Bella just doesn’t quite do it for me as Ellie 🙁

To me the cold open was great cinematography then kind of wanted that level throughout the episode. I am guessing the cold open is the part that is not handheld. Handheld camera could be whats affecting my eyes because much of Matrix was the same sort of feel of angles sometimes. Going to rewatch bits and pieces

Give her more time they haven't fully delved

All the opening parts making me wish they’d make a spin-off show showing the start of the outbreak where it happened in like a 6 episode miniseries or something like that. Like you said before they could get some pretty unknown actors for it. Feel like that could be great especially since we’ve really only seen it in the US in the games and show.

Cold Open is why I even continued the episode. Because I was like wow that is good. I just rewatched the clicker scene and I think its partially how quick they cut to each actor or actress faces. They want to show off the talent which I get but it just makes it disorienting in motion for me at least.

I get why they feel zooming in on faces or doing camera angles like cold open would be "contrived" or too "cinematic" ,but to me the game always felt more like a movie than a tv show while of course to get all the content in it would have to be a tv show. So it always felt like a cinematic tv show like Breaking Bad.

As long as the cold opens keep being fire I am in

Streets saying the next episode is one of the best in a while. I’m excited to see what they did. Twitter and here might turn into a s*** show though.

It was some shots during the episode that I kinda had to make a stank face for. Like when they were traversing through the city there was a shot of just their feet. Then there was another shaky camera shot when iirc Joel walked up to a bus? They just felt oddly placed.

The anti woke crowd who loves tlou1 but hates 2 is about to be hurt but it’s gonna expose how socially unaware they are since it was easily hinted in the the first game

The part where they all started waking up n running was cgi I’m pretty sure

I didn't know they did shaky cam to feel more gameplay like til I just read that article today. I just disagree on that one . Yes we move the camera in the game but not like that . Why I kept saying "whew the camera is shaky" cause it gave me Bourne trilogy flashbacks. Which it was a lot there too but that was like at least a consistent hand to hand combat or running from snipers shake. Even then it became disorienting. Here when you add in they want the camera on the star powers faces to show reactions it makes some scenes kind of incomprehensible for me. In this case I lost some of the tension of the clicker moment cause camera was doing a lot. Glad its working for others though could just be a me thing

My main critique I have of her is when she raises her voice, her accent pokes out. I’d have preferred they went with an American just for that reason tbfh.

Gonna be honest when watching I don’t notice “shakey camera” at all lol

I notice it all the time with succession but with this show not really. Maybe I’m too immersed not really looking for it lol

Its 100% there could be I notice more because I am on laptop versus tv screen on this one

Oh I believe you it’s there it’s just that I don’t necessarily notice it at all / enough to complain about it

Not a major complaint just something where I think next season they can make it feel more game like by doing a mix of game/ movie like angles with less shake. This is a show I believe in currently. Episode 2 sold me more than 1 and think they will continue to develop each episode and each season

Ironically this will be the post no one reads

You weren’t paying attention

Knew I shouldn’t have held the controller

Season 2 I hope for this type of direction

Imagine this being recreated in a one take type shot as seen here in this trailer

(I know this is a trailer for part 2 but spoilers kinda) (also side note this scene is so f***ing good)

ayo why they show that f***ing much in a teaser trailer they was wyling

was 0 context and years before the game released lol no one knew who tf Abby was. People were saying it was Ellie’s mom Lmfao

LMFAO. They should have had a fake scene of Joel and Ellie golfing with overgrowth all around.

But on topic yeah I think I will like season 2 and 3 better than the experience of trying to play the game. At least until I am in mood to play violence rather than watch it( going to try game 2 again after season 1). I think they will get a lot of feedback and creators that want to be on for future seasons

Tbf they didn’t have that chemistry off the rip. It kinda took a little while for them to lock in frfr.

Nah I notice it but it was the same in the game too, there were these shaky camera transitions and all so I’m not mad at it

Loved ep 2, the clicker scene was incredible.