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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I was actually thinking
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they should do Left Behind as part of the first couple episodes, in a series of flashbacks that the viewer doesn't immediately know are flashbacks, to introduce Ellie before Joel meets her. Obviously this continues after they meet, to show the climax of Left Behind / Ellie and Riley getting bitten when Joel and Tess find out she's immune.
Either way works. It is a pretty self-contained story that would work well as an episode of TV. But I'm not opposed to doing flashbacks, and I think there will have to be quite a few of them throughout the series for reasons that are probably obvious, so no issue with using them for this in principle, but it's not my first choice.
Dunno. I always sort of assume that any show they launch they're trying to get 5 seasons out of, unless its explicitly stated at the outset to be otherwise (e.g. Watchmen). Most of the actual good stuff is in the first game, so you'd think they'd want to give it all some breathing room.
I could probably map it out more thoughtfully if I wanted to take the time, but say, Ep 1 prologue, Ep 2 finding Robert, Ep 3 Joel meets Ellie and they have a tension-filled trip to meet Tess and Marlene, Ep 4 Joel, Tess and Ellie go to the Capitol culminating with Tess's death, Ep 5 Bill's town, Ep 6 and Ep 7 cover all of Pittsburgh, meeting Henry and Sam and the escape on the bridge (cliffhanger at jump), Ep 8 the sewers and the story of Ish, Ep 9 the town with either Henry / Sam's death as the ending or a cliffhanger with blood dripping down Sam's leg, and either way, Ep 10 has the reunion with Tommy.
I mean that's just one option, but it makes sense and allows for a good re-set for the first couple episodes of season 2, which would probably wrap up the first game. Then season 3 is the "in between time" to lead into season 4 which starts the second game, although as you're aware I would organize that whole story very differently, which re-organization would also apply to the TV show version.
I mean I think it's pretty clear that I should be the showrunner for this.
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Ok, I do actually see what you're saying here and think it could work, so credit where credit is due.
Definitely one of the more exciting parts of this is if they do cover the second game they could (and would likely have to, just by the nature of television) fix the horrendous story pacing/organization.
Also I just read this, which gives me good feelings about the show (along with the guy behind Chernobyl writing it, which was one of the best shows I've seen in ages):
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"For example, in the game, there's so much action you have to have to train the player about mechanics. You have to have more violence and more spectacle to some degree than you would need on a TV show because you don't need to train people on how to use a gun. So that's something that's been really different, and HBO's been great in pushing us to move away from hardcore action and focus more on the drama of the character."
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https://www.gamesradar.com/hbos-the-...from-the-game/