Lazy Lee Flashback?
Anyone else feel that the flashback with Lee and Clementine was unnecessarily taking up game time and lazy writing on the part of the writing team?
I just didn't feel it was appropriate to waste a few minutes on a rehashed scene, especially in the very last episode of new season. Maybe on second episode or third, but definitely not the last. It went on and on. Very boring. That time could have been used better.
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You know what was lazy?
Clementine gets shot in her left shoulder.. still manages to sleep it off, and to top it all off, she carries the baby on the wounded hand and a bag of supplies on the other hand. AND CLEM COULDN'T CARRY THE WATER? Lol
It wasn't really rehashed tho, cause that wasn't an actual scene from season one. It was either a dream Clementine was having or it was something that happened off screen.
I wish it wasn't just a scene we already saw last season and a whole new thing where he looks older and she thinks he's alive, then he is kinda like the judge of her choices (like Stranger in s1). Then she feels guilty and he calms her/or its somewhat of a guilty nightmare or something. Thats how i always imagined it happening.
It was a dialogue scene we never saw and it plays an important role in the episode on what Lee tells her, that not everything will have the right answers, besides WE were playing it from Clem's point of view, so I don't think that's lazy.
If by lazy you mean emotionally devastating, hauntingly bittersweet, and subtly profound with regards to plot, then I agree.
Lazy doesn't mean any of those things. What dictionary do you have?
(Cool Elliott Smith pic btw)
No, I think it was rather appropriate. It serves as preparation for the Jane/Kenny choice but also reflects a bit on Lee as a neutral(playable) character and that "the right thing" is not a factual term but depends on the players(or Clementine's) own morale and perspective.
No, I dont think that at all. I think it was doing two things: making a specific point about Clem's circumstances, and giving us loyal fans a last beautiful look at our beloved Lee. I mean, if you thought it was taking up game time, what would you had there in it's place?
If you told me before the episode there would be a dream sequences with Lee, I would have thought it would be really dumb and badly written.
But I think it was done perfectly, didn't feel lazy at all.
I think it was a memory.
I know it was to take up some time, but it was a very important part. Did it make you cry and that is the reason you did not like it or??
adrenaline + life threatening situations a hell of a drug
Thank you very much bud! Talented, gifted man, he was. Heatmiser is my favorite band of all time.
Anyway, what I meant was that I liked the flashback, and I thought it was a great addition to the episode. Though I'll readily admit that it caught me the fuck off guard when it started. In my head I was thinking "Oh shit, is Clem dead? Or was Season 2 just a dream? Holy shit.. is that LEE?"
And when I heard Dave Fennoy's voice I got a lump in my throat the size of an eggplant.
Maybe you have not noticed, but this game is not about action, but story building. The flashback reports after you (Lee) had to decide to leave or not Lily (the prick nut). The same way, you (Clementine) soon will have to choose to shoot Kenny or not. To me, the flashback was not only beautiful - because I missed Lee and was nice to see him again - but also helpful beacause it reminded me that I (Lee) had left Lily behind, and that was why, in my story, Clem shoots Kenny, who, by the way, caused indirectly Carly's death... Anyway, the TI guy - whatever his name was - has nothing to do with all of this LOL. Oh... and I left Jane behind too - risky move.
Meh, I wouldn't say lazy, but I didn't like it as most people did. It was there just to make us feel emotional in my opinion. And while it's true that it was meant to help us in the final choice, it wasn't necessary to be honest, taking off that scene wouldn't change anyone's decision.
It was nice to see Lee again.
What? That was legitimately my favourite scene in both seasons of TWD. It was so saddening, but also excellent. Was I dead? Just dreaming? What if the whole Season 2 was a dream and I've been with Lee the whole time? I also liked how in Season 1 of the same episode the flashback refers to, Lee falls asleep and dreams Clementine has turned. A year plus later, Clementine is dreaming about that moment in the caravan, and she just took a bullet wound (hinting she is actually dead and the bullet did in fact kill her). That whole arc was well played, and a subtle touch. Then she wakes up...a sense of relief, but also of overwhelming sadness. Personally, it's one of the greatest moments in a game I've played...ever.
EDIT Just realised this was necro-bumped...oops.
Season 2 in its entirety was lazy.