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[Netflix] Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft announced (2024, Animated)
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I'm on board for Hayley Atwell doing just about anything, but the fact that this appears to flat-out be ripping off the aesthetics and iconography of the reboot games MASSIVELY decreases any interest I have in the show beyond Hayley's presence.
"no dual pistols allowed, only daddy issues"
"no dual pistols allowed, only daddy issues"
Nailed it in one.
Honestly, groaned at seeing this is still some continuation of TR 2013.
I don't think it's ripping off. I think it's meant to be a direct sequel to the trilogy's stories.
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They're milking this pre-Tomb Raider period as much as Disney milks the Star Wars pre-ST period
Or how so many adaptations of spiderman are obsessed with his early years lol
Yeah, after three bullshit attempts at an origin story for Lara as if being "the tomb raider" is a superhero identity she needs to earn, I'm just not interested in anything to do with that continuity.
Just let Hayley play confident, self-assured adult Lara. And let her use her guns and sunglasses instead of a boring bow.
In some ways this is like the 5th origin story we have for Lara since the reboot, and the third one that is the same story (assuming this one is an adaptation of TR'13, like the film was).
Does somebody uptop actively dislike Classic TR or something
Like, I know they just announced the remasters but those just feel like a cheap way to acknowledge those games. They look dreadful.
Like, I know they just announced the remasters but those just feel like a cheap way to acknowledge those games. They look dreadful.
This show will finally explain how the archer who survived torture island to prove her adventurer dad's theories became the adventurer who dedicated her entire life to adventure to find her missing mommy but was actually disowned by her parents because they hated adventure and she does adventure just because she enjoys it.
I'M SO SORRY, MISTER DEER
BY THE WAY I'VE GOT A GRENADE LAUNCHER AND I'M COMING FOR YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAARDS
it's a slippery slope from self assured, dual pistol Lara to pinup model
Is it though? Or is Crystal Dynamics just terrible at writing characters?
I definitely hope there is an episode where Lara sits at psychologist's office in a fucking hoodie, because that's what Tomb Raider is all about.
I always find this type of comments funny. Like, do people even played TR'13? Literally one of the first things she says is how surprisingly easy it was to kill people. She's ok with being a murder machine.
This game was released on a moment where "narrative dissonance" was trending and it seems to have stuck with it.
This is essentially a sequel to Shadow of the Tomb Raider and will bridge the gap to Crystal Dynamics' 'unified' vision of Tomb Raider that will begin with the next game, hence why Lara will be meeting characters like Zip in this series who appeared in Chronicles and was a main character in the Legend trilogy.
Personally I felt the game was a tonal and narrative mess through and through. The off kilter emotional swings were just part of its issues.
Wait, what?
This is a new canon story within the universe of the games?
ngl I actually love that sequence in TR 2013. She's getting so unhinged and manic and genuinely kind of scary. Wish they would have leaned into more.
It's so weird that they're treating the bow and arrow as the 'iconic' Tomb Raider weapon. I get that this is based on nuLara but I wouldn't think the average joe associates the two together.
Like, obviously, the last shot of the season is going to be her opening a box and pulling out a second pistol and holding them both up, but still.
Like, obviously, the last shot of the season is going to be her opening a box and pulling out a second pistol and holding them both up, but still.
Best part of the game for me. Predator Lara was complete at that moment.
Yep! It was confirmed to bet set shortly after SOTTR when it was first announced, and will be introducing elements from both the original timeline and Legend timeline.
