Last of UsA TV adaptation is a rare bird in staying true to its source material, especially when it comes to video games. even had to make some changes to accommodate different forms of storytelling. Episode 2 of the program, we know a little more about the “infection”, how it spread, and where it may have come from. Expect this blog to receive future updates as the show continues.
Last of Us tells a story of post-apocalyptic survival in the wake of A devastating pandemic that will change the world forever as we know it.of Last of UsTaking science fiction, the zombie apocalypse is brought to life by a mutated form of a very realistic fungal infection. But that’s not the only change the show makes. Inworld events, infectious disease details, character relationships, and more are all gently tweaked in this live-action journey through post-apocalyptic America.Needless to say, the following contains spoilers Last of Us in the form of television and games.
Same: Fungus Among Us
Last of Us have Inspiration too real Because of that contagious plague. What is called “Cordyceps” in shows and games is known as ophio cordyceps in the real world. This is a fungus that targets ant colonies in the rainforest.Similar to How Last of UsWhen humans reacted, the real-world Ophiocorticeps took over the ant’s mind, physically distorting its body and acting as a vector to spread spores that could infect other ants. will induce
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fun facts: while looking like an ant able to sense when members of their brood have become infected (remove infected individuals if necessary), they mostly stay high in the forest canopy, often on a meshwork of trails built above the forest floor to avoid a literal ‘graveyard’ of infected ants. Avoid infection by moving along.Remember that next time you play The Last of Us Part II.
Also, don’t hate onophiocordyceps too much.it also suffers A superparasitic infection known as O. unliateralisIt’s a parasite everywhere.
Changed: No more spores, tendrils grow (and stuff like this kills you faster)
One of the first, and perhaps most acute, deviations was HBO’s Last of Us A take from the show is how cordyceps spread in the first place. Bites from an infected person still transmit the disease, but the game’s airborne spores are replaced by tendrils that ooze from an infected body, enter and infect another victim.
In the game, players often have to navigate through spore-filled areas, requiring gas masks to avoid infection (although it’s best to remove those poor masks before it seems safe). often). A gas mask isn’t really a game item that players interact with that much, but the vulnerability to breathing infection is still a tense moment.
Showrunner Craig Mazin notes that this change give the world of the show a little more credibility“If you shoot spores into the air,” Mazin said. comic book,”It is clear that they are spread everywhere and everyone must wear a mask at all times. ” This is a welcome change.We were deprived of Pedro Pascal’s wonderfully expressive face. he is escorting another young man Has special physiological characteristics. The world is full of original ideas.
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That said, Mazin hasn’t ruled out Spores on the upcoming show.be accurate Interview variety.
Another important change in infection concerns the speed at which they turn after being bitten. In the game, Ellie’s bite and the revelation of immunity causes Tess to say, “Everyone will turn in two days.” In the show, as pointed out by world documents, the time to turn varies depending on where someone was bitten. Bites on the torso or other mid-body area will show changes in 2-8 hours, while bites on the neck, face or head may require a grace period of 5-15 minutes. .
fun facts: Cordyceps tendrils sporulating (sorry) may just have its roots in video games.hawk eye fan Found this in concept art as before Unused Serif I am referring to tendrils.Ah Recent interviews with Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin It’s not clear if this is the same concept art that was included in the official 2013 artbook, though.
I saw this meaningful concept art of a fungus growing under the skin. About bites is not so important. They just need to transfer these tendrils from one host to another, and that’s how the infection spreads.
Same: runner, clicker, overgrown area (oh my)
While some of the infected forms that appear in the game have yet to appear in the show (e.g. Bloater, Shambler, Stalker, etc. have yet to be seen), Runner and Clicker are full forms and can be displayed This is consistent with the behavior you are seeing. in the game. Episode 2 It also showed that, just like the game, certain areas with high concentrations of infected become dire dens of death, rot, and fungal overgrowth.
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Episode 2 introduces Clicker. Clicker is a mirror image of the shiv-weak beasts we’ve become accustomed to in video game form. As in the game, Joel shows Ellie that these creatures cannot see, but instead have very keen hearing, which they likely use to echolocate.
fun facts: The show goes a step further by matching the clickers to the game, using the same voice actors who have dedicated their talents to making clicks, screams and all sorts of weird sounds in the game.
Change: Infected appear connected
It is not entirely clear whether this won’t It exists in the game’s fiction (although I’ll explain how some of these bastards seem to know where I’m completely too fast), but Tess told Ellie in Episode 2 As such, the infected appear to be networked, with some kind of unified consciousness and sensory input: “Stepping on a patch of cordyceps in one place can awaken a dozen infected in another.” Now they know where you are.
This is seen in real time in Episode 2. A recently infected human chaos causes a horde to attack Joel, Ellie, and Tess. portrayed on the screen in a frankly reprehensible wayjoin the ranks of game of thronesDavid Friedman and D.B. Weiss, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin contributed to the time-honored male tradition. Depictions of badly coded violence against women on screen because it is so ‘triggering’ and ‘violating’. Well done boys. How will you shock us next?
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Same: Spread of infection through contaminated crops
Last of Us That’s because video games don’t delve too deeply into the details of pre-epidemic society, or even where the infection inevitably came from. can do first game prologuethe lead to the outbreak includes a “Food and Drug Administration investigation into potentially contaminated mold crops.”
At the beginning of Episode 2, it’s revealed that some of the early infections actually originated at a flour mill. Later episodes feature characters talking about cases of contaminated food, primarily flour (which we’ll get to later).
Change: Narrative Patient Zero
The show shy away from saying exactly who and where Patient Zero is, but by taking us to a new location where the infection is about to reach a dangerous point of no return, episode 2 Open: Jakarta, which Sarah informed us, is the capital of Indonesia just one episode ago.
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For some reason, the show decided it was appropriate to suggest that the outbreak first started in an Asian country, unlike what the in-game newspaper was referring to in South America.
Changed: The reason Joel didn’t get infected was….Atkins Diet?
Thus, both shows and games have found that contaminated crops play an important role in the spread of infection. So how did Joel get around it?
We know Sarah couldn’t make pancakes without the flour (and she wouldn’t eat her neighbor’s contaminated cookies because the raisins were so bad), but it’s certainly flour that Joel couldn’t come in contact with. would have existed elsewhere. and?Well, in episode 1Joel tells the neighbor he has atkins dietI initially thought this was a simple nod to the very silly keto diet that was popular in the 2000s, but Esquire ObservedFans speculate that Joel’s aversion to carbs likely kept him safe while the world fell apart.
Well then, a strange, possibly unhealthy diet might make a difference after all.
