The Last of Us: The Complete First Season [DVD]

Product Information

Get to Know Me – Gabriel Luna-Gabriel Luna (Tommy) talks about getting cast, what he took from set and his favorite scene to film. Also in the game, it just cut to the next season, but in the series, there’s a short scene where Joel digs graves for them both, and Ellie puts Sam’s writing pad on top of the lad’s grave, with the words, “I’m sorry” written on it. So, that was a nice addition. I thought they’d made a featre-length finale, but it’s only 43 minutes, making it the shortest episode in the whole series! It’s nice to see the giraffes, though…

Inside the Episode #3-Learn from the cast and filmmakers how Bill and Frank’s story deviated from the game and was expanded in the series adaptation. Get to Know Me– Merle Dandridge-Get to know the face behind Marlene as Merle Dandridge talks about getting cast and what’s in her survival bag. I still can’t get over how some of the casting is so unfortunate. While I’ve gone through the first game in full twice, along with a few chapters of the remake, I’ve been just as affected with the opening chapter in every single version. However, when it comes to this TV show, this is not the case and I was left cold. YMMV. Those glorious physical copies of The Last of Us: The Complete First Season will be available on July 18. Outside of the obvious nine episodes, there are some rad featurettes including the cast and crew. Here are all the details, including what is digitally available vs. the physical copies only: Inside the Episode #9-The cast and crew reveal the emotional reunions and high stakes at the core of the season finale, plus find out how Joel’s big decision impacts the world around him.I will admit that Pascal and Ramsey did exhibit some chemistry in this episode, when they were at loggerheads, then tried to find some common ground before heading off towards the Fireflies, but it still feels like a bad cover version. Y’know, towards the end of the opener, Pedro does try to make his voice sound a bit more gruff, but he still isn’t Joel. And I think it was in episode 3, I heard him sound a lot more like Joel, but as soon as I watched episode 4, it all went out the window. I have since come to the end of the series, but… well, I’ll add more in-detail thoughts about each episode after they’ve been individually broadcast. The Last of Us: Stranger Than Fiction (New Featurette Exclusive to 4K, BD and DVD) – Series cast and filmmakers are joined by experts in survival, microbiology, and parasitology for a chilling discussion on the realities of the invasive fungus and subsequent apocalypse in The Last of Us. Inside the Episode #1-The cast and filmmakers detail the emotionally charged beginnings of the end of modern civilization.

Anna Torv, as Tess, is fine, though, and for Marlene, Merle Dandridge is the original videogame actress, so she’s technically the best casting here. Now, for Ellie, in case you’re not aware, she’s voiced in the game by Ashley Johnson… who is almost 40, so she wouldn’t pass for a 14-year-old girl any more than I would. And I’m a man! Episode 8 brings us to ‘the David episode’. Yep, if you’ve played the game, you know what’s coming. I *will* talk about what happens in both in this section, but the episode has aired, so expect spoilers.The Last of Us: Stranger Than Fiction-The cast and filmmakers are joined by experts in survival, microbiology and parasitology for a chilling discussion on the realities of the invasive fungus and subsequent apocalypse in The Last of Us. I may go into more detail about each episode later, but only once the respective episodes have been broadcast, and would add the content in behind a spoiler header so you can’t trip over it accidentally.

Inside the Episode #5-Learn how the fates of Kathleen, Henry and Sam impact Joel and Ellie on their journey for a cure. And at least they got the final scene almost exactly right as they escape the hospital. Okay, so they’re not set on by baddies as they leave the operating theatre and make their way towards the lift, but the car/car park scene is almost exactly replicated. Ellie in the videogame version of The Last Of Us is more likely to drown any baddies in the game, or shoot them in the face, but for the show, Bella Ramsay, doesn’t look like she’ll hurt a fly. Apparently, over 100 young women were auditioned for this role, so I can’t believe there weren’t any actresses who actually looked more like her and/or were a lot more suitable. After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity’s last hope. As The Last of Us progresses through its brutal take on the archetypical hero’s journey, its insistently grimdark vision of human nature appears more and more to be a fashionable façade. Ellie’s confrontation with David (Scott Shepherd), the leader of a cannibalistic cult, in the eighth episode provides a pair of suspenseful scenes and a showcase for Ramsay, but as it plays out here, the plotline’s trajectory is too clearly telegraphed from the outset, and the way that Shepherd’s duplicitous villain serves as a foil for Joel’s caring paternalism is too plainly laid out. In the end, by stripping out the gameplay from a vivid genre game that’s fleshed out by cinematic and televisual tropes, the series ends up as mostly just the latter: all flesh, no bones. Image/Sound

Categories

The show’s production design takes many cues from the game, but the result is environments that can feel too manicured—the overgrowth on abandoned cars a bit too carefully placed, the moss in a patch of sunlight streaming through a collapsed roof too neatly lit, and the moments that pause on such sights a bit contrived in their attempt to aestheticize decay. The same details that can be so immersive in the game become mere window dressing for the apocalypse here. The Last Debrief with Troy Baker #5-Troy Baker shares his thoughts on seeing Ashley Johnson as Anna, his excitement for Season 2 and more on the latest Debrief. Controllers Down: Adapting The Last of Us-Follow the journey of The Last of Us from console to screen as cast and filmmakers take us inside the process of expanding the world and breathing new life into the game’s beloved characters.

The Last Debrief with Troy Baker #2-Troy shares his reaction to episode 3, his "strawberries" and more on the latest Debrief. Released: 17th July 2023. THE LAST OF US story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-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 the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.The resemblance of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us to a prestige TV or film drama has been the object of both praise and derision since its release in 2013. The game’s prioritization of its characters’ antiheroic arcs—rendered through meticulously staged motion capture—along with its episodic structure and on-rails story progression, made it possible to either laud its narrative ambition or accuse it of aspiring to be something more than a game. Initially treating Ellie with the same gruff cynicism with which he greets the rest of the world, and dismissive of the hope that others see in her, Joel gradually warms to her, even caring for her as a surrogate daughter. In the second episode of the season, after the initial job to hand Ellie over to the Fireflies on the outskirts of Boston goes belly-up, he resolves to help her find her way to a medical facility in Utah. The journey there becomes a tour of the various mini-dystopias that have sprung up in the two decades since society collapsed. Is This a The Last of Us Line?– Merle Dandridge & Gabriel Luna-Watch Gabriel Luna and Merle Dandridge try to guess which lines are from their show and which are from other HBO series. Is This a The Last of Us Line? – Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey-Watch Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey try to guess which lines are from their show and which are from other HBO series.