The Last of Us coming to HBO

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Fast forwarding through the guys kissing and Frank wheelchair bound from HIV were both legit laugh out loud moments. Jesus christ 

Indeed.

[DDD Dad 14570]

5 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Fast forwarding through the guys kissing and Frank wheelchair bound from HIV were both legit laugh out loud moments. Jesus christ 

Wut?

they were together for like 17 years before he became wheelchair bound. 
How could that be HIV?

Edited February 4, 2023 by DDD Dad

[Firemans4Horn 18498]

27 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

Wut?

they were together for like 17 years before he became wheelchair bound. 
How could that be HIV?

someone earlier in this thread guessed that was what Frank’s illness was. 

[Augustus 3061]

At first I thought it was something like muscular dystrophy or ALS or MS, but then I recalled that he was in a lot of pain, so it seems cancer is the most likely culprit.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Augustus

[Haphap 742]

43 minutes ago, Augustus said:

At first I thought it was something like muscular dystrophy or ALS or MS, but then I recalled that he was in a lot of pain, so it seems cancer is the most likely culprit.

in the official podcast, Craig Mazin mentioned that it is some kind of degenerative neuromuscular disorder

[Herpa Derpa 6312]

Fun look at game easter eggs in the show.

https://ew.com/tv/the-last-of-us-easter-eggs/

Edited February 4, 2023 by Herpa Derpa

[Buzzrock 15115]

Man she looks so much like Thandie in that pic.

[Macanudo 13252]

Agreeing with everybody on Ep3.   That was fantastic.   

I'm not familiar with the game at all but am really enjoying the show.   Great casting, even Ellie. 

[Xminus6 839]

On 2/1/2023 at 12:32 PM, hayden_horn said:

i sure feel like 99 degrees on the thermometer is "warm" for my sons. when i take my temp with the digital forehead thing, i'm never above 98. usually something like 97.2. so i assume anything 2 degrees higher than me is a fever, even though i probably run cold.

I listened to a podcast about this. The “normal” body temperature is based on almost no science at all. It was derived from a very small sample size without any real variables introduced.

It was codified into our collective consciousness because thermometer makers wanted to give people reasons to buy thermometers. They picked a number that someone gave them based on some cursory research and it became the known body temperature. 
 

Found it:

<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="130" width="100%" src="https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/wnycstudios/#file=/audio/json/1105854/&share=1"></iframe>

Edited February 5, 2023 by Xminus6

[Xminus6 839]

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/kleptotherms/.org/story/kleptotherms/

[Xminus6 839]

On 2/2/2023 at 4:14 AM, Bateshorn said:

The Magicians did an episode called “A life in a day” where two characters are trapped in a pocket world and build an entire life and death together.  It was also similarly very touching and well done. 

I thought about that episode after watching episode 3 last week. 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 692]

8 hours ago, Xminus6 said:

I thought about that episode after watching episode 3 last week. 

Same.  Magicians did it better. 

[Radical Larry 28814]

The Magicians did an episode called “A life in a day” where two characters are trapped in a pocket world and build an entire life and death together.  It was also similarly very touching and well done. 

That was a fantastic episode.

[APMP 688]

So. Good.

[LCHorn 2749]

2 hours ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

Same.  Magicians did it better. 

 

 

2 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

That was a fantastic episode.

 

Just wanted to echo this; I only found the series (The Magicians) a "B" effort but that episode was amazing and elevated the whole series. 

[futureman 22664]

this is the best version.  sorry, Linda. 

[Texzilla58 4778]

My only issue with S3 was the end. If I’m leaving in the S10, I’m loading up more guns, grenades, ammo, food for the ride.

[futureman 22664]

did bill have an oil refinery?  how does he have viable gasoline 20 years after social collapse?

[wild_turkey 3279]

Maybe he made biodiesel, I dunno.

I wonder about little details like that but as long as the story is told well, I can let it slide.

[futureman 22664]

yeah I’m only half serious but still that shit is mildly annoying just because driving a gasoline powered vehicle shouldn’t be a thing 20 years into the apocalypse.  but biodiesel is a good thought. 

[Texzilla58 4778]

did bill have an oil refinery?  how does he have viable gasoline 20 years after social collapse?

There have been references “there’s plenty of gas around if you know where to look”. They are using the concept that fuel doesn’t go bad. It would be varnish in all the old cars and gas stations.

[Macanudo 13252]

4 hours ago, futureman said:

yeah I’m only half serious but still that shit is mildly annoying just because driving a gasoline powered vehicle shouldn’t be a thing 20 years into the apocalypse.  but biodiesel is a good thought. 

It's piss.

[mdleast 8491]

What this show presupposes is: maybe it isn’t?

[futureman 22664]

when is episode 4 available on hbo max?

[Bojack 2087]

@Poe It Up, you'll want to skip over 7:00-8:00 of the new episode. Lady Mormont finds a gay porn magazine in Bill's truck.  

[Poe It Up 126]

46 minutes ago, Bojack said:

@Poe It Up, you'll want to skip over 7:00-8:00 of the new episode. Lady Mormont finds a gay porn magazine in Bill's truck.  

Thanks, I definitely will. 

[Js1 86923]

Next week’s episode will drop on Friday bc of the Super Bowl if you want to watch it earlier 

[bernorange 8385]

2 hours ago, futureman said:

when is episode 4 available on hbo max?

Episodes usually drop at 9pm ET.

[Bojack 2087]

1 minute ago, Poe It Up said:

Thanks, I definitely will. 

You're welcome. Just looking after your delicate sensibilities.

Poe, she said the pages were stuck together. You understand what she meant? Bill was jacking it and jizzing on the photos of naked dudes, Poe. Might have even been gay sex acts in the magazine. It wasn't clear. 

[bernorange 8385]

Tonights episode was more straightforward storytelling and I thought it did a good job of developing Joel's and Ellie's relationship.  I love how most characters in this show are complex people with believable personas that aren't one dimensional caricatures.

[Poe It Up 126]

11 minutes ago, Bojack said:

You're welcome. Just looking after your delicate sensibilities.

Poe, she said the pages were stuck together. You understand what she meant? Bill was jacking it and jizzing on the photos of naked dudes, Poe. Might have even been gay sex acts in the magazine. It wasn't clear. 

Are these magazines from when he was a kid? Because a 40 year old jacking off in his truck and blowing his load on the magazine is very creepy. 

[NAVY 6910]

I’m impressed. Love the game. Show runners are definitely adding to the story in a great way.  No longer worried about TLoU being ruined. 

[wild_turkey 3279]

Episodes usually drop at 9pm ET.

Otherwise known as 8 pm since this is a University of Texas message board.

[Dahobbs 18181]

1 hour ago, Poe It Up said:

Are these magazines from when he was a kid? Because a 40 year old jacking off in his truck and blowing his load on the magazine is very creepy. 

I mean, it was a post apocalyptic wasteland and he was by himself for years. 

[bschoolprof 6335]

Going through major metros on the way to Wyoming seems like bad idea jeans.  Kansas city is a bit too far south to go anyway.  There are many different ways to cut around major cities and still hit decent sized towns to scavenge for gas. 

[futureman 22664]

who is in charge of casting?  why is there a stupid fat shaky-voiced dumb cunt running a military outfit in kansas city?  if you feel compelled to cast a woman at least choose one that makes a lick of sense.  for fuck's sake.

[gofuckyourself 8939]

What annoys the shit out of me on this any zombie post-apocalyptic schlock is the stupidity of "welp this massively traveled highway is blocked at the tunnel by an 18-wheeler so now we have to double back 25 miles and find some incredibly narrow path through an incredibly dangerous cityscape" and oh gee whillickers we done got ambushed. Ayuck.

Or maybe like back up 200 yards and drive off the access road a little and you're back on your original fucking clear-as-day path you dumb fucking shits.

Edited February 6, 2023 by gofuckyourself

[Texzilla58 4778]

Going through major metros on the way to Wyoming seems like bad idea jeans.  Kansas city is a bit too far south to go anyway.  There are many different ways to cut around major cities and still hit decent sized towns to scavenge for gas. 

I told my wife that taking interstates was dumb as cities are going to be problems. I’d be going on U.S. highways and fm roads around cities and towns, and scouting routes across the Mississippi

[bernorange 8385]

7 hours ago, futureman said:

... why is there a stupid fat shaky-voiced dumb cunt running a military outfit in kansas city?  ...

Maybe she just ate anyone who challenged her.  /jk

7 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

... "welp this massively traveled highway is blocked at the tunnel by an 18-wheeler so now we have to double back 25 miles and find some incredibly narrow path through an incredibly dangerous cityscape" and oh gee whillickers we done got ambushed. Ayuck.

Or maybe like back up 200 yards and drive off the access road a little and you're back on your original fucking clear-as-day path you dumb fucking shits.

There were broken vehicles lining both sides of the road that prevented them from just going off road to the service road.  They were in a small truck, not a Monster truck.  Presumably, they went back as far as they had to to find a way off the main highway.  Presumably, the feeder road (and other roads) was (were) blocked at some point(s) to funnel incoming traffic into a trap/killzone.

[Js1 86923]

7 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

What annoys the shit out of me on this any zombie post-apocalyptic schlock is the stupidity of "welp this massively traveled highway is blocked at the tunnel by an 18-wheeler so now we have to double back 25 miles and find some incredibly narrow path through an incredibly dangerous cityscape" and oh gee whillickers we done got ambushed. Ayuck.

Or maybe like back up 200 yards and drive off the access road a little and you're back on your original fucking clear-as-day path you dumb fucking shits.

Sounds like the most boring and unrealistic video game ever created 

[wild_turkey 3279]

Having played the game a little bit now, I appreciate certain elements of the show that are a direct reflection of the game:

-Walking across a plank to cross between buildings
-Needing Ellie to crawl through a small space to unlock a door from the other side
-Trying to go a certain direction only to have the path blocked and needing to find an alternate route

Agree that it seems stupid to go through downtown Kansas City, but maybe that was their least bad option at the time. It’s implied that it wasn’t their first choice. It could also be directly from the game (I haven’t played that far) so maybe they are trying to stick to that part of the story.

I appreciated Joel explaining that gas isn’t very good after 20 years, so at least the writers acknowledge what is often a plot hole in these types of dystopian future stories.

[bernorange 8385]

17 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Sounds like the most boring and unrealistic video game ever created 

 

[seven 1368]

As a KC resident I was geeking out with all the KC shots. We don't get much media filming here. 

Also I was excited to see Melanie Lynskey, I didn't know she was in this. Of course futureman has to go full incel about her. 

[Dahobbs 18181]

10 hours ago, futureman said:

who is in charge of casting?  why is there a stupid fat shaky-voiced dumb cunt running a military outfit in kansas city? 

We'll find out, won't we? They already alluded that something happened with her brother. Weird thing to be hung up on. 

[RPM 26558]

The casting on this has been off the chart good. I've spotted a few background errors that I attribute to the original game story. One scene was straight out of a video game sequence when she inventoried her backpack, she had food, water, flashlight and a med kit. A little disappointed Joel couldn't figure out how to get past a blocked overpass without going downtown.

[futureman 22664]

finding a strong female presence isn’t hard.  she isn’t that.  she’d be a great actress for soccer mom baking cookies, not leading a large band of murderous meatheads.  it was a poor casting choice.  period. 

[RPM 26558]

Tell me you haven't seen Yellowjackets without telling me you haven't seen Yellowjackets.

[futureman 22664]

2 hours ago, seven said:

As a KC resident I was geeking out with all the KC shots. We don't get much media filming here. 

“all the KC shots”… outside of a few road signs that whole sequence was shot in Calgary, pal. 

[Js1 86923]

6 minutes ago, futureman said:

finding a strong female presence isn’t hard.  she isn’t that.  she’d be a great actress for soccer mom baking cookies, not leading a large band of murderous meatheads.  it was a poor casting choice.  period. 

It's been one fucking episode we've seen her, you jackass.  

Jesus Christ.  Go fist yourself some more. 

[futureman 22664]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It's been one fucking episode we've seen her, you jackass.  

Jesus Christ.  Go fist yourself some more. 

poor casting choice.  PERIOD.