Video game adaptations have a bad reputation. Fans often leave the cinema disappointed and may not even recognize their beloved game. The opposite is true with The Last of Us. The first episode tries very hard to crucial moments reproduce in detail from the template.
That goes down very well with many fans. Not only will the new HBO series be considered one of the best video game movies traded. The 77-minute pilot captures the beginning of the story in emotional images that could have come straight from the original. Below are videos that compare the series and the game.
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The Last of Us: series and game in video comparison
The first episode of The Last of Us tells of a malicious fungus that is wreaking havoc on the world. The most tragic event: We witness how Joel (Pedro Pascal) loses his daughter Sarah (Nico Parker) while trying to escape, before 20 years later he is supposed to smuggle young Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a quarantine zone.
“Just unbelievable”a fan on Twitter comments on the proximity to the original and shares a video that shows the first escape moment in the story in direct comparison.
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The Last of Us series even adopts entire camera movements. No wonder: Neil Druckmann, the creator of the original, is also involved in the adaptation.
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A major focus was placed on depicting key moments as faithfully as possible in the series. Here’s the most heartbreaking scene.
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There are also many parallels in the quarantine zone. The pilot was staged by Craig Mazin, who is the creative head behind the project together with Druckmann.
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The second escape is also similar to the rainy events from the game. With the characters we wander through a post-apocalyptic version of Boston.
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Of course, a few changes crept into the film adaptation. Overall, however, The Last of Us remains very true to the game.
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Now we can be curious how the series will develop in the next eight episodes. Based on the template, we are still awaited by some nerve-wracking events that will lead us to the abyss of humanity.
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