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the last of us He’s chasing everyone. Mostly because the first season of the HBO series Juggernaut ended on Sunday, leading to a long, arduous wait for a second season. But also because the last of us It’s really sad. The series begins with him watching his son die, and shooting his way through a makeshift hospital to prevent another child from suffering the same fate. In between, everyone died or killed (or ate), and some gay gardening in the short term, there were a few odysseys to fun.
And really, while online games have condemned the show’s dour denunciation, that was the point.
Look, I understand why curling up on the couch to stare at a big pile of crap isn’t everyone’s favorite thing to do. Banks are collapsing, Joe Exotic wants to run for president – double your horror on Sunday the last of us It is not a choice that everyone wants to make. But this is not a flaw of the show or the story. It is a matter of choice.
Also, the darkness, the last of us It remains a form of escapism. As bad as it is, it’s still a novel – to some extent to give viewers a chance to think about something other than the worst novel about the pandemic currently raging. Of course, it makes you wonder what happens when humanity decides the only way to save more people is to slaughter more people.
in other words, the last of us He does not trade in darkness for darkness’ sake. It’s not a DC Comics movie trying to be a villain. Not even. Squid gameIt was more pessimistic in its “Oh yeah, that might be.” As it stands now, the world is not overrun by a zombie fungus, but full of people who will do anything to stay alive and/or make money. If anything, the last of us This is an example of what can happen when that happens. Cordyceps Fungus is often introduced to a place that gives strong individuality to the community.
Yes, maybe there are screenwriters who suggest they inject Neil Druckman and Craig Mazin with a little emotional sedation. But if you believe, as Vulture’s Roxana Hadady does, that the last of us It is a commentary on the many flaws in American exceptionalism, from which those looking for a glimmer of hope are left in the dark.
It all came to a head in Sunday’s final. In the final moments, Joel (Pedro Pascal) learns that the fireflies might kill Ellie (Bella Ramsey) while trying to find a cure. Cordyceps Fungus. He shot almost all the fireflies to save her. Some people argue that he went too far by killing many people to save one; Others feel that the action is justified. But the point is not to know whether it is “right” or “wrong.” The point is — as my colleague Adrian So pointed out on Slack this week — that a society that kills a child to save itself is probably not worth saving. Ursula K. Anyone who has read LeGuin’s “Far From Omelas” knows this.
In the end, it doesn’t matter whether Joel is a hero or a villain. The main thing is what the actions reflect. As Haddadi said, “the last of us It paints a picture of American identity that is inconsistent with dramatic change. By the time of the epidemic, all the selfishness and individualism of the country had turned into something more dangerous than before. It’s dark, but it feels that way because it’s familiar.
