Submitted by SteveMidnight t3_zxrgjn in television
The Last of Us has been my favorite video game since it’s release. I remember playing it and thinking, “This could be one of the biggest shows on tv if it ever got produced.”
What’s the excitement surrounding this show from people who had never heard of the series before the announcement of the television series?
You’ll definitely love it
Giving how popular games are nowadays, specially Playstation big IPs, I think it's very unlikely people who already know about the show never heard about the game before.
That being said, since I like TLoU more for the story and characters rather than gameplay, I think it could indeed make a pretty good show. Specially on HBOs hands.
I didn’t know about the video game till I saw previews and I was told it was based on video game.
I am exited for the show because of cast and because it is set in apocalyptic world ( is it??? I am not 100 percent sure, but I liked previews)
It is.
I've heard of it. Never played it. Never will. Not a gamer.
But I'm excited for the show, as I'm a fan of Pascal and Craig Mazin.
I’ve never gotten around to playing it but it’s my wife’s favorite game. I’ve been looking forward to experiencing it without the game as a reference.
I’ve only heard of the game through ads but know nothing of the game. Excited for the show though.
I had never heard of the game and I am mildly interested in the show.
Have anyone seen the movie 'The girl with all the gifts'?
It's the closest I've seen to a Last of Us movie.
I havent seen it but just looked it up. Sounds interesting altho eerily similar in scope regarding TLOU virus.
It's basically if Ellie was taken in by the Firefly instead of Joel. Even the virus & zombies are similar to the game.
Ahhh, no kidding? I didn't know anything about the game other than what I've read about in stuff about the show. But I really liked The Girl With All the Gifts so now I'm looking forward to this one.
That’s an excellent movie.
I know of the game and some of the basic plot but I've never played it, probably never will since I'm not big into story based games.
I'm excited mostly for Craig Mazin
My parents don't play video games. They have never heard of The Last of Us. They saw a trailer for the show before an episode of House of the Dragon. My mom asked me if I'd heard of it, saying it looked cool and they might watch it. Which was funny to me because it's my favorite video game.
I've actually played it but gave up a few hours in and sold my copy of the game... which I never did.
It was a real love-hate relationship. I fell in love with every cutscene and grew to hate the game when it came to its gameplay... Eventually, the hate won out, and I moved to other games.
I am very interested in the show. Will likely pick up HBO Max at some point to watch it.
I am. I am not into video games at all, unless they're of the Tetris variety, but I love post-apocalyptic stories, so I am looking forward to trying this show out.
I’ve played both games and can’t wait to see people reactions. I don’t play many games but that series is easily one of the best I’ve ever played
I’ve never played but I know the entire plot line of the game as well as the prequel and sequel. It should do pretty well
I've heard of it, but never played it. By what I know, it sounds like it would be good TV material.
Heard of the game, just never got around to playing it. I’ll probably play it after season 1 ends. Honestly just excited for the show because it sounds like it’s going to be really well done, and it’s on HBO which I trust to handle the story.
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I'm expecting prestige Resident Evil. If that's what it is, I'm here for it.
Also the voice/mo cap actors for Joel and Ellie make a cameo in the series. Troy Baker as a henchman, Ashley Johnson as a woman trying in the trailer after (assuming) giving birth.
Never played it
Heard of the game, will never play it, and likely won’t watch the show. I haven’t heard any excitement about the show really.
I've always wanted Cormac McCarthy's The Road to be made into a TV series. This TLoU adaptation is the closest I'll probably get to have that wish come true.
I've played the game many times and have also compared it to the road, but after awhile I decided to overall tone and world is more similar to children of men
I haven't played it since no playstation, but I look forward to watching it / playing it when ported to pc.
I never played the game though I am a video gamer. Not really excited but expect it will be good and will watch it when it comes out.
Not a gamer at all (the last Naughty Dog game I ever played because my sister was into it was Crash Bandicoot :-). But if Craig Mazin's showrunning it, I'm in. I've been listening to Scriptnotes ever since Chernobyl...
I have never played the video game, haven’t played video games since high school (I’d barely even heard of the last of us), and honestly my natural reaction to hearing about this show was to roll my eyes because I’m not interested in nerd culture and was annoyed that super talented people’s efforts were being spent on a video game TV show.
Id say I’m much more interesting in watching it than I’m excited about it. I really like a lot of the people involved and HBO seems to be really getting behind it and they rarely seem to miss when they back something so I’m trusting them to make something I’ll like or at the very least appreciate but may not be for me.
I get where you’re coming from. But imo, besides for being a video game, there is nothing nerdy about it. My fiancée doesn’t like video games but regularly requested to watch me play TLoU because she was so invested in the story.
I’ve heard of The Last of Us, and I’ve intentionally avoided it because of that. But, I’m pretty sure the TV version is going to suck me in.
No interest in video games and I wouldn't say I'm excited but I am curious.
shaka_sulu t1_j22b9bi wrote
I don't play video games.