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    I actually thought the HBO show was junk. The characters felt really shallow, which might be because I've seen them written and acted with more depth in the original game. I thought the Ellie actress was doing a really bad job, that seeing her pretend to be a 14-year-old was kind of unnerving, and I wasn't impressed by Joel either. Just so flat in comparison to the game character. Lots of line deliveries made me cringe. I also thought the show was pretty visually ugly. All around I was just unimpressed. Won't touch S2.
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      Editing … I didn't hate it, but it felt like a hollow retelling of a game I've already experienced on three different platforms. The early episodes don't really convey Ellie's more compassionate side. They mostly just stuck with "swears a lot and likes to challenge authority." And it was so funny how many lines just work better in the game. When Ellie says "We're not going to help him?" the line "He's not even hurt," is much better than "Nope!" I enjoyed the show at its most when it was doing its own thing. I liked the Bill episode, I liked the talk show segment, that sort of thing.
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      Editing … Also Kaitlyn Dever as Abby is the most bizarre casting choice I've seen in some time.
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      Editing … I don't really know who Abby is. I don't have a PS4 or PS5, so I won't know much about Part II until the PC release. Also, I was kind of crushed by how flat the "you'd just come after her" scene and line delivery was at the finale. God that sucked.
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      Editing … I didn't like it either. I saw two episodes and quit.
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      Editing … I really shouldn't have finished the season. I just thought there was genuinely a chance the show would pick up at some point, since people seemed to love it so much. The Left Behind episode was so bad I had to skip it.
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      Editing … I've never started to like a show after hating it first. If I don't like it after the first one or two episodes I'll never like it in my experience. There are way too many shows available to see anyway so I only watch things I really enjoy. I wish I could wash out all of the trash shows that are already inside my head but the least I can do is to stop contributing to the pile now.
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