Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
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The Little Way of Ruthie Leming
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THE LITTLE WAY OF RUTHIE LEMING follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown...
As Bright as Heaven
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In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in...
Blackfish City
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After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of...
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Eat, Live, Thrive, Diet
Danna Demetre and Robyn Thomson
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Ageless (formerly Ageless Woman Living) comes a practical, science-based diet book that unravels the...
Terraformars
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Crew members are injected with various forms DNA to combat giant humanoid cockroaches on Mars. ...
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Peace and Chaos
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A modern-day yin-yang, push-pull of human mind on internet. Internet was supposed to be the...
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David McK (3425 KP) rated The Last of us in TV
Mar 14, 2023
Some are barely recognisable.
This is neither. Based in the video game of the same name by Naughty Dog (as an aside, I actually always preferred their Uncharted games over TLOU), this sticks incredibly closely to the source game, although there are some noticeable differences (particularly in the third episode, which Joel and Elly are barely in).
For this unfamiliar with the game, it is set in the USA after an apocalyptic event that sees those bit turn into zombie-like creatures (note: they're not technically zombies), with Joel (here, played by The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal) hired to accompany Elly on a dangerous cross-country trek, as she is immune to the disease.
Initially distant, along the way he grows closer and closer to Elly, leading to a finale where you're not sure he has done the right thing or not ..
Superbly cast and directed, this is definitely one of the better adaptations I have ever seen. Of course, it helps that the original is also held up as one of the best narrative games ever created ...