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Originally Posted by mwynn
For people who do not play video games?
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A good point. But, the people who never played the games wouldn't know Ellie and Joel anyway. So for them it wouldn't have mattered one iota if the protagonists had been others.
Having other protagonists would have gone some way to making the show stand out from the games. I mean, other protagonists might mean another region, perhaps not even set in America. Because some of these folks here make a pretty good point. The games are already cinematic and feature characters so layered and real that having Joel and Ellie front and center once more feels even more like a do-over. Although I'm still excited and who knows how it's going to play out.
Slightly related, this is why I think Bella is a great choice. Precisely because she doesn't look like Ellie. I want this HBO show to be its own thing.