Second season of The Last of Us. Never played the second game so I went in blind after really liking the first season. The writing and dialogue were godawful and I just could not give less of a shit about the direction it was headed. I get that the show is more about interpersonal relations in the face of extreme hardship than killing zombies and cool action scenes, but the second season was just so slow in advancing the plot that it left me completely disengaged.
I LOVED season one, absolutely loved it. Accidentally found out the massive spoiler for part 2, didn’t like it, read more about the game and made a heart rending decision to not watch s2. The plot just doesn’t interest me, Joel and Ellie were the heart of it and the plot isn’t credible to me. Looking at reviews, I’m glad I missed it
Oh yeah absolutely. Without Joel, the series suffers so much because of how well Pedro Pascal nailed the role imo. It really, really wanted you to care about Ellie’s relationship but I just couldn’t because her character was so wildly unlikable. I didn’t feel that the way the second game/season was written advanced the overarching theme of the series.
For that reason, I’m probably going to end up skipping the upcoming season. You’d be better off exploring similar themes in different media lol
Totally agree. They’re being very open that s3 is going to be all about Abbie, I can’t see people engaging well with that. Things are pointing to this going the way of Westworld…starting sensational, gradually becoming shit.
Second season of The Last of Us. Never played the second game so I went in blind after really liking the first season. The writing and dialogue were godawful and I just could not give less of a shit about the direction it was headed. I get that the show is more about interpersonal relations in the face of extreme hardship than killing zombies and cool action scenes, but the second season was just so slow in advancing the plot that it left me completely disengaged.
I LOVED season one, absolutely loved it. Accidentally found out the massive spoiler for part 2, didn’t like it, read more about the game and made a heart rending decision to not watch s2. The plot just doesn’t interest me, Joel and Ellie were the heart of it and the plot isn’t credible to me. Looking at reviews, I’m glad I missed it
Oh yeah absolutely. Without Joel, the series suffers so much because of how well Pedro Pascal nailed the role imo. It really, really wanted you to care about Ellie’s relationship but I just couldn’t because her character was so wildly unlikable. I didn’t feel that the way the second game/season was written advanced the overarching theme of the series.
For that reason, I’m probably going to end up skipping the upcoming season. You’d be better off exploring similar themes in different media lol
Totally agree. They’re being very open that s3 is going to be all about Abbie, I can’t see people engaging well with that. Things are pointing to this going the way of Westworld…starting sensational, gradually becoming shit.