The Last of Us | 1x1 When You're Lost in the Darkness - REACTION!

hi and welcome back to the channel or welcome to the channel if you are new here just for good measure I'm Sunny this is Kat and we're going to be watching The Last of Us the adaptation of the video game The Last of Us full disclosure up front we've both played the game so we definitely know the story but we also know that they're most likely there's going to be some deviations in this series uh but I'm sure just from what I've heard from interviews from Craig Mason and from Neil drachmann that they're still gonna stay true to the actual story and the Very like what's important in this story and with the characters what's gonna happen um and then there's going to be some deviations along the way where they're gonna um use what this medium can do like different from video games and possibly dive even more into the characters and so on so I don't know about you but I'm just ready to have my heart ripped out again again while watching this series because it's uh yeah going through that story for the first time I don't know about you but that that was a tough go and and not even mentioning part two yet I'm sure they'll get to it later on but but still that first game that first story is amazing about Joel and Ellie and we have new people of course in in these roles now the only one who's the the same from the video games as far as I know is is uh the woman playing Marlene I think her name is Merle something um but besides that it's it's a whole new cast and of course led by Pedro Pascal yes um as Joel and then Bella Ramsey as Ellie taking over from Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson and and both Petro Pascal and Bella Ramsey of course the saw them pretty much like they got their debut big debut in Game of Thrones oh yeah sure yeah that's right yeah and another big HBO series like they never shared any scenes together like Bella only came in after the whole oh don't yeah when that thing happened uh but either way like we know what they can do I am so so excited to jump into this series and we're of course gonna be reacting to it each week uh watch it when we can today we're at least watching it very early on in the morning because for us here in Denmark it drops like 3 A.M during the night and I have an appointment later on so I have to do it now right yes doing it in the morning so wake up and then watch The Last of Us that's a good way to start the day all right I don't think there's much more to say besides please subscribe to the channel if you haven't already there's a bunch of reactions on the channel already uh where we yeah we're acting to shows like the Mandalorian also with Petro Pascal uh some more Star Wars stuff some MCU stuff some anime like Attack on Titan many many things that you can check out on the channel right now and then we also have a patreon page where you can watch full length watch alongs where you sync up the footage with your own copy of the episode and also also uh please like and comment that helps out tremendously with the algorithm and really helps like push the channel a little bit and we could use some of that at the moment but all right that's it are you ready yes but no yes but no should we have broad tissues yeah tissues yeah we'll we'll figure it out suck it up we'll suck it up because yeah sure as I already mentioned it's gonna rip our hearts out again and from what we know with how the story starts yeah yeah let's do this guys this is The Last of Us episode one when you're lost in the darkness here we go yes any kind of virus but most probably something similar to influenza because of air travel through the year coffee I'm sorry I meant people on plane this is already quite different I presume the prospect of a viral pandemic keeps you up at night as well no no no yeah from The Mummy as I'm sure yeah no he likes that no yeah yes not bacteria not viruses so fungus fungus um where do we get LSD from where do you get it from it comes from ergot a fungus psilocybin also a fungus can make us ill but fungi can alter out very Minds fungus starts to direct the ant's Behavior telling it where to go what to do like a puppeteer with a Marion very good way of explaining it just from the get-go and currently there are no reasons for fungi to evolve to be able to withstand higher temperatures but what if that were to change what if for instance the world were together oh yeah yeah I was just about to think like global warming oh [ __ ] and there are no treatments for this no preventatives no cures they don't exist it's not even possible to make them so if that happens we're [ __ ] we lose is that a guy from music Quest yeah yeah yes I knew they were going to keep some of the originals for what I love that they're just sticking to it in the intro and the intro itself is already very reminiscent of and the games you see it spreading America yeah and that's America yeah even the same yeah yeah same fund and everything and starting with Sarah you know I don't really like pancakes I know you don't like them that's my benefit Michelle calcium oh you need to watch finish up quick we'll drop you off I'm shooting my eggshells you got seven minutes I'm still eating my eggshells foreign [Music] I do but I'm on Atkins what now it's uh you know what we gotta run but Sarah will be by later she'll stay as long as you want to tell you all about Atkins he's really good as Joel so this happening in 2003 means means like no on a lot of cell phones social media but this is before then in the games right because in the games it was uh it was 2013 2013 yeah I'm not quite sure that's when it broke out and I can't I can't remember actually like I can explain it later 20. that's it okay 30. 20 is good it's a spring I'll do it right now I'm very sorry he cannot finish I'm already finished you should go home it's happening can we make some cookies chocolate chip raisin oh damn it I like raisins actually but still chocolate trumpet it's like a discount version of chocolate don't like that nature's candy I can Pace myself oh no oh wow that's creepy oh my so disturbing how did you know what my dad's gonna be back real soon I should go you sure yeah well you're taking some cookies the old guy who's there earlier stuffing things in her mouth and now she's completely normal and the dog is just like okay there's something wrong here [Music] where's the cake come on man let's get this one tomorrow I swear you don't get your present you got me a present this is almost straight out of the video game them sitting on the couch what I don't hear anything that too you're Elaine yeah I know where'd you get the money for this drugs I saw hardcore drugs it's better when I do at that line as well sorry I'm gonna stop doing that which deal Travis County God damn it Tommy wow okay he's got a lot okay he's working construction of course he got a lot of muscle she doesn't look that heavy no but I'm still carrying her up with stairs I think our child is Heavy He's what eight kilos barely five months foreign takes a while to bail someone out of jail dad I know what's gonna happen and it's playing out pretty much beat for beat at the moment but still my heart is pounding and we'll be in contact with further what oh yeah the dog come on let's get you home no no no no not home not home come on Lucy please Mercy he knows to stay away yeah there's the reason why I came over and the door is open right yeah oh oh I do not like this that's gonna be a joke Mrs Adler photos that's when you get the [ __ ] out of there oh leave oh the thing sticking out of her mouth that's new what are we doing Joe or that leave now leave now leave now leave now hold on it's Jimmy's Place so many scenes straight out of the [ __ ] video game because they work yeah like why change it to the hospital for Stuff that's right it would it's probably what oh okay what are you doing got a kid so do we keep driving oh yeah you can't know who's not stopping that's uh that's rough man all right keep going keep going [Music] tell me I can't stop you foreign what was that was a plane yeah what was that Floyd so there's just something from the plane that uh are you okay are you okay we gotta get off the street head of the river I'll find a way get her out of here Joe foreign they are fast you're safe don't move no okay no no stop right there already [ __ ] okay I'm sorry hey no one told you to move yes sir we're not sick we are not sick oh please stop Tommy yeah no I know I know I know I know it hurts no no I know I know I know I know I know I know dummy help me Joe come on baby girl I got to get you up come on come on get up come on [Music] it still hits you just as [ __ ] hard yeah maybe even more now that we're parents laughs oh fat man good job good job it's gonna be a little tickle right here it's red what if I told you that after we gave you some medicine we're gonna find you your favorite food to eat whoa we're on the Dead we got more here's more the little girl's gonna be among them is it a girl or a little kid oh closed himself off too all of it which is very understandable considering what he went through and see three four two point three unauthorized exit from a quarantine Zone wow public executions that's some medieval's [ __ ] cigarettes oh must be worth a lot oxy Hydro how old pills baby stay off the streets for the next few nights [ __ ] fireflies been blowing [ __ ] up all week two of our guys got shot this morning bosses got us working doubles guys are jumpy and tired it's easy to make a mistake in the dark Ness now your [ __ ] has pretty much ruined my week and I'd like to go home and drink till my face stops hurting so are we good [ __ ] fireflies possibly back get up [Music] [ __ ] hell hey Ellie count slowly and clearly from one to ten one two three four slowly eight you know salty all right I'm ready for some sass where's Marlene smokes for him nothing if Tommy responded we'd know um and you're talking to the Tower every day it hasn't been that long it's been three weeks show me where the Tower is and you can't be serious Joel it's in Wyoming you're a capable guy but there are worse things than infected out there I hear everything on this there are Raiders there are slavers [ __ ] those flavors not that we're also learning more about how the quarantine Zone Works people trying to contact others across the country I got jumped by a couple guys oh gosh just a couple teenagers said some [ __ ] probably shouldn't have hmm not being completely honest there tests the guys who jumped me away with Robert he sold my battery to someone else nothing's Lost Robert is terrified of you so you march out of here all Clint Eastwood he's gonna get wind of it and Skip I need you to take a breath who'd he sell it to don't know well where is he don't know are we gonna find out quietly understand oh he's gonna go Clint Eastwood on his ass the table place at Southeastern or quitting we're taking that random girl locked in that room West from our guy in the radio tower in Salem Yep this is some important [ __ ] my friend if you're feeling lost tell me to look for the light and I'll break your jaw say no more I guess that was a sort of a firefly recruiter [Laughter] they put me there when I was a baby it's for Orphans they didn't put you there I did Ellie you my [ __ ] mom or something does it look like your mom no you're not a terrorist dump me with fedra because it's where you'd be safest and you were safe there until you decided to sneak out and terrorist was Riley a terrorist what I'm about to tell you cannot be repeated to anyone you will die nice not creepy at all whoa this one's done I know I just I wasn't expecting it I think it he wasn't down here last time oh you think he came down after he was infected maybe down here is where he was infected spores oh yeah no spores [ __ ] somebody foreign there's a body in front of the door yes and it's Robert oh [ __ ] if they have well this is this is different and there's the battery yeah yeah oh but it's just in in the game it happens in a different way oh Joel Marlene you okay yeah yeah I was just about to say that they were wanting that truck and that battery yeah Che guevar of Boston I mean war must be going pretty shitty for you to be buying from scumbags like him yeah it kind of has been the merch was bad and he obviously didn't take [ __ ] off Foreign deal went wrong who is she do you she's Chicago we don't smuggle people sorry I can do it you don't have a [ __ ] ear on your [ __ ] head could you please oh and I know what you're both capable of For Better or Worse what are they capable of thanks my friend you trust her no me neither but she seems desperate Firefly vehicle usually means repurposed Venture stuff so better than decent chance making it to Tommy in one of those you all talk it through but please remember that I'm bleeding out they're all desperate don't [ __ ] this up please oh yeah it's a big gamble give us a minute all right what the [ __ ] so what's the plan she's got that Ellie what the [ __ ] down pretty pretty well what you gonna do Ellie Snoop sneaky I don't know that my back so who's Bill and Frank the radio is a smuggling code right 60s song they don't have anything new 70s they got new stuff what's 80's sorry I can hear the kid in the background he watches were okay your watch is broken it's been for a while oh the radio came on when you're sleeping what what was the song I kept saying like like wake me up before you go go [ __ ] gotcha Hades means trouble code broken she is smart yep again I'm actually outside don't move that guy I said stay the [ __ ] home get on your knees really man yep the game is by the book yeah [ __ ] I remember this fine everything off of this run and half off on all of the pills it's a knife all off of your [ __ ] mind oh my God that [ __ ] is not gonna happen again no [ __ ] Joel dude we gotta move Joe parking run we'll take that with you yeah remember to loot 80s means trouble right trouble it is whoa nice 80s right but there we go that was the first episode I thought it was pretty damn amazing it it played out the way that we knew it sort of would if they were going to follow the story not too many deviations just small details here and there uh some some extra you know extra stuff added uh just to understand more of the world how the quarantine Zone works got some extra stuff in the beginning with learning about like the neighbors like the Adler family I think we just got the the names of them or the atlas but yeah got the names of them in in in the game only I do believe the dog was there as well but other than that like it was like a lot of the time it was beat for Beats and I'm glad that they did that because you you mentioned it during the reaction if it works then like why why do it differently but that's also what how the last of us the game was so special not necessarily because it hasn't done before but because it was basically a movie that you played out it was it was so cinematic and of course Naughty Dog they they did that at first with with the Uncharted and then took what they learned from Uncharted transferred it over to the last of us and and then that story was well not to say that like Uncharted is still like it was extremely cinematic but this was more more emotional and more about the characters uh you could say it was not so much about the adventure as much as is this is about the story and like the uh the narrative and how you like the the way it's told yeah yeah and extremely grounded in the way that it does it and and more Moody just like everything that was in that first game it seems like that that has transferred over here again and and then because of course like video games and television series like they're different different mediums media of yeah or don't you call it different mediums no when it's like I think when you have a medium and you have multiple media okay yeah sorry sorry English I thought I thought either way different ways of telling a story like what works in a video game doesn't necessarily work in a television series and you know what video games can do like the whole gameplay thing in combat and you know controlling the character but what then television series can do more effectively is probably the whole thing with like jumping around more and getting to know some more characters intimately besides the ones that you're playing and and we did get some of that as well here uh but it was mainly focused on of course Joel and Ellie and and it got us again it really really did that opening I'll never forget playing that for the first time seeing what happened and just how hard it hit you it hit us hard again as I said now with Sarah that just and of course like they could have fumbled that easily if it wasn't as well acted as it was and it it again happened pretty much beat for beat just as it did in the game but it's another one of those like cases where it worked so well the first time so don't mess with that just do the same again basically um but it wouldn't work unless they're really talented people behind it too replicated in a really um effective way yeah but I must admit um I don't have the greatest memory so basically everything is gone like details are completely gone okay so you remember big picture stuff but I I hardly remember anything actually oh that's um that's good then I think I remember most from the ending um yeah and we're not gonna of course we're not gonna get into that played the game yeah yes but um like I don't remember what happens to people I don't like you could just say like oh this is just B for B and I have absolutely no idea so it's almost for me almost like watching it for the first time as well so for me that's uh kind of great because I feel like my uh what I've uh I feel like it's almost a blank slate for me so I don't have that much to base it on so I can't really say that if this works and yeah if it's the same or not yeah yeah yeah I've played it a number of times as you would probably tell and but that's only a good thing that a lot of it is gonna feel new to you and it's gonna be almost as if you're experiencing the story for the first time again even though of course you knew the thing with Sarah because how you can't forget that uh that that will stay with you and if you haven't heard from some of like I've explained this a couple times before um but if you haven't heard that before I got the the game spoiled before I played it the first time someone told me basically what happened uh stroke for stroke during the story and that was before I started playing video games myself so that's why I wanted it wanted to know because that's like because you thought that you probably weren't going to play it so just yeah so just tell me exactly and uh yeah it so so that's how I at least got spoiled but I thought that was so amazing that you could actually use video games for like to tell a story like this yeah that engrossing and that cinematic and with it being almost like you are watching a series or a movie and then even during the gameplay sections it it still extremely cinematic um and now now like nowadays there's a lot of games doing that um and like the most recent one for me that I know they're gonna make that whole thing into series as well is is god of war and it just they keep getting they keep getting better and better at it uh but still The Last of Us is at the very top when it comes to games like that and and was like very even though as as I said like we have it Uncharted before that and there's been games um in the past before The Last of Us came out that you know quite cinematic and and you know you followed a a story that almost could have been a series or or a movie um like Metal Gear Solid I think the you know pretty groundbreaking where that one came out but the last of us was as well really really groundbreaking and I'm just so happy that this seems like they they're doing it like it's not I was about to say they broke the video game curse but there's been good video game adaptations before but there's also been a lot of bad ones and and one of the things that I think like they kept trying to do is take a video game where it's it's a it's a pretty long story and even like to get through a single player game like the last of us that'll take you anywhere between I think like 12 to 16 hours or more and then take all that and distill it into a two-hour movie that's almost impossible but with a with a series you get way more time and to let the story breathe and get more into the characters um a good one that or from what I hear that we still haven't seen is is Arcane of course but that's not it's different because yeah it's based on League of Legends but it's not they're not following a set story that people really know in that way like in League of Legends you have all of these champions backstory backstory and a lot of law there um they are only focusing on as far as I know I've played a lot of League of Legends but I haven't seen Arcane uh but what I if what I know is that they take some of these characters a few of them because a lot of these uh I love these Champions they have relationships with other Champions um but not all of them like they're from different Realms fair enough yeah yeah so I think they they are focusing on some of these uh some of these champions from a specific realm and with this like specific relationships and then they are kind of focusing on the lore rather than actual things that happen because uh League of Legends is uh a MOBA it's not not a single player story based it's a PVP so you have this champion and then you just basically go ham on another team so there's not a lot of like there's not really story in it just yeah it's not adapting it in the same way as we're seeing here with the last of us and I think like the video game adaptation that adaptations that has really worked has been ones where they haven't like straight up adapted like a set story um from what I hear like the Sonic movies are actually pretty good um detective Pikachu but still I haven't seen that one it was pretty good things yeah um but when it comes to then like story based stuff and like one that comes to mind for me is like Assassin's Creed when they made that into a movie that was just like what the [ __ ] are you doing they just do more of what they did in in the game and even though like that's not that was nearly as cinematic as as the last of us but either way what I'm just trying to say here is just well done I really think that they've nailed it so far a bad joke if you have to explain it right but Neil dragon and Craig Mason Madison Mason I'm actually not quite sure but he did uh Chernobyl before this and a lot of yes um and he's been doing acting as as well um but uh yeah we've did reactions to Chernobyl those you can watch those on the channel as well some of the first reactions that we did actually in um the series that sort of helped our Channel become what what it is or at least it it you know it kick-started the channel That and and Game of Thrones also yeah so this Series has ties to both genoba and Game of Thrones in that way but yeah the people the showrunners and especially the actors I think it's so well cast it's so freaking well cast Petro like we know what he can do daddy Pedro um again getting like a similar beat I guess as in the Mandalorian with a guy and a long Gunslinger Lone Wolf I think it's uh yeah but Lone Wolf and cop story I think that that's what it's usually oh we put it that way yeah yeah sure and he's doing such a good job as Joel like just from the very first scene I I bought that um Gabrielle Luna I think his name is playing Tommy did a really good job like we only saw him in the opening and and uh the girl playing Sarah uh did such a good job and it was heartbreaking again when that happened um a woman playing Tess I think is doing a really good job yeah I think she's great really great like like the intensity there and just wow yeah blew me away like they really hit that as you say the intensity part because what I remember like I when I remember stuff I usually remember more in like emotions and feelings like that and I think the the art and tones yeah yeah and the tone of this is pretty much bang on uh and like because it is kind of like a horror game right and uh or at least it has a is really pulling on those horror strings yeah horror Thriller drama yeah yeah and and almost on the edge of your seats yeah I was basically throughout um because the the tone of this like you have this Eerie feeling and of course it comes from uh well zombies uh fungi zombies but also from like the you almost in the quarantine Zone you almost feel like you are trapped trapped in like bad conditions and it's a lot of these like there's a lot of hopelessness yes that they also just I think nailed pretty much also along along the lines of like dialogue and like the writing of it where it's like well it's a miracle that all this uh life and not just like it's a miracle that you're alive but or he's alive but yes military conditions inside of the quarantine Zone and feeling pushed down and we saw like executions like that's that's I don't remember that from the game rough yeah I don't think we saw that necessarily but that's what I meant with like that showing us more of what life is like inside of the quarantine Zone what it's like to to be a survivor living there at least and under what conditions but but yeah you said it the tone is spot on it really really really is and that was one of the most important things to nail that and the characters I think and then also just like the look of it it just it oozes The Last of Us um and with the like we didn't we saw of course some Infected in the beginning but that's like the very early stages we're gonna see some later on that looks more like what what was you know stuck to the wall there that they saw with the growths uh from the fungi so that's that's all yeah so goddamn good I I am really looking forward to the first part where they were yeah in like 69 or something yeah um well it was I think it's called Jonathan but the the guy who plays Jonathan from The Mummy where he was explaining uh fungi and stuff like that yes these very real things so yeah yeah and I remember I've looked up this whole because I heard about the ant stuff so yeah and and I was like can this happen in real life I had to Google it frantically because I am a bit of um I I don't like stuff like this I don't like um post-apocalypse uh scenarios whether they can happen or not yeah it makes for good stories but it's still it can be scary to think about yeah and I think um as well as I know even though they had really good like really there was a lot of scientific stuff whereas like yeah I was yeah I am a biochemist so a lot of this I already knew um I have also worked with Cyrus typing myself so not I've worked with it yeah work with it legally um so so that was like interesting and with how like how this whole explanation of fungi in the beginning it was just that's it's basically just all I wanted to say it's just like it was really nice that was that beginning that was a good way of opening it something that that we definitely didn't get in the game is yeah what would happen ish like based like in very real science and real things but then of course taking that a step further and and being like something that's probably not going to happen at all but but still coming up with sort of an explanation as to like okay how could it happen What If the Earth got a lot warmer and then linking it to something else that is also real and very topical which is uh climate change global warming so just linking those things up like that that was a great way of starting it out and explaining it there I'm glad they did it like that and then just yeah jumping straight into 2003 yeah and I've said something during the reaction that perhaps I should clarify um I'm pretty sure in the games the outbreak is supposed to be in around 2013. uh that's also when the game came out right yeah yeah so but the thing is Pearl Jam made an album in 2013 I think it was backspace so well that's true to 12 2012. and I'm a huge Belgium fan um in the last of us too they actually have a number from uh a track from that album that they put out oh and that's why I remember because we you have the ability to play it in the game yeah yeah and I was just like Ketone I know this like I know this okay so that wasn't if and when they get to part two they're not going to be able to replicate that no because in this version of the story Pearl Jam never got to make that album no exactly and yeah and I I remember playing that when we played the game because you can see the game streams on the channel if you want to oh yeah by the way I should have mentioned that up top we played The Last of Us Part Two on the channel uh just go look in the playlists and it's it's right there also didn't review yeah if you want to know our thoughts on The Last of Us Part Two yeah sorry and someone in the comments just mentioned or in the chat mentioned that well Neil dragonman is a huge fan of pilting as well so hey buddy um but yeah so that's kind of why I know and that's one of the differences that they made but I think it makes a lot of sense for the story and and how it happened with the outbreak that it was during a time where as I also said like there's not social media in the same way everybody doesn't like walk around with smartphones and checks it all the time and people filming what's going on so it makes more sense that it came as such a surprise to a lot of people and all of a sudden you know just just hitting them because they're not paying as much attention like information isn't just flowing to them in the same way that it is today or even in the same way that it was in 2013. and so I think that that was a a pretty good change then yeah it makes sense at least it does it does [ __ ] fantastic first episode nailed it nailed it nailed it cannot wait till next uh Monday for us when we're gonna watch the second episode I think there are nine in total next one isn't going to be as long as this one uh this one was like 80 minutes or something and I think the next one is going to be like 50 55. and then we're gonna get like an 80 80 minute episode again so I don't know like how that's going to go um going forwards doesn't matter as as long as it's a good story and we know that it is and uh it's incapable hands uh I feel like just from watching this first episode yeah I'm just I'm stoked I'm so happy this was great I was glued to the screen even though I I knew what was going to happen but do you have anything else you want to add to it before we wrap it up yes I we forgot to mention Bella Ramsey oh yeah um we did talk about how great the casting was and I think Miller Ramsey Just Hits it straight on yeah again just just like with Joel I I bought it in like as soon as as we saw her it was Ellie right there on screen the mannerisms and the the language you know yeah the voice and and the way Ellie intonates and yeah speaks in general I think that was yeah same amazing casting and those those are of course the most important tornado with Joel and Ellie and they they really did that yeah but I think um since Neil dragon is such a huge part of this um because he created the game and now he's in on creating this and he also is pretty much like uh like him and Craig Masson Mason is basically on par in the way that they want things uh so I think Neil Dragon just wants hit this this uh as the game has to be like spot on and he won't settle for less because it's basically his baby right so yeah yeah very very important that you know you get that same feeling from the characters and and just who they are it comes across again yeah and then um something we started with 1899 but we would like to continue perhaps it's a Danish word of the day why not yeah since the titles uh oh yeah the titles of the episodes are so long maybe we should just stick to something that's kind of like as a theme or something that that's you know um makes sense in relation to the story and what's happening in the episodes so we uh agreed on quarantine yes so so canteen spelled out but if you're down you swallow basically every freaking letter so it's canteen yep and there's a letter in there that some of you might not be familiar with it looks like you have an A and an e cut together it's an a that's you know the pronunciation of that letter is container so there you go quarantine container Danish word of the day and that's gonna do it for this reaction and review of The Last of Us episode one thank you guys so much for watching and we will see you very soon bye

Channel: Kat & Sonny

Views: 81,297

Keywords: The Last of Us, HBO, Season 1, Episode 1, 1x1, When You're Lost in the Darkness, Joel, Ellie, Sarah, Tommy, Tess, Marlene, Firefly, Infected, Fungus, Death, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Series, Premiere, Video Game, Adaptation, Reaction, Review, Discussion

Id: tzw-GN_5G18

Length: 49min 24sec (2964 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 16 2023