In this Video Essay we break down why The Last of Us is a perfect video game adaptation. The video game curse has loomed large over various film and television adaptations for decades, yet The Last of Us is not just breaking the curse, but perhaps burying it for good! We break down and analyse in this The Last of Us Video Essay, why the show is perfect, how Joel and Ellie have been brought to life from the incredible The Last of Us Game from Naughty Dog. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have HBO's latest hit firing on all cylinders to deliver what could be HBO's best hit since Game of Thrones.

The Last of Us (2023)

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0:00 - Intro
3:23 - Part 1
16:29 - Part 2
24:37 - Part 3
26:33 - Outro