HBO / MAX The Last of Us

[willizm]

Breaking bad did 62 episodes in 6 years, better call saul was 63 episodes in 7 years, Expanse was 62 episodes in 6 years and it was made for streaming. All of those shows had more substance per season than the Last of Us IMO.

A 2+ year wait for a season that'll likely have 8 episodes is ridiculous IMO

There is way bigger combination of set pieces, cgi, and locations with much larger budgets involved in last of us compared to any of those shows.

 

[boostedguy05]

Breaking bad did 62 episodes in 6 years, better call saul was 63 episodes in 7 years, Expanse was 62 episodes in 6 years and it was made for streaming. All of those shows had more substance per season than the Last of Us IMO.

A 2+ year wait for a season that'll likely have 8 episodes is ridiculous IMO

And, its basically already scripted because of the game. Sure they change things here and there to better flow from a game point of view to a show, but it's still basically all there.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

There is way bigger combination of set pieces, cgi, and locations with much larger budgets involved in last of us compared to any of those shows.

I can keep throwing examples out there lol. GOT was also made by HBO, had bigger budgets than TLOU (towards the end, early seasons would need to be adjusted for inflation), and made 73 episodes in 8 years.

If one 8-9 episode season every 2+ years is the new norm, that's certainly a recent development

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Remember the sag/actors strike played a large role in fucking things up as well.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

And, its basically already scripted because of the game. Sure they change things here and there to better flow from a game point of view to a show, but it's still basically all there.

Also a good point, should make the writers jobs much easier

 

[willizm]

I can keep throwing examples out there lol. GOT was also made by HBO, had bigger budgets than TLOU (towards the end, early seasons would need to be adjusted for inflation), and made 73 episodes in 8 years.

If one 8-9 episode season every 2+ years is the new norm, that's certainly a recent development

How was that in the later seasons? Par for the course of it taking 2+ years much like my original comment. Sure, maybe 10-15 years ago it was different, which it was. Not the case now adays.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I liked Last of Us, it was good, well paced, and nobodies actions felt contrived or forced.

As for episodes? Star Trek TNG did 178 episodes in 7 years back to back with no break. At a cost of 3.5 Million per episode adjusted for today's dollar. But the era of 24 episodes per season is done with, and that make some sad because you can tell a huge story in 24 episodes with time for good character development. I'm re-watching Babylon 5 and its great how each of the main cast has room to breathe and grow, plots don't have to suddenly spring out of nowhere and get closed just as fast.

 

[Pro Stock John]

If they do release S2 of Last of Us I'll have to rewatch S1 as disturbing as it occasionally was.

 

[IDAFC21]

Fantastic

 

[Aircal]

I wasn’t a original watcher but I thought people would complain the GOT was like 14 months between seasons?

 

[Trinten]

I liked Last of Us, it was good, well paced, and nobodies actions felt contrived or forced.

As for episodes? Star Trek TNG did 178 episodes in 7 years back to back with no break. At a cost of 3.5 Million per episode adjusted for today's dollar. But the era of 24 episodes per season is done with, and that make some sad because you can tell a huge story in 24 episodes with time for good character development. I'm re-watching Babylon 5 and its great how each of the main cast has room to breathe and grow, plots don't have to suddenly spring out of nowhere and get closed just as fast.

What makes me chuckle about the bygone era of 20+ episodes a season is how back then, the writers were striking because they were being forced to work too much. Now it's "we need more work! Bring back writer-rooms!"

I would have though The Expanse would have had a way bigger budget than Last of Us. The did a lot of really good zero-G scenes, and the CGI/space stuff was really good (in my opinion).

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

What makes me chuckle about the bygone era of 20+ episodes a season is how back then, the writers were striking because they were being forced to work too much. Now it's "we need more work! Bring back writer-rooms!"

I would have though The Expanse would have had a way bigger budget than Last of Us. The did a lot of really good zero-G scenes, and the CGI/space stuff was really good (in my opinion).

Orville S3 was about $10M per episode. Same cost as She-Hulk, but for ~750 minutes of run time.

That's 12hrs of entertainment. Mini movies indeed.

 

[Sprayin]

I can keep throwing examples out there lol. GOT was also made by HBO, had bigger budgets than TLOU (towards the end, early seasons would need to be adjusted for inflation), and made 73 episodes in 8 years.

If one 8-9 episode season every 2+ years is the new norm, that's certainly a recent development

GoT is the whole reason this is the norm now. They did it with no fucks given and it didn't affect viewership at all. If anything, it got bigger.

I liked Last of Us, it was good, well paced, and nobodies actions felt contrived or forced.

As for episodes? Star Trek TNG did 178 episodes in 7 years back to back with no break. At a cost of 3.5 Million per episode adjusted for today's dollar. But the era of 24 episodes per season is done with, and that make some sad because you can tell a huge story in 24 episodes with time for good character development. I'm re-watching Babylon 5 and its great how each of the main cast has room to breathe and grow, plots don't have to suddenly spring out of nowhere and get closed just as fast.

Then you have all the nannies in the thread complaining about "filler episodes" because an extremely major plot point or someone dying doesn't happen every single episode.

 

[Trinten]

I can believe it for Orville. I read (so, who knows how accurate it is) that Macfarlane was making 1 million per episode for it.
It was a shame Season 4 of that was cancelled. I liked that series. And he jumped to Hulu because Fox was asking for insane time tables. Anyhow, sorry for dragging things further off topic.