[28.02.23]
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facethestrangeThe most recent episode of The Last of Us - what I loved about it and other random thoughts! SPOILERS for episode 1x07 - Left Behind.
♡ ELLIE'S FLASHBAAAAACK. I'm a simple person - give me a flashback of a girl child/teen character and I'm going to instantly love it, no questions asked. :D
♡ Allll the JOY and dorkiness. :D Especially the escalator scene, I think it's now my second favorite TLOU scene, after the hotel one! ♡ And yes, I forgive it for playing Take On Me. xD After what happened on The Magicians when this song was involved, I was actually dreading it here? (It was obvious it would play at some point as soon as they showed the A-ha cassette.) But it played in the cutest scene ever, so I'm good. :D
♡ They don't know what screenshots are, my precious bbs! ♡
♡ The whole "we're on two completely opposite sidespolitically in a war, and it really, really doesn't actually matter" thing is beautiful!
♡ The "back in 5 min" sign was the hardest-hitting 'the apocalypse happened really damn fast' scene for me, other than the entire Sarah storyline.
♡ The TITLE of this episode, Left Behind, is a rollercoaster! I know it's directly borrowed from the game, or at least that's how I understood it from reading some random article? But hoooly crap, so first you go "Joel is leaving Ellie behind because he dies" (which I knew wasn't happening but it's kind of where you start the episode), then "she is leaving him behind because he told her to", then "Ellie's friend left her behind, I assume by dying? oh, nope, she's back", then "Riley is leaving again, oh, but Ellie is leaving her first, oh, nope, she isn't" and then... "OH FUCK".
♡ Also this song (Wonders by Michael Patrick Kelly feat. Rakim) fits this episode so well that it's probably a bit TOO on the nose, which is why it was so easy for me to see this connection immediately. xD (If anyone wants to snag this idea and make a vid, you have my blessing 100%! :D I'm not in any way planning to make it myself.)
♡ Oh, and obviously it's awesome to see Storm Reid (Gia from Euphoria), but I've known for a few weeks that she was cast, so it wasn't a surprise the way the other familiar faces in previous episodes were. :D
♡ ELLIE'S FLASHBAAAAACK. I'm a simple person - give me a flashback of a girl child/teen character and I'm going to instantly love it, no questions asked. :D
♡ Allll the JOY and dorkiness. :D Especially the escalator scene, I think it's now my second favorite TLOU scene, after the hotel one! ♡ And yes, I forgive it for playing Take On Me. xD After what happened on The Magicians when this song was involved, I was actually dreading it here? (It was obvious it would play at some point as soon as they showed the A-ha cassette.) But it played in the cutest scene ever, so I'm good. :D
♡ They don't know what screenshots are, my precious bbs! ♡
♡ The whole "we're on two completely opposite sides
♡ The "back in 5 min" sign was the hardest-hitting 'the apocalypse happened really damn fast' scene for me, other than the entire Sarah storyline.
♡ The TITLE of this episode, Left Behind, is a rollercoaster! I know it's directly borrowed from the game, or at least that's how I understood it from reading some random article? But hoooly crap, so first you go "Joel is leaving Ellie behind because he dies" (which I knew wasn't happening but it's kind of where you start the episode), then "she is leaving him behind because he told her to", then "Ellie's friend left her behind, I assume by dying? oh, nope, she's back", then "Riley is leaving again, oh, but Ellie is leaving her first, oh, nope, she isn't" and then... "OH FUCK".
♡ Also this song (Wonders by Michael Patrick Kelly feat. Rakim) fits this episode so well that it's probably a bit TOO on the nose, which is why it was so easy for me to see this connection immediately. xD (If anyone wants to snag this idea and make a vid, you have my blessing 100%! :D I'm not in any way planning to make it myself.)
♡ Oh, and obviously it's awesome to see Storm Reid (Gia from Euphoria), but I've known for a few weeks that she was cast, so it wasn't a surprise the way the other familiar faces in previous episodes were. :D
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28/2/23 23:12 (UTC)Yeah, it's from the DLC, The Last Of Us: Left Behind. It's separate from the main game, but it features an important element to the story in terms of how Ellie first got infected and her major loss in regards to Riley. And I'm glad it made it into the adaptation because it gives us a better understanding of her character, especially with the crumbs they've been giving us to her anger and why she has such an intense survivor's guilt that just keeps growing and growing.
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1/3/23 12:38 (UTC)I love Ellie even more now.
I feared for Joel because for some reason I get the impression he's not in season 2. (That has no basis on anything other than I heard the game has different characters or something? Don't take it as spoiler or me knowing jack shit - heh)
I'm relieved he's at least alive.