It seems...cathartic for people who hated the game's story to see all this shit happen all over again.
Really, this made me appreciate the game in a way I didn't back then.
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I took issue with Abby and Ellie never knowing exactly why their fathers were killed and said it was a big omission in the story connecting them both, but really...It's basic show, don't tell as the Shows insistence on spelling everything out to the person, and thus the viewer makes me realize how unnecessary it all was. In this world, murdering each other for less isn't out of the question, and as ellie herself admits, Joel had alot of enemies.
Ellie's selfish pursuit of revenge was butchered, and softened her up to the clear detriment of the story - The earlier episodes come across as a field trip rom com rather than a grieving woman's descent into the poisoning revenge brings. Can't get over her being happy about Dina being pregnant in the show when in the game she was pissed off calling her a burden. Further, Dina is the one pressing Ellie on in the show.
I still say ellie was badly miscast as she still looks...too young. That said...fuck the assholes going after the actress' looks. Fucking bullies/youtube whores need to grow up as that came off as bullying for as i'm concerned. It's just if there was ever a time to justify her casting, it's in the events of part 2, and whether it was the writing, or casting, she failed to me. Dream casting was always ellen/elliott page, but iirc, there was a lawsuit where he accused them of stealing his likeness back in the day.
What needs to be praised in season 2 is the set designs -OMFG They put real effort in recreating everything from the game, and even throwing Easter eggs like a triangle when ellie grabbed something.
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N.P.C.C. (Nintendo Porn Company Conspiracy) If it exist...There isn't enough of it!The truth is out there!