The Last of Us has a lot of potential, seeing how it focuses on more character relationships than visuals and stunts. If the adaptation has a great cast, a solid director with good projects under their belt a sense of the video game itself, and a decent writer, then it has the potential to break the video game curse.
A lot of the adaptions so far -- Tomb Raider, Warcraft, Hitman, Assassin's Creed, etc. -- originate from video games that seem to have emphasize on visuals, stunts, and action more than character development or plot. While there have been some exceptions, like Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, it can get very difficult to juggle action and character development.
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dani3po-1
8 years ago
The Last of Us story has been made in many, many films. I donยดt think itยดs a good idea to adapt it to a movie.
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soundboard86
8 years ago
The Last of Us story has been made in many, many films.
What do you mean? Do you mean the overall concept has been made into movies?
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generalnotsew6501
8 years ago
It is a basic run of the mill zombie apocalypse scenario with a couple of survivors and they often seem to have cure of some sort and they meet others that help along the way. It is a very generic story that has been over and over again. The Last of Us won't do anything new and interesting which is why it will be terrible. But it had not really been in video game in that way before so it worked well there.
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soundboard86
8 years ago
While the overall story is generic, it's the developed relationship between Ellie and Joel that made the game very powerful. It had strong female characters who had flaws, male leads who were vulnerable, and secondary characters who left an enormous impact on both the protagonists and audiences.
The concept itself was definitely not unique nor groundbreaking, but rather the focus on characters. Tell Tale Games' The Walking Dead also left a MASSIVE impact on many players because they put character development front and center, rather than big action pieces and effects.
If writers took on video game adaptations with that approach -- focus on characters and story more than action -- then perhaps adaptations could be better.
That was what I was trying to explain :)
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generalnotsew6501
8 years ago
I just have that feeling that no matter what the focus is critics are going to focus on it just being another end of mankind zombie scenario. Even then it could easily be compared to The Road with the relationship between the man and the boy. Although they are father and son as far as I remember their relationship develops more on their journey in the new world. They need solid writing and pacing more than anything. That seems to be the failure of any video game to movie.
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reaseltbim
8 years ago
The Last of Us story has been made in many, many films
yeah? ok name them then. go on, name at least 10... you probably cant
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RomeoKnight
8 years ago
I haven't even played the game or read about the lore but it definitely sounds like "The Road" (2009). And yes, there is plenty of post-apocalyptic (zombie) survival movies out there, so this "last of us" really doesn't sound original at all.
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