{"id":8627,"date":"2023-01-17T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/the-last-of-us-review-one-of-the-finest-tv-shows-you-will-see-this-year\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:37:56","slug":"the-last-of-us-review-one-of-the-finest-tv-shows-you-will-see-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/the-last-of-us-review-one-of-the-finest-tv-shows-you-will-see-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us review \u2013 one of the finest TV shows you will see this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

This desperately moving drama set in a zombie-ravaged US is a phenomenal blend of horror and heart, with a cast that could not be more perfect<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Last of Us recap episode one \u2013 welcome to the mushroom apocalypse! <\/a><\/p>\n

What if it wasn\u2019t a flu-like virus that threatened the existence of humankind, but a parasitic fungus that used rising temperatures to evolve and switch hosts, from ants to humans? That is the terrifying premise of The Last of Us, another post-apocalyptic prestige drama in a TV landscape that, for understandable reasons, is stuffed with game-over scenarios. While its zombie skeleton brings immediate comparisons to The Walking Dead<\/a>, its beating heart is more in line with last year\u2019s Station Eleven<\/a>, with which it shares a surprisingly steady and meditative pace.<\/p>\n

Much has been made of its origins as a video game, in part because the source material looked as if it might offer the best chance yet of a convincing transition from console to screen. The series was adapted by the game\u2019s creator, Neil Druckmann, and Chernobyl<\/a>\u2019s showrunner, Craig Mazin, a combination that suggested it might buck the trend of video games reworked into another format. (Thirty years on, the Super Mario Bros film is still cited as a cautionary tale.)<\/p>\n

The Last of Us is on Sky Atlantic and Now in the UK, HBO in the US and Binge and Foxtel in Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nThis desperately moving drama set in a zombie-ravaged US is a phenomenal blend of horror and heart, with a cast that could not be more perfect
\n\u2022 The Last of Us recap episode one \u2013 welcome to the mushroom apocalypse!
\nWhat if it wasn\u2019t a flu-like virus that threatened the existence of humankind, but a parasitic fungus that used rising temperatures to evolve and switch hosts, from ants to humans? That is the terrifying premise of The Last of Us, another post-apocalyptic prestige drama in a TV landscape that, for understandable reasons, is stuffed with game-over scenarios. While its zombie skeleton brings immediate comparisons to The Walking Dead, its beating heart is more in line with last year\u2019s Station Eleven, with which it shares a surprisingly steady and meditative pace.
\nMuch has been made of its origins as a video game, in part because the source material looked as if it might offer the best chance yet of a convincing transition from console to screen. The series was adapted by the game\u2019s creator, Neil Druckmann, and Chernobyl\u2019s showrunner, Craig Mazin, a combination that suggested it might buck the trend of video games reworked into another format. (Thirty years on, the Super Mario Bros film is still cited as a cautionary tale.)
\nThe Last of Us is on Sky Atlantic and Now in the UK, HBO in the US and Binge and Foxtel in Australia. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This desperately moving drama set in a zombie-ravaged US is a phenomenal blend of horror and heart, with a cast that could not be more perfect \u2022 The Last of Us recap episode one \u2013 welcome to the mushroom apocalypse! What if it wasn\u2019t a flu-like virus that threatened the existence of humankind, but a …<\/p>\n

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