“Well, I’m Out” – The Last of Us Fans Stand Divided After the Game’s Creator Reveals About the HBO Adaptation Having Scaled Down Violence
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Not much time is left before the TV series based on the fan-favorite video game, The Last of Us, would be available on HBO and HBOMax, as it would release on January 15, 2023. So with such a few weeks, the game’s creator Neil Druckmann recently shed some light on the violence in the series.
But the latest update about the show’s violence has spread the gaming community in halves. There have been a lot of debates and online banter among fans about the choices the creators are making for the HBO adaptation.
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The Last of Us TV Series would have less violence
The Last of Us became an absolute fan-favorite due to the spectacular storytelling of an apocalyptic world. But what made this game even more breathtaking was the in-game violence. But the upcoming HBO adaptation would have lower violence in comparison to its source material.
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However, the show’s co-creator, Craig Mazin, is making these changes for the necessary reasons. It seems those reasons have even impressed the game’s creator Druckmann, who supports the changes in violence. He shared, “One of the things that I loved hearing from [co-creator Craig Mazin] and HBO very early on was, ‘Let’s take out all the violence except for the very essential.'”
Druckmann then explained that lowering the quantity of violence would impact the audience more than the game. He continued, “Because when you hold on showing the threat and you’re seeing people’s reaction to a threat, that makes it scarier. And when we do reveal the infected and the Clickers, you get to see what brought down humanity and why everyone is so scared.”
How are fans reacting to these changes?
As mentioned above, fans have different opinions about scaling down the violence in the HBO adaptation. Some fans agree with Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin’s choices as it will help to focus more on the characters and only use violence to make crucial scenes more impactful. Meanwhile, the other fans want the in-game violence in the show, as they believe it made the game stand out.
Christ the comments on here are depressing. The violence isn't what makes The Last of Us good. It's the story and the relationship the characters have with each other. If the show gets that right it's onto a winner.
— Greg Tampin-Copp (@Greggers93) December 27, 2022
I love reading all the comments trying defend and rationalize this as “artistic” or “better for the story”. Keep smoking that Hopium, friends. Adaptations are total trash these days, and video games have always had it the roughest. 🤷🏻♂️
— Dustin Graves ☠️ (@akaGravedust) December 27, 2022
It’s going to be “less violent” in the sense of not all the time is it going to be violent. When violence happens it’ll be more impactful than just senseless violence.
— Nerdy Sage (@NerdySage_) December 27, 2022
I bought a ps3 and ps4 just for these games. Never played anything else and now they've already gained a strike from me.
— Stephen Randolph (@StephenRandolph) December 28, 2022
Well, I'm out.
— Emyll Somar (@emyllsomar) December 27, 2022
Makes sense, besides there’s no need for the violence to all extra like it was in the game. I’m still looking forward to see how it will be in live action.
— BatKnight66 (@batknight66) December 27, 2022
but that’s the best part 🙃
— alexa ts (@alexa_tsx) December 28, 2022
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another friendly reminder that this is a great thing. the last of us is a game so there's constant action. the adaptation is a show that soley focuses on the story. there'll still be brutal violence, only it's not every 5 minutes like the game. it'll have more of an impact too
— tj (@thy_tomali) December 27, 2022
It would be wrong to conclude without even watching the show. The trailers of this HBO adaptation looked promising, and actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey also seemed to have done a great job as Joel and Ellie.
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