Fans react with hilarious memes as Alex Garland reveals ‘28 Years Later’ took notes from ‘The Last of Us’

28 Days Later mastermind Alex Garland has said that his new project, 28 Years Later, was heavily inspired by HBO's The Last of Us. Speaking to the game creator Neil Druckmann, Garland had no qualms about the amount of praise he showered on the show, saying it was superior to 28 Days Later.

Garland was cited as saying in IndieWire:

“I was so inspired by your work. ‘The Last of Us’ is better than ’28 Days Later.’ The thing about ‘The Last of Us,’ I was like, this is so much more sophisticated. It was very nice for me with ‘The Last of Us’ to sort of feel like someone saying, ‘Where’s your game?'”

Now, while that may be a heartwarming instance of artistic appreciation, the internet looked at that sentence and went feral.

Fans did not waste any time making jokes, largely because many of them believed the second game dropped the ball.

Rather than doing in-depth film critique, they opted for the extremely intellectual path—replying with a barrage of memes, masterfully designed to express their dismay.

One user (@FinalFlamePr) stated:

"The 2nd game was one of the worst storylines ever written."

Another user (@elephantbridge) pointed out:

"Notice how he said the game writing. Not the show because it's absolute trash."

A user reacted with a confused yet disappointed picture:

With a hilarious GIF, a user said:

"Raise your game"

One user reacted with a GIF that clearly said, I have had enough; I am leaving.

This user replied with a GIF that screams cringe!

And then, a user thought of being extra dramatic and commented with a GIF:

This user's GIF probably sums it all up:

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How The Last of Us inspired 28 Years Later

Alex Garland has officially lit the internet on fire—not with zombies, but with opinions.

In a recent interview, he dropped a statement that The Last of Us is superior to his film—well, at least in writing.

He accepted how far the genre has come through the years, terming The Last of Us a narrative standard and confessing that it made him desire to step up his game for his next project, 28 Years Later.

Now, 28 Years Later, by Danny Boyle and written by Garland, is more than just another zombie movie.

Airing almost three decades after 28 Weeks Later, the film centers on a boy named Spike, who abandons his cut-off settlement on Holy Island to venture out to the mainland—only to realize that the atrocities of the rage virus have worsened into something far worse.

While all this is thrilling, Garland's remarks put social media into absolute meltdown.

Some were excited about his inspiration, while others were too busy side-eyeing the fact that the second game was... controversial, to put it mildly.

Of course, the internet reacted in its typical manner—by clogging timelines with a number of memes and wondering if he actually played that second game.

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