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What ‘The Last of Us’ means for TV

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The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

HBO’s new show “The Last of Us,” which is based on a 2013 video game, has won acclaim from critics and gamers alike for its unusual twist on a zombie story. Gene Park joins us to explain why the show has resonated with viewers.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I see that by Mark, they won't think it through, they'll just shoot you.

0:07.9

Rule three, you do what I say when I say it.

0:11.0

Are we clear?

0:12.0

Yes.

0:13.0

Repeated.

0:14.0

What you say goes.

0:18.8

For the past few weeks, millions of people have spent their weekend evenings glued to

0:23.0

the last of us on HBO, the next episode premieres tonight.

0:27.3

I've actually watched every single TV and film adaptation of any video game ever.

0:32.7

Gene Park reports on video games for the post.

0:35.9

The last of us is easily the most faithful adaptation in terms of how much it hues closely

0:41.1

to the game script and what happens in the game.

0:44.0

No other video game TV or film adaptation does anything that one-to-one than the HBO's

0:49.6

latest does.

0:53.0

As a TV show, the last of us has won critical acclaim, and critics and viewers have praised

0:58.1

the performances of the lead actor's Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey along with the show's

1:03.1

story.

1:04.1

But while a lot of people are hearing about the last of us for the first time as a TV

1:08.3

show, Gene has been in love with the story since it was first released as a video game almost

1:13.7

10 years ago.

1:15.2

The real trick of the last of us is that it makes you think it's a zombie show and it's

1:19.2

actually a very, very emotional and melodramatic drama.

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