes.
Had the same feel as Walking Dead spending a season on a farm.There was a little too much "romance" for me and Bill a bit too much of a superhero, but this was in no way a wasted episode. This is a drama, not the video game. We can't just have hours of shooter gameplay. I thought the acting was amazing. The background given and humanizing of the pandemic and time passing was stellar. This episode will win an Emmy.Really? They made an entire episode about a minor character. Frank was already dead in the game. It didn't further the story at all. I suppose everyone is afraid to criticize it because you'll be painted as homophobic. I couldn't care less. It was a throwaway episode that did absolutely nothing. Hated it. Waste of a week.
Frank did not exist in the game.Holy Brokeback Mountain!
I enjoyed the episode but was not expecting that episode at all. Was any of that particular love story in the video game? Can't imagine it would be.
Yeah, but Bill did, and we knew about Frank and their relationship. It just wasn't front and center.Frank did not exist in the game.Holy Brokeback Mountain!
I enjoyed the episode but was not expecting that episode at all. Was any of that particular love story in the video game? Can't imagine it would be.
Joel was already committed to getting her to the fireflies. The only thing that moves in their story is getting Bill's truck. The rest of the episode had nothing to do with the main story, which is Joel and Ellie's.I'm not sure I get the "but that wasn't in the game!" comments. It's an adaptation. In the game, there are spores, so Joel has to wear a gas mask to keep from getting infected, which they didn't want to do in the show ("Pedro Pascal only does shows where he hides his face most of the time"). So they switched to tendrils instead as a means of virus spread. Is Joel supposed to crouch all the time and use workbenches to improve his weapons like in the game?
It has been a long time since I played the game, so I don't remember details, but in the link that was posted earlier explaining the detour they took for this episode, it says there are hints about Bill's sexuality in the game and that, as Joel and Ellie are driving away in the truck, she finds gay porn mags in the back seat. So they didn't change his sexuality just to make up a gay love story. The episode drew parallels between Joel and Bill, in that both seemingly preferred to go alone. Bill let someone into his life and was better off for it. By the end of the episode, Joel commits to getting Ellie where she needs to go. So it did move the story along.
There's still something worth fighting for...and then they both commit suicide.Sure it did. Offerman said it best “it shows that there is still something worth fighting for.” Paraphrased.
Too bad the politics forum is closed.
Lot of variables to answer that question, where are you located? have you already been prepping like Bill? Just on the surface I'd say it would be difficult to impossible unless you dedicated your life to it with the one specific goal of sheltering in place for the duration of whatever the apocalypse is. As for the gas burner **** out side the fence? I don't think one guy could pull that off. Go out to the woods and dig a hole deep enough to ensnare a full size man...then do it 50 or 60 more times. That alone would take forever and probably kill most of us. Then you have to know infrastructure stuff to keep the electric and gas on which I don't know anyone in my circles that would be able to pull that off.So, what I really want to know is how realistic it would be to set something up like that yourself -- and his prepper list . . . .
Yea, first thing I thought was you spend your life prepping for this moment and the best you got is a standing in the road with a bolt action hunting rifle shooting dudes already on fire. Stay in the house and watch the light show, grab one of the 50 AR's you have stashed in the basement and hone your skills maybe but just standing in the middle of the road unprotected? [RandyMoss]Come on man![\RandyMoss]For having everything planned so well… when the **** goes down you just stand in the middle of the road upright and try shooting a bunch of people.
Come on Bill, you are better than that.
Would have likely been just as corny. That was some sappy writing TBH.What’s hilarious (sad?) is how in 2023 people will still say “we get the idea, you don’t need to shove it down our throats!” when it comes to same sex romance but if Bill were a straight dude and “Francesca” fell into his hole they wouldn’t bat an eye about that part of the episode if it played out exactly the way it did. Most would probably comment about how much they enjoyed it.
*Not judging anyone in here. It’s just something I’ve noticed throughout several sites when looking at reviews for this episode. As someone who knows nothing of the games but likes to think he knows a little about cinema, this was an excellent episode of television.
yeah, that struck me as rather absurd...For having everything planned so well… when the **** goes down you just stand in the middle of the road upright and try shooting a bunch of people.
Come on Bill, you are better than that.
I'm not sure I get the "but that wasn't in the game!" comments. It's an adaptation.
I mean I get the trying to humanize people and give back stories to how people survived and what they did. Obviously that these happened to be gay people made no difference.I'm not sure I get the "but that wasn't in the game!" comments. It's an adaptation.
Sure you do. If people loved the themes and plots of the game, they probably don't want to see that messed with as it redefines their ideal of what the show should be about.
I had never even heard of the video game, so I don't have any skin in the game but the homosexuality angle just seemed like a rather bizarre twist based on the first two episodes.
FTR, I liked the episode and the show as a whole is the best thing going right now.
NoHoly Brokeback Mountain!
I enjoyed the episode but was not expecting that episode at all. Was any of that particular love story in the video game? Can't imagine it would be.
YikesI HATED IT
sorry but an entire episode on a gay love story that didn't even happen in the game? Why does every show have to shove this ****bdown our throats. Ellie is already gay. 6 people left in the world and half of them are gay
Huh?Ellie is already gay.
This was my beef. Way too little time to develop this. Just starting to get into the main guy and the girl and they spring this 30 year story arc in like 30 mins.You gotta be ****tin me. Waste of an episode and i would say the same if it was a male/female love story. I could see it 2 or 3 seasons in if I cared about these characters but episode 3?
So ****ty medicine tasting water is the last thing you drink? Yeah no. Wine good pleaseAnd why ruin a nice wine? Drink the wine and put the pills in some water after...lol
But the wine probably tasted like crap with the pills in it.So ****ty medicine tasting water is the last thing you drink? Yeah no. Wine good pleaseAnd why ruin a nice wine? Drink the wine and put the pills in some water after...lol
Close. Wine with meds, then more wine. Lol.So drink the water first and finish with a nice wine.
That Beaujolais they were drinking is like a 15 dollar bottle…but point taken I did think the same thingAnd why ruin a nice wine? Drink the wine and put the pills in some water after...lol
That's my price point for wine, but I'm not a Beaujolais fan. Too fruity. But it does probably go well with rabbit.That Beaujolais they were drinking is like a 15 dollar bottle…but point taken I did think the same thingAnd why ruin a nice wine? Drink the wine and put the pills in some water after...lol
If it’s my last bottle I’m pulling out they good stuff and I’m going a bottle each minimum…then the powder…then another glass til I’m out!That's my price point for wine, but I'm not a Beaujolais fan. Too fruity. But it does probably go well with rabbit.That Beaujolais they were drinking is like a 15 dollar bottle…but point taken I did think the same thingAnd why ruin a nice wine? Drink the wine and put the pills in some water after...lol
Holy Brokeback Mountain!
I enjoyed the episode but was not expecting that episode at all. Was any of that particular love story in the video game? Can't imagine it would be.
This was my biggest take away. Im a fan too and was looking forward to him being a part of the ongoing show.I'm a big Offerman fan, so disappointed that he wont be in more episodes) but it was well done television.
(She finds a love interest in the first game dlc And part II)Huh?Ellie is already gay.
And, imo, the reason the show will have staying power.The creators of the show opted for drama over action
An entire episode dedicated to a love story of a minor character. HorribleYou gotta be ****tin me. Waste of an episode and i would say the same if it was a male/female love story. I could see it 2 or 3 seasons in if I cared about these characters but episode 3?
Sorry if a spoiler but in the game she's a lesbian and they hinted at it in epaiode 1 when she ignored the boyfriend question.Huh?Ellie is already gay.
It was boring as hell. Well acted no doubt but you were entertained by that?Didn’t advance the story yada yada…….that episode was awesome tv. I watch shows to be entertained and that episode was incredible.
Yup. Slice of beauty in a sea of misery. Might even rewatch it.It was boring as hell. Well acted no doubt but you were entertained by that?Didn’t advance the story yada yada…….that episode was awesome tv. I watch shows to be entertained and that episode was incredible.
I'm totally fine with itAnd, imo, the reason the show will have staying power.The creators of the show opted for drama over action
Guess Linda Ronstadt’s Long Long Time has had a huge run up the chart. Streaming up 5000% week over week.
Here you go, from 50 years ago.Guess Linda Ronstadt’s Long Long Time has had a huge run up the chart. Streaming up 5000% week over week.
Natural beauty as wellHere you go, from 50 years ago.Guess Linda Ronstadt’s Long Long Time has had a huge run up the chart. Streaming up 5000% week over week.
My god she could sing.