Ok so The Last Of Us Teaser Trailer has just dropped online and the stunning show has a
lot to unpack from it.
Throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down all the easter eggs, game references
and also the things you missed to talk about why we're so excited for the show.
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Ok So we open with Joel being played by Pedro Pascal.
Over the top of this we can hear the son Alone and Forsaken by Hank Williams and The Drifting
Cowboys.
This song pulls directly from the game and it's what we hear when Joel and Ellie crash
in Pittsburgh after they're ambushed.
This scene pops up towards the end of the teaser and we can see as the pair crash into
a store.
When initially watching this I thought it might be a day scene that we weren't privvy
to in the original game.
The source material starts off from Joel's daughter Sarah on the night of the outbreak.
From here we watch as everything devolves into chaos and we actually get some shots
of this in the trailer.
This includes Joel, his brother Tommy and Sarah all sat in a truck as they try and escape.
The trailer adds something that wasn't in the game which is a plane crashing and we
also see Joel carrying her as he runs.
This was pretty much how the game opened and there's a big scene that happens right after
this between Joel and his daughter.
That day she gifted him a watch which gets broken during this and he ends up wearing
it for the rest of his life.
We actually see this early on in the teaser and the costume design looks perfect when
we put it side by side with the show.
Looks like we're getting a scene in which we see one of the infected spring up and also
a moment when the truck crashes.
We get a split second shot of Gabriel Luna in the flames and we know he'll be playing
Tommy.
Man was also a rider in the flames at one point and if this is as impactful as the game
then it's gonna be a brilliant way to open the series.
Anyway back to the opening shot and rather than it being pre-outbreak I think this is
definitely post.
This appears to be the Fedra camp that we pick up in after the time jump and if you
look closely you can see Pedro's hair is grey now similar to Joels at this stage in the
game.
We see people wearing bucket hats and the red buildings also look similar to how they
appeared in the game.
Next we cut to a sign talking about the curfew and in this early level there was lots of
talk about how they were sneaking around outside of these hours in order to initially catch
robert and then smuggle out Ellie.
We then see a sign below this talking about cordyseps infection and for those who haven't
played the games, this is basically what started the outbreak.
This parasite exists in the animal kingdom but it only really infects insects and smaller
animals.
However the Last Of Us had it mutating so that it infected humans and then everything
went worse than when Liz Truss got in charge.
These symptoms include coughing, slurred speech, muscle spasms and a mood change.
They tend to set in within a couple of hours which is why Joel and his partner Tess don't
question the reveal that comes with Ellie.
I know there'll be some of you who haven't played the game but it centres around Joel
escorting her to a firefly outpost where they will apparently be able to create a cure from
her blood.
Ellie is the only person who's ever been found to be immune to the cordyseps infection and
she's humanity's last hope.
We see one of these firefly signs being covered up and they litter the game with Ellie and
Joel moving through different city's as they try and get to where they've hidden out.
They're basically a rebel group and we see their leader Marlene later on in the teaser.
She's holding her gut confirming that this takes place early on in the game right after
Joel and Tess kill Robert.
I'm not sure who the woman with her is as she's a new creation for the show but this
is definitely Marlene.
At one point we get what appears to be when the alarm sets off with people being shot
in the street and the Fedra army going through it.
Now the first part of the trailer seems to centre around escaping the Fedra city which
is what the early part of the game does too.
I've been playing through the PS5 remake recently and they've really captured the feel of it
including the shining spotlights that beam down once you make it past
the wall.
We see Joel, Ellie and Tess in a pipe and when you're evading their beams you have to
crawl through cracked streets that lead down into the sewers littered with these.
Later on we see Joel smashing a Fedra agents head in like it's the like button and I'm
guessing this happens just after Ellie is scanned.
She's positive so it makes them draw their weapons on her which is when Joel kicks the
crap out of one whilst Tess shoots the others.
This is how they disocver she's immune and realise how important she is.
Once they make it past here and further into the abandoned city they next travel to the
twin skyscrapers which we see perfectly recaptured here.
This was the shot that really made me realise how much attention to detail they were paying
to the game and anyone who's played it will instantly recognise these.
This is the place that you first start to encounter the infected and though there was
some run ins with them before this is really their natural habitat.
It's full of clickers who are people that are further along in the infection.
The funghi has completely covered their face leaving them blind and now they see with echo
location.
The final shot of the teaser ends on this and they're one of the scariest monsters ever
created.
Now next we get a shot that doesn't pop up in the game.
It looks like someone watching over security footage and I believe that this might actually
be Bill.
Bill is gonna be played by Nick Offerman and I think this is perfect casting.
Bill basically has his own town that Joel and Ellie travel to in order to get a car
before they move onto Pittsburgh.
He has booby traps set up everywhere and it makes sense that he'd be looking over footage
though it's far more populated than where he lives in the game.
This makes me think he might be spying on a Fedra camp rather than looking at what's
going on where he lives.
Joel ends up getting caught in one of his traps and it seems like something similar
is gonna happen here.
It's different in the game with him having to fight off the infected whilst Ellie releases
him but we'll see what they do.
Next we cut to an open field with some bodies in it before we move to the museum and hear
that infamous clicker clicking.
We watch as they move through the displays which include civil war era guns which are
also parts of the level layout.
From here we get several shots of city's including winter.
I'll talk about how this could change up from the game in a bit but this is where Ellie
meets David in the game.
Now interestingly it also looks like the DLC is gonna be included in the series too.
In that we watched how Ellie got infected and followed her and her friend Riley as they
moved through an abandoned mall.
Ellie is gay and she and Riley ended up realising their feelings for each other but they were
then swarmed by the infected and both got bitten.
The merry go round is a big part of this adventure which we see here.
Really excited to see how this plays out and I'm glad the DLC wasn't Left Behind.
Next we see a woman marching through the streets.
No idea who this character is and I've looked through the cast list but can't see anyone
that lines up with her.
She's a brand new creation for the show and it looks like she's holed up at a rebel site
so this may be Pittsburgh.
Rather than being in the Fedra swat team attire they're wearing what look like normal clothes
with some scavaged helmets so I'm guessing she might be the leader of the rebels in the
city.
Might also be setting things up from the second game but yeah, let me know below if you know
who this is.
They have an armoured truck with Run on the front of it which would be more in line with
the people from that city.
Later on in the teaser we see this truck chasing three people and we can see that one is Ellie.
The other two look like Henry and Sam making me think that this is the night they go to
escape pittsburgh and have to jump off the bridge.
We also get a shot in which three people are in a room together with a woman sat in a chair.
An explosion goes off behind them and this sscene looks like it's brand new for the show
as it doesnt appear in the game.
I think this woman can later be seen in the trailer watching people flee and again, no
idea who this is so let me know below.
Next we get Ellie's face covered in blood out in the snow.
Joe is comforting her and because of this I'm guessing it comes just after she's killed
David.
He was the leader of a group of cannibals that Ellie came across in the wilderness whilst
Joel was resting up after being impaled by some Rebar.
I remember it being agonising wondering if he was still alive as they just drop you in
it without telling you and you have to play about an hour before you find out.
The whole section is centred around Ellie being captured by him and then she has to
escape and kill his forces whilst Joel tries to get to her.
Really brilliant part of the game and after our shot of the clicker we see Joel and Ellie
standing together.
I know people are kinda off on the casting of her but I think she's definitely got the
attitude to pull off Ellie and I am really excited to see the series when it releases
in 2023.
So overall really gripping trailer that I think recaptures the game perfectly.
As I mentioned earlier I have been playing through the ps5 quote unquote remake and though
the price point of that initially put me off I'm so glad I did because I forgot how perfect
the game really was.
Still holds up today and if they manage to recapture it in live action then I think it's
gonna be the best video game adaptation of all time.
Isn't exactly hard but yeah I'm really excited to see what they do with this.
Anyway I'd love to hear your thoughts on it so make sure you comment below and let me
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