When You're Lost in the Darkness
- L’episodio è andato in onda il 16 gen 2023
- TV-MA
- 1h 21min
Vent'anni dopo che un'epidemia di funghi ha devastato il pianeta, i sopravvissuti Joel ed Ellie sono incaricati di una missione che potrebbe cambiare tutto.Vent'anni dopo che un'epidemia di funghi ha devastato il pianeta, i sopravvissuti Joel ed Ellie sono incaricati di una missione che potrebbe cambiare tutto.Vent'anni dopo che un'epidemia di funghi ha devastato il pianeta, i sopravvissuti Joel ed Ellie sono incaricati di una missione che potrebbe cambiare tutto.
Recensioni in evidenza
Powerful first half then fades
The first half of this first episode was riveting. Just completely captivating and terrifying. My wife and I watched it through our fingers.
Shortly after the story jumps to "twenty years later," though, I found my interest waning.
Like superhero movies, post-apocalypse stories have to have an "origin" opener of sorts. For the superhero, it's the mutating event, then the discovery of his (or her) powers, with a few random scenes before the main plot takes over to carry the movie the rest of the way through.
I always find myself wishing that the story would linger on the origin part. It's so enjoyable when Spider-Man is first dealing with random crimes, or Robocop is chasing down everyday villains.
So, too, I wished The Last of Us didn't have to jump so soon into the twenty-years later plot. I wanted more of the fungus spreading and the collapse of civilization. What do people do in those early days?
I had been so glued to the immediacy and real-time feel of the opening, when the characters were experiencing things just as I was. Not when they inhabited a world twenty years in that I knew nothing about and couldn't relate to.
The show owes its high rating in large part due to the success of the video game. Just read these reviews. Half of them are about its faithfulness to the source material, and that's great. But evaluating it purely as the first episode of a series I knew next to nothing about, it was good, but not great, with all the air coming out halfway through. It went from feeling immersive and epic to feeling like a TV show, right down to the casting choices, the perfectly distressed clothing, the perfectly yellowed walls. Everything too hollywood "apocalyptic" to feel authentically so.
The Walking Dead had a super high rating in the beginning, too. I wonder how this will fare as time goes on, and more viewers come aboard who aren't ready-made fans.
For fans or those who expect something beyond old clichés
I heard about it everywhere... Until I was amazed by the very high rating on IMDB... I immediately went to HBO to start the saga and catch up. Before everyone hits me with their spoilers!
There's a lot to say about this pilot episode... Starting with the beautiful narrative that opens it and the script's notorious commitment to character development. The explanation of the origin of the infection in the first few minutes was a masterstroke that opened up space for the unfolding of the plot and the relationships of the characters.
The protagonists Pedro Pascal (Joel) and Bella Ramsey (Ellie) - exported from Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian - were maestros in acting. Not to mention all the creative output led by directors Craig Mazin (from Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann (The Last of Us).
Even if you don't know the story through the franchise, you'll still realize how absurd the quality of this work is. Art direction, photography, composition and color granding were strengths in portraying a pandemic collapse capable of destroying all of humanity. Combined with the soundtrack that also deserves its credit for the feat.
We see a strong gaming legacy in this series. How dealing with emotions and deep human connection changes an entire narrative. This footprint completely transformed the modus operandi of the old zombie clichés and their hyper predictable dramas.
Undoubtedly, a mandatory stop for fans of the game and also of a good post-apocalyptic series. It's still too early to say, but I believe this is one of the best adaptations ever made on film. The fidelity to the game is fantastic!
Depending on the outcome of this first season, this could be the beginning of a new era in film adaptations from the game industry.
As soon as I heard about the potential of the series, I went to watch it. At this point, if you haven't, you should! It's a beautiful show, worth every second!
Faithful, hard hitting and SUPERB
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.
Look for the Light
Immaculate work
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.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizMerle 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.
- BlooperThe 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.
- Citazioni
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.
- Colonne sonoreTomorrow
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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- 1h 21min(81 min)
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