As each day of the new year passes, the fans of The Last of Us are getting more and more excited. The popular game has been adapted and will soon be released as an HBO series. The original game was released in 2013 and received immense positive reports. This pushed the makers to make a sequel. And now finally a live-action series is going to be released.
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All the details, small to big, about this series have been getting the fans hyped for the release. And according to some reports, The Last of Us series has surpassed an aspect of the fan-favorite series, Game of Thrones.
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Game of Thrones was one of the biggest TV shows ever released. With its immense narrative and eccentric characters, GOT built its reputation for being an amazing series. Although the final season garnered some disappointing reviews, the series lives as a fan favorite.
Now as HBO is pushing another ‘expected epic’, The Last of Us series, news about the latter surpassing Game of Thrones has fans excited. According to reports, The Last of Us series has a much bigger budget than the fantasy drama. Moreover, this difference is not at all small.
The budget for #TheLastOfUs season 1 on HBO exceeds that of the each of the first five seasons of Game of Thrones.
(Source: The New Yorker) pic.twitter.com/uEmSfPsNjM
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) January 4, 2023
The first season budget of the survival drama is more than each of the first five seasons of Game of Thrones. It seems that HBO has immense trust in its new franchise. They are ticking all the boxes to make the series aesthetic and appealing to the audience.
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This is amazing news for the fans as well. Especially to see their favorite game getting this much investment and love from a big studio. After this fact was revealed, the fans were ecstatic and couldn’t wait for the series to finally be released.
Fans share their emotion about the budget of the series
Fans were ecstatic hearing the news about this huge investment.
Really high expectations all around for this. Way bigger than that of any recent video game adaptation I can remember. The consensus normally is expect to be disappointed but🤞🤞
— H👾 (@h4rrypriv0) January 4, 2023
Holy W 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ef2sGvKzCB
— DomTheBomb (@DomTheBombYT) January 4, 2023
But many others believe that a big budget won’t just suffice. They need to nail the storyline. Quality is what matters and if there is a big budget and the product is of poor quality, then it would just be a disappointment.
A high budget is no guarantee of quality when the creative staff are lacking in it, as I'm sure a lot of people are going to discover next year if they haven't already after the disastrous last few years of television and film.
— Broodwars (@broodwars64) January 4, 2023
That's never a good sign…
Look at rings of power— Dozyn (@Dozyneg) January 4, 2023
Also, ever since the cast was revealed, many were not really happy about it. As soon as the news about the high budget came, these unhappy fans took a dig at the casting of the series.
I'm going to be very interested in seeing how this Joel and Ellie work on screen. I'm not sold on either actor yet, so I'm very interested in seeing it.
— Broc (@Broctimus_Prime) January 4, 2023
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Yet the couldn’t find a better actress for Ellie 😂
— Mustafa_mu26 (@therogue63) January 4, 2023
The series is slated to release on HBO MAX on January 15, 2023. Countries that do not the streaming platform would have to wait a bit longer to watch the series.
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