Current Events > Last of Us Episode 8 topic.

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https://youtu.be/8tr7QoU2mXE

Two and a half hours until Troy Baker shows up. What are the chances he does the voice?

Watch him have a guitar like all other characters he plays now.

Bump 25 minutes

Hope this episode is violent as fuck. If any episode needs to be, it's this one

I'm watching now

I think when Part II is done that the part where Ellie explores the aquarium during the storm will be interesting.

This episode was great, went by so fast.

Fantastic episode. Really nailed the key scenes.

It's a weird situation where it was excellent, but I wanted it to be longer. Definitely left me wanting more. Idk if I'll feel that way if I watch it again since I'll see it with the finale on repeated views.

Wish it was longer like the game. I would have liked the town looking for Ellie and the people talking about taking out David because of his actions. Other than that all the key scenes were there and it was good.

9/10

Really good episode. Better than most in the season. Wish there was the initial infected section so David had more reason to think Ellie was worth trying to have.

Damn the ending with Ellie killing David was even more brutal than in the game.

The last five minutes of the episode

https://youtu.be/7GgaNyyL9Mo

This was probably the most 1:1 episode of the season, I'm surprised.

The slight weak spot for me was David's actor, but Nolan North did such a good job in the game I think I'm just being harsh

They could have split this into 2 episodes maybe. I wish it had lasted longer. I feel like they rush stuff sometimes

Good episode but the game version was much better

Everything else game vs show is a 50/50 but here the game was much better

Wish Ellie had an actress the looked more like her game counterpart. Not a fan of this actress.

I agree the game was way better for this section of the story and this could've been 2 episodes

one thing I prefer about the series over the game is that we get to see more people on screen, so when you have a character say something about being a part of a community, you get to see that.

also, I think making David a preacher was a nice change. it added a more subtle darkness to his character.

Was I the only one who had zero sympathy for David's "flock"? David claimed that only a few people knew what they were eating, but there were plenty of context clues that suggested otherwise. Almost everyone wanted to kill Ellie even though she hadn't done a thing to any of them. When she and Joel ran into the group's hunting/gathering party, there was no dialog---they attacked immediately with lethal force.

I was frankly sorry Joel didn't get more of them.

darkmaian23 posted...

Was I the only one who had zero sympathy for David's "flock"? David claimed that only a few people knew what they were eating, but there were plenty of context clues that suggested otherwise. Almost everyone wanted to kill Ellie even though she hadn't done a thing to any of them. When she and Joel ran into the group's hunting/gathering party, there was no dialog---they attacked immediately with lethal force.

I was frankly sorry Joel didn't get more of them.

True

Fuck those people

In the game, David's crew are pretty much assholes too.

Good episode, kinda predictable though so no interesting surprises or twists. I like the emphasis on the acting and expressions, it builds the world much better than any action does.

You all ready for next week?

boxoto posted...

one thing I prefer about the series over the game is that we get to see more people on screen, so when you have a character say something about being a part of a community, you get to see that.

also, I think making David a preacher was a nice change. it added a more subtle darkness to his character.

I dont remember this part of the game but the part where he tried to rape her while the building was literally burning down around them was too insanely over the top for me, way too much of mustache twirling villain heel turn imo

Dragon56 posted...

Wish Ellie had an actress the looked more like her game counterpart. Not a fan of this actress.

Why? What does what she looks like matter?

Dragon56 posted...

Wish Ellie had an actress the looked more like her game counterpart. Not a fan of this actress.

Why? She's literally flawless as Ellie. This episode proved that she has the range to play Ellie in seasons 2 and 3.

Also, the real-life actress is 19, so she's already the age that Ellie is in Last of Us Part 2. Makes perfect sense.

They turned down Maise Williams (Arya Stark) playing Ellie because she was too old to last multiple seasons.

TheGoldenEel posted...

I dont remember this part of the game but the part where he tried to rape her while the building was literally burning down around them was too insanely over the top for me, way too much of mustache twirling villain heel turn imo

Happens in the game as well.

Spiritlittle posted...

Why? She's literally flawless as Ellie. This episode proved that she has the range to play Ellie in seasons 2 and 3.

Also, the real-life actress is 19, so she's already the age that Ellie is in Last of Us Part 2. Makes perfect sense.

They turned down Maise Williams (Arya Stark) playing Ellie because she was too old to last multiple seasons.

I like this girl better anyway. I dont know if I can picture Maisie as Ellie

Spiritlittle posted...

Happens in the game as well.

Yeah after I said it I vaguely remembered it

felt too cartoonishly evil for the show

TheGoldenEel posted...

Yeah after I said it I vaguely remembered it

felt too cartoonishly evil for the show

Makes sense with the way he slaps the girl in the show.

Him being a preacher and a teacher means he's in two positions of power over young people.

TheGoldenEel posted...

I dont remember this part of the game but the part where he tried to rape her while the building was literally burning down around them was too insanely over the top for me, way too much of mustache twirling villain heel turn imo

tbh, I made my post as I was watching the episode, so it was before we got to that part, lol.

but yea, I think he's a good villain with the exception of the aforementioned scene.

This was the weakest topic yet lmfao. Hope the finale pulls through for me at least.

boxoto posted...

I dont remember this part of the game but the part where he tried to rape her while the building was literally burning down around them was too insanely over the top for me

I took it as him thinking he didn't have much time before he turned and just went all out

I guess that's a good interpretation.

it does tie back to what he said about the turning.

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I suppose that's true. But I still feel that an uncharitable interpretation fits more to what we see the group actually doing. Like with Kathleen's group, there is no forward thinking and no real compassion or perspective. They are hurting so they want other people to be hurt as well.

Good episode as usual, and Ellie and David's talk at the start was done really well. Troy Baker did a good job, for sure.

Though, I think the David "boss fight" was noticeably weaker in the show. It didn't really have the suspense and building tension like the game did (prob because since it's playable, it felt like "you" were the one trying to hide from him as well), and I think they could've pushed things a bit more here and there, but still good overall.

Can't wait for the finale.

EDIT: Also, why are ya'll still responding to Dragon56? He's just a troll who posts the same smooth-brain chucklefuck take every week.

Better episode than last week's but still, nothing has even come close to Bill's episode. Talk about blowing your load early lol

Something that has bothered me since the beginning of the show, and it's admittedly a 'nitpick' in a way, but the scale and lapse of time just seems absolutely off. You especially feel it in this episode. These fuckers are traveling dozens of miles on foot within a very short time frame. Not a big deal, just feels like the opposite of other zombie media that really emphasizes the toll of travel in the apocalypse.

Smashingpmkns posted...

These fuckers are traveling dozens of miles on foot within a very short time frame.

Yeah, I noticed that.

At the start, when David had Troy Baker go get medicine, he said it was like a 4 mile walk back and it took him a couple hours to get back. But later, after David carries Ellie back and she regains consciousness, it cuts to his goons and they're still looking for Joel. I know 4 miles shouldn't take super long to walk, but it still felt off, even if his goons had been searching for at least a couple hours straight. And then Joel is able to tie people up, interrogate them, and limp over to David's all while Ellie's stuff is taking place.

I guess it balances out with the previous episodes going out of their way to showcase Joel and Ellie go weeks/months before reaching the next plot point.

Rharyx211 posted...

Yeah, I noticed that.

At the start, when David had Troy Baker go get medicine, he said it was like a 4 mile walk back and it took him a couple hours to get back. But later, after David carries Ellie back and she regains consciousness, it cuts to his goons and they're still looking for Joel. I know 4 miles shouldn't take super long to walk, but it still felt off, even if his goons had been searching for at least a couple hours straight. And then Joel is able to tie people up, interrogate them, and limp over to David's all while Ellie's stuff is taking place.

I guess it balances out with the previous episodes going out of their way to showcase Joel and Ellie go weeks/months before reaching the next plot point

Im going to blow your mind friend. Just because a scene comes after another in a show or film, doesnt mean its occurring after the scene that came before it chronologically, it just makes more sense for the scene to come after the previous scene narratively.

Come on guys, were all adults, we dont need pointless scenes of people walking commenting man its been three hours of walkin here for us to get time has passed right?

ColonizedMind posted...

Im going to blow your mind friend. Just because a scene comes after another in a show or film, doesnt mean its occurring after the scene that came before it chronologically, it just makes more sense for the scene to come after the previous scene narratively.

Come on guys, were all adults, we dont need pointless scenes of people walking commenting man its been three hours of walkin here for us to get time has passed right?

Obviously. But the show doesn't express the passage of time nor the scale of its world well. Like we've been in 5 or 6 states now on one or two tanks of gas in a truck, a horse Ellie knows how to ride somehow and a shit ton of walking. I don't even know how long it's been since Ellie and Joel first met.

Feels very video gamey in that sense.

It feels like a TV show, a good one that doesnt feel the need to pad out its runtime with pointless scenes like that to satisfy internet critics that use words like pacing without knowing what it means.

Man we just had an episode where the villain basically used a megaphone to announce to the audience that he was peeling away another layer to show how evil he was. This shit video gamey as hell, and that's okay.

Bro we just had a guy stab another guy that shit video gamey as hell.

Your criticisms are dumb reddit bait. Do better.

Not really the same thing but okay. It's okay for the show to feel video gamey. They lean into it.

Ah so it isnt an issue anymore now? Glad we agree.

ColonizedMind posted...

Ah so it isnt an issue anymore now? Glad we agree.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/3/3/AAPstsAAEQDd.jpg

Smashingpmkns posted...

This shit video gamey as hell, and that's okay.

been a while since i played the game so i barely remember this part.

as i watched it started to come back to me and wow, with that said, seems like this was faithfully recreated! almost forgot about how creepy that cannibal priest guy was! O_o

and the scene where Joel interrogates those dudes was the icing on the fucking cake! probably one of my favorite episodes so far!

Euripides posted...

Why? What does what she looks like matter?

Virtually every single Last of Us episode topic he feels the need to tell us the child isn't attractive enough.

Great episode, series has been outstanding so far. Still have no idea why she is immune.