The Last of Us video game series is one of the best zombie survival franchises in the entire industry. The games in this series are not just about surviving or gathering resources; they give you the raw and brutal truth of what can happen in an actual zombie apocalypse. Every moment in the game is drenched in emotional impact, making you feel like your choices have a bigger impact.
The video game franchise blesses us with complex and convoluted characters that make the experience feel much more real, and with The Last of Us Season 3 being confirmed, fans are ready with their pitchforks if the director of the TV series ruins another character from the beloved franchise. Let’s delve deeper into this.
The Last of Us season 2 made Ellie annoying
The Last of Us is an action-adventure video game franchise that was developed by Naughty Dog. The first game in the series was released back in 2013, and it received universal acclaim, selling more than 1.3 million, within one week of its release. The games became so popular that a TV series was based on them, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
While the first season of The Last of Us was met with joy and cheers, the second season of the show literally ruined its main protagonist. It’s like the producers put an all-nighter just to fail Ellie’s entire character arc. They literally swapped the ruthless and competent girl we know and love from the games for someone else who is more childish and immature than she was in season one.
What the show actually did was neuter Ellie’s entire revenge arc. Instead of watching her slowly become the terrifying force she becomes in the game, we got an incompetent, bratty, and genuinely annoying version. Worst of all, she was not even invested in her own grand mission.
And this, my friends, is what Neil Druckmann, the director of The Last of Us series, has to face in season three. As confirmed already by him, season three will be about Abby, and if her essence is betrayed in the show, the outcry from the fans won’t just be ‘intense’, it’ll be on a whole different level.
Keeping our fingers crossed for a nuanced portrayal of Abby in season three
In short, season three will be do-or-die for everyone involved in the series. Neil Druckmann and the HBO team have already proven how they can capture the soul of Naughty Dog’s world, but they have also shown how easily that soul can slip through their very fingers.
Abby is not just another survivor in the series to plug the plot; she is utterly crucial to the whole story’s brilliant yet messy core. Her character is what makes you question every moral choice in the entire series. Get her right, and the third season will remind people why series matters in the first place, but get her wrong, and the backlash for Ellie’s altered arc will look tame by comparison to hers.
The Last of Us franchise has always been about its characters rather than the zombies, and in the TV adaptation, fans are not asking for a shot-for-shot remake of the game but just some respect for the characters’ complexity and the narrative weight they carry. If season three can honor those pillars and respect the emotional honesty that made the franchise iconic, then even the harshest critics will trade their pitchforks for praise.
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