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Subject: The Last of Us... spin off of The Road?

I swear they are exactly alike. The setting, the enemies, the protagonists (except one's male and the other is female).

If anyone has seen the movie The Road, can you tell The Last of Us seems like a spin off of the movie?

  • 12.21.2012 11:06 AM PDT

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The fact that the relationship between the two characters in the Last of Us isn't father-son there's really not a whole lot of correlation besides apocalyptic scenarios.

The father-son bond is literally the whole point of the Road.

  • 12.21.2012 11:08 AM PDT
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The Road was much darker then The Last Of Us.

Also, i'd recommend reading the book The Road. The movie was great but the book is as good if not better then the movie.

[Edited on 12.21.2012 11:10 AM PST]

  • 12.21.2012 11:10 AM PDT


Posted by: LeSieg
The fact that the relationship between the two characters in the Last of Us isn't father-son there's really not a whole lot of correlation besides apocalyptic scenarios.

The father-son bond is literally the whole point of the Road.

True. With the relationship of the characters.
But the overall mood, settings, problematic situations, it seems all the same. I like it. But The Road had intense moments especially the ending, which made me cry. I hope The Last of Us will be the same. I'll be watching it on YouTube since I don't own a PS3.

  • 12.21.2012 11:11 AM PDT

The Wonderful LeSieg!

The book was better, only because of Cormac McCarthy's prose style. The movie is pretty faithful, though.

  • 12.21.2012 11:11 AM PDT

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Posted by: LeSieg
The fact that the relationship between the two characters in the Last of Us isn't father-son there's really not a whole lot of correlation besides apocalyptic scenarios.

The father-son bond is literally the whole point of the Road.

I think that the relationship is pretty close to the one of The Road, but that being said, that's not enough to make it a spin off.

For one, spin off means that they're in the same canon, which they aren't.

^I actually thought that the movie was better because the story benefits so much from visually seeing the setting and the "shown not told" aspects of their relationship

[Edited on 12.21.2012 11:13 AM PST]

  • 12.21.2012 11:12 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

Not too similar. Like others said, The Road is about a father-son relationship.

Posted by: BS411
The Road was much darker then The Last Of Us.

Last of Us isn't even out yet.

  • 12.21.2012 11:12 AM PDT

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Not really, the enemies are a mix of infected and human in the game. While in the book and movie, it is just cannibalistic humans. Naughty Dog is known for taking the ideas of others and improving upon them in great ways.

Also the goal for the Father, Son in The Road was to get to the coast I believe. While in the game it is to find weapons, so I heard a while back.

  • 12.21.2012 11:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: darthnazgul
Not too similar. Like others said, The Road is about a father-son relationship.

Posted by: BS411
The Road was much darker then The Last Of Us.

Last of Us isn't even out yet.
Yeah but from just seeing the images and videos, the story in The Last of Us doesn't even seem to be as dark and depressing as The Road was.

  • 12.21.2012 11:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: BS411
The Road was much darker then The Last Of Us.

Can I borrow your time machine?

  • 12.21.2012 11:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: BS411
Posted by: darthnazgul
Not too similar. Like others said, The Road is about a father-son relationship.

Posted by: BS411
The Road was much darker then The Last Of Us.

Last of Us isn't even out yet.
Yeah but from just seeing the images and videos, the story in The Last of Us doesn't even seem to be as dark and depressing as The Road was.

The story of Last of Us is the father and daughter surviving together and the father-daughter bond (which is a little bit more interesting than the father-son bond since they have less in common IMO)

  • 12.21.2012 11:17 AM PDT

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"It's Afghanistanimation!"


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Posted by: BS411
Posted by: darthnazgul
Not too similar. Like others said, The Road is about a father-son relationship.

Posted by: BS411
The Road was much darker then The Last Of Us.

Last of Us isn't even out yet.
Yeah but from just seeing the images and videos, the story in The Last of Us doesn't even seem to be as dark and depressing as The Road was.

The story of Last of Us is the father and daughter surviving together and the father-daughter bond (which is a little bit more interesting than the father-son bond since they have less in common IMO)
I heard totally different. Unless they changed it.

  • 12.21.2012 11:20 AM PDT

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  • 12.21.2012 11:31 AM PDT