I Watched The Oscars Tonight And I Gotta Say That The Clear Absence Of Pedro Pascal And Kieran Culkin

I watched the Oscars tonight and I gotta say that the clear absence of Pedro Pascal and Kieran Culkin jokingly beefing was a really unfortunate direction to take an awards show

Me waiting for TLOU s2: Omg I’m so excited it’s gonna be so good I can’t wait I can’t wait I’ll literally die this will send me spiraling it will break my heart I’ll never recover I’m so excited omg

Hey, come watch a video game adaptation! We have…

The Last of Us (HBO): Father-daughter trauma bonding!

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal): Jack Black’s plan to rule the internet by voiceover, phase 2!

Arcane (Netflix): The best show you’ve ever seen… 75% of the time…

Sonic (WB): It’s always a good sign when the most memorable part of your movie is the scrapped character design :D

Twisted Metal (Peacock): Rosa and Falcon try to kill Bojack-Pennywise… and it freakin’ WORKS!!

Detective Pikachu (WB): I don’t get why this movie did so well, I mean the plot isn’t—HOLY CRAP!! Who’s a good little Pikachu? Who’s a good little fuzzy depressed Deadpool Pikachu?! You are! Yes you are!!

Halo (Paramount+): I didn’t watch this and neither did you!

Uncharted (Sony): Spider-Man’s quarter life crisis destroys a pirate ship!

The Witcher (Netflix): Henry Cavill’s villain arc!

Gran Turismo (Sony): Is… does this count, really?

And make sure to stick around for this years adaptations…

Fallout (Prime): Multiverse Jinx has cannibalism flashbacks!

Borderlands (Lionsgate): Jack Black’s plan to rule the internet by voiceover, phase 3!

Here are a few small survival details in TLOU HBO that I found!

1: In Bill’s town, he has saws surrounding the fence that get turned on when someone sets off a sensor. The saws are low to the ground and won’t actually stop anyone, however they turn on immediately while the flamethrowers behind the fence ignite. They aren’t meant to stop people, just provide a momentary distraction while the real defense kicks in.

BOOP BOOP BOOP HAHA GOT YOU BOOP BOOP

y’know, I watched NATLA the other day (I—like 99% of everyone who’s ever seen it—loved the original) and hot take, hear me out, I know this sounds crazy but… I THINK the original animated show was better (😱😱😱)

But because I’m obsessed, it got me thinking about the Last of Us. Making a good TV show is difficult as hell, and making a good adaptation, especially one not based off a book?! Really rough. I think it just sorta goes to show how GOOD TLOU HBO is that it not only captured the magic of the Video Game, but was just so fantastic in all regards. Writing, acting, cinematography, set-design. I think it was really special. It just helped me appreciate how hard it must’ve been to nail even more.

More TV shows should look to TLOU on how to make not just a good adaptation, but also a good show. Everywhere TLOU thrived, NATLA struggled. It’s just a fascinating dichotomy imo