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TheReverend5 t1_jccqjbs wrote

Reply to comment by Brewe in [OC] "The Last of Us" S1 episodes rating by IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes by Probio

Specifically, people who hate gay folks are very active when it comes to poorly rating episodes that heavily feature gay folks being gay

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ERSTF t1_jccwyqd wrote

I don't think it's that. I liked episode 3 but hated 7. On a season with 9 episodes, 2 were spent on side quests. To me it was an issue with pacing more than anything. I kind of enjoyed the show but I am not head over hills about it

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po-laris t1_jce78ok wrote

It definitely is that, at least for episode 3. Coordinated review bombs are a pretty common occurrence these days.

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TheReverend5 t1_jceft07 wrote

you'd have to be willfully blind not to be able to see that obvious review bombing. the mental gymnastics some people on this sub do are quite remarkable.

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RZAxlash t1_jcdnou6 wrote

Yup, episode 3 was excellent, everybody agrees. 7 came off 2 very intense forward moving episodes and added very little in terms of character growth, the expository stuff was already mostly assumed and by that point, we knew Ellie had grown a strong bond with Joel, regardless of whatever interpersonal traumas she had before.

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ERSTF t1_jce0wkx wrote

Yeap. They show has had odd choices. Pacing is a huge problem. B plots that add nothing to the overall character arcs or plot. The almost non existant infected is a third huge problem

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BillyShears2015 t1_jccz6bh wrote

It was 40 minutes of good content stretched into an hour. Needed a B plot to break it up.

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kirito49 t1_jcesnok wrote

I don’t necessarily think it’s that. 90% of people that watched the show played the game, and bill was gay in the game as well. Therefore, I don’t think bill being gay was the problem. I think people probably didn’t like it as much because it took away from Joel and Ellie’s story. Regardless of the reasons, 3 was a great episode.

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