The HBO Max platform hopes to launch the year 2023 very strong with the series of The Last of Usthe adaptation of the well-known video game developed by Naughty Dog and which is part of Sony PlayStation.
At this stage The Last of Us It is a video game that does not require any introduction. With two numbered installments, the first one originally appeared for PlayStation 3 and managed to establish itself as one of the best titles of its generation and in history. At the time, the game surprised by its high quality in all facets, including the narrative. The original version still looks good despite having appeared for a platform two generations ago, although the dates on which it was released, with the appearance of PlayStation 4 almost around the corner, practically forced the creation of a port for that last console.
Video game adaptations to movies and series rarely go right and there have been many traumatic results, especially when one looks at the Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros movies in the 90s of the last century. However, with The Last of Us things point very differently, and it is that We could be facing the best adaptation of a video game to a series or movie ever made. We will have to see how opinions change as the weeks go by, but this case could not only be a worthy adaptation, but also material at the level of the video game that is intended to be adapted.
HBO Max has published a few hours ago on its YouTube channel the launch trailer for the series The Last of Us, in which we can see Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. Pedro Pascal is an old acquaintance of this type of content and has proven to be a more than solvent actor both in leading roles (The Mandalorian) and supporting roles (first two seasons of Narcos), while Bella Ramsey seems to still have to overcome the criticism received after acknowledging that he has not played any of the video games, although certain languages say that HBO had something to do there.
Another stone that you probably have to get around the series of The Last of Us be that of certain closed fans that ask for even more fidelity to the game or sharpen the smallest detail. It is important to keep in mind that a video game and a series are different content formats, and something that looks good in the video game does not have to have the same result on pure celluloid. The same can happen when adapting a novel, for example.
You should never get carried away by the initial impression, because it would not be the first time that a series premiered very strongly and then deflated as the chapters go by, but that does not mean that the expectations around The Last of Us be quite tall.
