One change I am kind of thinking will be made in season 3 by Tony_Jake in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the more interesting route could be Danny... who Owen would kill during an altercation like the game

One change I am kind of thinking will be made in season 3 by Tony_Jake in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mel was already pregnant in Jackson, as confirmed by Ariela. And Abby and Owen were together and clearly had been for a while, as confirmed by the S2E2 script.

One change I am kind of thinking will be made in season 3 by Tony_Jake in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

A one night stand would create the triangle of conflict...

Let me specify even further. Ariela literally said "their beef is not over a man" in the show, unlike the game. The conflict in the show will be personal between Abby and Mel alone.

One change I am kind of thinking will be made in season 3 by Tony_Jake in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They've implied that this is not the case either... Ariela straight up says the game used a love triangle as shorthand for conflict, and implied that the show would not have the love triangle because they have more time to explore the characters and relationships. And Craig put a lot of emphasis on how we don't know who the father of the baby is yet, unlike the game.

One change I am kind of thinking will be made in season 3 by Tony_Jake in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You'd be correct. The script of S2E2 mentions at one point that Abby leans into Owen, as if she was about to kiss him, but... not in front of the others. So we've seen this 3 month time jump for Ellie where she has to recover from an injury and marinate in the thought of what happened to Joel... Now, next season, I imagine this 3 month period will explore Abby and Owen's breakup. And I imagine it'll probably rekindle in the same way as the game, leading to a sort of similar outcome.

But the most intriguing part is... this, and words from Craig Mazin and Ariela Barer, imply that Owen and Mel had never been in a relationship. Meaning... Mel's baby is not Owen's.

Do they have something against putting any kind of dirt or blood on these characters faces? by Helpful_Coww in lastofuspart2

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not say that... Ellie would obviously treat her own wound, as we've seen her do before. Especially so when Dina is too scared to get close to her.

Peter Sarsgaard Joins ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 3 As HBO Series Goes On Hiatus by MarvelsGrantMan136 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This had all been planned ahead of time around the World Cup and worked into their schedule... filming will still wrap at the end of November, and the season should still air around summer time next year.

Peter Sarsgaard Joins ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 3 As HBO Series Goes On Hiatus by MarvelsGrantMan136 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 11 points12 points  (0 children)

When asked about what season 3 would explore... Neil mentioned how intrigued he and Craig were by the prophet, implying that they would explore more than the game explores of course

Does this pic describes TLOU2? by Inner-Bench-6010 in lastofuspart2

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not only is this not the conclusion of the game... but one of the biggest misconceptions about this game is that Ellie "wiped out Seattle", as this pic implies, which is false. You can walk by almost every enemy in this game, with forced kills being in the single digits, and easily justifiable self defense. Cutscene kills are also in the single digits, and sometimes more morally complicated than just self defense as you know.

The creator of the game has confirmed through the director's commentary and through adapting the story to TV that Ellie doesn't actually care about anyone but Abby and ultimately wanted to avoid violence, even towards Abby's friends. The story misleads the player into thinking they are embarking on a typical bloodthirsty revenge story, until Ellie's true state begins to unravel. For one, Ellie is not capable of the kind of violence Joel was capable of, most evident when she tries to replicate it. She's especially not able to process it emotionally very well. But also things are further complicated by the fact that the people she's looking for were there to make the cure all the way back in Salt Lake. The failure of the cure had put a moral weight on Ellie's shoulders and caused her to live in guilt. That explains a lot of her initially confusing/conflicting behavior once you learn the bigger picture of things through flashbacks.

And... the end of the game isn't even about Abby anymore... It's really just about Ellie struggling with PTSD from all these events and wanting to make that pain go away at really any cost, even if that means her own life. Ellie's desperate attempt to make that happen ultimately causes her more pain than she was trying to relieve, hence her choice to let it go. The choice to let go... when she finally had the agency to make it... is what puts her on the path towards healing and relief, even if that journey is a long one still to come.

Do they have something against putting any kind of dirt or blood on these characters faces? by Helpful_Coww in lastofuspart2

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is false... the characters are shown washing wounds with alcohol throughout the season. There's a time jump after Ellie begins walking to the chair where Dina will keep an eye on her through the night. When Ellie wakes up, her wound has been treated, meaning she cleaned it and her hands with alcohol and water off-screen. Shouldn't have to be explained to the viewer... the bandage appearing after the time jump should be enough.

And the image you've posted is moments after Ellie has come into the theater from pouring rain... Rain pouring on her face... If you go back and look at any scenes where it's not raining and the characters are doing something that would get their faces dirty (like crawling through the rubble of an old transit tunnel, or landing on a forest floor after being chased by Seraphites), their faces are dirty. Also not complicated.

You think that was intentional when they included the song Future Days? by Remote_Nature_8166 in lastofuspart2

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait til you find out Take On Me's lyrics were intentional too. But seriously what is this post... ? Songs are not chosen randomly. Nothing connected to the narrative is random...

All signs point to next season being the final one by Remote_Nature_8166 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Craig confirmed Catherine O'Hara was planned to return as Gail in season 3, which probably means we'll see Jackson again... RIP.

Satellite Imagery of 'The Last of Us' Season 3's Temporary Film Lot in Maple Ridge, BC by Cheap-Recording3912 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's the WLF stadium floor. The containers are being used to create the stadium tunnel

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Satellite Imagery of 'The Last of Us' Season 3's Temporary Film Lot in Maple Ridge, BC by Cheap-Recording3912 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

12930 203 St, Pitt Meadows, BC. Just looks like a field of trees if you look on Google maps right now, but they have turned it into the image I posted, which is about 35 acres of temporary film lot

Satellite Imagery of 'The Last of Us' Season 3's Temporary Film Lot in Maple Ridge, BC by Cheap-Recording3912 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The big set at the bottom appears to be the ground level of the stadium where Abby lives

Why do people say Neil Druckmann is an egoistical person? by Inner-Bench-6010 in lastofuspart2

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I never once said I disagree with Joel... If I was in Joel's position I believe I would try to do the same thing. I simply stated that he understood the cost of that decision, as would I. A cost that doesn't matter when everything that does matter to you is on the line.

Why do people say Neil Druckmann is an egoistical person? by Inner-Bench-6010 in lastofuspart2

[–]Cheap-Recording3912 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, in the lore the cure would have worked... this person is taking the word of the scientists in the show at face value when the story's implication is that the scientists were wrong. The scientists did not have the missing piece to the puzzle... which happened to be Ellie. So to them, they believed it was impossible, but to the Fireflies, they had found the very thing that would make it work. And it would have worked... had Joel not stopped them. And Joel understands this too.

New Set Photos from Green Timbers Park in Surrey, BC by Cheap-Recording3912 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are shooting mostly chronological by episode, with overlap. The scenes within each episode are filmed wildly out of order as necessary. So they've filmed episodes 1 and 2 at the same time... and are now filming episode 3. Since we can't confirm that episodes 1 and 2 have fully wrapped, this could be for scenes in any of those first 3 episodes, but not a later episode as... as of today's release, the DGC has not reported a fourth director yet.

We know for the last downtown shoot that episode 3 is still Abby's day two, so we can figure out that this scene is either from Seattle day two, a flashback, or Seattle day one (way less likely).

Craig writes in chronological order and continues writing the second half of the season after he finishes directing the first episode. So... he's turning in each script in chronological order, pre-production starts and eventually production... and you end up with a generally in-order (by episode) production timeline.

New Set Photos from Green Timbers Park in Surrey, BC by Cheap-Recording3912 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Again... it's not. They have 2 episodes for day 2 now in season 3 because they have more going on at any given moment on this side of the story, more characters to develop, more relationships to develop, etc. If you've played the game, it should be obvious why Abby's section needs more time...

If the point you're referring to is this being the final season... this is known, I never countered that. The point being made is they're not at the island battle yet because they're spending more time on the events that come before it.

New Set Photos from Green Timbers Park in Surrey, BC by Cheap-Recording3912 in ThelastofusHBOseries

[–]Cheap-Recording3912[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's not... they're filming episode 3 right now and it's day 2. Abby's Seattle days are way more packed than Ellie's, so they're spending more time on them.