Is “The Last of Us” trending towards being an all time great level TV series?

[GlamSlam]

9 hours ago, Dystopian said:

people really expect this to be the walking dead 

The Walking Dead was good for a few seasons. The worst it got was when they introduced "King" Ezekiel

[Brando]

1 minute ago, Wrecked said:

The difference is, Game of Thrones deviated from the source material. The Last of Us is closely following what’s already been made. The creators have already said they won’t be extending past the games. 

I'm excited to start watching it tbh, just waiting for the season to end. 

[Wrecked]

1 minute ago, #Beautiful said:

thats... literally not correct. didn't watch the show have you? they dedicated two entire hour long episodes to gay and lesbian love stories

Did you even have to reply to them? When somebody cites PRETTY LITTLE LIARS as an all time great, it has to be trolling. 

[#Beautiful]

Just now, Wrecked said:

Did you even have to reply to them? When somebody cites PRETTY LITTLE LIARS as an all time great, it has to be trolling. 

right  one of the worst tv shows ever made and im saying this as someone who watched it religiously since it aired

[Wrecked]

Just now, #Beautiful said:

right  one of the worst tv shows ever made and im saying this as someone who watched it religiously since it aired

Even most fans would call it a guilty pleasure. It’s not something you’d talk about and be like “wasn’t that such a great show?” I mean…

 

 

[#Beautiful]

Just now, Wrecked said:

Even most fans would call it a guilty pleasure. It’s not something you’d talk about and be like “wasn’t that such a great show?” I mean…

 

 

i feel like throwing my phone in the gutter just at the sight of this my god djssmsmsmdms

[Bears01]

3 hours ago, GlamSlam said:

As someone that played the games, I was going to binge watch them in one go - rather than wait for each episode, but I'm very tempted to watch it now.

 

How many episodes so far?

There’s 8 episodes with the season finale coming this Sunday! I highly recommend!

[magazine]

No. It's a very mid series with some good episodes 

[Wrecked]

2 minutes ago, Bears01 said:

There’s 8 episodes with the season finale coming this Sunday! I highly recommend!

@GlamSlam and S2 has already been green-lit! But we’ll probably be waiting until 2025 for that to air. 

[Bears01]

1 hour ago, Wizard said:

nah season 1-5 it was THAT tv show. season 6 onward can choke, most people don't even know/remember anything after glenn died anyway 

This I can agree with. TWD was an absolute phenomenon that was neck and neck (if not bigger) than GOT from season 1 till about 6ish, then outright died when Glenn was killed 

[Wrecked]

1 minute ago, Bears01 said:

This I can agree with. TWD was an absolute phenomenon that was neck and neck (if not bigger) than GOT from season 1 till about 6ish, then outright died when Glenn was killed 

I’ll always have a love for TWD and I’m not going to tear it down to build TLOU up, but it did fizzle out for me. It had me hooked for the first few seasons and then you got the impression that the people working on the show didn’t really know what they were doing. I also didn’t like how repetitive it was becoming with them moving to one area, it being destroyed and them moving to another area, it being destroyed etc. 

 

Then when TLOU came out I became obsessed with that and its strengths made TWD’s weaknesses stand out more. Because in TLOU they actually had a plot they were heading towards. It was an actual journey. Whereas in TWD, there never seemed to be a destination. Then you also had cast members leaving which you can tell drastically altered the way some storylines were supposed to play out. Then, to top it off, they ended the show by setting up multiple spin-offs which is just so messy to me. I didn’t feel any closure when I watched the finale. It was basically just a “to be continued” moment. 

[PennywiseTheClown]

It's a very good show, well executed. But I don't get the massive hype honestly. Like others said it's been (succesfully) done before plenty of times. Only Stephen King already has many works that cover the "human aspect" of an apocalyptic world.

 

Also the "romantic" episodes bored me so much. So predictable, and dragged out waay too much. I am usually a sucker for LGBT drama, but the Bill & Frank episode was completely unnecessary + out of place & the Ellie romance plot was extremely basic. For a show with so few episodes it's really a waste of time

[Specter]

No but I'm sure it'll be remembered as a very good show. Which is fine, is it not? 

 

TWD S1-5 will remain the standard for Zombie shows, though technically TLoU isn't even one. 

[Patient Zero]

Yes. Going to watch again once all eps are out.

 

Amazing show so far. Can't wait to see how they will tackle the MASSIVE Part II.

[Gladiator]

It already is, I'm sorry to say to the haters!!!!!

[Miley Cyrus]

Charmed better

[mokitsu]

Top 10,000 for sure

[Daddy]

On 3/8/2023 at 11:05 AM, Pop said:

The Last Of Us is something a straight man would enjoy. 

Not with the amount of queer storylines in TLOU...

[Daddy]

On 3/8/2023 at 2:36 PM, Wrecked said:

Even most fans would call it a guilty pleasure. It’s not something you’d talk about and be like “wasn’t that such a great show?” I mean…

 

 

Us stans were hate-watching this every week. The collective mental abuse...

[Weld_E]

It’s a great show, but it is nowhere near the greatest. The plot is straightforward and the acting is solid, but nothing other shows haven’t done. People who are hyping it up were already big fans of the game, and are happy to see a good game adaptation on TV. I doubt it would be this acclaimed if it was a standalone show.