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AashyLarry t1_j9vr6ny wrote

Why/how is The Last of Us a western?

Keep in mind I haven’t seen the show at all yet - I’m just curious because I thought it would be a zombie show similar to Walking Dead or World War Z.

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WACK-A-n00b t1_j9vrtzo wrote

They ride horses.

But to defend the point, western genre is about the struggle against a frontier without a justice system, with disjointed or no support of authoritative body, hostile locals, tryically set in the American West which is usually depicted as hostile difficult to live off of land.

Yellowstone is not a western, I think.

Mandalorian and Last of Us would be I think.

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acosmichippo t1_j9vtgoz wrote

> But to defend the point, western genre is about the struggle against a frontier without a justice system, with disjointed or no support of authoritative body, hostile locals, tryically set in the American West which is usually depicted as hostile difficult to live off of land.

you could say that about any post-apocalyptic media.

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RusevReigns OP t1_j9vuv4j wrote

I agree Yellowstone may actually be the least western, it's more of a mob show at heart and appealed to the people watching Godfather reruns on the former Spike TV. But it still has a lot of horsey and cowboy hat guys so I think it's still a bit of a western.

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WeDriftEternal t1_j9wbl3c wrote

Yellowstone is Sons of Anarchy, but cowboys instead of motorcycles

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Skavau t1_j9vrsza wrote

Neo-Western road vibes, especially last episode.

Not sure it would be accurate to describe it in whole like that though

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nomorepartiezz t1_j9zj204 wrote

if you ever watch the show please dont go in expecting anything like the walking dead or world war z lol.

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AashyLarry t1_j9zk4vj wrote

I honestly don’t know what to expect lol. Never played the game either.

I just know it’s about zombies and those are the two zombie shows/movies I’ve seen. And 28 days later

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nomorepartiezz t1_j9zkqpm wrote

i think its something closer to the road. not to spoil but the show takes place a lot further in than most shows. its not about the fall of civilization its a very intimate/character focused story about how people deal with their trauma and learn to live again after spending a long time just surviving. its not super action packed. i know that makes it sound cheesy but its not lol

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RusevReigns OP t1_j9vv6hy wrote

I think the western hero on horseback with a girl he's saving is a trope that has been used in the genre. Joel in general is very western lead character-y I think with his rugged old school loner vibes. Maybe I'm putting too much on episode 6 being western like compared to the early ones.

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55Branflakes t1_j9w0mjb wrote

By that logic, GOT is a western with the hound saving Arya and putting in front of him on a horse.

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Nessie t1_j9w7smb wrote

>GOT is a western

"Westeros". It's right there in the name!

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RusevReigns OP t1_j9wgwfq wrote

The Hound and Arya plot is like 5% of the show

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