This post contains spoilers for the season finale of "The Last of Us."
The giraffe scene in "The Last of Us" season finale is a perfect encapsulation of what the entire series is actually about: the balance between dark and light. Despite all the decaying, jagged wreckage and ruined remains of society, there's always life and beauty to be found in this world where you look for it. Sadness, loss, and grief are almost always accentuated with joy, catharsis, and love. Here, at the tail-end of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) long journey, and in the traumatic aftermath of a harsh winter, Ellie is given one last moment to just be a kid. Oh, to experience child-like wonder feeding a giraffe in an overgrown and desolate Salt Lake City.
Our protagonists are just as aware as we are that the road ahead into this story's climax will not be easy,...
The giraffe scene in "The Last of Us" season finale is a perfect encapsulation of what the entire series is actually about: the balance between dark and light. Despite all the decaying, jagged wreckage and ruined remains of society, there's always life and beauty to be found in this world where you look for it. Sadness, loss, and grief are almost always accentuated with joy, catharsis, and love. Here, at the tail-end of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) long journey, and in the traumatic aftermath of a harsh winter, Ellie is given one last moment to just be a kid. Oh, to experience child-like wonder feeding a giraffe in an overgrown and desolate Salt Lake City.
Our protagonists are just as aware as we are that the road ahead into this story's climax will not be easy,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Tyler Llewyn Taing
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for episode 5 of "The Last of Us."
Plenty of awful things happen in episode 5 of "The Last Of Us": impossible decisions are made, lives are unfairly lost and hopeful futures are stolen. Also, a new, terrifying creature enters the horror pantheon by showing us that yes, the mushroom zombies are capable of being even scarier than we originally thought.
Believe it or not, the monstrous Mvp of the episode is not the big boy Bloater who literally rips a man's head off — it's so much worse than that. It's a child clicker who crawls through a window, scares the hell out of Ellie, and later, saves her life by mauling a woman to death. This little girl, with her flowered head and adorable "Blue's Clues" shirt, is absolutely haunting. In the official companion podcast for "The Last of Us," series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann...
Plenty of awful things happen in episode 5 of "The Last Of Us": impossible decisions are made, lives are unfairly lost and hopeful futures are stolen. Also, a new, terrifying creature enters the horror pantheon by showing us that yes, the mushroom zombies are capable of being even scarier than we originally thought.
Believe it or not, the monstrous Mvp of the episode is not the big boy Bloater who literally rips a man's head off — it's so much worse than that. It's a child clicker who crawls through a window, scares the hell out of Ellie, and later, saves her life by mauling a woman to death. This little girl, with her flowered head and adorable "Blue's Clues" shirt, is absolutely haunting. In the official companion podcast for "The Last of Us," series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann...
- 2/11/2023
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
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