I loved both the games and the show but I’m not so connected to the fandom. What is it they don’t like about her or the show?
Guess I’ll put my two cents in, the writing has not been great in season 2, and unfortunately Ramsey is still learning how to act with a range of emotions besides “strong, mildly snarky, girl”. Not her fault since she’s still just a kid, but I can see why people find some of her scenes awkward. Combine that with the previously mentioned bad writing, and S02 just wasn’t as strong as S01.
Combine that with neckbeards upset that the emotionally traumatized characters in a post-apocalyptic society aren’t hot enough to match their fantasies and you get a lot of complaints online, with not enough people willing to defend the show to tell them to shut up and stop being horny neckbeards.
For me It’s mostly that I miss Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay acting together. They had such great chemistry.
They hate the fact they can’t get an erection when trying to jerk it to the 14 year old character she portraits. Also Abby is butch but not lesbian, which they just cannot comprehend.
I don’t have am issue with Bella, she is great. S2 just sucks…
Hey, remember when the totally not pathetic and unhinged fandom of these games were threatening the lives of Laura Bailey and her baby because they didn’t like the actions of the fictional character she voiced?
Pepperidge Farm remembers…
Wow typical hollywood elite disconnected from the common experience. WE HATE THE GAMES TOO AND WE’LL NEVER STOP WATCHING
The problem is LoU part 1 story was great.
Part 2 story just isn’t that good. Game and show both. It’s just not as solid, interesting, or compelling of a story. It’s sequelitis. Part 2 story just doesn’t really justify itself, and feels forced.
I have no intention to watch S3…
Ok. I won’t. I gave up after trying to watch season two. I just couldn’t get into it, even though I enjoyed season one. I dunno if it’s because it was boring, I’m zombied out, or they waited too long to come back on the air for me to feel invested anymore.
I find I can’t get into any show unless it is at least 3 seasons in and it sounds like the show will be able to wrap up properly.
I watched the first season of Wheel of Time thinking there’s no way someone would start an ambitious series like that with 13 books of source material without planning to finish it. Ugh.
I didn’t even make it through Season 1 of Wheel of Time…
I can’t remember a single character name, or any of their personalty. Or chemistry. There must have been very little?
Didn’t play the games so I have no reference, but I thought Season 1 was excellent! The third episode had me fuckin’ bawling my eyes out lol. I thought it was a stellar episode! Overall touching, wholesome, etc. The vibe Season 1 also seemed more “real” (in the event fungus zombies were to become real.).
Idk if/how much Season 2 was true to the game but I didn’t really enjoy it.
Bella’s acting fell flat imo, it seemed like she couldn’t shake being constantly awkward on screen. The story focus on Ellie’s gf’s pregnancy was weird and all of the dialogue surround it was pretty shit. I personally found it rather disjointed to have that one episode end in a stanky fingering scene — like they’d be so fuckin dirty bro, and are the characters supposed to be so naïve/ignorant that they don’t consider maybe the pregnant girl could get a very inconvenient UTI in a dangerous place? My girlfriend took personal issue with the makeup, hair, and clothing choices by the showrunners lol. It overall felt like the writers didn’t know what they wanted or what they were doing but felt as if they should shoehorn therapy-talk/themes in it at every corner.
I personally wished we got more zombies or story behind the militia group.
I don’t think it was Bella’s acting that fell short. I think they just gave them shitty writing. Bella portrayed Ellie’s character so well in S1 (never played the game) and S2 is just a different person. Even the flashbacks in S2 have S1 Ellie vibes.
Long gaps kill momentum between seasons.
I feel like I have to rewatch the first season before the second of it’s more than a year.
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