Oh jeez, that location hosts a lot of big events too(Dark Force Fest and Chiller to name a couple). I guess I won’t be going there any time soon...

I was going to make a “Chef” joke/reference, but I do agree with you. Also, I think knowing they have at least one more season to work with, season 3 will feel stretched out.

Personally, for Part 2, I would split it into two, 7 episode seasons. The split would be the first Ellie/Abby confrontation in the theater. Season 3 would hold a bulk of the flashbacks(they can do a whole episode just on the museum one alone).

Not sure they can “make you care about the characters.” You either do or you don’t. However, if you stopped playing early in the game as you say, then you really didn’t give the creators and the characters a chance to win you over. Fair, if you don’t want a story about characters other than Ellie and Joel, but that’s…

It’s like beating a dead Shimmer at this point.

The sequence was also to show the connection between Anna and Marlene and by extension, between Marlene and Ellie. Marlene has an emotional stake in this as well, but her decision is based on the chance they can save humanity.

Joel didn’t react to Ellie’s agency being robbed. He reacted to losing a daughter for a 2nd time. Joel has been robbing Ellie of her agency for the entire game/show: “If i take you, you have to follow MY rules.” It wasn’t until the very end, that he asked her if she wanted to go back(to Tommy), or continue. She…

What trope are you talking about exactly? How she’s immune or that Ellie is the last hope for humanity? Here’s the thing about Joel’s decision, he may have also killed the person that can do anything with Ellie’s immunity.

We’re both in agreement, I just think Joel stopped caring about humanity the moment Sarah died. He told Ellie, even if there was a cure, he would relocate to a sheep farm and live out the rest of his life in isolation. He’s already turned his back on humanity.

Does it matter though? How she’s immune doesn’t influence anyone else’s motivations or actions. They all know she’s immune, the “how” is irrelevant. Even the flashback with Anna, was more to show her(Anna and/or Ellie’s) connection to Marlene.

“Only the power of Sony’s wallet can run FF16 on the PS5 exclusively.”

I’m not saying it feels rushed, because it handled everything well and given the events, in an adequate amount of time. But as someone that wanted one more episode, I do wish it were longer. I was expecting something like the flooding tunnel sequence from the game, but it wasn’t necessary at this point in the show.…

Humanity, being fucked, had no influence on his decision to murder the Fireflies and get Ellie. He was acting out of his own desires. Marlene even gave him a choice and he doubled down on it. Lying to Ellie, only cements that he knows he’s “wrong” and that he didn’t care. Whether or not the Fireflies would have been…

“Until now, where I think he killed more people than in the rest of the series combined.”

I just wanted a longer episode. Not that it’s a complaint, but everyone knocked this one out of the park, I just want to spend a bit more time with the characters and this world. At the end of the game, I was exhausted. At the end of the show, I’m still hungry for more. Season 2 will break my heart all over again.…

This a bit of a retcon in her appearance no? She looked different in Resident Evil 5. Longer, blonde hair. Not terribly older, but not quite the same younger appearance from 3 either. Now they seemed to pull her back to her RE3 look. I suppose you can chalk it up to different reference models between games, but it…

I tend to buy all party supplies, gift wrap, bags, boxes, disposable plates and utensils at the dollar store.

Jumping in/out of a few games I’ve started:

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You’re correct, which leads me to believe they didn’t mess with the ending much, if at all. In the event they didn’t get renewed, the story(of the first game) would be complete on the show.