The Last Of Us (series) is an adaptation of one of the best video games I've had the opportunity to play and although the first season for me was a gem, this second season has been quite weak. I must emphasize that I did play the first game, however, I did not have the opportunity to play the second installment, but as a fan of this story I could see at least one gameplay of the second part on YouTube along with my husband who was the one who showed me this game for the first time years ago.
Until today I didn't want to talk about this season because some chapters feel a little weak, I wanted to give my opinion later to give the series a chance, I was really optimistic since chapter 1 but after the last events it has been extremely HARD to continue without letting off some steam.
Cuando vi el gameplay de TLOU Part 2 recuerdo que desde el principio la historia se sintió fría, con aires muy oscuros, durante todo el juego hubo tensión y algunos momentos de risas pero muy pocos, todo se puso peor después de la muerte de Joel, recuerdo que mi esposo y yo gritamos y no podíamos creer lo que veíamos, a pesar de sentirse bastante oscuro era entendible por todo lo que pasó, cosa que no pasa en esta temporada de la serie ya que esta versión de Ellie parece estar mas preocupada por Dina que por cumplir su venganza y no digo que este mal hacer cambios pero siento que este cambio afecta muchísimo la historia que se quería contar, la lógica de la serie, La Ellie del juego reflejaba odio en su mirada, su físico cambio bastante, su rostro de niña se convirtió en un rostro con facciones duras y una mirada penetrante que gritaba vacío, dolor. Incluso para alguien que jamás ha jugado TLOU debe ser extraño la actitud de la Ellie de la serie, bromista, despreocupada… Recordemos que Joel fue asesinado en frente de ella, imagina por un segundo vivir eso y lo traumante que debe ser, si, vimos a Ellie de la serie traumada pero solo por minutos del comienzo del cap 3, a partir de ahí su forma de ser fue totalmente indiferente y quizás esto no seria un problema hasta que vemos lo que pasa mas adelante.
The first 2 chapters were pretty good and attached to the original story (except for some changes that did not make too much difference and did not dislike) from chapter 3 onwards it has become a challenge to wait a week to see a new episode where absolutely NOTHING happens.
When I saw the gameplay of TLOU Part 2 I remember that from the beginning the story felt cold, with very dark airs, throughout the game there was tension and some moments of laughter but very few, everything got worse after the death of Joel, I remember that my husband and I screamed and could not believe what we saw, despite feeling quite dark it was understandable for everything that happened, Something that does not happen in this season of the series as this version of Ellie seems to be more concerned about Dina than to fulfill her revenge and I am not saying that it is wrong to make changes but I feel that this change greatly affects the story that was wanted to tell, the logic of the series, Ellie of the game reflected hatred in her eyes, her physique changed a lot, her girlish face became a face with hard features and a piercing gaze that screamed emptiness, pain. Even for someone who has never played TLOU it must be strange the attitude of the Ellie of the series, joking, carefree... Remember that Joel was killed in front of her, imagine for a second to live that and how traumatic it must be, yes, we saw Ellie of the series traumatized but only for minutes at the beginning of chapter 3, from then on her way of being was totally indifferent and perhaps this would not be a problem until we see what happens later.
Ellie even has to be convinced by Dina to continue with her revenge which never happens in the game and speaking of Dina I think that if Ellie was alone in this journey she would literally die in two minutes, practically Dina seems the new protagonist, she knows what to do, where to go and they try to give us more story about her that really doesn't convey anything.
Now, in this last episode apart from being too SLOW, I mean, the episode started with the news about the spores and they needed more than 6 minutes and 20 seconds to explain us about the spores, really? I feel that lengthening this part was totally unnecessary, also scenes of Dina and Ellie talking for more than 15 minutes without any action and the last straw was when as I mentioned before, Dina had to convince Ellie to continue with her revenge, until finally the last minutes of the series where out of nowhere Ellie remembers that she was upset and wanted revenge hahaha, just at this moment we are seeing an Ellie with a look of hate that we should have seen since a few episodes ago, it just doesn't make sense to me.
Overall the series has progressed too slowly, and at times it gets boring, I also feel like I'm seeing totally different characters than the ones I know.
CARACTERIZACIÓN
CHARACTERIZATION
For no one is a secret how criticized Bella Ramsey was (and still is) for her lack of resemblance to the original Ellie and I really had nothing against that because in season 1 I feel that Bella played very well the essence of Ellie, however, for this season it feels a little strange because the actress physically looks very similar to the first season, I feel that they would have avoided a little more criticism if they characterized her better, makeup and hairstyle are really important to at least make her look a little older or more similar to her version of the game, but.... They just didn't care, now Bella has received more hate and harassment than before, which I find horrible because even though she doesn't look like Ellie it's immature to want to attack a person making memes and humiliating her for her physique, we have reached the point where the actress closed her social networks and that's really terrible.
Dina doesn't look at all like her video game version either but almost no one complains about it and simply because Isabela Merced looks attractive to them, I really resent that and I also hate the fact that Dina always has her hair super done in a post apocalyptic world, as if she just went to the hairdresser.
Abby doesn't look anything like her original version either, I guess it was fair to make her like that, scrawny and that way she would match Bella Ramsey's physique because probably if that didn't happen Abby would kill Ellie with just a slap hahaha, I can't say much about her acting either since we've only seen her in two chapters.
The makeup work on the infected is still very good, I think it's the only part of the series that doesn't feel so boring and genuinely manages to scare me.
¿Esperar dos años para nada?
Wait two years for nothing?
Very few scenes stand out from this season and it is a shame to have waited so long for so far 5 chapters where most of them we see jokes that do not make you laugh, incoherent actions and that lack of dark atmosphere. There is still a lot to tell and I don't understand how they will manage to do it in the few chapters left of this season, for my part I will not watch it this Sunday, I will wait for the series to end to see it all together, I got tired of waiting a whole week to get NOTHING, sometimes changing things is better than the original product but this time is not the case and definitely should fix and choose the real direction they want to give to this story as they are doing two things at the same time and that makes nothing fits as it should.
So far the only feeling I have relived compared to the game was Joel's death, it hurt just like the time I saw him in the game, Pedro Pascal did very well and I hate to see him die in every series where he appears hahaha, I was hoping they would change that but without his death there would be no more story to tell.
It was a very long post, I even wrote it in a notebook and then transcribed it on the computer, so I have my ideas a little clearer even so I feel that things were missing but what I dislike most about this season is captured here, remember that this is my point of view and if you think differently is fine, this season has given much to talk about and debate among fans, haters, etc.
Por cierto, todas las capturas las tome directamente desde MAX
Btw, all the screenshots were taken directly from MAX.