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The Last of Us film series enters its second episode. Jakarta was revealed as the source of the disaster that destroyed the world. Netizens were excited on social media.
The zombie film based on this game finally really discusses Jakarta as the source of the Cordyceps fungus infecting humans. In the world of The Last of Us, the destruction of the world is the result of humans turning into zombies because of this fungus.
In the second episode that aired on HBO, senior actor Christine Hakim appeared as an Indonesian scientist. He reveals the potential for a great disaster that will destroy the world.
After last week netizens were excited because Jakarta was mentioned, this time it was even more excited because the second episode intro was a scene in Jakarta in 2003. Monitored on Twitter and Instagram timelines, Monday (23/1/2023) there were many reactions from Indonesian netizens regarding the story of The Last of Us.
Some of them are happy and proud that Jakarta and Indonesia are part of the plot of The Last of Us. They also praised Christine Hakim's good acting.
There are also those who think that Jakarta is the origin of the global zombie apocalypse. They also discussed various details of the images in the film, starting from the atmosphere of the Nasi Kapau stall, to the setting of the Ministry of Health office.
Here are some netizen comments on Twitter:
"As an Indonesian, I am very proud that Jakarta is included in the scene of The Last Of Us 🙏," said @euftrhat ***.
"I was really surprised to see the opening of the last of us eps 2, I thought I was playing the wrong film because how come the background was suddenly in Jakarta," said @ifd ***.
"Currently watching The Last of Us ep 2 where they show flashback that the cordyceps might come from Jakarta lmao and they did a really good job showing the city in early 2000's and ofc, THE LEGENDARY CHRISTINE HAKIM did a fantastic job!! So proud of her!!!" said @seasonedsa ***.
"The last of us really made Jakarta as the source of a zombie outbreak and my tacky overproduced Indonesian blood is excited about it," said @ayambber ***.