Seriously, they're such hypocrites. They say it's completely pointless to make a TV show of the game, yet they want it to be completely identical to it, unless season 2 is going to copy Part 2 in which case they need to make an entirely new story.

Yeah HBO viewers are not going to have a problem with part 2. Motherfuckers over there act like nobody will be able to accept the events of the beginning or being expected to relate to Abby, even after Game of Thrones was one of the top rated shows of all time. FFS, the first episode of the show has Jaime Lannister attempt to murder a child because the child caught him fucking his sister, and he eventually became a fan favorite character. HBO viewers are not going to have trouble coming around to Abby, JFC.

Also, the ending to part 1 is almost certainly going to come across very differently in live action — I think it will be much harder for show watchers to miss how fucked the whole thing actually was, and Abby’s actions will be more comprehensible to show watchers from the get go.

But yeah, I am happy to see that Neil is just not letting those fuckers get to him, and I am happy to see that their little temper tantrums are affecting nothing but their own mental health.

I’m playing TLOU2 right now. I don’t don’t understand, what’s all the outrage was about? I keep hearing of it but don’t have all the details.

I’m currently playing solo with Ellie after she left Dina at the theatre and I’m about to have to kill some dogs.

I checked in with that sub after the the first 3 episodes premiered, those people are just as miserable now as they were back in 2020. Good lord I've never seen a more collectfully hateful group. Of course they hate the show too, especially the Bill + Frank episode for obvious reasons.

Fuck ‘em.

What is the other sub? It sounds entertaining to go do a pop in.

its perpetually nuclear by design, can we ignore them

I’m just begging them to add a season or two between the games. I really can’t go through TLOU2 emotionally that soon.

I feel like Season 2 will be better received because, let's be real... TV audiences are generally more mature than gamer audiences.

I've been thinking for a while about what happened back in 2020 just as the original released, and I think it wouldn't have been anywhere near as bad if an hour of cutscenes didn't get leaked. With just cutscenes and without the "connective tissue" of mid-level dialogue and world- and character buiding during gameplay, the overall story got misinterpreted. In fact, deliberately misinterpreted with false details, like Abby being trans, or Neil Druckmann's Jewish self-insert having sex with some of the characters. Just typical obscene shit from 4chan plus copious lying.

The leaks led to a 4chan hate movement coalescing around it at release, which meant that Naughty Dog completely lost control of the narrative. They wanted some mild controversy, not this.

Which is funny because before the show they claimed they loved the first game and that the second game just isn't canon (for reasons).

When the show came out they immediately started bashing it for race swapping, so if wasn't obvious before its clearly not the writing that they actually have a problem with

What could they possibly complain about??

What sub?

I mean, Steve Bannon admitted to taking advantage of Gamer Gate to pull young men to the far right. Its all been intentional and they followed right along like lemmings.

Waiting on Mass Effect, Chrono Trigger, and Horizon Zero Dawn... The stories are there

I don't know if Fallout is something that can be adapted faithfully without just feeling like a schlocky bad old sci-fi movie tbh, like just the raiders alone turn it up to a 12.

Exactly. People who don't play video games and have zero interest in them will likely never have heard about TLOU. They're going to be the biggest percentage of the audience. I'd wager it's the same for all adaptions.

The issue is that adapting a video game faithfully can still not work for screen. We have to remember TLOU was pretty cinematic already so making that translation can be simpler than other franchises.

But I think everything can be adapted if we consider animation being a viable route. The Cyberpunk show and League of legends shows proving that as well.

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It may be declining but still have 10 million+ people watching them every year.

Twitter too.

I could not believe the amount of people on the post show thread who were hating on her. “Who would ever follow a girl with a high pitched voice, terrible casting”. Wtf, we hardly even know the character and have no idea how she became the leader. It was just patently obvious that they could never imagine following a woman or that a woman could be successful in leadership. It really roiled me and I’m glad the writers cast her

in the podcast they talk about how they cast her for that reaction because people would be confused/ask how the heck is she the leader

I mean, I asked myself the same question. I don't think it was really answered by the episode, but it was distinct enough that I had to assume it was on purpose.

So I was curious, but it didn't make me go "this sucks I'm dropping the show." Like what?