When You're Lost in the Darkness
- El episodio se transmitió el 15 ene 2023
- C
- 1h 21min
La vida de Joel da un giro dramático en mitad del pánico provocado por eventos apocalípticos.La vida de Joel da un giro dramático en mitad del pánico provocado por eventos apocalípticos.La vida de Joel da un giro dramático en mitad del pánico provocado por eventos apocalípticos.
Opiniones destacadas
Pedro and Bella do an amazing job of both staying true to the characters and putting their own spin on them. The story is soo faithful to the game, yet brings more depth and detail which was amazing and Mazin brings his usual mastery of perspective and tension.
So far, this might be the best adaption I've ever seen and I can't wait for episode 2.
Pedro Pascal is phenomenal as Joel, bringing all the necessary pain, weariness and stoicism and conveying so much of it effortlessly. Bella Ramsey is equally strong as Ellie with all the joy and adorable naivety with hints towards her tragic past that makes her instantly likeable and fully realised.
Craig Mazin's direction is amazing, it was a risky choice to rely on handheld camera for the majority of the scenes but it pays off and is always comprehensible. It's also endlessly impressive through its sets, costuming and world building how authentic it feels to the world of the game.
Even at roughly 80 mins, it can feel a little too fast at certain points but overall the long episode length works well to expand on the characters and world, making the emotional scenes hit even harder and adding more tension to the outbreak as it happens in a more gradual and unsettling fashion.
And when I tell you this episode was spot on for conveying exactly that feeling, I'm not exaggerating. Everyone involved did a fantastic job, the atmosphere is immaculate, the cinematography is beautiful and the score underlines every scene beautifully. I played the games and I know what will happen, but my heart was beating so fast while watching this. A first episode that couldn't have been better. Can't wait for the next episode.
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- TriviaMerle Dandridge portrays Marlene, a character she also portrayed in the video games. This makes her the only actor to play the same character in the show, the first game, and its sequel. Ashley Johnson, Troy Baker, and Jeffrey Pierce also star in both games (as Ellie, Joel, and Tommy respectively) and in the show, but unlike Dandridge, they will be playing different characters than the ones they originally played in the games.
- ErroresThe song playing in the background of the Lone Star pawn shop is "I Can't Believe You're Back" by Jad Mhanna which was released in 2018. Not 2003.
- Citas
Host: And that's your biggest worry?
Dr. Schoenheiss: Yes, any kind of virus, but mostly probably something similar to influenza.
Host: Because of air travel?
Dr. Schoenheiss: Through the air. Coughing...
Host: I'm sorry. I meant people. On planes. That was something you described in your book.
Dr. Schoenheiss: Yes, a new virus in Madagascar, say, could be in Chicago within a matter of weeks. And we end up with a global pandemic. "Pan" meaning "all". The whole world becomes sick all at once.
Host: And, Dr. Neuman, you're also an epidemiologist. I presume the prospect of a viral pandemic keeps you up at night as well.
Dr. Neuman: No.
Host: No?
Dr. Neuman: No.
Host: [Joking] All right, well, that's our show.
Dr. Neuman: No, mankind has been at war with the virus from the start. Sometimes, millions of people die, as in an actual war. But in the end, we always win.
Host: But you - just to be clear, you do think microorganisms pose a threat.
Dr. Neuman: In the most dire terms.
Host: Bacteria.
Dr. Neuman: No.
Host: [Jokingly] You like saying no.
Dr. Neuman: [Also jokingly] Yes.
Host: Not bacteria. Not viruses. So?
Dr. Neuman: Fungus.
[the crowd whispers and laughs a little bit]
Dr. Neuman: Yes, that's the usual response. Fungi seem harmless enough. Many species know otherwise. Because there are some fungi who seek not to kill, but to control. Let me ask you, where do we get LSD from?
Host: [Joking] Where do you get it from?
Dr. Neuman: It comes from ergot, a fungus. Psilocybin? Also a fungus. Viruses can make us ill, but fungi can alter our very minds. There's a fungus that infects insects. Gets inside an ant, for example, travels through its circulatory system to the ant's brain, and then floods it with hallucinogens, thus bending the ant's mind to its will. The fungus starts to direct the ant's behavior, telling it where to go, what to do, like a puppeteer with a marionette. And it gets worse. The fungus needs food to live, so it begins to devour its host from within, replacing the ant's flesh with its own, but it doesn't let its victim die. No, it keeps its puppet alive by preventing decomposition. How? Where do we get penicillin from?
Host: Fungus. Dr. Schoenheiss, you're in distress.
Dr. Schoenheiss: Fungal infection of this kind is real, but not in humans.
Dr. Neuman: True, fungi cannot survive if its host's internal temperature is over 94 degrees. And currently, there are no reasons for fungi to evolve to be able to withstand higher temperatures. But what if that were to change? What if, for instance, the world were to get slightly warmer? Well, now there is reason to evolve. One gene mutates and an ascomycete, candida, ergot, cordyceps, aspergillus, any one of them could become capable of burrowing into our brains and taking control not of millions of us, but billions of us. Billions of puppets with poisoned minds permanently fixed on one unifying goal: to spread the infection to every last human alive by any means necessary. And there are no treatments for this. No preventatives, no cures. They don't exist. It's not even possible to make them.
Host: So, if that happens?
Dr. Neuman: We lose.
Host: [Quiet pause] We'll be back.
- Bandas sonorasTomorrow
Written by Curt Frasca, Sabelle Breer, Avril Lavigne
Performed by Avril Lavigne
[5 minutes in, this song plays on the radio while Sarah makes breakfast]
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Detalles
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 21min(81 min)
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.78 : 1