The Last Of Us Is Being Made Into a Movie

[FPLOON]

As someone who's not going to say the "obvious" responses to this... Why wasn't TLOU NOT turned into a novel first?

That way, you can use that novel to turn it into a movie! But, whatever... I'm sure a 5+ hour live-action movie broken up into two parts would do the trick of capturing the abridged retelling of the now acclaimed classic on the PS3 pre-PS4 launch...

What that? It would probably only be less than 3 hours?
...
I wish them the best of luck with the casting, at least...

 

[Vausch]

I never know how to feel about situations like this.

On one hand, you have the idea that transitioning a story from one medium to another allows more people to get access to it and get to experience something fans of the original may have loved and give them something in common.

On the other, you get the people who debate over which one is better, the inevitable cuts that will have to be made to bring it down to an appropriate length, and the wonder of why something can't just stick in its current medium because it might be best to stay there.

Then again many thought Lord of the Rings could never be made into a movie and I don't own a PS3 and never got to experience what many consider a fantastic game, so maybe this could be a good way to stand on the first hand and wonder why it is we're causing this person so much pain. Seriously, why are we trodding on their hands?

 

[sXeth]

I don't think they'll manage to make it work, there's to much story to get into 2:30 hours, they can cut things down, but it'll take a lot of the impact.

The entire Pittsburgh part could prettymuch be dropped and lose nothing from the plot or characterization. I'd gather a movie wouldn't have the extended sewer areas, and probably could drop off a a decent bit of the latter thirds fight guys between the plot point scenes sequences.

Spoiler

Really you have
-Intro in the past
Act 1
-Joel and Tess take the Firefly mission til Tess dies
-Meet Bob and get the car
Act 2
-Get to Tommy's place
-Encounter with Davids people/Joel's injured
-Time-skip and David's death
Final Act
-Firefly hospital

 

[SecondPrize]

Dammit. I was all set to make some comment about how it already was a movie but then I saw Sam Raimi's name. Now I may need to watch this movie, again.

 

[Sarge034]

In all seriousness I just don't know how you could possibly convert the things that made TLoU gold into a full length live action movie. The biggest problem I see is the immersion really.

I think you're all missing the bright side here.

At least it's not beyond two souls being adapted.

Spoiler: Can't find the right gif so this clip will have to do...

That is all.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

That line from Evan Wells really bothers me, because it makes the story seem less like a movie studio going "we like this game and want to adapt it to the screen" and more like Naughty Dog going "we've made this AMAZING game, and this WONDERFUL creation needs to be brought to the silver screen, for more people to bask in our awesomeness!"

Yeah, might just be unfortunate wording, but it feels off to me.

On the other hand, this continuing hubbub about The Last of Us seems to be accomplishing its main goal, because I am becoming more and more curious of the game with each bit of news that comes out and it makes me want to try it out.

It hasn't trumped the combo of "the price point is still really high" and "I hate zombie-based fiction" just yet, but it's getting there. I had fun with the Uncharted series, despite the games being really short and the "ludonarrative dissonance" (let me adjust my monocle) being extremely grating. Maybe when the price drops...?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Yeah, just fucking spoil all that goodwill, Naughty Dog. I mean, why leave something perfect the way it is, right?

To say nothing of Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson owning those roles, and who will now be replaced by a couple of C-list actors. I can't fucking wait!

 

[Whateveralot]

Can't they just record a playthrough with cinematic cameras, cut parts and be done with it?

 

[Haru17]

I'm glad it's being made into a movie. Games don't need movies, but The Last of Us' story is transcendent. As much as we can talk up the superiority of video games, consoles and gaming PCs are expensive and a high barrier to entry and a very small percentage of people have ever owned one. Movies on the other hand are much more widespread, they don't have a very high barrier to entry at all. Point is, if the movie is alright-good I'll love it and if it's bad then we can all forget it and replay the game. Let's stop pre-bemoaning a movie that hasn't even starting production yet.

The movie form will inevitably lose some of the bonding and more impressive narrative techniques. That said, I'm interested to see how the intro and scene in the snowy forest will translate. They have to include the intro and Joel's origins or the story will be completely ruined. They also need to include the little character traits like how Ellie can't swim and likes comic books. Those really helped to develop her character, as well as her conversations with Joel. Large sections like the factory in winter, the sky scraper in Boston, and the hotel in Pittsburg can be cut out for time since they were basically all gameplay.

It'd be funny if Viggo Mortensen played Joel since he'd be in the better version of the Road, going by story.

 

[Haru17]

The actor choice for Joel and Ellie is crucial, though. The difference in voices will be especially odd to see.

 

[Strazdas]

Can't they just record a playthrough with cinematic cameras, cut parts and be done with it?

not really. moviegoes would not accept that poor image quality. Its fine when you think about it being rendered on 9 year old ahrdware in real time, granted, but moviegoers usually watch computer generated graphic that is prerendered and is so detaield that it takes 1 hour to render 1 second (toy story 3 actually took far longer). they would never stand for this subpar visual quality. If it had a PC version then we could run it on sli 780s and would at least get closer and trick them, but a PS3 will never do it.

 

[Auron225]

But WHY?

For what possible reason does this need to be a movie? Anyone and everyone remotely interested in gaming will have heard all about TloU and either already tried it for themselves or knew instinctively that they would not like it. Either this is for them or people outside the gaming community but you can't condense that story into 2 hours while maintaining the... feels for lack of a better word

Gamers won't like it near as much since it won't be the original and this just screams "Look how much money we got for all that goodwill you gave us" by Naughty Dog. It's just gonna come across as another cheap zombie movie to the average movie-goer since Joel & Ellies relationship & struggles was the reason TloU was so good and you can't do that in 2 hours. A game IS the optimal medium to tell that story - this is like making a comic out of Coronation Street.

 

[Grimh]

I'm gonna go ahead and guess like 7 people have done the "Wasn't it already a movie?" joke already so I won't bother fishing for the bottom of the barrel.

This time...

I guess it's doable but I'm not really gonna get excited for this.
I never would since I already got the game, so for me personally there's no point to this movie.
Not everyone plays video games though and if they manage to make a great movie out of it for other people who don't play games to see, then I'm happy.

That track record doesn't really inspire confidence though.

 

[The_Echo]

This only further drives the inkling I have that modern Naughty Dog would rather be making movies.

This is dumb.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

For some reason, when I see the lineup of Screen Gems' past works, I am not overwhelmed with hope and joy. Can't imagine why.

Honestly I think telling the same story in a game and a movie is stupid, because games are already visual and overlap the experience of a movie more than books, and really, are like the best things about books and movies rolled into one, but I suppose if they're going for the people who haven't played the game that makes sense. I would just rather see other stories in the universe that has been set out than the one that has already been explored, which is much the same way I feel about games of movies as well. Make an RPG or something in the world, not a linear retelling in game form. But whatever, maybe it'll be really good and worth it.

 

[Shayman]

The game is cinematic enough, there is no need for this. A movie won't bring anything to the franchise that the game couldn't.

 

[AldUK]

I guarantee that the film will not focus on the evolving relationship of Joel and Ellie and instead on Joel fighting infected while things explode. Hollywood can't help itself.

I am wondering why they feel a film is necessary though, since like many others, I haven't actually played The Last of Us and instead watched an entire playthrough on the interwebs. It felt like a long movie and I enjoyed it as one.

 

[Blitzing]

I can honestly say that this is something I'm looking forward to, I loved the story-line and felt that all it needed was to do a bit more of explaining stuff, and it would make a great movie. Now, the only way, in my opinion, that this is going to be good is if they follow the story line, not perfectly, but just follow it. Some of the gameplay would be cool to see as live action. But what I would really like to see is weather or not they start the movie before the game starts, I want to see what they do there.

 

[Atmos Duality]

You know, after seeing that godforsaken ad for The Last of Us for something like 5 straight months, and the fact that what I played of the game was overhyped rubbish, I'm contemplating finding the folks responsible for the film and just kicking them in the stomach until it's canceled.

Fuck me, did TLoU piss me off; in and out of game.

 

[shtoops]

Wow. I'm really disappointed with this. Why can they make a game like The Last of Us into a movie, yet the can't make a prolific game like Bioshock into a movie? Bioshock is much more deserving of a movie. And I'd rather see a Bioshock: Infinite movie than a Last of Us movie. Ugh. I've never seen a good video game adaptation movie, and this is not a good place to start. We have enough fucking zombie media; we don't need another couple hours of it. Hell, I'd prefer a Pong movie to this.

-Insert Sigh Here- This is not going to work out well. I'm not sure if I've expressed my disappointment well enough though. I AM VERY DISAPOINTED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. DID YOU HEAR ME? I AM NOT HAPPY! I just want a Bioshock (Infinite) movie. I'm going to go cry now.



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