The Last of Us (2023)
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
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What critics say influenced The Last of Us
Comparisons will easily be made to “The Red Wedding” episode of Game of Thrones, but that was a show with a wider ensemble, and the deaths there were smaller pieces in a larger puzzle.
It’s partially an ode to The Lord of the Rings’ Helms Deep sequence (plus some Hardhome from Game of Thrones)…
It was all around excellent TV that ranks right alongside the best episodes of zeitgeist action/drama shows like Lost, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.
There have been cases – Game of Thrones and Blake’s 7 among them – where a lead has been unexpectedly written out, and the focus shifted to other characters.
It's similar to how some fans were displeased at the shorter seasons near the end of "Game of Thrones," but just like for that great show, if Mazin & Druckmann only need a certain number of episodes to tell this part of the story…
Stranger Things and Game of Thrones have proven that high-end productions can meld with sci-fi and fantasy…
It’s easy to lump The Last of Us and The Walking Dead in the same conversation. Both work within the same genre, and both shows often highlight the work in humanity once all the guardrails of society are gone.
Zombies are never just zombies. They’re metaphors for disease, as in World War Z, or for infectious emotional states like panic and fear, as in The Walking Dead.
It was all around excellent TV that ranks right alongside the best episodes of zeitgeist action/drama shows like Lost, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.
I found this sequence particularly affecting, its blood- and flame-soaked design conjuring up memories of Kill List and Apostle.
At its best, the atmosphere sparks images of Ben Wheatley's thriller-come-folk horror masterpiece, Kill List, as it merges modern architecture with thoroughly medieval, violent practices…
…the second most that year behind "Succession"…
…it will spread and provoke discussion, much like Game of Thrones, Succession, The Sopranos, and the other classic HBO shows…
Other shows produced by them include Game of Thrones, Chernobyl, True Detective,The Wire,Watchmen,Succession…
Mark Mylod of Succession fame (and seemingly HBO’s go-to pair of hands when it comes to an episode ticking down to a father’s death)…
The Succession and The Menu director has already signed on to run HBO’s Harry Potter adaptation, and “Through the Valley” shows why that is a wise decision.
Mark Mylod, a veteran of Game of Thrones, Succession, and many other series, directs this episode.
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What should feel like Martin Sheen's long ordeal in Apocalypse Now is presented more like a whistlestop tour of Seattle landmarks.
Whether it’s Super Mario or Silent Hill, there’s been an uphill battle to get an adaptation of the video games we love that are of the same quality.
Zombies are never just zombies. They’re metaphors for disease, as in World War Z, or for infectious emotional states like panic and fear, as in The Walking Dead.
Not since the artful grotesqueries of Hannibal has such a startlingly gnarly image graced the TV screen.
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…it will spread and provoke discussion, much like Game of Thrones, Succession, The Sopranos, and the other classic HBO shows…
It’s an understated death for a Pantoliano character, particularly one featured on an HBO show. (No spoilers, but fans of another HBO series will get that reference.)
There have been cases – Game of Thrones and Blake’s 7 among them – where a lead has been unexpectedly written out, and the focus shifted to other characters.