You missed a hidden dialogue in 29:55. There's a wooden pallet on the water. If you swim near it, Ellie says "Joel, would you give me a ride?" He replies: "Those days are long gone, Ellie."
I got really salty when they killed Joel off earlier in the game but I'm cool now after seeing him again in this scene. It's just that I really miss him if only you could press the triangle button to give Joel a warm hug.
@Steven Ng I’m afraid that’s where you’re mistaken it’s to show us the reason why she did it and besides you’re a smart person but you’re a little stubborn to see just like how she made up her mind when she shotgun him he made up his mind on accepting his punishment before the golf club especially after he put two and two together with his past but don’t think that I’m siding with her completely and you’re not the only one who cared about him i’m just not letting my emotions as well as my bloodlust overwhelmed me
This is one of the best scenes in all of The Last Of Us. The peace, the bonding, the history, the happiness and emotions in this flashback is so wonderful
Baby Ellie breaks my heart in these flashbacks, cause despite everything she was happy and loved her life… she felt safe with Joel and it hurts to see her have that stolen, i could cry 😭
@@spideyfan1278 this is true, she annoyed me so much for that tbh. It was clear the ‘vaccine’ was a bit fishy to begin with and Joel did what he had to do to save an innocent child that he’d grown attached too yet she turned him into a villain🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
As one of many motion capture technicians for this game, I greatly appreciate the upload. While I wasn't around for the entirety of this portion, mocap shoots from this section were no doubt highlights in my time working with the publisher and devs. If I hadn't checked, I would've thought putting the hat on the Joel was cut from the game, mainly because I couldn't trigger it on my first playthrough... Thanks for this, I'll definitely be sharing this video with friends and family.
Thanks for sharing this! You have a killer job and I admit I'm a little jealous :D Seeing your work come to live in such a masterful game must be an incredible feeling!
more like 28:01 minutes for me. I’m not about to feel bad for the fireflies, who went straight to deciding to kill a teenage girl without her consent for a CHANCE at a cure as if they were on some sort of time crunch.
I think it would of been a fun story if they had a main group of Fireflies show up where they have found others that are immune. And turns out Joel’s lies are true. They can’t create a cure. But Ellis becomes valuable to the Fireflies and they try to kidnap Ellie. But Joel and Tommy save Ellie. They could of introduced Ish from the Pittsburgh sewers. After escaping Pittsburg with the other sewer residents the fireflies may of attacked Ish’s group. Turns out Ish had a couple of immune members with Him and Ish’s group have tracked down the fireflies. But need a bigger group to finish them for good. Together Ish, Tommy, Joel, Ellie and perhaps a couple new main characters go out in adventure to finish off what remains of the Fireflies. If they wanted to have a major death scene fair enough, but this could of come in the ending battle. Perhaps Joel reveals the truth to why He originally lied but in the final fight Joel saves Ellie and Tommy but in the process gets fatally wounded. This would have certainly made a far better adventure story sequel and would of drew on some old connections to the first game.
13:10 If you examine the card after picking it up, Ellie tells Joel that it’s a superhero card, and Joel says that Sarah used to be into them… or “the little animal things”, he can’t remember. It’s one of the most heartbreaking things, to hear that after 20 years and a grown adoptive relationship with Ellie, that Sarah, the girl who used to be Joel’s only reason to live, his pride and joy, *his daughter,* taken away from him too early, is beginning to slowly slip away from him.
I believe he said “creature thing” or something along those lines. Sounds like a nod to Pokemon or Digimon. Also I wouldn’t say that Sarah is slipping away from him, he’s just moved past her death and found renewed value in his life through Ellie
Not going to lie when I saw this flashback I teared up and cried. When Joel handed Ellie the original recording of the Apollo 11 launch I kinda sobbed. Such a bittersweet moment. I also laugh and chuckled at Jurassic Park references, especially when Joel quotes Eian Malcolm's line, "Now that is a big pile of shit." I will miss Joel, such a legend.
@M.K.D.S when inspecting the dinosaurs in the museum. he talks about how he's "pretty sure that's a velociraptor" and how "there was a sequel... wasn't as good." (he's actually talking about The Last Of Us in that part)
What I love about the command module scene is the way Ellie is still daydreaming when the recording ends. As if she's just exited earths orbit and is just floating out in space, many many miles away just like her imagination. Even the light sweeping across her helmet simulating motion and with the glossy reflection of light almost mirroring the distant moon. A very similar scene with Ellie and Riley at the arcade. Nicely done imo! Man, even the lights on the panels light up which you can see in the reflection on the helmet. Details are insane!
I wish both would have had the words to express how they truly felt about each other. One of the best father daughter scenes I’ve ever seen. (I know he’s not her father, but you couldn’t tell that from that scene)
This was the best part of the game. I wish there were more scenes like this. It felt more true to the characters personality's than the rest of the game.
I absolutely adore how they did a little bit of research about some of the creatures in the museum. Though I am a little butt hurt they didn't mention that Dimetrodon lived before the dinosaurs and is actually more closer to mammals in relation than any dinosaur.
I paid an embarrassing amount of money for just the backpack from the Ellie Edition. I’m gonna take the pin to a tattoo artist, have it scanned, and get my first tattoo.
I think that sec 31:13 it's some kind of prediction to Joel's death. A reindeer being attached by a group of wolves. One of those wolves is biting the reindeer's paw. (Abby shooting Joel's leg). Since we asociate Ellie with a deer, Joel could be a huge reindeer. :)
@@anastasiesasmr9805 I know the question wasnt directed at me but i’ll answer you anyway The Fireflies purpose was to restore some semblance of a normal society. They had two main objectives: 1) Organize the return of a formal government by seizing control from the Military or other Militant type factions. 2) Eradicate/minimize the danger of the Cordyceps infection by finding a way to synthesize a vaccine. The beginning of the first game shows us that the Fireflies were basically a terrorist militia group themselves, consistently planning small attacks against the military controlling the Boston Quarantine Zone. We get a small taste of what they’ve been doing when they blow up some military trucks right in front of the checkpoint gate. So it’s heavily implied they did many morally questionable things believing it ultimately would be justified if they could eventually accomplish either of their two objectives. I believe this is most apparent when they rush so quickly to perform that surgery on Ellie at the end of the first game. Obviously, we know that doesn’t work out too well for them. However, the fallout of the faction is what’s important here. Basically, Joel single handedly destroyed the Fireflies. At the end of the game, we do learn that some fireflies were able to make their way down to Santa Barbara to keep their faction together, but for the most part, after Joel’s “Salt Lake Massacre,” the remaining surviving fireflies dealt with that event in separate ways. We can assume that at least one serving person from that group at St. Mary’s Hospital made their way to a random museum before their guilt and utter despair completely took over. All those comments written on the walls are meant to show all the things this one person did as a firefly and thought were justified since in their mind, they were going to save the world. Once that ultimate goal was unattainable, the reality set in that they done all these awful things. This person has a complete mental breakdown and ultimately kills themself. In addition to all that, this scene serves as a reminder both to Ellie and the audience that Joel’s lie is still looming over their relationship. Seeing the Firefly symbol, with the word “Liars” written underneath it, forces Ellie to think about everything that happened again. It becomes one of those thoughts that just sits in the back of her mind, constantly nagging at her. She needs to know what actually happened. It becomes her obsession, slowly causing her to become more distant with Joel. In the last seconds of the clip you can see ellie grabbing her bite and joel covering the «S» in liarS
@@idontlikeyoulol16 I understood all that but Joel looks at the graffiti on 34:25 for a second and immediately looks to Ellie and never looks at the graffiti again.Like he already knows what the graffiti is about and who wrote it and Joel's least bothered.Like he doesn't care.While Ellie on the other hand is substansially perturbed she continues to look at the graffiti.Even after Joel gives her a shrug to tell her to move on.What could that imply?Like she is more caring than Joel?
This is my absolute favorite part of the game and the only major thing to stick out to me and actually put a smile on my face besides that this game was painful to play
Yeah acting like it was a dull game just because your favorite character died is stupid and it’s sad how other people put this game down just for that.
@@pistolsniper6281 I’m not mad that Joel died it’s just no one waited 7 years for a game about Abby the whole time and they killed him in the stupidest way possible
Ngl, Ellie’s dinosaur obsession probably has a secret horrifying meaning. During the prehistoric era, most fungi and viruses were ten times deadlier than today. And now that same structure is coming back to the present time where it has destroyed nearly all of humanity. This just showed how low we fell considering we were facing with a threat from millions of years ago that we had no idea it was going to comeback.
It's so strange seeing this wonderful segment in the game. This is what TLOU2 should've been. Heartwarming moments between Joel and Ellie where you see them connect like a father and daughter. That's what made us love The Last Of Us and I can't believe they got rid of that within the first 2 hours..
That's what we all wanted, a happily ever after story without people dying or suffering. But that's what we all want in life, unfortunately life is usually not like that. And that's what makes this game great. After seeing Joel die, we appreciate more this moments, we can only see him in memories, we don't have him anymore. And in a world like the last of us, where things are brutal, this game story is perfect and it makes sense.
None of the first game suggests that their world lets anyone have much of this - that’s the point... and part of connecting as parent and child is confronting conflicting truths as the child matures, which is what their drama is in part 2
@@Niro95 A story is not real life. A story is not about realism, unless it is. A story is always about something. When the writer decides “the something” - the theme - he writes every element of the story to relate to it. Real life doesn’t have a theme. It doesn’t respond to a structure. Real life is chaotic and random and would make for a boring storytelling experience. You can make a story about how random or violent real life can be, but that would be the theme of your story. So realism is not a good justification for what happens in a story because a story is a controlled environment and the theme dictates everything. TLOU Part II doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s a sequel. So what is theme of the first game and what made people love it? “The first game is about Joel’s and Ellie’s Father/Daughter relationship. This is what the players love about the first game. So Joel’s and Ellie’s relationship is the story’s arc AND what people love about the first game. Their relationship IS The Last Of Us”. Do you think it’s reasonable to take a story about Father and Daughter bonding and make the Father to be brutally murdered in front of his Daughter? Do you think it’s reasonable to make a story about Father and Daughter bonding and turn it into an empty soulbreaking quest for revenge? See, the problem is not about killing a beloved character or doing so in a gruesome way. There are plenty of good stories that manage to do it: GOT kills most of the Stark family; the Walking Dead kills a lot of it’s main characters… Some of those deaths are quite brutal, but the fans don’t hate them like they hate Joel’s death. On the contrary, they love them. The problem is also not about how bleak the story is. The Road has a very bleak world and people love it. I choose to use The Walking Dead and The Road as examples because they have a similar world to TLOU and may share some fans. So people can deal with character’s death and bleak storytelling. Why they hate Joel’s death so much? Because it doesn’t fit the first game’s theme about Father and Daughter bonding. Game of Thrones is about the ruthless political game of thrones. The deaths fit the theme of story. Walking Death is about the brutality of a collapsed civilization. The deaths fit the theme of the story. DON’T CONFUSE THE WORLD WHERE THE STORY HAPPENS WITH THE THEME. The Road had a very bleak world, but the story is actually quite hopeful. So it doesn’t make sense for Joel to be brutally murdered just because he lives in a bleak and violent world because a story it not about realism, it’s about the theme. You can say that people got frustrated because their expectations were subverted. But that’s weird, right? I know it’s a meme by now, but subverted expectations should be good, so what’s the problem? What shitty writers don’t understand is that when you subvert an expectation, YOU STILL HAVE TO RESPECT THE STORY’S THEME. Most of the times you cannot subvert an expectation out of the story original’s theme. Bruce Willis being a ghost by the end of Sixth Sense subverts an expectation and respects the story theme. Everything about TLOU Part II does not respect the theme of TLOU Part I. When you subvert an expectation by going off the story’s theme, you are not engaging your audience. You are disrespecting them for empty shock value. If Joel’s death had respected TLOU’s theme fans would have loved it.
The best way I can describe this sequence - specifically Joel and Ellie’s walk through the woods - is Ellie had a near death experience and was able to enjoy a few peaceful moments with Joel in the after life before being revived somehow. Though I know it’s a flashback, this sequence gives me that sense of zen.
They’re all correct. There were multiple species of raptors, some of which were exactly as big as the JP raptors. Kinda like how chihuahuas and Great Danes are both dogs but aren’t even remotely close in size.
Poor Ellie. Joel really was her father that's why she felt really bad when she lost the chance to reconcile with Joel properly. She was a mess in part 2.
People who hate this game really don't give a damn about a well told story and great character development. The Last of Us is a masterpiece. I hope there will be a 3rd part and bring the story to a good conclusion. Since I'm already old, hopefully it will come in this decade.
My favorite part of this flashback is when Ellie gets separated from Joel in the museum and she finds herself alone in a dark area. She finds these random statements graffitied on to the wall (the first one saying: “I killed for them”) and as you go deeper and deeper into darkness you find the persons corpse and a note written by him. Finally you find the firefly logo painted in black written on a wall and you realize this person was a Firefly. The set up is spooky and builds up the more you go forward.
Never thought in my life that a pc game would have such a big effect on my mental health, I’m literally bawling my eyes out, this is my favorite ever scene of them together, they looked so happy 🥹i said it once and I’ll say it again, they should’ve NEVER KILLED JOEL💔
Awesome video dude! My favorite flashback in this game! Btw, you missed a very funny conversation just after Joel said, GERONIMO! I can tell you what that was if you wanna know
Fortunately I never had that scene spoiled for me. The only part for that was spoiled was the theater Ellie was hiding out in. In my mind I thought it was in Jackson and I saw nothing that mentioned Joel’s death. I despise spoilers and anyone who spoils the story of games. It makes me mad 🤬
Arguably one of my top scenes in the game. The dialogue between the two is great! I did everything you could do, had to take the whole flashback in. Loved it!! Tho I clicked on this link cuz I missed ellie getting on the t rex and as I'm typing this apparently I missed the mirror scene! 😫 lol
I’m totally obsessed with The Last of Us & I really don’t know why . I watched a friend do the play through of TLOU 2 then I went out & bought the first game & played it & was instantly hooked . Know I can see what the fuss is all about . It’s a great story line & not far off from the reality of truth . Something like this could happen , the conditions in the world right now are great for the cordycepts fungi to mutate & become stronger & maybe infect people like in ants , but I don’t think people infected with it would attack people , they would do exactly what the ants would do & climb to the perfect climate & clamp down & the spores would form infecting others , slowly killing off the human race & maybe someone would be immune to the fungi like Ellie & we would find a cure for it . Just food for though , I have never had a childhood infection like chicken pox , mumps , measles etc & my daughter as well has never had any neither . Growing up I spent most of my time in the hospital because of a birth defect from 6 months old to 5 years old , then from 14 to 22 years old , not saying I’m immune to childhood diseases , but I have never had them . Weird.
I want more concepts of post apocalyptic children seeing dinosaurs for the first time and being absolutely flabbergasted by the existence of creatures they’ve never seen before let alone imagine could have ever existed
@@3120dd exactly. I dont respect the opinions of people who havent played the game. If you hate it after playing the game that's cool I dont share your opinion but I respect it.
Anyone ever get in a mood on TH-cam where you watch a bunch of videos of a certain subject? Yeah I know you do. Ive been in a dinosaur mood and a The Last of Us mood watching videos on both, completely unrelated. Then I remembered this sequence exists and it was a weird coincidence. Combining my two TH-cam binges.
1.Sarah and Ellie love dinosaurs (you can see her birthday card for Joel at the beginning of TLOU 1) 2. he calls them both "baby girl" 3. Sarah and Ellie's humour is kinda identical. They both talk like smartasses. (The drug joke)
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You missed a hidden dialogue in 29:55. There's a wooden pallet on the water. If you swim near it, Ellie says "Joel, would you give me a ride?" He replies: "Those days are long gone, Ellie."
omg, 3 years, never knew that
*long gone, kiddo.
@@picklesleblanc8376 You`re right, sorry.
@@Carlos_Roberto_Silva All g
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Guys the scene where Ellie is imagining the lift off of the shuttle with the registration of the mission control center, it's unbelievable!!
yeah, this and the dinosaur scenes are magic!
I cried at this moment.
The first game had a dinosaur ad the main character
@@RenatodaSilveira. Same! Actually I cried a fucking lot during the Game.
Been nice if ellie saw name tag randall it reads lol easter egg to recess
I got really salty when they killed Joel off earlier in the game but I'm cool now after seeing him again in this scene. It's just that I really miss him if only you could press the triangle button to give Joel a warm hug.
Yes, it was a much needed moment!
I was literally waiting the entre game for a Hugh....
Nah it's BS how he died and this is the best part of the game.
Flash stfu 🤡
@Steven Ng I’m afraid that’s where you’re mistaken it’s to show us the reason why she did it and besides you’re a smart person but you’re a little stubborn to see just like how she made up her mind when she shotgun him he made up his mind on accepting his punishment before the golf club especially after he put two and two together with his past but don’t think that I’m siding with her completely and you’re not the only one who cared about him i’m just not letting my emotions as well as my bloodlust overwhelmed me
Haven’t finished game yet but this level was by far the best out of both games combined that I’ve played through. Such a beautiful moment.
Last of Us was a masterpiece
This whole scene was very endearing.
Both games are masterpieces. This whole segment works so well because of the first game and tragic first act of the first game.
This is one of the best scenes in all of The Last Of Us.
The peace, the bonding, the history, the happiness and emotions in this flashback is so wonderful
@@darkshadowgamingii yea i felt the peace
Baby Ellie breaks my heart in these flashbacks, cause despite everything she was happy and loved her life… she felt safe with Joel and it hurts to see her have that stolen, i could cry 😭
Yea I felt Ellie,s pain after Joel's death when ellie was standing by his grave you just felt Terrible for her.
She gave it up before his death and waited too long to forgive him until it was too late.
@@spideyfan1278 this is true, she annoyed me so much for that tbh. It was clear the ‘vaccine’ was a bit fishy to begin with and Joel did what he had to do to save an innocent child that he’d grown attached too yet she turned him into a villain🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
@@kaylawayla7199In her mind she was the saviour for humanity and Joel stole that from her, you can’t blame her being bitter.
That short time after the Firefly incident but before Joel told her the truth must’ve been the best 4 years of his life since Sarah died :(
As one of many motion capture technicians for this game, I greatly appreciate the upload. While I wasn't around for the entirety of this portion, mocap shoots from this section were no doubt highlights in my time working with the publisher and devs. If I hadn't checked, I would've thought putting the hat on the Joel was cut from the game, mainly because I couldn't trigger it on my first playthrough... Thanks for this, I'll definitely be sharing this video with friends and family.
Thanks for sharing this! You have a killer job and I admit I'm a little jealous :D Seeing your work come to live in such a masterful game must be an incredible feeling!
Dude you are legend
This is my favorite flashback in the game. Seeing Ellie as her normal self is such a treat. And it's awesome to see Joel happy like this.
If this 35 minutes was just the whole game, I would’ve been happy.
more like 28:01 minutes for me. I’m not about to feel bad for the fireflies, who went straight to deciding to kill a teenage girl without her consent for a CHANCE at a cure as if they were on some sort of time crunch.
I think it would of been a fun story if they had a main group of Fireflies show up where they have found others that are immune. And turns out Joel’s lies are true. They can’t create a cure. But Ellis becomes valuable to the Fireflies and they try to kidnap Ellie. But Joel and Tommy save Ellie.
They could of introduced Ish from the Pittsburgh sewers. After escaping Pittsburg with the other sewer residents the fireflies may of attacked Ish’s group. Turns out Ish had a couple of immune members with Him and Ish’s group have tracked down the fireflies. But need a bigger group to finish them for good.
Together Ish, Tommy, Joel, Ellie and perhaps a couple new main characters go out in adventure to finish off what remains of the Fireflies. If they wanted to have a major death scene fair enough, but this could of come in the ending battle. Perhaps Joel reveals the truth to why He originally lied but in the final fight Joel saves Ellie and Tommy but in the process gets fatally wounded.
This would have certainly made a far better adventure story sequel and would of drew on some old connections to the first game.
@feebiefinch, absolutely right.
It had already been 20yrs, they did the wrong thing
I would HAPPILY take a game of moments like this between Joel and Ellie.
Das a big boy!
Yes indeed!
Hahaha
@@ryantheman95 she’s not lying lol
I absolutely LOST IT at that part, and woke up my roommate. 💚😂
"My very educated mother just served us nice pizzas"
-Joel Miller
26:55 that part just broke my heart
"Thanks dad"
Same. I cried at that
Bro the love in his eyes 25:20 almost made me tear up when i first played this scene. She had no idea how much Joel adored her 😭
14:25 Joel of course mentioning jurassic park
I believe These are the reasons joel chose ellie over humanity
What reasons?
@@anastasiesasmr9805 Did you play the first game?
15:45 the fact that you flicked on your flashlight after Joel said that had me cracking up
13:10
If you examine the card after picking it up, Ellie tells Joel that it’s a superhero card, and Joel says that Sarah used to be into them… or “the little animal things”, he can’t remember.
It’s one of the most heartbreaking things, to hear that after 20 years and a grown adoptive relationship with Ellie, that Sarah, the girl who used to be Joel’s only reason to live, his pride and joy, *his daughter,* taken away from him too early, is beginning to slowly slip away from him.
I believe he said “creature thing” or something along those lines. Sounds like a nod to Pokemon or Digimon. Also I wouldn’t say that Sarah is slipping away from him, he’s just moved past her death and found renewed value in his life through Ellie
the thought makes me too sad, i’ll just pretend he was out of touch with what was popular with teenagers
Not going to lie when I saw this flashback I teared up and cried. When Joel handed Ellie the original recording of the Apollo 11 launch I kinda sobbed. Such a bittersweet moment. I also laugh and chuckled at Jurassic Park references, especially when Joel quotes Eian Malcolm's line, "Now that is a big pile of shit." I will miss Joel, such a legend.
It's awesome that Joel is talking about Jurassic Park
@M.K.D.S when inspecting the dinosaurs in the museum. he talks about how he's "pretty sure that's a velociraptor" and how "there was a sequel... wasn't as good." (he's actually talking about The Last Of Us in that part)
Ikr. Legend 🥲
What I love about the command module scene is the way Ellie is still daydreaming when the recording ends. As if she's just exited earths orbit and is just floating out in space, many many miles away just like her imagination. Even the light sweeping across her helmet simulating motion and with the glossy reflection of light almost mirroring the distant moon. A very similar scene with Ellie and Riley at the arcade. Nicely done imo! Man, even the lights on the panels light up which you can see in the reflection on the helmet. Details are insane!
fucking amazing
The dinosaur scene is amazing
Yes, it's perfection!
I wish both would have had the words to express how they truly felt about each other. One of the best father daughter scenes I’ve ever seen. (I know he’s not her father, but you couldn’t tell that from that scene)
6:27 “thats a big boy” is so fucking funny idk why
9:35 That scene always cracks me up 😂😂
6:29 absolutely amazing
The love in his eyes in the space ship almost made me tear up when i first saw it, She is literally Sarah to him 😭
26:59 My heart melts
This was the best part of the game. I wish there were more scenes like this. It felt more true to the characters personality's than the rest of the game.
Yeah it's almost like they've experienced a traumatic event that changed them to the worst or something.
@@thecommentsuperhero8578 totally right!
why am i hurting myself voluntarily looking at this beautfiul masterpiece of a scene
Same here.. I legit cried so hard the first time I played this part, 😢
I absolutely adore how they did a little bit of research about some of the creatures in the museum. Though I am a little butt hurt they didn't mention that Dimetrodon lived before the dinosaurs and is actually more closer to mammals in relation than any dinosaur.
"Tell me another fun fact" I love him so much omg 😭❤️
27:40 that pin i got from the Ellie Edition means something to me now
I paid an embarrassing amount of money for just the backpack from the Ellie Edition. I’m gonna take the pin to a tattoo artist, have it scanned, and get my first tattoo.
@@JeLLoCowboy my first is gonna be the firefly emblem
@@midgy3484 Nice, that’d be a good one too
Just finished playing this part and so looking forward how season 2 will bring this scene to live. A very emotional and beautiful moment.
The spaceship birthday scene is the only one I cried my eyes out at. It hurt.
6:25 “THATSA BIG BOY.”
🥰
I think that sec 31:13 it's some kind of prediction to Joel's death. A reindeer being attached by a group of wolves. One of those wolves is biting the reindeer's paw. (Abby shooting Joel's leg).
Since we asociate Ellie with a deer, Joel could be a huge reindeer. :)
it most definitely could be! we all know naughtydog’s attention to detail and there are multiple things predicting/foreshadowing events in the game :)
34:25 what is this scene trying to portray?
@@anastasiesasmr9805 I know the question wasnt directed at me but i’ll answer you anyway
The Fireflies purpose was to restore some semblance of a normal society. They had two main objectives: 1) Organize the return of a formal government by seizing control from the Military or other Militant type factions. 2) Eradicate/minimize the danger of the Cordyceps infection by finding a way to synthesize a vaccine.
The beginning of the first game shows us that the Fireflies were basically a terrorist militia group themselves, consistently planning small attacks against the military controlling the Boston Quarantine Zone. We get a small taste of what they’ve been doing when they blow up some military trucks right in front of the checkpoint gate.
So it’s heavily implied they did many morally questionable things believing it ultimately would be justified if they could eventually accomplish either of their two objectives. I believe this is most apparent when they rush so quickly to perform that surgery on Ellie at the end of the first game. Obviously, we know that doesn’t work out too well for them.
However, the fallout of the faction is what’s important here. Basically, Joel single handedly destroyed the Fireflies. At the end of the game, we do learn that some fireflies were able to make their way down to Santa Barbara to keep their faction together, but for the most part, after Joel’s “Salt Lake Massacre,” the remaining surviving fireflies dealt with that event in separate ways.
We can assume that at least one serving person from that group at St. Mary’s Hospital made their way to a random museum before their guilt and utter despair completely took over. All those comments written on the walls are meant to show all the things this one person did as a firefly and thought were justified since in their mind, they were going to save the world. Once that ultimate goal was unattainable, the reality set in that they done all these awful things. This person has a complete mental breakdown and ultimately kills themself.
In addition to all that, this scene serves as a reminder both to Ellie and the audience that Joel’s lie is still looming over their relationship. Seeing the Firefly symbol, with the word “Liars” written underneath it, forces Ellie to think about everything that happened again. It becomes one of those thoughts that just sits in the back of her mind, constantly nagging at her. She needs to know what actually happened. It becomes her obsession, slowly causing her to become more distant with Joel.
In the last seconds of the clip you can see ellie grabbing her bite and joel covering the «S» in liarS
@@idontlikeyoulol16 joel covering the what?
@@idontlikeyoulol16 I understood all that but Joel looks at the graffiti on 34:25 for a second and immediately looks to Ellie and never looks at the graffiti again.Like he already knows what the graffiti is about and who wrote it and Joel's least bothered.Like he doesn't care.While Ellie on the other hand is substansially perturbed she continues to look at the graffiti.Even after Joel gives her a shrug to tell her to move on.What could that imply?Like she is more caring than Joel?
She got it on the first try..
This game makes me feel more than I’m used to.
I wonder how many people are watching this, loving Joel as a dad while they still have a dad they could be doing this stuff with
If they have a good dad is what really matters
I'm not crying you are... I miss you Joel 😭
THATS A BIG BOY makes me laugh every time 😂😂😂
Ellie had a flashback when Riley told her close her eyes when she played that arcade game sad tho if you think about it
This is my absolute favorite part of the game and the only major thing to stick out to me and actually put a smile on my face besides that this game was painful to play
Yeah acting like it was a dull game just because your favorite character died is stupid and it’s sad how other people put this game down just for that.
@@pistolsniper6281 I’m not mad that Joel died it’s just no one waited 7 years for a game about Abby the whole time and they killed him in the stupidest way possible
@@pistolsniper6281 the problem isn't that he died, it's how they wrote that death into the story. part 2 is a mess both thematically and structurally
Playing as Ellie & climbing onto the TRex to jump off & do a cannonball was one of the most beautiful childlike parts of this game…
15:45 i think they foreshadowed tommy surviving that headshot in this one when they joked about his skull being so thick 😂
Ngl, Ellie’s dinosaur obsession probably has a secret horrifying meaning. During the prehistoric era, most fungi and viruses were ten times deadlier than today. And now that same structure is coming back to the present time where it has destroyed nearly all of humanity. This just showed how low we fell considering we were facing with a threat from millions of years ago that we had no idea it was going to comeback.
dude this game... it was so amazing
The mirror and Proud Dad Joel in the back. :) :(
11:36 was cute too where she made him wear the hat
I wish I did that when I was at that scene, I think you can either wear it the time or give it to Joel
This really made me smile
This is going to destroy me when they adapt this in Season 2.
They’re changing the story
Will literally end up in therapy after like
Joel is still gonna die though, they planned to kill him off from the beginning
"Look at me I'm on a motherf*ckin dinosaur!"
It's so strange seeing this wonderful segment in the game. This is what TLOU2 should've been. Heartwarming moments between Joel and Ellie where you see them connect like a father and daughter. That's what made us love The Last Of Us and I can't believe they got rid of that within the first 2 hours..
That's what we all wanted, a happily ever after story without people dying or suffering. But that's what we all want in life, unfortunately life is usually not like that. And that's what makes this game great. After seeing Joel die, we appreciate more this moments, we can only see him in memories, we don't have him anymore. And in a world like the last of us, where things are brutal, this game story is perfect and it makes sense.
None of the first game suggests that their world lets anyone have much of this - that’s the point... and part of connecting as parent and child is confronting conflicting truths as the child matures, which is what their drama is in part 2
@@Niro95 A story is not real life. A story is not about realism, unless it is. A story is always about something. When the writer decides “the something” - the theme - he writes every element of the story to relate to it. Real life doesn’t have a theme. It doesn’t respond to a structure. Real life is chaotic and random and would make for a boring storytelling experience. You can make a story about how random or violent real life can be, but that would be the theme of your story. So realism is not a good justification for what happens in a story because a story is a controlled environment and the theme dictates everything.
TLOU Part II doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s a sequel. So what is theme of the first game and what made people love it?
“The first game is about Joel’s and Ellie’s Father/Daughter relationship.
This is what the players love about the first game. So Joel’s and Ellie’s relationship is the story’s arc AND what people love about the first game.
Their relationship IS The Last Of Us”.
Do you think it’s reasonable to take a story about Father and Daughter bonding and make the Father to be brutally murdered in front of his Daughter? Do you think it’s reasonable to make a story about Father and Daughter bonding and turn it into an empty soulbreaking quest for revenge?
See, the problem is not about killing a beloved character or doing so in a gruesome way. There are plenty of good stories that manage to do it: GOT kills most of the Stark family; the Walking Dead kills a lot of it’s main characters… Some of those deaths are quite brutal, but the fans don’t hate them like they hate Joel’s death. On the contrary, they love them. The problem is also not about how bleak the story is. The Road has a very bleak world and people love it. I choose to use The Walking Dead and The Road as examples because they have a similar world to TLOU and may share some fans. So people can deal with character’s death and bleak storytelling. Why they hate Joel’s death so much? Because it doesn’t fit the first game’s theme about Father and Daughter bonding. Game of Thrones is about the ruthless political game of thrones. The deaths fit the theme of story. Walking Death is about the brutality of a collapsed civilization. The deaths fit the theme of the story. DON’T CONFUSE THE WORLD WHERE THE STORY HAPPENS WITH THE THEME. The Road had a very bleak world, but the story is actually quite hopeful. So it doesn’t make sense for Joel to be brutally murdered just because he lives in a bleak and violent world because a story it not about realism, it’s about the theme.
You can say that people got frustrated because their expectations were subverted. But that’s weird, right? I know it’s a meme by now, but subverted expectations should be good, so what’s the problem? What shitty writers don’t understand is that when you subvert an expectation, YOU STILL HAVE TO RESPECT THE STORY’S THEME. Most of the times you cannot subvert an expectation out of the story original’s theme. Bruce Willis being a ghost by the end of Sixth Sense subverts an expectation and respects the story theme. Everything about TLOU Part II does not respect the theme of TLOU Part I. When you subvert an expectation by going off the story’s theme, you are not engaging your audience. You are disrespecting them for empty shock value. If Joel’s death had respected TLOU’s theme fans would have loved it.
Thank you Neil Druckman for including so many Jurassic Park references in this one scene
The best way I can describe this sequence - specifically Joel and Ellie’s walk through the woods - is Ellie had a near death experience and was able to enjoy a few peaceful moments with Joel in the after life before being revived somehow. Though I know it’s a flashback, this sequence gives me that sense of zen.
17:33 Joel the sharpshooter
8:45 Jurassic Park Velociraptor
16:04 Real velociraptor
I am so glad somebody in a movie, video game or whatever got the velociraptor right.
They’re all correct. There were multiple species of raptors, some of which were exactly as big as the JP raptors. Kinda like how chihuahuas and Great Danes are both dogs but aren’t even remotely close in size.
@@bsgfan1 utahraptors, deinonychus what else
14:32 imagine these two watching Jurassic Park. Imagine Ellie's reaction! I wanna see that
This makes me so happy and sad
Poor Ellie. Joel really was her father that's why she felt really bad when she lost the chance to reconcile with Joel properly. She was a mess in part 2.
6:05 i love they way she said joel 😂
People who hate this game really don't give a damn about a well told story and great character development. The Last of Us is a masterpiece. I hope there will be a 3rd part and bring the story to a good conclusion. Since I'm already old, hopefully it will come in this decade.
Or people just have different opinions
My favorite part of this flashback is when Ellie gets separated from Joel in the museum and she finds herself alone in a dark area. She finds these random statements graffitied on to the wall (the first one saying: “I killed for them”) and as you go deeper and deeper into darkness you find the persons corpse and a note written by him. Finally you find the firefly logo painted in black written on a wall and you realize this person was a Firefly. The set up is spooky and builds up the more you go forward.
11:07 That pun book and its effects in Ellie.
I love how Ellie mentions the Deinonychus, proves that the makers have put some love in this game!
The greatest video game of all time. My favorite part in this one. The memory of dinosaurs and space.
Never thought in my life that a pc game would have such a big effect on my mental health, I’m literally bawling my eyes out, this is my favorite ever scene of them together, they looked so happy 🥹i said it once and I’ll say it again, they should’ve NEVER KILLED JOEL💔
6:28 🤣
Oh look, the only part of The Last Of Us 2 where the characters made sense.
We need this in the second season
When I played that graffiti had my heart pounding through my chest as it gets more and more ominous - and the boar scared the absolute shit out of me
I’m in love with Ellie in this flashback
I love this scene of the game, I'm excited for more :)
Awesome video dude! My favorite flashback in this game! Btw, you missed a very funny conversation just after Joel said, GERONIMO! I can tell you what that was if you wanna know
6:28 “that’s a big boy 😧”
I love how they faked the feeling of some sort of boss fight about to happen
Say whatever you want about this narrative, I’ll still be enjoying the rollercoaster of emotions that this game gave me and continues to give me…
I tried to watch again... and than I cried again.... Like a Fn Baby!
Honestly any person that review bombed this from hearing the Joel spoiler, clearly didn’t make it to this scene. It’s a masterpiece
This scene, sure. The game, not so much
@@denisucuuu the whole game definitely is, it literally made me like Abby someone who going into it I thought I would never like
Meh. Improved game play for sure but a pretty mediocre storyline. Abby for me was a mediocre, uninteresting character in every sense of the word.
Fortunately I never had that scene spoiled for me. The only part for that was spoiled was the theater Ellie was hiding out in. In my mind I thought it was in Jackson and I saw nothing that mentioned Joel’s death. I despise spoilers and anyone who spoils the story of games. It makes me mad 🤬
This whole game makes me miss my dad just like Ellie and Joel me and my dad aren’t blood but we’re still family
13:23
They lowkey dissed Jurassic park, savage detail 😂
Arguably one of my top scenes in the game. The dialogue between the two is great! I did everything you could do, had to take the whole flashback in. Loved it!! Tho I clicked on this link cuz I missed ellie getting on the t rex and as I'm typing this apparently I missed the mirror scene! 😫 lol
I’m totally obsessed with The Last of Us & I really don’t know why . I watched a friend do the play through of TLOU 2 then I went out & bought the first game & played it & was instantly hooked . Know I can see what the fuss is all about . It’s a great story line & not far off from the reality of truth . Something like this could happen , the conditions in the world right now are great for the cordycepts fungi to mutate & become stronger & maybe infect people like in ants , but I don’t think people infected with it would attack people , they would do exactly what the ants would do & climb to the perfect climate & clamp down & the spores would form infecting others , slowly killing off the human race & maybe someone would be immune to the fungi like Ellie & we would find a cure for it . Just food for though , I have never had a childhood infection like chicken pox , mumps , measles etc & my daughter as well has never had any neither . Growing up I spent most of my time in the hospital because of a birth defect from 6 months old to 5 years old , then from 14 to 22 years old , not saying I’m immune to childhood diseases , but I have never had them . Weird.
This scene only make me love this game so much !!!
Naughty Dog are very good at creating memorable moments that stick with you for a long time!
11:53 Joel roasting Ellie never gets old lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
This is my favourite video in the whole wide world!!!😍
DAS A BIG BOI. That single scene was amazing
I want more concepts of post apocalyptic children seeing dinosaurs for the first time and being absolutely flabbergasted by the existence of creatures they’ve never seen before let alone imagine could have ever existed
10:33 even Joel knows sequels are not as good as the first.
Lol. Honestly though, I really liked it. It takes a different and unexpected direction.
the sequel is amazing of this game it’s not getting credit because the people hating on it have not played the game.
@@3120dd exactly. I dont respect the opinions of people who havent played the game. If you hate it after playing the game that's cool I dont share your opinion but I respect it.
jbiehlable “one-sided story” when literally the entire point of the game is about perspectives
jbiehlable You..... haven’t played it and you have that strong of an opinion on it? Not trying to be a dick, but play the game then form your opinion
10:32 Oof. Shouldn't have said that Joel.
Anyone ever get in a mood on TH-cam where you watch a bunch of videos of a certain subject? Yeah I know you do. Ive been in a dinosaur mood and a The Last of Us mood watching videos on both, completely unrelated. Then I remembered this sequence exists and it was a weird coincidence. Combining my two TH-cam binges.
1.Sarah and Ellie love dinosaurs (you can see her birthday card for Joel at the beginning of TLOU 1)
2. he calls them both "baby girl"
3. Sarah and Ellie's humour is kinda identical. They both talk like smartasses. (The drug joke)
The heartbreaking thing is, i dont think she had a clue how much joel actually adored her.
Ellie would of probably been an astronaut if the outbreak didn’t happen💔
7:21 that time we see how Joel cares about Ellie..
i play this part of the game everyone in a while during fathers day ;_;
Awww...❤️
Awesome awesome sequence this game is not just a game in my opinion, it is a peace of art… easy 10/10 rating
best part of the game by a mile
Funny how that cassette and cassette player would be ruined from all that swimming lol
10:27 I love the Jurassic park references XD