My only experience with the franchise was seeing one theatrical trailer
for the game. I never played the game.

I see the show as an interesting take on what could now be called
"Zombiepunk", with the outbreak being fungal instead of viral, more
connection to the breakdown of society and seeing a post-outbreak
society instead of straggling survivors.

What do game players think about it?




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Re: The Last of Us.
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sat Feb 25 2023 10:11 am

My only experience with the franchise was seeing one theatrical trailer for the game. I never played the game.

They have trailers for games in theaters now?

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My only experience with the franchise was seeing one theatrical trailer for the game. I never played the game.

They have trailers for games in theaters now?

No, not in the theater - but a video teaser trailer shown online.



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I see the show as an interesting take on what could now be called "Zombiepunk", with the outbreak being fungal instead of viral, more connection to the breakdown of society and seeing a post-outbreak
society instead of straggling survivors.

Yeah, that's an interesting take. You should watch Station Eleven if you enjoyed that aspect. It also explores the topic of post-epidemic communities, although with no zombies involved.

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Re: Re: The Last of Us.
By: exitb to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 05 2023 04:42 pm

Yeah, that's an interesting take. You should watch Station Eleven if you enjoyed that aspect. It also explores the topic of post-epidemic communities, although with no zombies involved.

I'll definitely take a look. The first time I finished NANOWRIMO, I started off with a Zombie outbreak novel, but the chapters in acts 2 and 3 were post-zombie, yearly time jumps showing how things recovered.

If you ever read the book "Earth Abides" by George Stewart, you'd get a feeling for it. He was the first post-apocalyptic storyteller that started me down a rabbit-hole that continues to this day.
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Hello exitb!

** On Sunday 05.03.23 - 16:42, exitb wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

Yeah, that's an interesting take. You should watch Station Eleven if you enjoyed that aspect. It also explores the topic of post-epidemic communities, although with no zombies involved.

RE: Station Eleven.

Differences from novel (from wikipedia)

"Somerville made several major changes from the original
novel's plot, such as creating a more significant relationship
between Jeevan and Kirsten. In addition, the Canadian setting
of the majority of the novel is replaced with an American
setting. Though much of the Year Zero setting in the original
novel is St. John-Mandel's native Toronto, Somerville moved the
action to his own native Chicago. Ironically, due to the COVID
pandemic, shooting was moved from Chicago to Mississauga, a
suburb of Toronto.



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If you ever read the book "Earth Abides" by George Stewart, you'd get a feeling for it. He was the first post-apocalyptic storyteller that
started me down a rabbit-hole that continues to this day.

Didn't know the book before, but it sounds really interesting. Thanks for the tip!

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Hello exitb!

** On Monday 06.03.23 - 19:20, exitb wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

If you ever read the book "Earth Abides" by George Stewart, you'd get a
feeling for it. He was the first post-apocalyptic storyteller that
started me down a rabbit-hole that continues to this day.

Didn't know the book before, but it sounds really interesting. Thanks for the tip!

"First published in 1949, award-winning Earth Abides is one of
the most influential science-fiction novels of the twentieth
century. It remains a fresh, provocative story of apocalyptic
pandemic, societal collapse, and rebirth.

It's about 450 pages.

Re-released in 2020.. gee, I wonder why! :D


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