HBO/Sky Atlantic: The Last of Us

[Bread]

5 episodes deep now. My opinion on it is starting to shift slightly. This is one of those where non-gamers are probably enjoying it more than those that have played the game.

Game spoilers too:

I can't say I'm enjoying the changes to Ellie's character. I liked her as the vengeful, tunnel-visioned hothead, and I liked her arc of her obsessive fixation on Abby turning her into a monster. Here, she's very happy-go-lucky and quippy, and I'm not seeing that Joel's death has ultimately affected her psyche as much as we're meant to believe it has. They've also dumbed her down significantly and given all her agency to Dina. The tone is too light. "You're a burden" being swapped to "I'm going to be a dad?" when she found out Dina was pregnant absolutely floored me.

Absolutely nothing to do with Bella Ramsay mind, who I think is brilliant and unfairly targeted. This is on Mazin