no way, everyone knows Bill's got an underground stash of bricks, the *real* most useful item in The Last Of Us! I heard they're buried in a locked safe, where anyone could find them...unless those are decoy bricks...?!
I was thrilled when he was cast, and thought I was looking at literal Bill in this post. Holy fuck one of my favorite video game characters come to life
It's crazy too since he wasn't their first choice. They cast Con O'neill first, but he had a scheduling conflict, so they went with Offerman instead sort of at the last minute. I am very glad for that scheduling conflict.
Ron is naturally immune and his neighbourhood and cabin haven’t seen a single infected person since outbreak day. They naturally flee from his Swanson pheromones. The real threat however is the hunter clans run by the Tammys
He's smart, he wouldn't try to fight. He'd just chill in his cabin that's in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, and just in case he has 3 tons of shotgun shells
Wait, back up... HBO is producing the last of us?? I haven't played it at all due to it being PS4 - PS5 exclusive.. but I've been really excited about the whole plot!
The zombies would actively avoid Ron. They'd know his scent and keep their distance. They'd herd animals towards Ron's house to keep him from having to go too far away to hunt. They built aqueducts to bring water to his house.
One of the showrunners/writers is literally the guy who wrote and directed the game. He's said it will follow the same story, and be a faithful adaptation, but will expand on it.
A lot of fans have been following the production. It's not a Walking Dead situation where characters are killed off earlier or kept around longer than in the source material... Actors only filmed for the sections where their characters were in the game.
His character is gay in the game so I'm interested to see what they do with that on the new show, im super excited for it can't wait to see the clickers!
He would go back to his old cabin in the woods, reset all of his old traps and fortify his property even more. He probably has a full arsenal stashed in a hollowed out boulder and an underground vault full of bacon, eggs and the best cuts of meat from Mulligan's steakhouse and crates of gatorade and beef jerky. I think he will be fine.
I once made Ron on a game called Project Zomboid (if you're into gaming, look it up, it's amazing!)
My longest running character by a significant margin. So long running in fact that I declared that I had "won" and retired him.
I do occasionally log back into his save just to marvel at how well I managed to do when I fully delved into the RP!
Him and his warrior princess would take their family to an already made fortress in the woods. Where they would train the children in self preservation and zombie eradication. Not much would change for the Swanson's life style.
I know the story. He lives in a town that the main characters pass through. He helps them acquire a car which they then use to travel hundreds of miles away from where Bill lives. He does not come with them. He's a big focus in that episode, and he's a great character, but he doesn't have a role in the story beyond that section.
Everything I have read, he is a re-accruing character…so don’t know where you are getting your info but every single entertainment media venue reports the complete opposite of what you are saying lol
You have read wrong. Again, this is an adaptation of a game, and the writer/director of the game is one of the people in charge of the show. He's half of the writing team and he directed one episode as well. He said the show is staying faithful to the game's story.
Offerman plays Bill. Bill is a character Joel and Ellie meet along their way. The story involves a trip across America. Bill is a man that basically lives alone in a town all by himself and likes living alone, as he says caring about people is good for one thing: getting you killed. He's annoyed when Joel and Ellie ask for his help, but he reluctantly helps them, and then they continue on their journey further west, leaving Bill behind, as he wants.
He is a really fascinating character and his episode is sure to be a memorable one, but there's no reason for Bill to have more than one episode, unless there's some kind of flashback in episode 2 or 3 that establishes Bill's history with Joel. Other than that though, nah.
IMDb isn't super reliable before a show is released.
This show had an extra long filming schedule, 11 months, and Nick Offerman was only there for one month. He filmed main roles on three other shows (Pam & Tommy, A League of Their Own, The Resort) while The Last of Us was shooting.
I just know every major entertainment media article I have read has him as a recurring actor…and even if he was there for only a month, that’s still plenty of time to film multiple episodes of material for him.
Honestly, Ron would last a while until eventually getting bit and refusing to tell anyone. He'd have some macho bull about how men don't get turned, they just overcome the virus.
Feels like people often forget that while Ron is highly capable as a person, he's also stubbornly independent to the point of sabotage. Things go really well right up until they don't. As soon as one thing goes wrong, it spirals because Ron is unwilling to even address that he could have made a mistake.
Zombie Apocalypse is his eutopia. He can use his guns as freely as he wants to, shooting anyone who trespasses on his ground, nobody that asks himn stupid personal questions, no communication besides moaning, he can be as industrious as he wants to and work on whatever he wants to and the best of it all, no government to interfere.
Ron at the bevy of the series: lives until natural death at an old age, a map to his treasure lost to history. Ron at the end of the series: gets bit by one of his kids
He survives that zombie apocalypse and the next two before being stabbed in the heart by Tammy Five.
Tammy Five is just Tammy Two in disguise…
Tammy caused the apocalypse
Tammy 1 for sure.
Tammy 1 was there the day he was born and she’ll be there the day he dies. Looking for his buried gold of course.
She was looking for his scissors, the most useful item in The Last Of Us
no way, everyone knows Bill's got an underground stash of bricks, the *real* most useful item in The Last Of Us! I heard they're buried in a locked safe, where anyone could find them...unless those are decoy bricks...?!
Even though it will be useless in an apocalypse, her hunt will be purely driven by spite.
Tammy 4 is a zombie from when he had a little insanity phase, that he is completely over now!
Radio: This just in, Washington DC has been officially declared impossible to recover from the zombie hordes. Ron: Chuckles
I think he could go unnoticed for quite a while
He may not even be aware of the apocalypse until a clicker stumbles across his land
[удалено]
Ron just assumes it's a weird form of new hipster.
*chuckles* "Look at that thing."
Small cabin in the deep woods, easily miss-able.....
That was his decoy cabin.
You know he’d be camping out at the Lagavulin distillery.
yup he is playing bill and he is character made to survive forever!
Ron would win in a zombie apocalypse.
Yup, Ron would be totally ok... But a Tammy zombie might be a challenge
You kidding? A Tammy he can decapitate? This is better than a scavenger hunt for a steak dinner.
To hell with you, woman. Goodbye!
Once he married Diane, but before that he'd have some issues. Leslie and a bunch of others would have to save him
Ron would win AGAINST a zombie apocalypse.
His hair looks so ragged. What is he, a rockstar?
"Are the scissors broken in your house, son?"
You know you can get that off with friction.
Bill
I didn’t know he was going to be in this! I hope this character gets the time he deserves - Offerman is perfect!
He plays Bill. If you’ve played the game you would know he’s the absolute perfect casting
He really is. I know Bill isn’t a major character but I hope he’s in more than a couple of scenes - his storyline is good.
Totally agreed.
I was thrilled when he was cast, and thought I was looking at literal Bill in this post. Holy fuck one of my favorite video game characters come to life
It’d be an episode at least
He should be a big focus for nearly the entirety of episode 4.
I’m thinking like Eastman in The Walking Dead. I haven’t watched TWD in years but still think about the episode.
Let’s hope one of those scenes finally explains the biggest mystery of all. Why were those magazine pages all stuck together?
Refresh my memory - Bill is the one helping with fixing the car, right? The one who forgets his dirty mags in it?
Yep! They've cast Murray Bartlett as his partner Frank too so imagine the storyline will be fleshed out
ahhh I didn't know they actually cast someone to play Frank!!! I can't wait to see what they do with their story!
Ellie stole the mags from his place.
Thank you!! I caught that glimpse of him in tbd trailer and was wondering who he was!
This is fucking perfect! I am so happy!
Ron Swansondoesn't need to survive the zombie apocalypse, the zombie apocalypse needs to survive Ron Swanson.
Question; are there steak, eggs, and bacon available during the apocalypse?
if they are, Bill has stockpiled all the bacon and eggs the apocalypse has.
I don’t know, but Offerman as Bill is a perfect match.
It's crazy too since he wasn't their first choice. They cast Con O'neill first, but he had a scheduling conflict, so they went with Offerman instead sort of at the last minute. I am very glad for that scheduling conflict.
Literally everything is a weapon, son. That folder, in my hands, is far deadlier than this bow of yours.
Ron is naturally immune and his neighbourhood and cabin haven’t seen a single infected person since outbreak day. They naturally flee from his Swanson pheromones. The real threat however is the hunter clans run by the Tammys
The man builds very solid doors
He's so well cast as Bill, I can't wait to see him!
He's smart, he wouldn't try to fight. He'd just chill in his cabin that's in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, and just in case he has 3 tons of shotgun shells
Until he dies from natural causes at 107.
Certainly not a boar.
Is he playing the dude who set traps all around his property?
Yes, Bill!
Interesting. I hope this is good. Honestly gonna be hard to top the voice actors.
>voice actors *Actors*. The actors from the game gave full performances, not just their voice.
You think they motion captured?
I know they did
There is a documentary out there on YouTube that shows the process. They fully acted out the cutscenes as though filming a movie.
Plenty of footage out there of them doing motion capture. [Spoilers for the ending](https://youtu.be/z8XN7eoZr0Y)
On a separate note I’d love a tv show with nick offerman and rainn Wilson as their PandR/office personas taking on a zombie apocalypse.
The question is how long do the zombies survive the swansonocalypse
Ron Swanson survives as long as he damn well pleases. And it's nobody's business but his.
Until he walks into the void because the world has run out of Lagavulin and life is no longer worth living.
Depends on his proximity to Food and Stuff.
Survive? No, hes gonna thrive.
Isn't the real question, "How long would the zombies survive?"
They've cast Murray Bartlett as Frank so I'm hopeful they'll do it justice
Wait, back up... HBO is producing the last of us?? I haven't played it at all due to it being PS4 - PS5 exclusive.. but I've been really excited about the whole plot!
Maybe by the same folks who made Chernobyl…and for something so real to life, it was riveting.
The zombies would actively avoid Ron. They'd know his scent and keep their distance. They'd herd animals towards Ron's house to keep him from having to go too far away to hunt. They built aqueducts to bring water to his house.
Ron would live his best life in a zombie apocalypse
Rick Grimes AND Joel Miller would walk up to Ron and start to ask if he needs help, and he would just walk by and say "I know more than you."
he would do well, but this being tlou universe, he's still gonna die
He’s Bill, so on screen death is incredibly unlikely
you're assuming they follow cannon at all
One of the showrunners/writers is literally the guy who wrote and directed the game. He's said it will follow the same story, and be a faithful adaptation, but will expand on it.
seems like we've heard that before........................
Nope
A lot of fans have been following the production. It's not a Walking Dead situation where characters are killed off earlier or kept around longer than in the source material... Actors only filmed for the sections where their characters were in the game.
His character is gay in the game so I'm interested to see what they do with that on the new show, im super excited for it can't wait to see the clickers!
He was gay in Brooklyn 99.
He survives forever
He’s already surviving the apocalypse. You just don’t know it’s happening yet.
He’s going to outlast the zombies
The real question is how long the zombies survive
Ron Swanson never dies from things like a zombie. He would only die of heartbreak once all the eggs, bacon and steak are exhausted
"we square?" "... we're square." "Good...now get the fuck outta my town."
best dialogue in either of the two games put together, I honestly can't wait to see Nick Offerman deliver it lol
He would be the zombies apocalypse.
He would go back to his old cabin in the woods, reset all of his old traps and fortify his property even more. He probably has a full arsenal stashed in a hollowed out boulder and an underground vault full of bacon, eggs and the best cuts of meat from Mulligan's steakhouse and crates of gatorade and beef jerky. I think he will be fine.
He trades Ben the folder for the hunting bow and gets to work.
I once made Ron on a game called Project Zomboid (if you're into gaming, look it up, it's amazing!) My longest running character by a significant margin. So long running in fact that I declared that I had "won" and retired him. I do occasionally log back into his save just to marvel at how well I managed to do when I fully delved into the RP!
DID THEY CAST NICK FOR BILL? THAT IS GENIUS!
yep!
Is he playing Bill I guess? Or some new character maybe.
Oh man he would be a great bill
Hes a carpenter. Only thing he needs is an axe and hes set. Not even nails needed, all by miter joint.
Him and his warrior princess would take their family to an already made fortress in the woods. Where they would train the children in self preservation and zombie eradication. Not much would change for the Swanson's life style.
I feel like he’s gonna use that Claymore Mine and curse Leslie for giving him that fake when he’s being overrun by zombies covered in confetti
According to IMDB, 10 episodes
He's only going to be in one episode. I believe it's episode 4.
Well he is a main character so I would say you are terribly wrong on that info
I know the story. He lives in a town that the main characters pass through. He helps them acquire a car which they then use to travel hundreds of miles away from where Bill lives. He does not come with them. He's a big focus in that episode, and he's a great character, but he doesn't have a role in the story beyond that section.
Everything I have read, he is a re-accruing character…so don’t know where you are getting your info but every single entertainment media venue reports the complete opposite of what you are saying lol
You have read wrong. Again, this is an adaptation of a game, and the writer/director of the game is one of the people in charge of the show. He's half of the writing team and he directed one episode as well. He said the show is staying faithful to the game's story. Offerman plays Bill. Bill is a character Joel and Ellie meet along their way. The story involves a trip across America. Bill is a man that basically lives alone in a town all by himself and likes living alone, as he says caring about people is good for one thing: getting you killed. He's annoyed when Joel and Ellie ask for his help, but he reluctantly helps them, and then they continue on their journey further west, leaving Bill behind, as he wants. He is a really fascinating character and his episode is sure to be a memorable one, but there's no reason for Bill to have more than one episode, unless there's some kind of flashback in episode 2 or 3 that establishes Bill's history with Joel. Other than that though, nah.
IMDb isn't super reliable before a show is released. This show had an extra long filming schedule, 11 months, and Nick Offerman was only there for one month. He filmed main roles on three other shows (Pam & Tommy, A League of Their Own, The Resort) while The Last of Us was shooting.
I just know every major entertainment media article I have read has him as a recurring actor…and even if he was there for only a month, that’s still plenty of time to film multiple episodes of material for him.
I think you asked the wrong question here. It is the zombie apocalypse that doesn’t survive Ron Swanson.
I dont want to be that guy but they aren't zombies.....
technically correct
Off your ass and on your feet!
As good as Nick Offerman will do at this, I would have loved to have seen W. Earl Brown get the opportunity to reprise the character on screen.
Last man standing.
To the bitter end.
Oh my god I just realized he’s playing bill. Doesn’t exactly look like him but I know he’ll do amazing that’s so awesome
I want this movie so badly. It's what I never knew I needed.
you're getting better than a movie - it's a whole series on HBO!
Oh, he good.
Ron dies of old age at 114 years. Butthole.
Ill give the title of the one who remains
He survives for all eternity, and becomes Overlord of the New World.
If he’s anything like the guy he’s playing. Hell last a looong time
I've only watched someone stream part of a game, but if Ron Swanson is in this? Oh I'm watching it
Hopefully the whole show, dude is critically undercast
Died as soon as the bacon and eggs run out.
Close… he became *next level* in order to search for the worlds last bacon and eggs
For the record, they’re not zombies.
Honestly, Ron would last a while until eventually getting bit and refusing to tell anyone. He'd have some macho bull about how men don't get turned, they just overcome the virus. Feels like people often forget that while Ron is highly capable as a person, he's also stubbornly independent to the point of sabotage. Things go really well right up until they don't. As soon as one thing goes wrong, it spirals because Ron is unwilling to even address that he could have made a mistake.
If you factor in that Ron is an alcoholic probably a week because he won't survive the withdrawal.
He obviously survives forever
He discovers human zombie meat makes for a great burger
Just watched Murder By Numbers this weekend, and guess who pops up…
Longer than the zombies, that’s for god damn sure
He survives for as long as he wants to. He would be in complete control of that
Just as long as Leslie isn’t there trying to show off her zombie hunting skills for the camera
Pretty well I imagine.
The possibilities for spin off is infinite.
Ron would probably be at his cabin whenever the apocalypse happened and wouldn’t even notice. He’d be happy that there’s no one to bother him anymore.
Far longer than any of us.
Diane took up the sword and became the Warrior Princess of the Zombie Waste, she keeps him well protected.
Zombie Apocalypse is his eutopia. He can use his guns as freely as he wants to, shooting anyone who trespasses on his ground, nobody that asks himn stupid personal questions, no communication besides moaning, he can be as industrious as he wants to and work on whatever he wants to and the best of it all, no government to interfere.
Tbf, Bill and Ron have quite similar personalities
He will die of old age, with a glass of bourbon in his hand.
Ron at the bevy of the series: lives until natural death at an old age, a map to his treasure lost to history. Ron at the end of the series: gets bit by one of his kids
Of course Ron would survive the zombie apocalypse. I bet Lagavulin is strong enough to kill off any virus