villa4europe Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 hours ago, jacketspuds said: I’m sure it has been mentioned before but I didn’t realise that Perry was played by the same actor who plays Tommy in the games. Nice little cameo. Get on the podcast it's great Spoiler They talked about originally wanting to rip him in half but despite the vfx looking good the anatomy of it didn't work so they changed it to his head Also talked about vfx studios all wanting in on this because of the reputation of the game so they have they had their pick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Another cracking episode. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 The two leads nailed the emotional scenes The change at the end made a lot of sense The purple sports jacket was awesome to see They just get so much right, I'd be amazed if these 2 don't win the Emmy's / golden globes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Good episode and nice interactions between Ellie and Joel strengthening their bond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Yeah, might as well start handing out the Emmys now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Another very strong episode. Script, acting, cinematography all quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 21, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 21, 2023 Yeah the episode was short on action but not short on plot. Moved the story on a huge amount. The interaction between Joel and Ellie when they were talking about going their separate ways was perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 21, 2023 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 21, 2023 Also... Spoiler I assume that was an early sighting of Dina... Little Easter egg for the future 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I assumed the same @Stevo985. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 47 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Also... Hide contents I assume that was an early sighting of Dina... Little Easter egg for the future also Spoiler Shimmer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 The writers did such a good job at humanising the antagonists thus far in the series, that it's now presented a bit of a problem when they don't go to the same lengths for all the 'enemies' encountered. The role of the three bad guys who rock up and attack Joel and Ellie 'because they are bad' is a very video game-y thing to do, so when it happened here, it felt a bit...off. I accept I may be jumping the gun, and exactly who they were and what they were doing may become apparent in the next episode. It's also true that for the arc of these characters, this attack must occur, and how else do you realistically do that? And do you have to humanise every 'bad guy' they encounter? Well of course not, that would probably be impossible. I suppose what I'm saying is that it was just indicative of how good the writing has been thus far that when something of this manner occurred, I felt like it stood out like a sore thumb. Even with the wee references to 'raiders' made throughout the series, and that episode. I did love that the three guys looked just like enemy NPCs in the game, and as already pointed out the little bits of set up for Part 2 are great, and the Jackson set - that was just incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 On 21/02/2023 at 09:38, Stevo985 said: Hide contents I assume that was an early sighting of Dina... Little Easter egg for the future ohhhhh yeah, i missed that! good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 21/02/2023 at 14:02, hogso said: The writers did such a good job at humanising the antagonists thus far in the series, that it's now presented a bit of a problem when they don't go to the same lengths for all the 'enemies' encountered. The role of the three bad guys who rock up and attack Joel and Ellie 'because they are bad' is a very video game-y thing to do, so when it happened here, it felt a bit...off. I accept I may be jumping the gun, and exactly who they were and what they were doing may become apparent in the next episode. It's also true that for the arc of these characters, this attack must occur, and how else do you realistically do that? And do you have to humanise every 'bad guy' they encounter? Well of course not, that would probably be impossible. I suppose what I'm saying is that it was just indicative of how good the writing has been thus far that when something of this manner occurred, I felt like it stood out like a sore thumb. Even with the wee references to 'raiders' made throughout the series, and that episode. I did love that the three guys looked just like enemy NPCs in the game, and as already pointed out the little bits of set up for Part 2 are great, and the Jackson set - that was just incredible. We don't need to know anything about the people that attacked them, just how it affects the protagonists; exactly the same as we don't need to know the background of every clicker. It makes the world bigger and more unpredictable, like real life. Spoiler In saying that I wouldn't be surprised if they were part of the group from the elle portion of the game, thus a big part of the plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 47 minutes ago, Nigel said: We don't need to know anything about the people that attacked them, just how it affects the protagonists; exactly the same as we don't need to know the background of every clicker. It makes the world bigger and more unpredictable, like real life. Hide contents In saying that I wouldn't be surprised if they were part of the group from the elle portion of the game, thus a big part of the plot Agree and disagree They were computer game baddies being bad, something the show had done really well to avoid up until that point, they were probably the most rushed thing so far too It was 50 minutes of something the show can do better than the game but then 10 mins where the game is better than the show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2023 Ep 7 absolutely cracking episode. The 2 young actors - wow what chemistry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 That the Stranger Things mall or do they all look the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 2 hours ago, sne said: That the Stranger Things mall or do they all look the same? American malls all look the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Yeah enjoyed that - just the 2 of them for the majority of the ep yet it flew by. Terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 7 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: American malls all look the same Reads like a Morrisey lyric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 50 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Reads like a Morrisey lyric There were rows upon rows upon rows upon rows of consumer outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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