The Last Of Us Episode 1 BLIND Reaction & Review! (HBO)

[@BOLDcast]

Well let me tell you guys this is shaping up to be the single best video game to tv/film adaptation ever made. It's doing everything right not only to grab new people who have never seen anything related to the last of us, but is also adding so much value for people who have played the games to death. It doesn't change what matters, and where it can add something of value, they make sure that addition IS valuable. Please leave a like for this incredible first episode!

[@frankthatank4900]

Maybe this could be it and Video Game Live adaptations wont suck no more.

[@FrizFroz]

I just watched the Uncharted adaptation last week, and this is night and day.

[@texasrattlesnake31637]

Amazing Episode, Amazing Reaction - Joel & Sarah's scene is so heartbreaking - both in-game and now in live action - overall, a phenomenal episode!

[@BOLDcast]

@Christopher Huxley Red also means Negative, and Green also mean Positive in North America

[@gailseatonhumbert]

@@BOLDcast in Canada maybe?

[@dissimilar5]

19:37 I love that fakeout. That was basically the show saying, "You thought it'd be a truck? We have HBO money now."

[@biggie_2p1stols7]

I was thinking the same thing we have enough money do something bigger my friend

[@joshuamostyn5377]

@@Pilomaf well Joel was also a completely different race than Pedro pascal but you didn't have an issue with that?

[@StinkyBuster]

@@Pilomaf lmao oh no not black curls 🤣

[@ngafishey4978]

@@Pilomaf”black curls” gtfoh say what you really mean

[@fajaradi1223]

​@darukineo Which Joel? PS3 Joel? Joel Remastered? Joel Remake?

[@tnk1041]

The accuracy of some of the shots and direction of this show to the game is so insane. Its pretty much people who played the game doing the Leo DiCaprio pointing at the TV meme for 85 mins lmao. Also, I do appreciate how the stuff that they have changed or added on makes sense and fleshes out parts of the source material very well.

[@mastixencounter]

no its not lol

[@user-fj4sk4uj7c]

Its not shot by shot the game, but thats not something important, making a game interesting and fun is very different from doing the same in a movie, is even more complex and difficult, there is no good gameplay here to keep you entertained, that's why i don't mind them changing things as long as they keep doing good scenes, this episode was great

[@nikjovan4816]

They nailed this first episode. Not only are all the video game scenes basically done perfectly, but the added material for the neighbours and Sarah, the little child walking to the city and then seeing what happens to him, showing more of Joels life, cutting down the Robert scenes effectively by giving us a scene with Tess before for context, since in the game you have to play through a level to find him and they obviously can't replicate that in a TV show. It was great. The actors were great and especially Pedro Pascal who is the perfect Joel.

[@mastixencounter]

its very different from the video game

[@user-fj4sk4uj7c]

@@mastixencounter and thats a good thing, the story of the game is good, but a videogame has other elements that contribute to the experience, to make it a masterpiece, a movie or series is a total different thing

[@mastixencounter]

@@user-fj4sk4uj7c never said it was a good or bad thing, just, made a statement that it was different. that's all

[@user-fj4sk4uj7c]

@@mastixencounter i know

[@mastixencounter]

@@user-fj4sk4uj7c then what was the point of commenting to me

[@JLamstudio]

Also, Sarah has no flour for her pancakes, Nana is first seen eating biscuits that Joel then refuses because he's on a diet, Sarah doesn't take a cookie because she doesn't like raisins and Joel forgot to buy a birthday cake after work. So, Contaminated flour started the outbreak?

[@atharwamalawade259]

I guess so. You got a great eye to catch that!!!

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

And the worlds largest Flour mill is P. T. Bogasari Flour Mills in Jakarta

[@jezzluck]

That is also hinted that way in the game.

[@luciar.e.203]

Fungys growth increases in that medium. You got that right.

[@Oddy91]

Yea spot on because Joel mentions how it got into the grain/flour at factories. And remember the second episode with the flash back it was mentioned how it started at a grain factory.

[@TrampMachine]

Yeah, I have an 8 year old. Single dad only kid. That scene hit me hard. If that were me I would have blown my brains out right there and then.

[@RandalReid]

I don't have a kid but how she gasps her last few breaths, her death rattle, I unfortunately have heard the same in real life one too many times. It's terrible. It's both sad and unsettling. Really gets me.

[@TrampMachine]

@@RandalReid Yeah, it is awful but I really appreciate when movies and shows get a few things right, the sound of 20/10 pain, the gutteral sound of sobbing or crying while in pain and or in deep deep emotional stress, the shaky breathing, etc. It really makes the emotions hit so much harder. They really nailed it, it all sounded completely real which is also very hard to do when acting so bravo to Joel's and Sarah's actors absolutely amazing job.

[@mastixencounter]

weak

[@Diiixiiinormus]

Wait til you see Sam n Henry

[@Diiixiiinormus]

@@wooshbait36 Sam n Henry have been announced character already, I just mentioned them lol

[@andyhi247vids]

One thing incredibly interesting that I found out listening to the companion podcast to the show’s 1st ep: the show runner mentions how their initial plan was to end the first episode right after Sarah dies, but the HBO execs that watched it said they needed to show more of the relationship between Ellie and Joel in order to bring the audience back to watch the second episode. So they just combined episodes 1 and 2! And that was a brilliant call, in my opinion. It also explained a lot...why a premiere episode started out so long, when that’s usually reserved for the season finale, and also why the season is 9 episodes long, rather than the usual 10-episode HBO season. Highly recommend listening to that podcast if you liked the episode...it really is an excellent companion for not just lovers of the show, but also of the game. Can’t wait for the rest of this season!

[@raihanaradhana2246]

19:35 LMAO my exact reaction, i thought that was going to be the crash scene from the game, the showrunners trolled us lol

[@fajaradi1223]

Yep ... I even thought they'll add the second truck right away.

[@JLamstudio]

And the radio mentioned a disturbance in Jakarta. Guess whats in Jakarta? Bogasari Flour Mills in Jakarta, Indonesia, ranks as the largest flour mill in the world, in terms of both size and capacity.

[@Putrefax]

For Lindsey, you can get motion sickness glasses that basically work by having some water in your peripheral vision that always follows gravity, so your brain gets tricked into knowing that you're not moving. I've seen a couple streamers use them and they seem to work, but they do make you look mighty goofy.

[@aWhysGuy]

On top of the obvious, the sound design of the show is top tier imho; particularly the minimal use of sountrack. There's almost no "background" music leading up to the time Sarah wakes up for the emergency, except for small moments to sell the building of tension. A creepy motif in class, one at the Horolgist's place, another when she visits the neighbors, etc. Even the Avril Lavine song on the radio in the kitchen serves to drive the tension because it's in-shot and used to set-up the announcement about Jakarta. Master class stuff if you ask me.

[@Torraim]

that part with the "your watch is broken" is so close to the game that when both parts are played at side by side they sound exactly the same.

[@Dexiray]

I usually don't like car scenes but this one?!! This one SLAPPED! it was so immersive, I loved it.

[@mr.m9979]

I assumed it was set in 2003 because that's a period of time before social media was really a thing. MySpace wasn't even widely in use at that point. This makes the idea of people being caught by surprise more believable since the dissemination of information would be much slower. Sarah wouldn't have been caught off guard if she had even just glaced at Twitter or Instagram at some point that day and many more people would've probably been able to save themselves. So, the year doesn't matter post-collapse but it technology and social media pre-collapse probably would've made a huge difference in how the story played out.

[@joshuamostyn5377]

It's set in 2003 because that's when it was set in the game right

[@dumpster_fire_sloth]

@@joshuamostyn5377 the beginning of the game was set in 2013 the same year it released.

[@TheAngryXenite]

@Joshua Mostyn The game was set in 2033, two decades after the year it released. The show begins in 2003 so that after the 20 year time skip, it's now in our time.

[@mr.m9979]

@@TheAngryXenite I know but I think they also changed it to an earlier date so it would make more sense as far as how slowly the information was disseminated.

[@reynaldolorenzo8409]

I like a lot of the changes they did with the show. For example, the spores are not in this and they went with the original concept art before the spores called “the tendrils”. Realistically all the spores would be in the air so everyone would be dead or the infected would run out of spores, and they wouldn’t be just in some zones. Realistically they would still have spores in the hair and clothes, it would be impossible so I love it this way more because it’s more realistic and TLOU is very grounded and realistic, so it makes more sense like this and also the tendrils makes the infected EVEN MORE creepy and show how all of them are connected so I love it. "There's things that work in the game that would just not work in the show," Druckmann. And how the infection works. In the game it takes like two days to turn, in here like they showed in the scene with the little boy in the sign if you get bitten in the leg being the farthest part to the brain it takes a lot of hours or a day so it makes more sense, then torso, shoulders and hands, it takes some hours and then head it takes minutes and that makes it even more scarier, I love it. The plane scene is WAY better in my opinion, is more tense and more cinematic so I like this more than just the car crash. Like even smaller change like the guy that shot Sarah saying “I’m sorry” is an improvement. It’s shows he is just following orders and didn’t wanted to do it. Amazing. And one scene that I like way more in the show than in the game is when Joel, Ellie and Tess gets caught and Joel puts himself in front of Ellie and then have PTSD with Sarah, THAT scene for me was way better and I love it. I love all the new scenes we got, everyone in the cast is perfect, and the scene after Joel, Ellie and Tess gets caught I love how Joel had PTSD, it made the scene more emotional and I liked it better in the show. And about the public execution this may be sound harsh but I get it. They have to put order and fear, if people leave and get out whenever they want and even only one gets infected and one of them goes back inside the quarantine zone they could all get infected. They don’t have prisons or enough resources so it’s harsh but I get it. By far the most faithful live action adaptation and with only the first 30m of the episode it was the best adaptation. Amazing pilot episode! 10/10 I love it.

[@babadimbadabum1579]

"It’s shows he is just following orders and didn’t wanted to do it." It already showed that in the game when he says to his superior: "but Sir, there's a little girl"

[@tnk1041]

Also, looked up the significance of the show's opening scene being set in 1968. Most likely answer is that "Night of the Living Dead", which inspired a lot of the development of TLOU, came out in 1968. Could be just a nod to that. You could also make up a fun head canon explanation of the film existing within the world, which can lend to the panic we see that 60s audience/host have - realizing the connection between the idea of a zombie outbreak and the scientist's retort about fungi.

[@kobayashi.official]

Late to the conversation, but if Joel is turning 36 in 2003 then he was born in 1967-68. So this was all predicted as Joel was coming into existence. At least that's my theory.

[@kindabatooni9314]

The show from sixties kind of gives you a sense of how long it took for the scientist’s words to actually come true.

[@andrewvidmar3488]

and also if you didnt know the actress playing Marlene is the same actress that voiced her in the game incase you didnt know please let me know what you think

[@jezzluck]

The radio came on at the end and played an 80‘s song, which as Ellie figured out, is a smuggle code between Joël and Bill, which translates to being in trouble. So essentially this says us that Bill is having some sort of trouble.

[@toxicheadshot360]

And yea to thik this could happen in theory, this makes much more sense than other zombie movies because in other movies they are dead with rotting bodies so they wouldn't be able to move around much and would die die just by being exposed to the elements, with this they are somewhat alive aren't really rotting etc this is just way more realistic and has the possibility of actually happening

[@hybrid3214]

They have already said the first season will be the events of the entire first game and DLC with some extra additions that they wanted to put in the game but couldn't. They have also said that Last of us part 2 will take at least 2 seasons of the show to do if they are renewed (pretty sure they will be). Super excited to watch the rest but it is agonizing waiting a week for each episode lol.

[@frankthatank4900]

Binged the uncut so fast i played the 1st game and glad yall enjoying the show so far hope yall start the game one day. (YES Yall should totally check out The Mandolorian Pedro Pascal is so good in it S3 comes out sometime this Year). Also If Hugh Jackman was casted as Joel it would've been perfect casting!.

[@JustCauseFan]

What is freaking scary is that every thing the guy said in the opening interview are actual facts

[@bochenskisteven]

Not really as a vet spe in microbiology this part is very confusing and inaccurate. There are a lot of fungi who infect humans including the brain. We also have anti-fongus and we can’t really predict how they will work on a fictional Cordyceps specie so saying there nothing we can do is very dramatic. Also Cordyceps are use in médecine and cooking. I guess you can say that the part were he explain evolution is more or less true but it need to be more than just a 1 degree difference, but it’s an easy way to explain how evolution is needed when the environment change. It can evolve or it can die and disappear forever like must of the time it’s happened. Don’t get me wrong I love the franchise but I wish they didn’t include this part…

[@jordantaylor260]

Actually everything they talk about in the cold open is scientifically true and therefore plausible. Eg. The first stage of cordyceps infection in ants is twitching, which is what the old lady is doing in the background when Sarah is looking at the dvd.

[@kyledepaepe194]

So, on the choice of years that Carson brought up, my theory is that was done for relatability for how much time a 20 year skip actually is. When you start off seeing a classroom with George W. Bush on the wall, people can look at that and be like "Holy shit that was forever ago." Like for me, in 2003, I was a 7th grader giddy with excitement because I was going to a school dance with the girl I had a huge crush on. That felt like a lifetime ago. Then post timeskip, you see people with Operation Desert Storm shirts and Gore Lieberman shirts in 2023. It stands out like a bright neon sign because Gore Lieberman was so long ago. No one has those shirts anymore. Hell, half the people watching this probably don't even know who they were. I remember only because my parents were big on Gore back then. It puts it into perspective. The audience of this show (namely adults) can relate to that big a time skip more effectively that way, moreso than something more requiring imagination like 2023 to 2043 or 2013 to 2033. Thats what I think.

[@BOLDcast]

i think that might have been a big part of it as well

[@CarlosCasanova9]

dunno if the new set up is better or worse but the nosey neighbor in me is happy to finally see what your home looks like

[@ElQueSalvaTorres]

I am so happy they adapted this game so beautifully. They actually care

[@ElQueSalvaTorres]

Also would love to watch you react to the Mandalorian lol Two other big recommendations for you are Dark and 1899, fantastic series to react and theory craft but honestly I dont know how many people watch reactions of those kind of shows

[@chronics23]

I love how you were playing the music in the discussion! Gives such a good vibe

[@noconsequence4486]

My favorite part of the video is when the shades spawned out of nothing

[@BOLDcast]

[@Mike20we]

I really liked this first episode, it was awesome. What I am most surprised by is Bella Ramsey's performance as Ellie, it was just so much better than what I expected out of her tbh.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Now it's time for Oberyn and Lyannas grand adventure

[@monlovchel]

Yes!!

[@begnaud23]

The actress that plays Marlene in this show is also the voice and motion capture for Marlene in the game

[@convulsiongaming8723]

They hint at how it broke out Jakarta is the one of the biggest importers of wheat to the US so it passed through wheat products like flour

[@Dexiray]

I refuse to watch anyone else's reactions but yours at this point, seriously. I can see in your faces there's no fakery bs, it's true emotions and true inputs.

[@juliohsb9754]

Idk why its better to watch the reactors that havent played the game, know nothing abt it. Feels fresh

[@roarmbee7045]

My gf and i loved the game, we watched it with her family, since they're not a gamer, and when they watched Sarah's death, they can't stop crying for 13 minutes

[@TerminatorJuice]

You know how hard it was to find a reaction to this show featuring someone who hasn't played the game?! Damn near impossible, that's how hard!

[@noge_1254]

both the react pack and carlie and ange have partly blind reactions too if it interest you. in both channels there's one person who has played or know what is it about though. hope this helps.

[@TerminatorJuice]

@@noge_1254 already found the React Pack reaction... thanks tho!

[@KylieIsOverIt]

Reel Rejects has one reaction with two gamers and one with two non-gamers.

[@noge_1254]

LM Reactions has started the show on their patreon an they have never played the game or know anything about it. the reactions will be on patreon in two weeks, when they end up band of brothers.

[@TerminatorJuice]

@@noge_1254 thanks! I'm already subscribed, so I'll just wait until the release them on YT.

[@piggyintheshadows]

The radio at the end was playing 80's music which they said means something bad has happened.

[@thaddeus697]

Never clicked so fast on a video in my life

[@BOLDcast]

LETS GOOOOO

[@corvus1374]

That DLC with Riley in it had to have just happened, so the mention of her had to open just a recent raw wound.

[@samhunt6300]

Its surprising how most of the cast didn't play the game (because they weren't allowed to) and still got the characters right.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

They did in fact play it against the higher ups directives

[@StinkyBuster]

Welcome to the concept of writing and directing.

[@samcox308]

The song at the end is the code it’s 80s implying they missed the indication of the danger ahead

[@shysterpie7559]

i like the scene with tess and robert. you think hes the one being interrogated with how the scene starts and with the dialogue because hes clearly scared of tess but she's the one surrounded by the goons and its such a good introduction and a look into the type of person Tess is.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

More so Joel, which Robert is afraid of like nothing else.

[@taco_stranglerllc8435]

Surprising to see Boston look the exact same.

[@Milkwala108]

80s music means trouble 🙂

[@JustJoe24]

Tess in the show is also Tess in the game, and she recently passed away a few days ago from cancer :( very very sad

[@sarahtuck3287]

@BOLDcast I know that in the last of us part two game that they have motion sickness, setting they probably have it in the remake of the last of us part 1 :)

[@jboogie2212]

Where you’re filming I keep looking at the door worried somethings gonna sneak in behind y’all lol

[@santana8022]

55:19 well they imply that 80's music means bad news

[@StrosB4Hos]

In the game Joel and Tess kill Robert and then Marlene pops up from around the corner. This way makes much more sense, Marlene trying to buy the battery from Robert and that deal going wrong. In a perfect world, the Juno era Ellen Page would get cast as Ellie. There’s No way Ellie’s character model was inspired by young Ellen Page. Xhe even called out Naughty for ripping off xher likeness.

[@Ryuu44]

Joel didn't use Blackberry. He had an HTC Desire smartphone. I had this phone before so I love every time I see it in the game.

[@rockerctereo2851]

Marlene is wonderful from voice to live action

[@andrewwilson803]

Disable motion blur in games. Causes motion sickness for me personally.

[@grantpitcher7614]

I really like the contrast between no knowledge of the game and a good in depth knowledge of it. Made for a really good reaction!

carson's haircut here looks like it'd fit right into someone playing last of us for the first time at the release week

[@tierneycandlewick68]

There's a pill for motion sickness (I too am plagued by it). It's called Dramamine. It's been a god send to me. Hope it helps!

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Well they did use the same composer and a lot of the same music from the game.

[@shardonayM]

I knew y’all’s reactions would break me so I’ve been putting them off, now I’m back and imma bing lol 😅

[@tobydion3009]

When checking in on your old neighbors goes wrong.

[@pranjoshi]

Their fathfulness is almost like a decoy too. Makes it easier to surprise people who know the story when they switch things up.

[@birdobert]

"It tracks, I guess"

[@scourgegamingxo]

ive never played the game either but am watching the show

[@vincec082]

@ 1:05:15 This is my exact thought whenever I hear people complaining about certain cast members not looking like the game! Ever see a play in a theatre?! People gotta be more open-minded!

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

This is actually all filmed in Alberta

[@beast_of_burden7762]

Love the new angle

[@gundamgunpla4685]

First time here. Lindsay is stunning! You are alright too ;) Ill be following you guys

[@santiagorodriguez9849]

First time watching this channel. What a great reaction, looking forward to the next and checking the rest of the chanel.

[@KylieIsOverIt]

100% think that the 2003 tech is better and more appropriate, even just for one thing: cars. You can't have computer based cars still running. You need more older model cars with basic internal combustion engines to still be on the road.

[@twooharmony2000]

24:46 comment...well said, good note.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Yes it's a different actor for Tommy but the same actress for Marlene.

[@Tristan_Anderwelt]

23:35 I cried as well, even though I saw the scene in the game x times and knew what was happening. I was very skeptical about Pedro and Bella as Joel and Ellie. But they do it incredibly well. It feels straight out of the game. Also the others ... Nico as Sarah, Gabriel as Tommy, Anna as Tess. All done great. Merle as Marlene anyway cause it's the same actress as in the game. My conclusion after this episode: I've never been so captivated by the start of a series based on a story I know inside and out. It is Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (1987) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ-sfZ18itCelaM So 80s code means ... ?

[@jdRamza]

First episode was awesome! It shows they care about it

[@ugabriel7]

So glad you guys are doing this show!

[@traviscue2099]

Its so weird watching an adaption to where you know every line and every accent on every word. It's not at all a bad adaption, but if you know the source material off by heart.. You're comparing it in every scene/every word spoken.. But that just goes to show how amazing the original was.. This series won't beat the original, but its great to be shown to a non gaming audience.

[@jaymanuel3396]

It was a great premiere. I will continue to watch the first season, but I’ll see if I can stick to it, for future seasons. Some of it was spoiled for me by a neighbor who loves Walking Dead. It sounds like it will be as depressing, with same type of human villains. I stopped watching TWD because it was too depressing after a while.

[@jeancouto2809]

20 years later never fails to chock

[@ko-fl8hu]

I can't wait for the next episodes. 😭 It's already looking like an amazing adaptation.

[@nate0765]

So I was kinda curious about the opening and it turns out 1968 was the year that The Night of the Living Dead was released.

[@shep4life]

Perfect premiere. Im so excited

[@ronjahallberg02]

Have you tried taking motion sickness tablets when you play games, maybe that works?

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Hi there Lindsay

[@rohanbane1592]

most under rated review.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Had the situation not been the end of the world, the soldier who shot Sarah should have been found guilty of murder. The fact that he had been told to do it is irrelevant.

[@markdaniels2703]

The adaptation is insane wth. This tv show 10/10 for me. Jesz

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Try the PC version when it comes out in a couple months. Motion sickness is more likely happening with low frame rates and low field of view settings - especially when you passively watch, instead of controlling the camera yourself. I think the scene with the girl, which generally was a massive red herring, was also there for world building by showing how fucked up everything has become, similar to the executions.

[@artoriapendragon1972]

TLOU gamers: Does he know? *Paul Dano face*

[@ryomahoffman6803]

U should definitely watch the Mandolorian!!!!

[@mr.mauribachmann2632]

Can you put subtitles in the next episode PLEASE? English is not my first language and subtitles will help me to understand what are they saying. For me read is more easily than Listen

[@FloppyDisc766]

How is it that I have been watching since the start of the Naruto reactions and I only just now noticed she has two different eye colors?

[@BOLDcast]

Lmao It’s pretty common for people not to notice actually which is kinda crazy

[@ktm685]

I dont understanddd. Motion sickness is still possible even if its through a screennn??

[@BOLDcast]

Yes it is It’s rare, but it’s just like being carsick or airsick. Or more like how people get sick from VR. The perceived motion doesn’t match with your body’s sense of motion and you get sick

[@SHIRO_111]

I have played the first The Last of Us game and this first episode was pretty amazing, not just is a good adaptation but a solid episode on its own So glad you are watching it

[@-natsukashii2727]

cool David Bowie eyes.

[@CBZero]

Nice Gon Hxh shirt

[@pievancl5457]

17:09 it was a transformer, for power

[@adamyoung6797]

You could just have her watch all the cutscenes like a movie

[@CatDuckChu]

wait hold up whats why the vox machina slander... that was a great series

[@BOLDcast]

as a die hard fan of campaign 1 it feels like they're missing the point of what made the series good to me personally. they're trying to streamline things too much of my liking and it feels like their trying to make things to squeaky clean and it loses the magic. The jokes aren't really good, and the fixation on violence as a supplement for showing real personality is aggravating to me

[@kindabatooni9314]

They nailed it! It hits in all the right places!

[@JacopoBasanisi]

It was a good first episode, they nailed the casual elements for new watchers, like the science dump introduction (shouting "hey this is a zombie show") or the misleading main character. At the same time, they nailed the parts that HAD to be exactly like the game (at least if they didn't want a riot in the streets by the games lol), aka all the night sequence. Many other things can be effotlesly changed in the future, so hopes are high. That said, we'll have to adapt our ears to a higher voice for Joel, the effect is less macho, more human, maybe. I personally dislike the casting choice for Ellie. Not because all the usual crappy discussions, just for aestetic reasons: Original Ellie is very delicate, as a contrast for her being so unlikable at the start. This Ellie is a badass from the start, for me it's a big difference, especially in regard of Joel's way of -no spoiler here - coming close to her

[@denisegailvalera1217]

It was Ashley Johnson who did the casting for Ellie and she has said that Bella is great as the character and personally she did an amazing job embodying her. Ellie has always been snarky even at the start, and this is setting the stage of her personality since it is a TV series. Her vulnerability will definitely be explored in future episodes. So far, perfect game adaptation and hopefully this will set the bar of any future games that people want to make into a movie/series.

[@Ziaotic]

Ashley Johnson plays her mother and has a very distinct face, Bella looks very similar to her

[@JacopoBasanisi]

Of course I was not complaining for the sake of complaining, It was just a personal preference. I mean, Bella to me looks more like Tlou2 Ellie than tlou1 Ellie, if you know what I mean. Less of a rescued puppy, more of a snarky teenager

[@denisegailvalera1217]

@@JacopoBasanisi Don't really care about how she looks but the way she portrays the character and she did an amazing job. That has always been the case even before this series dropped and with any other shows out there. Ellie didn't have "lost puppy" energy. She is exactly the way Ellie was as a kid. You might need to run through the game again. But again it's your opinion and they can't always please everybody.

[@JacopoBasanisi]

@@denisegailvalera1217 I agree, I enjoyed the episode and I have no reason to doubt she will be good. Maybe they choose to highlight different shades of her character, or maybe it's just the usual reflection of an individual experience (gaming) vs a shared experience (watching a show)

[@EvilAnomaly]

"The Expanse" make it happen one day!

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Strongly second that motion. Best scifi television series of this century so far.

[@I_am_the_rule]

please react “battle royale” (Japanese movie)

[@alexanderjang46]

Its funny but every reaction the YT content creators forget that nothing bad has happened yet so theres no reason for the characters to susupect something bad is gonna happen in the beginning

[@BOLDcast]

Just because you don’t suspect zombie apocalypse, doesn’t mean you wouldn’t be sketched out in these situations lol