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I guess I don't mind the actress playing Ellie?  She certainly is not attractive, so I guess people are bumping their head on that.  I think she is doing a pretty good job.  She was badass in GoT. 

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Huh, I  didn't see that coming.

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I had picked up through the ether that the 2nd game was...divisive but had avoided any specific spoilers.  I deliberately bookfagged it up in anticipation of the GOT show so I guess this was my version of the Ned Stark experience.  I'll agree with others that it's hard to see the show continue on without Pascal but we'll see I guess.

The battle sequence was pretty badass.  The mushroom king being able to walk through a flamethrower but die just in time was dumb though.  And I'm not sure I bought those textbook form tackles by the mushroom-seeking german shepherds 

 

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We don’t need to spoil discussion about the episode after it’s aired. If you haven’t seen the latest episode, stay the fuck out of the thread. 
 

Only spoiler tag actual gamefag spoilers. 

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Just guessing, but I think we're going to see a standalone flashback episode with Catherine O'Haras character and her husband, Eugene. Similar to the Frank and Bill episode from season 1.

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For those of you upset with the plot development, I'll just say that I was pretty pissed as well on my first play through of the game. Ended up liking the 2nd game more than the first. Although I get that it was polarizing and not all share my opinion. 

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I mean, he pretty much deserved that. Surprising for sure, but I didn’t feel too bad about it.

I have loved Kaitlyn Devers since Justified. She’s a great actress.

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2 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said:

I guess I don't mind the actress playing Ellie?  She certainly is not attractive, so I guess people are bumping their head on that.  I think she is doing a pretty good job.  She was badass in GoT. 

My issue with her casting isn't with her attractiveness or acting, rather the believability when she inevitably starts killing folks left and right.

She was great in Season 1 and totally believable as a mature for age, smart-mouthed 14 year old.

But now her anger and rage has to carry the show, and it's almost impossible to see her as anything other than a little girl. The toned Abby way, way down from the game version probably to make their rivalry more "fair".

That said, the list of actresses that could believably portray a middle schooler and Terminator 2 Linda Hamilton within two calendar years is probably non-existent.

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1 hour ago, Foosters said:

Just guessing, but I think we're going to see a standalone flashback episode with Catherine O'Haras character and her husband, Eugene. Similar to the Frank and Bill episode from season 1.

Yep. I put the over/under at 2.5 for how many more episodes a living, breathing Pascal will appear in.

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On 4/20/2025 at 2:32 PM, Baboontyme said:

I'll be that guy. I like Ellie and fuck Joel. You expect her to kiss his ass for 'saving' her? She knows. 

Is Ellie the worst character ever? 

Possibly 

Is Baboontyme the dumbest poster on Surly? 

Possibly 

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2 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Is Ellie the worst character ever? 

Possibly 

Is Baboontyme the dumbest poster on Surly? 

Possibly 

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But can you please elaborate? Is there really a crowd of Joel worshippers out there, even after his murderous rampage of innocent people who were trying to save humanity? All because Ellie has a forehead that you could fit an aircraft carrier on?

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27 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

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But can you please elaborate? Is there really a crowd of Joel worshippers out there, even after his murderous rampage of innocent people who were trying to save humanity? All because Ellie has a forehead that you could fit an aircraft carrier on?

It doesn't make any sense in the show, but in the 1st game she was a pretty little non-potato girl that reminded him of his daughter.

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2 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

It doesn't make any sense in the show, but in the 1st game she was a pretty little non-potato girl that reminded him of his daughter.

Fair. I got hooked into the show with the intro in the pilot and then bought the game because I was liking the show. I actually stopped playing the game because it was spoiler tagging the show. 

She does look like a potato. But I think she's a pretty good actor and liked her in Thrones, too. 

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11 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

Fair. I got hooked into the show with the intro in the pilot and then bought the game because I was liking the show. I actually stopped playing the game because it was spoiler tagging the show. 

She does look like a potato. But I think she's a pretty good actor and liked her in Thrones, too. 

I don't think anyone is complaining about her acting skills, its more:

  1. She is extremely unattractive and doesn't look anything like the character in the first game.
  2. For Season 2, she continues to be extremely unattractive and looks nothing like the character in the 2nd game.
  3. The producers of this show were very aware that a lot of viewers were unhappy about casting her. They could easily have recast her role for the 2nd season; instead they said Fuck You to anyone that doesn't like her, we're bringing her back.
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On 4/15/2025 at 9:11 AM, faps said:

And that group of zoomers at the beginning were not intimidating in any way, rough acting too. I haven't played any of the games, so maybe it gets better.

this aged well lol

On 4/20/2025 at 8:37 PM, HornOnTheBayou said:

 

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HBO has killed off major characters before. See Stark, Ned. But this one has me scratching my head. Why am I still watching if Joel is dead?

 

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exactly. i don't even like Ellie, and i now hate this new chick, i'm not emotionally invested in Tommy or anybody else, and i've seen zombies before... what's the point now??

 

23 hours ago, aggie08 said:
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I don't know how the game handles it, but "Oh just shut the fuck up and do it already" is a pretty perfect sendoff.

 

i had just uttered the same phrase when he said it 😄

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20 hours ago, 6th Street said:
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So the rest of the show is now the potato going around looking for the other girl to avenge his death? Terrible. Pedro Pascal is the only reason people watch this show.

 

If only they’d completely changed the source material that got people watching in the first place 😩😩

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7 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

I don't think anyone is complaining about her acting skills, its more:

  1. She is extremely unattractive and doesn't look anything like the character in the first game.
  2. For Season 2, she continues to be extremely unattractive and looks nothing like the character in the 2nd game.
  3. The producers of this show were very aware that a lot of viewers were unhappy about casting her. They could easily have recast her role for the 2nd season; instead they said Fuck You to anyone that doesn't like her, we're bringing her back.

Are you serious about #3? Fine; you don’t find her attractive.  Do you really live in a world where you thought recasting Ellie was even a remote possibility?

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8 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

I don't think anyone is complaining about her acting skills, its more:

  1. She is extremely unattractive and doesn't look anything like the character in the first game.
  2. For Season 2, she continues to be extremely unattractive and looks nothing like the character in the 2nd game.
  3. The producers of this show were very aware that a lot of viewers were unhappy about casting her. They could easily have recast her role for the 2nd season; instead they said Fuck You to anyone that doesn't like her, we're bringing her back.

“The 19 year old girl is not as attractive as her teenage video game character” has to land in the top 5 of incel/dweeb crossover posts on Surly. Well done

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6 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

“The 19 year old girl is not as attractive as her teenage video game character” has to land in the top 5 of incel/dweeb crossover posts on Surly. Well done

It's really even worse than that, given that same character was a child in the previous season. 

I never understood Gamergate at the time, but I'm starting to get it now. 

Fucking weirdos. 

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