One of the hottest shows of the year was “our end“Inside HBO. Directed by the writer and creator of “Chernobyl“, Craig Mazin and game creator Neil Druckman, the series adapted an incredibly popular video game and brought it to the screen with enthusiasm from people around the world, including Steven Spielberg, who congratulated Mazin in a personal email. .
Mazin recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming season, casting news and some big questions on the show. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite responses.
Spoiler alert for “The Last of Us” below.
first season”our end” built up so much anticipation before its debut that I can imagine there was a lot of pressure on Mazin and Druckmann to live up to the expectations.
Well, the show debuted with impressive numbers and continues to gain momentum. By the time they got to the third episode, which felt like a movie with Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett about a couple trying to survive, the internet was on fire. That episode added to the pressure. Now people are saying that the third episode was the best ever and it was the whole season.
So how do you keep writing in fear that you’ve peaked?
Majin says:
“I try not to compete with myself because you can go down quite a silly path where things become synthetic and not written from a place of honesty. I’m trying to be sane about it. Some episode has to be the best episode, and it’s very unlikely it’ll end up where it’s a straight line anyway [de calidad] what comes”
One thing that struck me about the series was that it wasn’t afraid to ask the big, hard questions, like: Is one life worth more than millions of other lives?
We call that problem “trolley problem” or “trolley question”. It emerges at the end of the first season, when Joel saves Ellie from death, despite doctors’ pleas that her blood can save humanity. Is it a selfish act? Hero? It was one of those ideas that divided fans and what made the game so great.
Mazin discussed this, saying:
“It’s definitely selfish. But the question is, “Is it wrong?” That’s the question we’re forced to ask ourselves, and I’m not sure we can easily answer it. Because any parent, if someone comes along and says, “I’m going to push a button, either your child is going to die or another child is going to die,” I don’t know any parent who’s going to say, “My child.”
And when the problem became more nuanced, Mazin expanded on this idea. said:
“You push the button and either your child dies or two other children die, then it starts to get awkward. And beneath that is the pursuit of love and what love does to us. It defines our humanity, but it also separates us from an algorithm. The tram problem is a problem because it is a problem [donde una persona tiene la opción de desviar un tranvía fuera de control que matará a cinco personas hacia una vía diferente donde matará a una persona]. What Joel does is a flawed job. From an objective point of view, let’s call it “technically immoral”. However, this is where the straightforward pursuit of morality begins to fall apart: if there is something we say is immoral and yet no one is capable of doing it, what does it mean to define it as immoral? So I have infinite sympathy for Joel’s decision. I also strongly dislike Joel’s decision. And that’s what resonates and that’s why we’re doing more.”our end“.”
How many seasons will it last?our end“? So how long can a show like this last? How many seasons can they do?
The game currently has a sequel, so that might help keep it going.
Mazin Theory:
“You never know. It could be three or five. But four seems like a good number. Because of the story we’re telling, some seasons will need fewer episodes and some will need more. The best news is that the public wants more. When you We won’t give in to your desire for more to make you happier when you hear how many episodes are announced. And if you don’t like how many episodes a season has because you want more, that’s fine. But when all is said and done , I think the wisdom of how we organized it will hopefully become clear.”
Through: The Hollywood Reporter
Editor’s note: Personally, I’m worried about what they’ll do when the video game history ends and there aren’t any new iterations that indicate a line to follow, but if they provide more chapters that delve into the characters we’ve come to know superficially like Bill and Frank. . Playstation, well… except Abby, we don’t want to know anything about that bastard!
