Only four days separate us from The Last of Us on HBO, and if the reviews are anything to go by, this live-action adaptation manages to stick the landing against all odds. If you’re still not convinced, though, a bunch of new TikToks going viral among the fandom show that the Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann-led series is actually much closer to the visual language of the 2013 game than you might assume.
The producers have repeatedly assured fans that The Last of Us is remaining largely faithful to the source material, though since this is a completely different medium, the writers have had to take certain liberties with the characters and their plotlines.