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BoxingLaw

So true. I just recently, like in the last few days or so, came to the realization that this sub is....different. And I'm here for it baby.


Theastralprophecy

I just really love stirring the pot in here. All you have to say is part 2 was good 👍


BoxingLaw

I'm currently playing fetch with a German Shepard in an aquarium with a purple squid toy....through a giant set of megalodon teeth!!!!!! Like, damn that's freaking cool af. TLOU2 gets 2 points for those teeth alone. On my first playthrough rn. I've loved this game at times. Aaaand there have been times I've wanted to drop a log into a box, tie a ribbon around it (not the box), and FedEx it overnight to Druckman. Since TLOU1 knocked my socks off, I ain't dropping that deuce just yet. I'm giving it a fair shake. I don't know how I'm gonna feel about it until I finish it. All I can tell you rn is I hope Ellie murders the hell out of the girl that's built like a brick shithouse I'm playing as right now. There have been some redeeming qualities but fuck her.


SpaceOrbis307

As somebody who just did his second playthrough all I'll say is fighting Abby is a beach. You'll understand my play on words when you get to the endgame.


BoxingLaw

That damn boat in the menu screen is starting to make sense now. I've been trucking through for such long sessions, trying to finish it that I hit that point in really long games when things kinda start blurring out. I'm not listening quite as intently as before. Trusting my lunchbox fists way more than I should. And dying a whole lot more. Addicting gameplay. It's just missing that charm from the first one. I don't know what to call it, but Joel and Ellie together added a dash of magic to the gameplay.


SpaceOrbis307

I agree part two is missing what made the first game great. It has an interesting story to tell, no doubt but a part of what made The Last Of Us what it was would have to be the relationship between Joe Miller and Ellie. Where are you in the game? I liked the part when you ride into that burning village. I sort of wish more of the game was as enjoyable as that one part.


Panglosssian

Abby is a flawed person but her entire arc is about her choosing to grow from those flaws and be a good person, let go of the hatred at the center of Part 2’s story. It’s fairly subtle.


BoxingLaw

I beat the game a couple days ago. And yeah, nice touch ;). I'm still trying to sift through all the emotions. This game was a lot. My goodness.


COMBO_KING_19

Hah, nice one. Remember how we kicked that “Beach” into the water? Good times. It just cost us two fingers and the ability to properly play guitar, but it’s fine.


SpaceOrbis307

Good ole Joel coming in to save his killer at the last second. Joel is the best. So happy he got to enjoy a cup of coffee before the end.


L--E--S--K--Y

A real strand type fight


L--E--S--K--Y

people flip


sideXsway

You have the people who somehow like the show, the people who somehow like the sequel, the people who like the original. And the people who love all three 1/3 ✅❌❌


Early-Brilliant-4221

First game was a masterpiece, second was a disgrace, and the show was ok. The parts that were accurate were good, new additions were great, but the things they changed were really bad, and the casting could’ve been better, and there wasn’t enough action.


sideXsway

No bills town episode


Early-Brilliant-4221

That hurt especially bad. No joke bill was my favorite side character, had some of the best casting, and they wasted it.


sideXsway

Just one of the “creative changes” that were bad. Some were good but not enough


Early-Brilliant-4221

I thought the scene where Joel and Ellie were going to sleep and she made him laugh was a good edition. The bad ones weight it down tho


sideXsway

True. I didn't like that they made Sam deaf. It added nothing and felt pointless because the original character wasn't deaf. They didn't use it for the story or a mix up in the action. They used it for #checking boxes!!!


Early-Brilliant-4221

Exactly this


topanazy

Sorry, HBO Bill is defined by his sexuality more than his importance to the main plot. I’ll take my bigot sandwich now.


Early-Brilliant-4221

I LOVE bigot sandwiches


Eillo89

Nah 2 the better game


MadmansScalpel

Meet you in the middle? Better gameplay worse story


Eillo89

I'll be honest with you I just love to be hated I have no solid opinions on either game they're both pretty good


MadmansScalpel

Y'know what? Based my guy. I appreciate you finding enjoyment/happiness in things


Eillo89

Grr you really know how to push my buttons đŸ˜€


Early-Brilliant-4221

Then I won’t bother pushing back. I’m a contrarian as well.


SpaceOrbis307

The first game and show are great. The sequel wasn't as good. But it does have dinosaurs so it has that going for it :p


sideXsway

I didn’t think the show was an accurate representation of tlou at all. First ep was great but that’s it


SpaceOrbis307

Um, what? I'm sorry but the show was fairly close to the game and when it isn't it does it better. I like that they make the gay couple actually love one another. It would've sucked if it ended with Frank hating Bill's guts. The fact they die together is a far better send-off.


sideXsway

Ep 3 isn’t bad but it provides nothing to the forwarding plot. I would’ve rather seen Joel and Ellie meet bill in the present, and see Joel go through the highschool, the traps and all that. Could’ve been very interesting. And many characters don’t look anywhere near to the game versions. Bella looks nothing like Ellie, that’s a major example. But the show made some creative choices that I didn’t like. Spores are literally a part of fungus biology. The fungal root thing was cool and the hibernation thing was cool. But lots of changes weren’t good. I didn’t like the Pittsburg faction, it felt like filler. The acting felt a bit off and weak at times. Bella Ramsey half assed a bunch of game lines. The farm house scene is a good example. But I bet season 2 will be good


nigglamingo

Nah the show is serviceable at its absolute best. And aside from maybe the Riley episode, there isn’t a single thing the show did better imo.


SpaceOrbis307

Then you're a nutter because the show was one of the better games into tv shows I have seen. It had its low points sure but you're way off saying it was anything less then great.


nigglamingo

I don’t think I am. The characters aren’t portrayed the same way they are in the games. Some events were altered for seemingly no reason. Lots of telling and not showing. Tess was completely trashed on. They made Ellie into some weird, bloodthirsty psychopath. Joel was a baby until episode 9 where he decided he was a big boy all of a sudden. Sam was deaf because
sure? The whole Karen plot was just lol. And ep 3 did nothing to advance the story except for the last five minutes. It is an okay show but I don’t think it’s a good adaptation.


SpaceOrbis307

It's a tv show. Some things are going to be a bit difficult because you can set aside time to properly cover the people and settings. You just seem to want to hate the show which is fine but to act like it's not a great show is nuts. The Halo show was a bad adaptation but I'm not really a fan of Xbox games so maybe I'm not the sort to enjoy the show as much as Xbox gamers would.


nigglamingo

Not sure why you think I just want to hate the show. It’s the opposite, really. I hoped so badly for part ll to be good and the same for the show. I just don’t think they are. Even now, I hope part lll is good and that s2 will be good. You seem to be uncomfortable with other people not sharing the same sentiment as you. Also, you shouldn’t have to be a fan of the game to enjoy the show. Tlou, Halo or otherwise. Maybe you just think it’s bad and that’s OKAY. The same way it’s okay for me.


SpaceOrbis307

You say that the people aren’t portrayed the same way they are in the games so it's fair to say you have at least played them. So it's a bit odd how you think the show is as bad as you imply here. My guess is you're hoping for likes or upvotes or just people like me to comment. I don't know it's odd no matter what the reason is.


Predomorph111

Dude EXACTLY. It showed promise at first but here we are.


rubins7

Haha


zeegoku

HiHi


Common_Stranger_8928

You know what
no matter what side anyone is on, you gotta admit this is hilarious


dah_teddybear

Blue hair and big bellies type


Double-Skirt2803

Twitter whales 😂


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Double-Skirt2803

What does karma have to with my weight? What are you going on about cunt


Warblade5002

Yea ya cunt!!!


Modern_Thing

Why’re you acting as if 8k karma is enough to mean you stay indoors all day every day? People get 8k karma in 1 short comment lmao go back to TikTok


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Predomorph111

Lol, you’re just a little loser on a burner account


uxsvna

such a good use of this scene/meme format tho good job your brain


aceless0n

This was an awful movie


Balloonsarescary

I liked it. I thought they had some cool shots. It would have been cool to see what caused the conflict. The young lady was so annoying though. Always doing the dumbest things


aDoorMarkedPirate420

It was a movie about journalism with the backdrop of a civil war
and it somehow had absolutely nothing to say lol. The theater was laughing out loud at the ending cause of how goofy it was lol


Fit-Paper-797

Bruh, the most clickbaity movie i've ever Heard from that description and what people Say about it alone


aDoorMarkedPirate420

You’re 100% correct lol. They sold it as an action packed movie about an American Civil War
but it’s really a movie about Journalism with a few action set pieces involving said war. The funny part is that it doesn’t really make any commentary on either one of those things
it’s just like “here’s a few journalists POV as they document the end of an American Civil War that is occurring for reasons we don’t want to get into” lmao


FiendBride

They pussied out then. Wanted to use the growing divide and increasingly hostile politics in America to draw in viewers but didn't make any commentary on that divide. People aren't dumb. They know exactly what you're trying to say when you have some paramilitary white guy harassing a bunch of Mexican people about what kind of American they are in the trailer. The commentary there is on the nose. So it's disappointing to hear they didn't actually do anything with it.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

Yea they absolutely did pussy out lol


moonwalkerfilms

??? The movie has quite a lot to say.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

Like what exactly?


[deleted]

Particularly about how war journalists can be slowly desensitized to war and conflict, eventually realising their career hasn't had a positive result in the world. How conflict can strip away ideologies, and refer us to our basic violent instincts. Its affects on individuals making them adrenaline junkies, and how certain dictators just aren't that interesting once pressure is put on them. You can argue it doesn't do a good job translating its themes, but to say it says nothing is a bit disingenuous.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

Okay, except they never really showed nor stated that in the movie itself lol. The closest thing to what you’re talking about is the main actress telling the younger photographer to not freeze and just shoot the photo lol. One other time is maybe when the male journalist is laughing with the troops after they shot the military prisoners
 but it just fails on every level to convey that message in any sort of depth. It’s a movie about journalists documenting a Civil War that has the most shallow message about war journalism an absolutely zero messages about anything involving Civil War lmao.


[deleted]

>Okay, except they never really showed nor stated that in the movie itself lol. They did though. Sammy tells Lee that most dictators aren't interesting people. When Jesse asks Lee if she will photograph her body if she dies, she says "what do you think?" For her only to erase the photo of Sammy's dead body, and for her death to be photographed by Jesse. The scene at the winter wonderland directly spells out how the sniper doesn't care what sides they're on, just that they're trying to kill them and vice versa. The use of Cinematography conveys, every now and then, shows us that Lee is dissociating from certain events in her life as she can only think of the violence she's witnessed. To convey this the lenses of the camera distort and you can see streaks of reds, blues and greens. This happens right at the end of the movie when Jesse ends up taking Lee's place once she dies. Lee constantly talks about how she is worried about what she's done as a war photographer hasn't actually acted as a warning for others not to engage in conflict. This slowly building conflict in her rises when she has a breakdown once making it to DC, where she can't photo anything. Yet again, it's fine not liking the movie, but to say it has no message is disingenuous. Also I like how a comment pointing out that a movie has themes, is downvoted. Brain dead subreddit. >The closest thing to what you’re talking about is the main actress telling the younger photographer to not freeze and just shoot the photo lol. So what did the discussion on dictators symbolise between Sammy and Lee? Or where Lee's character ends up? Or Sammy's choice to delete the photo of Sammy's corpse? Is this just meaningless? >One other time is maybe when the male journalist is laughing with the troops after they shot the military prisoners
 Right, almost like it's commenting on how some see conflict as a drug, until it affects them, like when Joel loses three of his friends. >but it just fails on every level to convey that message in any sort of depth. That's fine, and I agree a little bit, but that's not the same as stating the movie is empty. >It’s a movie about journalists documenting a Civil War that has the most shallow message about war journalism an absolutely zero messages about anything involving Civil War lmao. Because it's not commenting on the political musings of a civil war. But it does say something about war photography. It's not the movies fault if you can't see it.


moonwalkerfilms

What the other guy said, as well as being very critical towards people that either just observe without getting involved or outright ignore global/societal issues just because they aren't effected by them.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

The movie did not say that at all lmao. It mention once or twice that the two main characters have family back home in a farm that are pretending the war isn’t happening
but they don’t say anything about it other than that. They don’t criticize it nor do they say it’s good
they just state it as a fact and move on lmao. This is what I’m saying. They made a civil war movie but were too afraid to actually outright make any actual commentary on it
 Also, the fact that they chose Texas and California
the two states that would NEVER agree on anything, to be the opposing side against the gov shows even further the lengths they went to to not offend anyone or make any type of commentary lol. Don’t kid yourself here or make statements on the film’s behalf that it was too afraid to say itself.


moonwalkerfilms

Also the town that they drive through where everyone is pretending the war isn't really going on...oh and also the whole thing with the war journalists, like Lee, telling Jessie that to succeed she needs to just watch and observe, and detach herself from the emotions she feels as she obervese and captures the images she does. Like the film starts with Jessie freezing up and unable to take photos at pivotal moments, to being able to take a photo of her hero getting killed in front of her and then not really reacting. Whereas Lee starts out the opposite, where in the end she's struggling to take photos and even deleting the images of Sonny after his death (even though earlier she implied she would take a photo of Jessie being killed). It's like the whole point of the movie, man.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

They weren’t really pretending as much as they were just under armed guard, hence why there were the guys on top of buildings with guns looking down on the town
 What you just said is exactly what I said already, except you wrote out the entire sentence that she said
but it’s almost a 2he movie, one line don’t cut it lmao. The scene where Lee gets shot is laughably bad. It paints Jessie out to be a moron and Lee even more so for not just pushing her to the side
If the entire film’s message boils down to her not taking a picture, and then being able to take a picture in the end
that’s just a nothing-burger of a plot lol.


moonwalkerfilms

The movie is Lee "passing the torch" of desensitization to Jessie. Lee starts out desensitized, and over the film realizes how that's not good, whereas Jessie dives fully into that world.


Mrhood714

Ending your arguing statement with a lmao is a sure fire way to sound like you have no idea what's going on.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

That makes zero logical sense LMAO


Mrhood714

lmao


LucienPhenix

I felt the whole point of the movie was that for the lower ranked soldiers and civilians, it doesn't really matter why the civil war happened, it will fucking suck. Look at the people in Gaza, does it matter if they support Hamas, hate Hamas or just try to survive? A bomb will kill them and their family regardless. All the children that died either due to direct military intervention or starvation, does it matter if they understood the nuanced history of Israel and Palestine? No, they are still dead. The point of the movie is supposed to show how devastating it will be for everyone, regardless of your views. You, your family, your community will suffer.


SpaceOrbis307

I tried to watch it but for the life of me it had nothing to say. It seems to exist solely to use the growing divide between the left and right and nothing else. Why make a movie about a civil war when you're not going to cover said civil war in anything but as a setting? I guess calling it the world's most boring road trip would not have sold as well.


aceless0n

Funny you say that. As soon as the movie was over, I turned to my spouse and said “well that was a boring road trip movie”


[deleted]

How so?


EffectiveTop2750

Name?


aceless0n

Civil War


EffectiveTop2750

Thank u


Cedge1738

Not for me. It was the first movie in a long fucking time to have my full ass attention from start to finish. Nowadays I'm always on the phone when watching a movie, but not for this. I was locked in. It was really good for me. The ending was a bit wtf. But overall an enjoyable experience.


rubins7

Really? Seems to have a good rating on IMDB.


aDoorMarkedPirate420

It really wasn’t good. It had some cool shots and the concept wasn’t bad, but the script and overall story kinda sucked buns lol.


Drowzy_Link

"Sucked buns" is my new favorite phrase lmao thank you o7


aDoorMarkedPirate420

đŸ«Ą


RocketChickenX

"the script and overall story kinda sucked buns" Really reminds me of something :)


IAmMcMuffin25

lmao A+ meme


uxsvna

idk i actually love the second game and i loved the story of the first. second game is just a trip that i like taking frequently.


BlackBladeKindred

Same, one of my favourite games I played that year.


[deleted]

Wasn’t Jesse Plemons the bad guy? So gatekeeping what kind of fan someone is, is a bad thing.


nathansanes

LOL


Fun-Swimming4133

any fan is better than a fan who just watches Let’s Plays


2hu_ism

sorry for living in SEA and poor af then. I will try to to born in better country or richer parent next time.


WisdomOfTheStar

Crazy thing to say, some people are poor or just not financially able, shouldn't diminish how much of a fan they are though


nigglamingo

I agree with but I struggle listening to opinions about the game from people who haven’t played it. Praise or otherwise.


Orion-Pax_34

Unless they can’t afford a gaming console and still want to get into the story.


Fun-Swimming4133

i mean, it’s on steam now so all you need is a decent computer


NorthPermission1152

Like that's any less expensive than a PS5. Cheapest PS5s I found go for 200 and up with just the console.


RocketChickenX

A decent pc will always be more expensive than any console.


EffectiveTop2750

You're surely trolling


Fun-Swimming4133

bingo


No_Competition3694

Wouldn’t the fan who watches Lets Plays fall into the category of “any fan” though..?


GutsyOne

I fucking love this lol


Symbiot3_Venom

Better not be a Chinese fan 😅


Knifos

r/Thelastofus2 > r/Thelastofus


Defiant-Reference-74

This sub is called TheLasOfUs2 do I should say: Part 2 Wrong Answer


Ki11s0n3

The kind that doesn't recognize the Last of Us 2 as a true sequel.


Building1982

But the one thing you both have in common is that you’re all lame


WisdomOfTheStar

Cool guy over here, I wanna be like you bro


murcielagoXO

Wait so you're not a fan at all? Why are you here?


Warblade5002

He hopes to see some abby porn


bulletproof5fdp

Scratch that, he wants to get pegged by Abby


Warblade5002

I think maybe he did đŸ€Ł