The Last of Us viewers can’t decide how they feel about the lack of infected in season 1

A Bloater in The Last of Us episode 5
(Image credit: HBO)

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Last of Us season 1 has now come to an end with a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:blistering final episode of th𝓀e game adaptation. While reviews as a whole have been overwhelmingly positive, some fans have been sharing their thoughts on the mome🦩nts that didn’t make it in.

While the infected did make an appearance in the show in some truly terrifying sequences (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:we’reౠ still thinking about that bloater), many of the moments they featured in were cut. For example, in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Last of Us episode 8, Ellie and David’s confrontation with them in Silver Lake wasn’t adapted. Then in the season finale, a whole section where Ellie andꦡ Joel battle through clickers, runners, and bloaters before reaching the hospital was cut.

. "Kinda disappointed they didn’t put in the final confrontation with the infected in the tunnel before being picked up by the Fireflies like in the game,” wrote one. "Would have been nice to see them evade or fight a bloater, though they made the bloaters overpowered in the show."

"They removed half the series' atmosphere with this, I felt less fear for the characters overall, and I was fine with it but the 'it's about the people' to me, is an excuse for budgetary restraints," another pointed out. "[That&rsqu🎃o;s the] only reason I can think we didn't see much of them. The next season will probably be no different."

"I get that some people say that they encounte🦋red them off-screen... but putting most of the infected encounters off-screen makes the audience forget the infected were ever the problem, making the cure less significant," a third argued.

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Ho🌟wever, others have been defending what the HBO show chose to adapt as well. "The hands-down best video game to film adaptation that's ever been made and people still complain," wrote one. "Goodness, is no one simply grateful that w𒁃e have finally gotten to the point where this shit is done well?"

Another passionate user argued: "While I get the disappointment from an adaptation not including your favorite parts from the source material, but this is how adaptations work. Movies/shows that attempt to follow the source material beat for beat typically fail. What works in a video game or book isn’t always going to work on screen. Excluding certain things for the purposes of pac🌊ing, budget, suspenಞsion of disbelief, etc doesn’t mean the show did something wrong."

This isn’t the only The Last of Us debate that has been raging on either, with viewers split on whether 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Joel’s decision 🍌in the finale 𒈔was right. Meanwhile, the cast and creators have already started discussing their plans for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Last of Us season 2, including how 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bella Ramsey won’t be recast and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:when filming could kick off.

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