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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Charles Pulliam-Moore

Film & TV Reporter

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    Hard to believe The Last of Us is already over.

    HBO’s The Last of Us was such a hot topic of conversation after it premiered that it somehow felt like the show had already been around for quite a while, and we were tucking in for an especially long season of TV.

    But The Last of Us’ first season came to an end last night with a finale that — like we mentioned in our review — highlighted just how the series’ pacing made the whole thing feel like a speedrun of the game’s story.

    The idea for The Last of Us’ big season 1 finale cameo almost led to another game

    The Last of Us’ Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin say that the show’s most emotional cameo started as an idea for an animated short and an entirely new video game.

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    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Jazz hands are out; hot dog hands are in.

    Best Supporting Actress nominee Stephanie Hsu might not have won at this year’s Oscars for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. But she, and David Byrne, and David Byrne’s pair of hot dog fingers absolutely brought the house down with their performance of ‘This Is a Life.’

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    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    What If…Marvel’s new cosmically-powered Iroquois hero joined the MCU in season 2?

    And then what if Marvel Studios made sure that the episode introducing Kahhori, the MCU’s new character who hails from the precolonial Haudenosaunee Confederacy, was “created in close collaboration with members of the Mohawk Nation” in order to make sure her debut was both respectful and authentic to Haudenosaunee culture?

    You know, what if?

    Troy Baker doesn’t really think The Last of Us has villains

    Even now, The Last of Us’ Troy Baker is still learning new things about the franchise’s characters, like cannibal cultist James from episode 8, When We Are in Need.

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