Caporegime
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Bill and Frank were a gay couple in the game, this just filled in their back story and changed their ending for the better.
There's 6 more episodes, 9 in total. That's plenty.
The Last of Us (HBO, from Creator of Chernobyl) - No game spoilers please
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There's 6 more episodes, 9 in total. That's plenty.
One scene would have been enough but it turned into a full romantic filler.
Soldato
What annoys me the most, is they give you two good episodes, get you invested in the show, then do this.
Give it two more episodes and it'll be the lesbian love story.
Just get on with the story. Too much filler with an agenda.
Give it two more episodes and it'll be the lesbian love story.
Just get on with the story. Too much filler with an agenda.
Soldato
Exactly this. We just didn't need a whole episode wasted on a gay love story. One scene would be enough.
Caporegime
Fixed that for you.
Them being gay isn't the point that the usuals will point to, it's that a love story wasn't needed. Their back story is irrelevant and to devote so much of the episode was pointless (regardless of how well it was written compared to the usual shoe in of 'diversity'). It was filler, but then again I suppose TV audiences are more stupid than gamers so need everything spelling out to them.
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It probably will be since I'm sure the trailer
shows the events of the prequel DLC
That is the story!
It was a love story. A happy one and a sad one. Surviving the outbreak and growing together. Between two people that happened to be gay.
I don't think Ellie's backstory will be the final episode, or rather I hope not.. and no that isnt a spoiler it's already been heavily implied in the show..
Soldato
I spent the first 15 minutes thinking the guy was badass, and would end up taking one for the team and going down hard to save Ellie.
Turned out I was right, but not how I expected.
Turned out I was right, but not how I expected.
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And if you think that was filler and just want them to "get on with the story" be thankful you didn't watch 6 seasons of 'LOST'
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Caporegime
The Last of Us, the game...isn't about a zombie story, but a love story between a father and daughter relationship. It is also a human story, stories of people living in that age. It's not about beating the zombies or the infection.
Have you played the second game? Not in the final episode, I mean after.
Have you played the second game? Not in the final episode, I mean after.
Caporegime
I can only stomach 2 seasons of LOST...it wasn't "get on with the story" I had a problem with, it was the too much cliffhanger to the point that i felt like i was being baited constantly with not even a crumb of new resolution on the horizon.
Soldato
I did
Soldato
They always just happen to be gay these days though
Anyway, that's not my big beef. It just wasn't needed and totally wasted an episode that could have been developing the main narrative.
If this is the direction they are going, I'm out.
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Thing with lost, by around seasons 2 or 3 I wasn't actually overly bothered about a story resolution, the characterisation was so good I was along for the ride with the rest of the survivors. Yes it would have been nice to have some things explained but I was there for the people, not the events by the end of it.
Nope, it wasn't a game that was made for me.
Soldato
They were making lost up as they went along. So many questions and so few answers. It was frustrating.
But as you say, the characters were good and you wanted to see what happened to them all.
Caporegime
Honestly I just get the impression that people who think it ticks the "diverse/gay box" are just against representation because you see any representation as a negative.
I used to think that way till I grew up.
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The whole point of the episode was the letter at the end to Joel.
At this point Bill thinks he's doing Joel a favour by telling him they are both the same type of people, protectors. Joel however has already 'failed' to protect his own daughter and Tess by the time he reads it. His only path forward is to abandon Ellie or try all he can to protect her. It seems this is the point where he chooses option B.
This protectiveness will ultimately
The letter doesn't have any emotional impact without seeing Bill and Frank, and how they are both different. Frank is the artist, Bill is the survivalist. Frank wouldn't have stood a chance against the raiders without Bill.
At this point Bill thinks he's doing Joel a favour by telling him they are both the same type of people, protectors. Joel however has already 'failed' to protect his own daughter and Tess by the time he reads it. His only path forward is to abandon Ellie or try all he can to protect her. It seems this is the point where he chooses option B.
This protectiveness will ultimately
doom humanity
The letter doesn't have any emotional impact without seeing Bill and Frank, and how they are both different. Frank is the artist, Bill is the survivalist. Frank wouldn't have stood a chance against the raiders without Bill.
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