The first season of HBO's The Last of Us adapted the whole of the first Last of Us video game, about a pair of survivors named Joel and Ellie making their way a
  • RonnyZittledong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    7 hours ago

    I expect a nosedive in quality when they run out of source material story to go off of in Game of Thrones fashion.

    • Praxinoscope@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      6 hours ago

      The Nick Offerman episode wasn’t from the game and is widely regarded as one of the best parts of the show.

    • chase_what_matters@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 hours ago

      I understand the knee jerk reaction with GOT in hindsight, but I doubt they would extend much beyond the game’s end. I think it’s more about filling out the story with more of the world.

      If you think about where this season has gone and where the focus has been, you might infer how season three will be written, and where that might end under the assumption there is a fourth season. We just don’t know yet.

      Also there seems to be a lot of factions stuff being set up that might fill out 3 & 4.

      • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        I was just thinking after last night’s episode they weren’t going to be able to cover all of the source material with just a third season anyway.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      So I haven’t played the games and don’t know where the story is heading, but one key difference is that the creator of game story is heavily involved in the TV series. For Game of Thrones George RR Martin was also heavily involved in the earlier seasons, only really departing after several major changes over several seasons.

      Additionally, as I understand, each Last of Us game tells a complete story. So unlike Game of Thrones which was constantly building, the Last of Us ends. Not to say someone couldn’t write more story, but the main story reaches an ending.

      I think if the series tries to stretch faaaaar beyond the games, you might be right. Of course maybe the story for Last of Us 3 already exists, so who knows.

      • chase_what_matters@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I bet Neil has ideas for a third game, but I doubt he’d want the show to tell that story before the game did. I could be wrong, though. Maybe he’s good with not making a third game, but co-writing with Craig.

        IIRC they also have content they cut (like the Jackson stuff), so maybe there’s more material already sitting around.

    • Joël de Bruijn@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      I’m just glad they dont go the Walking Dead way … Filling 12 seasons with serial micro-society (villages, groups) showing how dysfunctional they are.