HBO - The Last of Us

[Sure-Oz]

@HBO: Look for the light.

@clmazin and @Neil_Druckmann to develop the series adaptation of #TheLastOfUs, coming soon to HBO: http://itsh.bo/thelastofus https://twitter.com/HBO/status/12356...572032/video/1

The Last of Us' Series in the Works at HBO From 'Chernobyl' Creator Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann (Exclusive)

MARCH 05, 2020 9:30AMby*Borys Kit, Patrick Shanley

Craig Mazin, the creator of the acclaimed limited series*Chernobyl,*is reteaming with HBO adapt*The Last of Us, the massive Sony PlayStation video game franchise.
In a rare development in the world of video game adaptations, the writer and creative director of the game, Neil Druckmann, is also involved, and will work with Mazin to pen and executive produce what is intended to be a series.

Carolyn Strauss will also executive produce along with Evan Wells, the president of Naughty Dog, the Santa Monica-based developer of the game. The project is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and in association with PlayStation Productions and it will be the first television series from PlayStation Productions.
Originally launched in 2013, Sony and Naughty Dog’s*The Last of Us*garnered critical praise for its engrossing tale of the post-apocalypse centered on the relationship between Joel, a smuggler in this new world, and Ellie, a teenager who may be a key to a cure for the deadly pandemic.
Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle the14-year-old girl out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival. The HBO series will cover the events of the original game, which was written by Druckmann, with the possibility of additional content based on the forthcoming game sequel,*The Last of Us Part II, which will release on May 29, 2020.
Mazin, who is said to be an avid player of the game, stated, “Neil Druckmann is without question the finest storyteller working in the video game medium, and*The Last of Us*is his magnum opus. Getting a chance to adapt this breathtaking work of art has been a dream of mine for years, and I’m so honored to do it in partnership with Neil.”
“From the first time I sat down to talk with Craig I was equally blown away by his approach to narrative and his love and deep understanding of*The Last of Us,” said Druckmann in a statement. “With*Chernobyl, Craig and HBO created a tense, harrowing, emotional masterpiece. I couldn’t think of better partners to bring the story of*The Last of Us*to life as a television show.”
Last of Us*won numerous “game of the year” awards and went on to sell more than 17 million copies across both its original release on the PlayStation 3 and a remastered version on the PlayStation 4.
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for us to partner with Craig, Neil, Carolyn and the teams at Sony, Naughty Dog and PlayStation to bring the virtual world of this acclaimed game to life,” stated HBO programming president Casey Bloys.
“This is the first of many shows we intend to develop with our friends at PlayStation Productions,” said Chris Parnell, co-president of Sony Pictures Television Studios.*The Last of Us*is a brilliant achievement in storytelling and character development, and we are lucky to have the opportunity to work with this team to adapt it.”
Druckmann is a longtime vet of Naughty Dog, starting as a programming intern in 2004. In 2007, he was given the role of game designer on*Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the first installment in the action adventure series. In 2013, he created*The Last of Us, based on a concept he developed as a student at Carnegie Mellon University.
Mazin’s*Chernobyl*tackled a bleak and complex true-life event and became a must-see show for HBO. The show won an Emmy for outstanding limited series and landed one for Mazin for outstanding writing. Mazin also won a PGA and a WGA Award.


Holy shit this is gonna be awesome.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

Yep. You didn’t play the game. Fukn obvious.

If you had, you’d understand it’s one of the best (if not the best) stories told in a game ever.

And yeah, good enough to get a deal made for HBO….so yeah, the story is more than solid.

Keep on staying true to the game, and we’ll be just fine.

If you find Bella Ramsey unattractive, bail.

Your username should be cuck for Druckmann.

The story in TLOU2 was ****ing shit lmmfgdao. It got a show because the first game and story was amazing. Now, they're in the process of shitting on that story all over again.

Your game sequel sales don't tank 50% with "one of the greatest stories ever told" lmmfgdao.

Huffing Druckmann's anal vapor is hazardous to your iq, son.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Who’s uglier: Bella Ramsey or the chick from Handmaid’s Tale?

Ramsey.

Moss could just go on a diet and she's passable.

Ramsey is a hideous hagbeast who's literally decided she's not a woman anymore because she's that unappealing AS a woman. No diet, no makeup, no surgery, no ANYTHING can make her attractive.

She's very possibly the ugliest mainstream celebrity I've ever seen who didn't have some sort of deformity, disability or physical abnormality.

Ever single element of her just came out wrong.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Your username should be cuck for Druckmann.

The story in TLOU2 was ****ing shit lmmfgdao. It got a show because the first game and story was amazing. Now, they're in the process of shitting on that story all over again.

Your game sequel sales don't tank 50% with "one of the greatest stories ever told" lmmfgdao.

Huffing Druckmann's anal vapor is hazardous to your iq, son.

LOL....this is really important to you, huh?

I have no F'n clue who Druckman is, but you keep doing you sir!

You did make me laugh, and for that, kudos.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

She's very possibly the ugliest mainstream celebrity I've ever seen who didn't have some sort of deformity, disability or physical abnormality.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by notorious

I can find photos where Buscemi looks like a relatively average dude. Someone that can hook a 6 in a bar if he plays his cards right.

Ramseys best photos look like a really talented artist...did her best.

[notorious]

Ramsey gets the pleasure of acting in an apocalypse series.

They do their best to minimize makeup use, to make the women look rougher on purpose.

She gets to show up with no prep work and fits right into the story.

[mr. tegu]

Ramsey looks like she walked straight out of a late Middle Ages portrait of a woman. Not necessarily that she looks like one in particular, but because of the very soft and undefined features typical of those paintings before hyper realism took over. King Henry VIII wives are a good example.

[notorious]

My link broke from last week.

Once again:

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Who’s uglier: Bella Ramsey or the chick from Handmaid’s Tale?

Man this isn't even close.

Moss just got fat because she was pregnant.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

The story in TLOU2 was ****ing shit lmmfgdao.

Oof. I don't have high hopes for this season, then.

Should have done a spinoff with adventures of the gay bros on the homestead.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

LOL....this is really important to you, huh?

I have no F'n clue who Druckman is, but you keep doing you sir!

You did make me laugh, and for that, kudos.

Neil Druckmann is the creator and writer of The Last of Us, one of the most beloved videogame stories of all time.

His fans clamored for 7 years for a sequel, and in response, wrote what you, and other Druckmann cucks believe to be "the greatest videeogame story ever told" when in reality it was Druckmann setting his franchise on fire and trolling his fans.

Whomever was responsible for the leaks prior to the game coming out, they deserve a medal. They stopped about half of the fanbase from getting bait and switched.


It appears your definition of greatest story ever told is wildly different from what a normal person would define that as. Does the greatest story ever told have repeated, inexplicably stupid decision made by both established and new characters alike? I think not.

Is it ridden with so many plot armor eyeroll moments that you begin to question if any of these characters have an iq above single digits?

If you believe that this shit pile that Druckmann tried to spoonfeed his fans is great writing, then I'm sorry but you have zero clue about writing in general.

Spoiler!

Let's examine the brilliance, shall we?

Thunderdyke with the largest female arms in the world shows up outside Jackson looking for Joel. The small group sees how well fortified and defended Jackson is, and pauses. They're not sure how or if they can pull this off.

Does Thunderdyke formulate a plan to infiltrate Jackson, known to grant refuge to survivors? Nope. She prints 2 tickets to the gun show and sprints off for Jackson completely alone, only to soon be surrounded by infected, and doomed to die for her idiocy. Strong female lead indeed!

Saved from death by.....*gasp* none other than the very person she's looking for, Joel Miller!! Woow! What a coincidence!!

Now, Joel and Tommy, two of the most capable guys, are late from patrol. Who better to investigate than the lesbian teen couple who combined weigh about 180 pounds. I'm sure whatever befell Joel and Tommy, these two are sure to easily overcome it. Instead, weather closes in, and as you do when concerned for the safety of your group, you find shelter, get high, and screw. Lmao. I mean how else would you know that they're gay, right?

Meanwhile, Joel and Tommy, seasoned apocalypse survivors, in a room full of strangers they have no idea who they are or how they got there, come right out with their real names, and where they're from. Excellent writing here, in how Joel just forgets everything he's been through and just trusts armed strangers.

The lesbian teens finished with their scissoring session are spotted, apprehended, but not killed. Because plot armor. Dina is knocked out, Ellie escapes of course just in time to bear witness to tbe largest female arms in the world caving Joel's Skull in. Promising to kill Thunderdyke, Ellie is merely knocked unconscious, and the only two witnesses to what they've done are just left alone to come after them for revenge, because reasons. Incompetent, plot armor ridden horrific writing reasons.

Naturally Ellie slaughters her way through half of Seattle, Thunderdyke's dog and some of her friends. Thunderdyke, with the aid of the largest arms in the world again beats Ellie into submission, AGAIN leaving her alive with a warning not to pursue her. Lmao oh! kiss writing here. I'm sure Ellie will just forget about what Thunderdyke did to Joel.

Ellie again slaughters her way through the rest of Thunderdyke's friends, leading to a confrontation in which Ellie is now the moron who refuses to kill Thunderdyke, because all of a sudden, after slaughtering hundreds of people, pets, and a pregnant woman, Ellie feels if she kills Thunderdyke, she will be just like her, absent the largest arms in the world and a couple fingers that Thunderdyke bit off and swallowed.

L.M.M.F.G.D.A.O.

Honorable mention for great character writing goes to Manny, because you need to know Manny is Mexican. In order to get that across, Manny must say "Pendejo" every time he speaks. Play a little drinking game, take a shot every time Manny says "Pendejo". **** that liver. Enjoy the jaundice.

The show better get what it needs to say done this season, because there's no way a season 3 is successful.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Neil Druckmann is the creator and writer of The Last of Us, one of the most beloved videogame stories of all time.

His fans clamored for 7 years for a sequel, and in response, wrote what you, and other Druckmann cucks believe to be "the greatest videeogame story ever told" when in reality it was Druckmann setting his franchise on fire and trolling his fans.

Whomever was responsible for the leaks prior to the game coming out, they deserve a medal. They stopped about half of the fanbase from getting bait and switched.


It appears your definition of greatest story ever told is wildly different from what a normal person would define that as. Dies the greatest story ever told have repeated, inexplicably stupid decision made my both established and new characters alike? I think not.

Is it ridden with so many plot armor eyeroll moments that you begin to question if any of these characters have an iq above single digits?

If you believe that this shit pile that Druckmann tried to spoonfeed his fans is great writing, then I'm sorry but you have zero clue about writing in general.

Spoiler!

Let's examine the brilliance, shall we?

Thunderdyke with the largest female arms in the world shows up outside Jackson looking for Joel. The small group sees how well fortified and defended Jackson is, and pauses. They're not sure how or if they can pull this off.

Does Thunderdyke formulate a plan to infiltrate Jackson, known to grant refuge to survivors? Nope. She prints 2 tickets to the gun show and sprints off fir Jackson completely alone, only to soon be surrounded by infected, and doomed to die for her idiocy. Strong female lead indeed!

Saved from death by.....*gasp* none other than the very person she's looking for, Joel Miller!! Woodrow! What a coincidence!!

Now, Joel and Tommy, two of the most capable guys, are late from patrol. Who better to investigate than the lesbian teen couple who combined weigh about 180 pounds. I'm sure whatever befell Joel and Tommy, these two are sure to easily overcome it. Instead, weather closes in, and as you do when concerned for the safety of your group, you find shelter, get high, and screw. Lmao.

Meanwhile, Joel and Tommy, seasoned apocalypse survivors, in a room full of strangers they have no idea who they are or how they got there, come right out with their real names, and where they're from. Excellent writing here, in how Joel just forgets everything he's been through and just trusts armed strangers.

The lesbian teens finished with their scissoring session are spotted, apprehended, but not killed. Because plot armor. Dina is knocked out, Ellie escapes of course just in time to bear witness to tbe largest female arms in the world caving Joel's Skull in. Promising to kill Abby, Ellie is merely knocked unconscious, and the only two witnesses to what they've done are just left alone to come after them for revenge, because reasons. Incompetent, plot armor ridden horrific writing reasons.

Naturally Ellie slaughters her way through half of Seattle, Abbys dog and some of her friends. Abby again beats Ellie into submission, AGAIN leaving her alive with a warning not to pursue her. Lmao oh! kiss writing here. I'm sure Ellie will just forget about what Abby did to Joel.

Ellie again slaughters her way through the rest of Abbys friends, leading to a confrontation in which Ellie is now the moron who refuses to kill Abby, because all of a sudden, after slaughtering hundreds of people, pets, and a pregnant woman, Ellie feels if she kills Abby, she will be just like her.

L.M.M.F.G.D.A.O.

Honorable mention for great vharacter writing goes to Manny, because you need to know Manny is Mexican. In order to get that across, Manny must say "Pendejo" every time he speaks. Play a little drinking game, take a shot every time Manny says "Pendejo". **** that liver. Enjoy the jaundice.

You might want to sit a few plays out - maybe head over to the blue tent.

Please point on the doll where this Druckman guy touched you.

The rant you posted kind of loses it's credibility when it starts off with "thunderdyke". (really gets to what the REAL issue this individual has with the game)

But again - you're making me laugh today, so kudos.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

You might want to sit a few plays out - maybe head over to the blue tent.

Please point on the doll where this Druckman guy touched you.

The rant you posted kind of loses it's credibility when it starts off with "thunderdyke". (really gets to what the REAL issue this individual has with the game)

But again - you're making me laugh today, so kudos.

Haha okay. Hey bruh, have you SEEN Abby's character model in the game? Have you even played this? Thunderdyke is tame bro. All while we are told that Abby's design is perfectly realistic. So realistic in fact that they could find literally nobody to cast that looked like that.

Now you don't know the difference between a rant and a list of examples of horrible writing taken directly from the game.

It's really no wonder you find the story so great. Somebody probably told you it was, and incapable of any modicum of critical thinking just jumped on the bandwagon.

It only sold half of what the original game did, likely because those people duped into purchasing purposely avoided the leaks and spoilers. Had they known what was coming, the game probably doesn't even reach half of the first games sales.

[notorious]

It's a zombie show.

Really stupid decisions by characters and wild coincidences are the writers' bread and butter.

It's a show about fictional monsters. Just have to keep things in perspective.

[Wallcrawler]

https://youtu.be/lx_OvcfFRW0?si=rcNfYmiXuPq85Mec

Lmao couldn't even pull shit off like this with Joel in the first game.

Nah, she's TOTALLY believable.

Strong female lead.