Now that The Last of Us Season 1 is over and Season 2 is underway, it’s time to take stock.. The most anticipated series of recent years has come to an end after 9 chapters that have been characterized by teaching a lesson to all those who work on video game adaptations: you can be faithful, and at the same time include new additions and rewrites. However, The last of us All was not perfect, far from it.
as a series of zombieshas a great competition called The Walking Dead. I know they are very different from each other, but they can be compared because they belong to the same genre, even if the starting point is not the same. While The last of us focuses on the relationship of its two protagonists, The Walking Dead commitment to a much more choral cast and a more direct approach to the genre zombie. So which series is the best? Which production was most successful with its approach?
This is precisely what I will talk about in the following lines, yes, comparing only the first seasons of each. I don’t think it makes sense to talk about The Last of Us season 1 and the eleven that The Walking Dead has.while the first series has only just started and the second is over (not in the best way).
The Last of Us vs. The Walking Dead
Characters
If I get nostalgic, maybe I’ll win The Walking Dead Right now. The characters created by Robert Kirkman in the comics, they’ve been with me for 12 years. However, The Last of Us showed it’s possible to break out of stereotypes when creating characterssomething in which the first season of The Walking Dead. In this one, we have the policeman who can do anything, the woman who finds herself between a rock and a hard place, the friend who betrays the protagonist…
However, in The last of us real characters were written, people with a background which affects them psychologically and in each of their actions. Joel there Elijah They shine in building a parent-child relationship throughout the season. And it is that The Last of Us is not so much a series of zombieslike a drama on loneliness.
World
The big problem of The last of us it is inaction, inseparably linked to the construction of your world. We lack infected, so the universe of the series is not as threatening as that appreciated in the video game. However, in this section, I will value more the feelings I had when discover an America plunged into the apocalypse and I think it’s fair to say that here he wins by a landslide The Last of Us.
I do not think that The Walking Dead be the antithesis, for in this world the decay and destruction caused by the apocalypse is also observed zombie. But in its first season, and it was only 6 chapters long, there were already problems of diversity: many sets looked alike and the photography did not help to differentiate them.
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Despite The last of us have better shot action sequences due to technological advances made over time, The Walking Dead works better as an action series than a drama. We have a lot more zombie encounters (though less room for character growth). And that’s what I missed watching the first season of the HBO Max series: having the constant sense of danger.
When do you play The last of us, you discover that in any corner there can be an infected hiding and putting your life in danger. But in the series Ellie and Joel cross all over the United States and the greatest danger they encounter are certain communities of people. The infected, unfortunately, appear less than I would have liked. And it’s a case to be settled for its second season: to maintain the magnificent script work, while better exploiting the feeling of threat.
technical part
Finally, the technical part. Again I think The last of us It’s technically much better than The Walking Deaddespite the fact that at the time Robert Kirkman’s series was great. The sets, the infected and the photography are much better cared for in the work that Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin do for HBObecoming a delight to our eyes.
The Last of Us season one is better than The Walking Dead season one
Eventually, I think The Last of Us season one was better than The Walking Dead premiere. Of course, no series was perfect when it started: while The last of us It shines in the technique and in the scenario, it fails in the sensation of constant danger suffered in the video game. In exchange, The Walking Dead It is a success as an action series and zombiesalthough in the screenplay much more flat and formulaic work is done.
Now well, Which of the two is your favorite series? would you prefer The last of us? where do you think The Walking Dead is still unbeatable today? Tell me!
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