each chapter of The Last of Us it involves a search for references, tracking clues related to the game and other issues related to the HBO adaptation. In this context, one of the aspects that generates the most attention is the narrative licenses that the production house is allowing itself.
One of them has to do with the location where a good part of the fourth episode of The Last of Us. These are details that sometimes do not have as much influence on the story, but when compared to the video game, they generate conversations among fans. It must be taken into account that, like any adaptation, it is necessary to make changes.
These are projects that are based on a specific story. But that, due to the format in which they are developed, is complemented by a series of decisions to make sense of some aspects. In The Last of Us This has happened with characters, who have a behavior, an aesthetic, and even a slightly different ending from that of the video game and, also, with a change in the geographical location of the characters.
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The Last of Us
and a detail during chapter 4 of the series
When Joel Miller (Peter Pascal) and Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey) leave the house of (nickofferman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), head into Kansas as part of their journey. It is there where they are attacked by a group of hunters. This, in the video game, takes place in Pittsburgh. This detail, one of those narrative licences, did not go unnoticed by the followers and has been commented on in different spaces.
When it comes to this type of project, marked by legions of followers around the world, each question is relevant and can lead to various comments. But there is a reason behind the decision to remain in Kansas, in the HBO adaptation, in opposition to what was proposed by the video game of The Last of Us.
This was developed in the official podcast of the series. In the content, craig mazin explained the following:
“It Pittsburghesque Pittsburgh was not necessarily important. We had certain environments where we knew we could shoot and it was more like Kansas City.. Literally, I think it was because of that: creating a Pittsburgh-like atmosphere in Kansas.”
Craig Mazin.
To this was added Neil Druckmanwho explained the following in relation to the change of location:
“Also for distances and where we wanted them to be on the trip at a certain time of the year, because of where the story is heading. We wanted it to be closer to the following, which we don’t want to spoil. If we look at the Pittsburgh map, that was much further away. In the end it is a superficial change, because where it happens is not as important as what happens and the decisions that are made in that city”,
Neil Druckman.
It is a decision marked by the pre-production processes. It involves a whole logistics that, in most cases, is foreign to the spectators. In the case of The Last of Usthe change does not imply a betrayal of the events described in the video game, only a change of the context in which they occur.
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The Last of Us It is well received by the fans of the video game, who in general terms find a faithful story to the one they played. Meanwhile, the narrative advances in the footsteps of Joel and Ellie, with a recently released fifth chapter, available on the platform of HBO Max. There will be a total of ten episodes that will make up the first season of the series, confirmed for a second installment.