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There was one detail in The Last of Us Episode 3 that Stephen King didn't like at all
The well-known author is also addicted to the HBO series and took to his social media to criticize and joke about a certain scene in episode 3.
Everyone seems to be watching The Last of Us. The HBO series has become the first mass phenomenon of the television season, and even Stephen King is used to commenting on the episodes on his social media. The author shares what he likes and doesn't like, like a certain detail in episode 3 that he just doesn't like.
A connoisseur of the American landscape and geography, always studied in his novels (tell that to the mythical Overlook Hotel in the mountains of Colorado), the author needs to be convinced by the landscape Joel and Ellie encounter just after leaving Boston. "Do you really want to tell me that’s 10 miles west of Boston?” A comment that did not sit well with some of his followers. "That’s what you got out of one of the most beautiful episodes of television?" he was asked later. "Oh, I liked it fine. Just sayin’," King replied.
As it could be, Stephen King's observation got out of hand on social media. People have made a mountain out of a molehill and started obsessively discussing the issue, analyzing those scenes where Joel and Ellie travel through lush forests and crystal clear streams, according to the series "10 miles north of Boston". It was determined that this sequence was not actually filmed there, and it was even calculated what is at this distance from the city. It turned out to be Waltham, a city, so both characters should be in a suburb and not in the middle of the wilderness. They even made maps of the area!
We suppose it's always better to discuss something like this than to discuss the relationship between Bill and Frank, a topic that has bothered many fans who didn't realize it when they were at the controls. Though more subtle and hidden through subtext and collectibles, the idea was already implied in the games, where there was actually an even bigger change: the tragic fate of both characters.