Our review of HBO's The Last of Us World Premiere
hey guys we are here today for a very
special reason we got invited to The
Last of Us HBO show first episode World
premiere fancy schmancy event because
we're better than you they basically and
while the reviews are pouring in we
wanted to tell you what we thought about
the first episode and the experience of
going to the event and schmoozing with
the people like Neil druckman rubbing
elbows who rubbed his elbow a little too
hard you had to ask Shelby to stop
rubbing his elbow because if you're
going to bribe us with an after party
and drinks and goodie bags then we need
to incorporate that into what we think
of your show first things first okay we
saw the first episode only did you like
it I did not like it
I loved it it was really good it was
pretty good it was really free it was
pretty good and I've sat through that
game like three or four times now and I
went into it being like I'm not gonna
cry and then she certainly cried very
much in public surrounded by famous
people yeah okay now remember we're not
allowed to spoil anything in fact before
the show started Nick Offerman came on
the speakers and he said that if we
spoil anything he will I think the exact
words where he would destroy us and he
mentioned us by name specifically he
pointed us out first thing we should
discuss is the casting which is the
thing that I think the most people are
curious about because Gamers have been
fan casting a movie In Their Heads since
the original game came out we always
knew that whoever was going to
inevitably play live action Joel and
Ellie they would have some humongous
shows to fill yes I think that's a major
concern how can you replace Troy Baker
and Ashley Johnson that's fine
a couple days from now we'll probably be
dead anyway it was a worry that I had
sure I was a little worried however I'm
happy to announce that I was wrong to
worry Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are
Joel and Ellie I think they crushed it I
think they crushed its butt Pedro Pascal
does an amazing Jewel great Joel I can't
wait for him to tell me that he is not
my daddy I can I don't think I'll be
able to handle it and Bella Ramsey as
Ellie a little bit stole the show
think sorry she's really good really
good that's so Ellie that's so Ellie the
moment that they crossed paths was
instant chemistry and what you said
before was that that you were worried
for whoever was going to have to replace
Troy and Ashley I would argue that they
didn't replace them they built upon it
yes good way to put it so with the
success of casting a live-action Joel
and Ellie out of the way that brings us
to the setting because in the last of us
the world and environment is a character
in itself it is oh I love that the folks
behind the costumes the set design the
props the lights special effects you
guys absolutely crushed it I felt like I
was in the game I have never seen
anything like this as far as video game
adaptations go now I didn't have the
game playing side by side with the
episode but guaranteed the day after
this episode airs there's gonna be
comparison videos I know that they won't
be exactly mirror images but when you're
watching it it feels like man every
raindrop or piece of scrap metal is
straight out of the game and I don't
think anyone's ever successfully done
that before there's a new bar now for
video game adaptations sorry Mila
yokovic to be fair though to other video
game adaptations The Last of Us was
already so much like a movie and there's
a lot of cut scenes and a lot of set
pieces that lend themselves to
one-to-one Recreations the last thing we
should discuss are the moments of the
last of us where the storytelling
doesn't happen during a cut scene it
happens during game play because that's
really the tricky part of making a video
game adaptation I don't know how much
they're going to play with this in
future episodes but in episode one I did
notice that the cinematography gets more
immersive during moments of the show
that are being adapted from moments in
the game where you're controlling the
camera it's not in your face like the
Doom movie where it's like a first
person all of a sudden and it's like
cheesy but they do kind of get more
creative with the camera work to immerse
you more if that makes sense but before
we give you our final score we need to
discuss the event itself that's right
because all of the little schmoozing and
elbow rubbing and sparkly shiny things
and free food they dangled into our
faces that's going to factor into this
final score the premiere itself first of
all it was so pouring rain which I did
not appreciate so next time make sure
you discuss it with you it just so
happened that the moment we arrived the
whole cast were on the red carpet at
that moment we just walked in completely
wet glasses covered in water I could not
couldn't see and I know Pedro Pascal was
not thinking about us at all no no he
was he was but on the off chance that
he's a huge fan we're sorry Pedro Pascal
if you really wanted to meet us but we
were too wet so that was fun though to
see people on the red carpet it was just
like the movies it's just like you see
on the TV and then we went into the
theater we had tickets we were like okay
we're probably in the nosebleeds back
there here we go we're going to our
seats the row is D and we're
we see like you know famous people and
we see oh there's Troy Baker I bet we
passed him they put us ahead of Troy
Baker we're like goodbye Troy enjoy the
back of my head and then and then we see
D it's very close to the screen front
row it was very big there was a crick in
the neck it was a huge here's the
reenactment of us watching the episode
in our seats
yeah okay so we watched the show we get
up and we go guess what we were invited
to the after party we walk in wow a huge
beautiful set piece gorgeous lighting
people walking around
and I can't hear what they're saying to
me and I'm like yes uh-huh yeah DJ
making noise DJ Making a little too much
noise that's another note there was no
dance floor or anything so if there's no
dance floor hey I'm trying to talk to my
friends here you know I can't hear my
voice is cracking because I'm talking
loudly and then when you when you talk
loudly it's like you're making more
breath and so people's breath are
hitting you and you're worried now that
your breath is hitting there because
you're huh
nice to meet you
the really cool part was the drinks they
were themed the clicker there was the
something about the qz and there was
look for the light and it had a light so
it was this glowing drink my one thing
is we had just watched a really scary
show about gross fungi that causes
problems and all the the drinks had
fungi flavored syrup in them so it was
like tequila but also like shiitake
besides getting drinks and taking photos
at the cool set pieces they made there
was also a very long line to stand in to
get a survival kit
it says warning cancer and reproductive
harm so we're gonna have to knock some
points off for that so this was really
fun to do and I really like this so much
and in 40 years I'm going to take this
to Pawn Stars and retire probably
probably yeah here's my critique for
this really cool and thoughtful free
nice thing that you gave me when I
opened this it's an actual survival kit
there's gauze in here I wanted a toy
I think it's cool not gauze it is cool
though I'm being ungrateful I'm grateful
for a little bit I wanted candy well we
were in line for the survival things it
was right by the dessert table and
Shelby just kept grabbing them well just
like you wanted to try one of each drink
I wanted each dessert I didn't have
three drinks in my hand at once though
so efficient another fun thing was all
of the cool people that we got to meet
and now listen I told Shelby to be cool
I told Shelby to be cool I said you
gotta act like you know how to hang okay
this is HBO here but Shelby was just
like a meerkat just I like to look which
is fine I get I was also looking there's
trip cutie I was so excited when I saw
Jeff Hughley that first episode of Last
of Us is a little better because Jeff
Keeley was there that night I think but
here's the thing when you're at one of
these events you don't want to bother
yeah anyone who is a part of the show or
the really famous people this is their
big night we didn't want to be one of
the thousands of people going up and I
don't want to interrupt anything so we
were very polite about that although
next time Troy Baker be certain that if
I see you again
you will know who I am having said that
about us being polite and not invading
anyone's space Jeff Keeley did not get
that kindness he had nothing to do with
the show so we saw Jeff Healey and said
hello we're gonna interrupt your evening
right now luckily incoming girlfriend
reviews luckily his evening consisted of
walking around alone eating a cupcake
and then we saw one opening and we said
he was very busy time until he wasn't
and he had his brief moment to eat his
cupcake and we pounced we pounced on
Jeff Keeley we weren't sure if he knew
who we were we have done a lot of jokes
about Jeff Healey and Shelby's dressed
up as him and sing a song and he did
like that he interacted with it and he
followed us so we thought maybe and then
when we went up to him he didn't quite
know who we were but then when we told
him he goes oh yeah yeah I gotta go for
reviews yeah I know we were like okay
Jeff and then he was very nice he was so
nice and he invited us to the game
awards he said you better come to the
game awards and I said okay yeah and he
said here let me have your email and I
said okay yeah and here's the email we
got from him it said from Jeff Healey
subject hey and in the body of the email
nothing just nothing and then the only
other person that we really really would
have liked to talk to but arguably was
the most sought after person of the
night yeah was Neil druckman yeah if
this was anybody's night I think it was
probably it was Neil's night but listen
Neil druckman in the past he reached out
to us that's right he slid in the
Twitter DMS yeah and he was very nice to
us in Twitter he was very kind to us
about our understanding The Last of Us
Part Two video and the subsequent place
that shall not be named Drama We felt
compelled to you know say hey we
appreciate your support but he was very
busy it wasn't happening because he's
the he's the guy you know and as we're
leaving who other but Neil druckman Taps
on our shoulders he says wait wait I
wanted to talk to you before you leave
so nice wow so we got to talk to Neil
druckman and he was just delightful and
I got to uh ask him a few things
that's right and he said this is off the
Record and I said of course Neil but
obviously Neil I'm going to tell
everyone right now what you said Neil
told me that Last of Us Part three is
done it's coming out next week oh
there's an airplane
Neil oh my God Neil called the police
because we told the secrets just kidding
Neil didn't tell us any big big secrets
but based on what I've heard you know on
the Grapevine uh from the big grape
himself
it sounds like HBO and naughty dog
aren't around and based on what we saw
in the first episode and just like the
event itself and and just like the vibe
of everyone you know you could tell that
people were proud it's my guess that the
show is going to be successful and that
naughty dog has some big things planned
all right well shall we calculate our
final score for the first episode of The
Last of Us yeah on HBO let's start with
our 10 out of 10. we were wet yeah it
was raining so uh no popcorn we were too
intimidated to stand in line to get
popcorn too nervous to ask I also have
down here that Neil did not mention Us
in his speech before the episode started
but she'll go ahead and take one off for
that unfortunately you're gonna have to
take this from the score we had to
remind Jeff Keeley of who we were so go
ahead and take that down
um I have on here in my notes uh
survival kit had no candy and then uh
mushroom stuff the mushroom drinks were
too many mushrooms for Matt but you know
what you can add that back I like the
mushrooms okay so it Even's out all
right so I guess our final score is five
out of ten yeah jokes about bribery
aside this is not Shilling we are not
boot looking it actually was genuinely
really good it was really good I was
very moved and I was very impressed at
least as far as the first episode goes I
have no idea from episode two on it
could be a complete [ __ ] show yeah you
don't know yeah like they could like
main character
season make you somebody
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so yeah it was really fun for us and we
hope you like this quick video keep your
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