“Another of us” is afraid of mystery

Whenever you think at the end Another of us When the game was first released on PlayStation 3 in 2013 – LOG Before it was reshaped to death In every subsequent control unit – I remember Recently, the great director David LynchPermanent philosophy of mystery in art. Instead of explicitly directing the masses towards specific interpretations of acts such as The internal empireand Mulholland DriveOr The peak twinLynch stressed the importance of the viewer’s feeling after his work experience. For him, the emotional resonance was more important than providing an accurate packed answer, and confidence in the masses by struggling with mystery independently instead of massaging their jaws by its Creator after they fed an explanation.

At the end of the 12 -year -old game, I felt that Joel’s decision to kill the wreaths was a selfish act, fueled by his deep love for Elie, who eventually condemned humanity to an uncompromising grip in the outbreak of Cordesis. This feeling has been strongly echoed R.Another of us, the second partA trailer reveals, where Sean James’s song “Through the Valley” confirmed the topics of the game represented in the loss, survival and moral mystery. It is a feeling that remained with the same strong throughout HBO air conditioning in the first season, which enhances the weight of the Joel selection puzzle.

However, while we are moving towards the conclusion of the second season – season I preached breath as the first example of games as a shroudA claim that I find funny and naive on the middle – it becomes clear that the show is completely afraid of the ambiguity that gives art its emotional depth. The game manager and executive producer of the continuous Neil Darkman series to clarify the ethical complications of His chaotic creation is already Its effect cannot be strengthened continuously. Instead, they reduce the conspiracies that made it primarily convincing.

in The penultimate episode to Another of us Season 2, Elie (Bella Ramsay) and Joel (Pedro Pascal) recently (Kind ofHe faced the truth behind Joel’s deception in searching the wreaths for treatment. I killed Eli, so instead of allowing this to happen, kill them first. Joel’s classic. ZAmer has long discussed whether Elie’s death would lead to the treatment of the world or not; The game itself played uncertainty among people in the universe who do not know whether Elie’s immunity can be copied and shared with the rest of the world. Druckmann appeared on Holy symbols Podcast (Thanks, Gamesradar+!He gave a final answer to Whether the wrestling can reach a treatment or not.

Drotman said: “Can the wrestles treat? Our intention was, yes, they can it.” “Now, did we know somewhat shaky that people are wondering about it now?

Note Druckmann Provides a tangible answer in one blow while Joel’s framing as a frank villain for the first time in Another of us The second season. It also undermines the uncertainty that made it convincing to start. What was previously a complicated, moral puzzle has now been accurately filled in a final position, Stealing the ambiguity that made the TV watched to start. This is just one of many cases that Another of us He explains things instead of embracing mystery. As a person who captivates the games deeply, the show has made an increasingly frustrating experience.

like Another of us The second season has operated it, and he dedicated the intention of the satire of each class of his novel instead of trusting the fans to explain his ambiguity to themselves, and I moved from a creative license to expand the series to TV to an insult to the intelligence of the viewers. Abe (Kaitlin Diver) defended the killing of Joel, which was revealed by the revelation in the middle Another of us is the secondIt is placed in clear phrases (with a confusing note, immersed about the fact that Joel is “handsome”), and remove the disturbing moral complexity that made its arc difficult and convincing the players who initially objected to playing like its wages and learning its side from the story.

Meanwhile, Joel’s photography in Jackson is steeped in distinguished praise, as everyone talks about his denial, increased fork and – to be honest – the ethics of previous decisions.

The other main difference lies in the timing of Elie’s awareness. In HBO adaptation, her doubts confirm the night before the death of Joel, while in the game, Eli is conducting this revelation conversation with Joel years ago what may become the starting point in the second season. Lying breaks their relationship, which leads to a long period of non -communication – making Elie’s journey towards reconciliation with Joel more influential.

On the contrary, it seems that the HBO ELIE is rushing to the emotional repercussions, as it caused her sadness almost, which – at least from the Potential Perspective – to operate it largely by killing his mercy Eugene, the late husband of the resident therapist in Jackson, generation (Catherine Ohara), at the heat of their mims instead of the fire from the fire.

Ultimately, HBO ELLIE still reaches the same result as its counterpart in the game: Joel’s deception was betrayal. But in the game, this revelation remains, increasing in the mind of Eli over years of tension and secession that has not been solved. However, the width presses this emotional arc, which flattens the depth of the internal struggle of me and makes its grief feel like a commitment to narration more than normal.

One of the most frustrated additions is Gail, although O’Hra’s talent to offer every satirical line with Charisma to steal the scene, feels an organic part of the story and more like the tongue of the narration. Instead of allowing Joel’s emotions and to only reveal through Ramsay and Baccala’s offers – their behaviors, silence, and unpopular tension – to do heavy lifting, a generation shall all spent everything and strip the story of its depth.

Through the fans of the spoon, it should not have been accurate personal moments, the show is reinforced that he does not trust viewers to explain mystery on their own. In a clear attempt to excessively correct the discourse surrounding the first ambiguity of the game, perhaps the Dever Shield of the same type of unjustified Online harassment and death threats I endured the audio actor Abra Billy. Joel was never an angel, and by framing the story with heavy certainty instead of allowing its moral complications to continue, the series ultimately sacrificed the differences that could have really been made for the convincing TV.

Elie also lost the harsh edges that made her the convincing novel. Instead of the emotional and volatile force it was in it Another of us, the second part-Who is tore a Seattle with reckless abandonment and anger-has become more than a crystal version of itself. Here, she is less than AA ANTIHERO and more than a diluted negative figure in her story, on a U-Haul wild journey with DIIA (Isabela Merced), which will feel more at home in Disney’s drama after the end of the world HBO.

On the contrary, Dina feels more closed in the task, and her tired is clear because she is heading alongside Eli, who is still 19 years old, still behaving like the reckless child Joel in the first season, more interested in breaking more than destroying the heads. It is clear that this is not a Ramsey error, but there are more text writing cases that do not want Elie as the fool as well – and she spends most of the game.

Then there is Druckmann, who seems unable to leave the mystery of the story talking about himself, and massaging a pivotal moments retroactively from his last HBO games for him Inside the episode Short articles. If we are honest, the post -show slices do not offer deep visions that he seeks. They started similar to the hollow comment of David in Newv and DB Weiss’ game of thrones The collapse of the last season, as the accurate stories novel was replaced by forced justifications.

There is a big difference between the ambiguity that calls for an audience to introduce their interpretations and condemnations at work, challenge them to interact with its topics, and the ambiguity that collapses under pressure and provides a final position on creative cheese. Another of us It is increasingly inclined to the latter, and chooses clarification, justification and explanation instead of attending. By doing this, it has been transformed with one thing that is strongly convincing into a sterile and excessive illustrative version.

With two other seasons in the foreground to adapt the game completely, the position that was one day in the show, as it risks the convincing television to lose its luster if it remains installed on the feeding fans with a spoon instead of allowing them to space to struggle with its own interpretations. Through homogeneous edges and fighting for their strings and put all their intended facts instead of embracing mystery, HBO’s Another of us The second season stopped being an adaptive creative work and became derived, which led to the erosion of mystery, which one day made it an impressive and thinking experience to adapt to Mahalab to think and feel the viewers.

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