Comment on The Last of Us will most likely last 4 seasons
RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I expect a nosedive in quality when they run out of source material story to go off of in Game of Thrones fashion.
I understand the knee jerk reaction with GOT in hindsight, but I doubt they would extend much beyond the game’s end. I think it’s more about filling out the story with more of the world.
If you think about where this season has gone and where the focus has been, you might infer how season three will be written, and where that might end under the assumption there is a fourth season. We just don’t know yet.
Also there seems to be a lot of factions stuff being set up that might fill out 3 & 4.
I was just thinking after last night’s episode they weren’t going to be able to cover all of the source material with just a third season anyway.
So I haven’t played the games and don’t know where the story is heading, but one key difference is that the creator of game story is heavily involved in the TV series. For Game of Thrones George RR Martin was also heavily involved in the earlier seasons, only really departing after several major changes over several seasons.
Additionally, as I understand, each Last of Us game tells a complete story. So unlike Game of Thrones which was constantly building, the Last of Us ends. Not to say someone couldn’t write more story, but the main story reaches an ending.
I think if the series tries to stretch faaaaar beyond the games, you might be right. Of course maybe the story for Last of Us 3 already exists, so who knows.
I bet Neil has ideas for a third game, but I doubt he’d want the show to tell that story before the game did. I could be wrong, though. Maybe he’s good with not making a third game, but co-writing with Craig.
IIRC they also have content they cut (like the Jackson stuff), so maybe there’s more material already sitting around.
I’m just glad they dont go the Walking Dead way … Filling 12 seasons with serial micro-society (villages, groups) showing how dysfunctional they are.
I take it you didn’t read the article?
The showrunners have said that they won’t go beyond the source material, so once they’ve told the story of The Last of Us Part II video game, that’s it.
Praxinoscope@lemm.ee 1 week ago
The Nick Offerman episode wasn’t from the game and is widely regarded as one of the best parts of the show.
kandoh@reddthat.com 1 week ago
True, and the Arya and Tywin banter wasn’t in GoT either and that was one of the best parts of the show.
Still had a quality nosedive though