HBO's "The Last of Us" and The Curse of Video Game Adaptations

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🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Will HBO's latest show break the curse of failed video game adaptations?

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0:00.0	You're listening to The On The Media Podcast, Extra.
0:02.4	I'm Michael Lonescher.
0:04.2	This week, we're looking at a forthcoming HBO show
0:07.0	called The Last of Us.
0:08.7	It's about two strangers who end up
0:11.1	on a perilous journey together
0:13.0	as they navigate a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic America.
0:18.1	If you don't think it's hope for the world,
0:21.7	where are they going on?
0:23.4	Keep going for family.
0:27.2	I'm not family.
0:28.3	No.
0:30.0	Your car go.
0:32.1	The show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey
0:35.2	is based on a hit video game of the same name.
0:38.6	Combine that with the big appetite for Doomsday Storylines,
0:42.0	and you'd think this would be a safe bet for HBO.
0:45.1	And yet, early reviews of The Last of Us
0:47.7	have elicited a bit of surprise across the internet.
0:51.0	Reviews and reactions for this thing are outstanding.
0:54.6	Critics are calling it the best video game adaptation
0:57.5	ever made, not that that's saying that much.
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