Their real-time rendering tech is really at the point where I'd watch a full CG movie from them.
Also, I love Neil Druckmann's candidness. Hope the movie turns out okay, if it really has to happen.
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Neil Druckmann: The Last of Us movie has 'kind of entered development hell'
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Their real-time rendering tech is really at the point where I'd watch a full CG movie from them.
Also, I love Neil Druckmann's candidness. Hope the movie turns out okay, if it really has to happen.
ArkkAngel007
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Logan was rather close to the beats of TLOU(ignoring killer fungus/zombies with attached tropes), and was lauded for the story approach in the genre. Mind you, that was in respect to the genre, and it's not like we're talking Best Picture/Drama nominations. Children of Men was also critically received well. The Road is a bit more detached despite the traveling pair and post-apocalyptic setting, but was similar and an inspiration. Also received well.
So the story really shouldn't be seen as a negative on the film end. Personally, I'd hope it avoided trying to be a 1:1 adaptation, whether it be a more effective style to suit film over game, or something set in that world which is closely related (Joel in Texas, see what happened in the city, relive THAT night, show the journey to being a monster like a cliff note Walter White, end with Ellie and there's the sequel set up that allows breathing room).
Good God no. Wait, people actually like Andrew Lincoln? His accent is terrible!
TetraGenesis
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With Neil having written the film's script, I have more confidence in this being decent than any other adaptation, but I'm still hoping this stays in development hell. The game is perfect and gains nothing from an adaptation.
StrongBlackVine
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Good. I doubt the movie would be any where near as good as the game.
afternoon delight
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It and the Metal Gear Solid movie are gonna be great!
lmao after all that money and ad campaigning I completely forgot this existed, hahahaha
I feel both those movies borrowed from TLOU. Apes visually for sure.
You're fucking clueless.
visiblemode
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Seriously. She's 30 years old. Ellie is a young teen.
Josh Brolin for Joel. Ellie, I dunno. I'd heard talk of Maisie Williams, who I like for the part, but as time goes by is aging out of the part completely.
WordAssassin
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I think it because it has moments like Ish's story to fill in the blanks of this not-so original main story. You just can't pull off all the character development and world building that Last of Us has to offer and put it into a 2 hour movie.
Damn I still get chills thinking about it.
Holy shit uh, is that from Last of Us?
I haven't played it yet (despite wanting to, and owning the remaster on PS4 for ages) but wow that image is really.. fuck. That fucked me up right there. Damn. I bet if I'd been playing and came across that I would have cried or something, even just imagining the setting and circumstances to finding something like that is getting to me.
Getting my taxes in on time got me shook as fuck right now apparently I can't even deal with a video game screen
FireBeaver
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It's probably better that it never releases rather than it comes out and tarnishes the brand.
I think Justin Theroux would make a good fit for Joel.
Dude, what was that grave digging all of a sudden. The thread is almost a year old. D:
Well, since the thread is alive again:
After seeing Logan and it not meeting my expectations at all (yeh, there were some good moments here and there, but there was a lot of shallow hollywood bullshit still, specially on the second half of the movie), I hope this Last of Us movie come out, and hope for it to be good.
Not really. It regularly takes half a decade or more for adaptations to reach fruition. Dev hell should probably be reserved for the Duke Nukem Forevers of production histories. That said, given the amount of time since the OP, it's probably safe to say it's dead. Game adaptations seem only valuable for their "that's what the kids like these days?" impact on film execs. So this will funnel in alongside stuff like the BioShock movie in "never happening" territory. Unless Last of Us 2 does crazy numbers.
brickarts295
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Holy shit uh, is that from Last of Us?
I haven't played it yet (despite wanting to, and owning the remaster on PS4 for ages) but wow that image is really.. fuck. That fucked me up right there. Damn. I bet if I'd been playing and came across that I would have cried or something, even just imagining the setting and circumstances to finding something like that is getting to me.
Getting my taxes in on time got me shook as fuck right now apparently I can't even deal with a video game screen
I am actually surprised you missed it. Then again a lot of what makes this whole scenario hit you in the feels is finding the Ish's diary notes that serve as context for the whole sewer level. It was a legit good piece of environmental storytelling. I hope TLOU 2 has more.
Holy shit uh, is that from Last of Us?
I haven't played it yet (despite wanting to, and owning the remaster on PS4 for ages) but wow that image is really.. fuck. That fucked me up right there. Damn. I bet if I'd been playing and came across that I would have cried or something, even just imagining the setting and circumstances to finding something like that is getting to me.
Getting my taxes in on time got me shook as fuck right now apparently I can't even deal with a video game screen
Oh man, just wait til you find out the story behind it.
Inceptional
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Sony couldn't make a good movie to save their life so this is probably a good thing.
PhantomVash808
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Thank God. I hope it never becomes a film. It doesn't need to be.
Spacecowboy77
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Good
Logan pretty much took a lot of inspiration from the Last of Us at least from my watch of it.
Of course some film buff will tell me that Last of us actually is a copy of another film.
But what it means is that the average cinema goer will think that The Last of Us is a cheap rip off of Logan.
Of course some film buff will tell me that Last of us actually is a copy of another film.
But what it means is that the average cinema goer will think that The Last of Us is a cheap rip off of Logan.
Hugh jackman will make a fantastic Joel judging from Logan.
jediyoshi
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Tell us more about the cinema on your planet.
Lord of Castamere
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More so, The Last of Us took a lot of inspiration from the genre. The director claimed to not know what the Last of Us was before filming. Honestly, I believe him. Patterns can be found in anything, if you want them to see them.
I think Justin Theroux would make a good fit for Joel.
Isn't this like a huge necro, mods? No real news here.
The Last of Us has a better story than 90+% of modern movies out there lol.
Nightengale
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Neil wears his love of TLoU too overtly on his sleeve.
When he said he was writing the script for the movie while co-directing Uncharted 4...
When he occasionally drops tweets about how much he misses that universe during UC4 development...
You could tell he was so, so, so, eager to get to work on a new TLoU game.
When he said he was writing the script for the movie while co-directing Uncharted 4...
When he occasionally drops tweets about how much he misses that universe during UC4 development...
You could tell he was so, so, so, eager to get to work on a new TLoU game.
WordAssassin
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Oh I haven't played it at all. Not super concerned about it being a spoiler because I have absolutely no context at all and I'm sure if it starts to dawn on me when I do play it that I'm in that area I'm gonna get messed up
I've been putting off playing it because I SUCK at scary games, is this damn thing gonna make me cry too!?
well, he (the dev team?) seems to be really into interactive story telling, the TLOU lends itself much better for that sort of approach.
also UC4 was very likely an order from Sony higher ups, he may like both series equally but when forced to work and develop on one of them, that has to change your appreciation of it
It's getting harder to pass her as a 14 years old with every delay, tbh.
Lord of Castamere
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If James Franco can play a teenager in his 30's then so can Ellen Page. Equality.
SolidChamp
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I agree that this could only end up being "meh" and pale in comparison to the impact the game had.
I know it wouldn't work for me without the performances that brought those characters to life in the first place.
It just would NOT be the same.
I know it wouldn't work for me without the performances that brought those characters to life in the first place.
It just would NOT be the same.
It's better at that than being scary. Not much of a horror game.
xrnzaaas
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With the right makeup and clothes she can still pass as an underage girl. ;p
Bioshocker
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Hell yeah!
But honestly, I'd rather they didn't do a movie at all. Just let The Last of Us be the amazing experience it is as a game. A movie would never get close.
Triggerhappytel
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Yeah; last year saw Assassin's Creed and Warcraft (I quite liked Warcraft but it wasn't a good movie). I wouldn't be surprised if video game movies are put on the back burner for a while.
If you're referring specifically to the plot, I think people "worship" it more for the storytelling than the actual story itself. It has good pacing, good dialogue, characters with depth and extremely good voice acting. The plot itself is relatively humdrum.
"A few thousand video game enthusiasts". Lol. Sure thing bud; it's only sold about 10 million copies and is one of the most celebrated games of all time (95% MC, both versions).
Lord of Castamere
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You're right. It would work way better on Netflix.
Season 1: Joel and Tommy Raider Brothers + Joel Backstory + intro to Ellie
Season 2: Joel and Tess Enforcers + Left Behind Backstory
Season 3: Escape from Boston
Season 4-5: Bills town -> ECU
Season 6: Winter -> End
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