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EugenesMullet t1_jd9okfg wrote

Reply to It has been more than a week since the first season of The Last of Us ended. What are your thoughts and opinions about it? by mrnicegy26

I thought it was really good overall, as a huge fan of the games.

That said, I think it was more an adaptation of the cutscenes from the game than the game itself. All the cinematic beats were there and they nailed each one every time. But a lot of key character development that makes the story of the games land as hard as it did comes from interactions and implications in the gameplay.

Bits of dialogue as you’re going from point A to point B, having to survive an intense encounter where Joel’s brutality has to come out to protect Ellie, Ellie slowly becoming a more capable partner and learning about the way the world is and how it once was.

The Kathleen storyline seemed like an attempt to add depth where it wasn’t really needed imo, and I would have preferred more of the above than time spent fleshing out something that didn’t really need it.

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jez124 t1_jd9o5b8 wrote

Reply to I've given The Mayor of Kingstown 2 Seasons and clearly that's enough by mickeysbeer

some dumb storylines this season.Nothing felt concluded by end of season. The prison arc storyline was dumb. Didn't like the Bunny Direction. The mother remains annoying. And I gotta wonder at some point what the deal is with their portrayal of cops here. Are we meant to root for them? Is this like a CBS procedural ala Blue Bloods or like The Shield? Should we feel bad the psycho SWAT guy got wrecked?

Despite being only into 2nd season storylines have gotten tiring. Strangely enough this show needs more of Mike the Mayor helping out the common folks or something like that. Instead of putting out fires left and right.Bit of downtime is needed.

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res30stupid t1_jd9lxs0 wrote

Reply to Who is the best TV psychopath? by EngineeringOk3975

It's a one-shot character but in the ITV-produced series Agatha Christie's Marple, the killer in "Towards Zero" is a fantastic depiction of a psychopath.

Superficially charming so that those who don't know them, but those who are intimately familiar with them are aware that they are deeply disturbed and would prefer to stay as far away as humany possible if they could. They are very good at looking civilised and cultured, but when they are exposed as the killer, that illusion instantly gives away and it is outright terrifying. And the true motive for the murder is so petty that the only person who knew them truly was also the only one not surprised by it - everyone else couldn't believe it

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unitedfan6191 t1_jd9lp1j wrote

Reply to comment by EngineeringOk3975 in Who is the best TV psychopath? by EngineeringOk3975

Yes.

I mean, to elaborate:

  1. He avoided interacting with people as much as he could and it was a major part of his character to generally avoid talking to patients unless it was absolutely necessary. If that was the extent of it, it would be fine as some people are introverted, but he savagely insults and humiliates people when he does interact.

  2. He had a lack of empathy and was willing to put people through immense amounts of suffering (including willingly trying to forge and coerce patient signatures for extremely risky experimental procedures) if it meant the puzzle was solved at the end (ends justify the means).

  3. He was willing to potentially ruin his colleagues’ lives by threatening to discredit them when they attempt to find new employment elsewhere in the medical field when they overly questioned his methods when they believed he went too far and threatened to quit.

  4. He drove a car into Cuddy’s house. Not to mention his prank around this time also nearly destroyed the hospital and he would have had to serve another prison sentence (a far longer one) and the main reason he faked his death was to avoid this prison sentence.

  5. He snooped in on his colleagues’ personal lives constantly even during extremely inappropriate moments when family members died and therefore refused to respect boundaries.

I’m not necessarily calling him a psychopath because he made mistakes and there are reasons for his behavior, but I think he could plausibly fit the definition.

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