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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Metro on April 10, 2024, 08:52:02 PM
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Anyone else watching this? Season 1 just dropped on Amazon Prime.
Just finished the first episode. Loving it so far.
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I didn't realize this had already dropped.
I don't know shit about the video game, but the trailer looked batshit crazy. I will try to get on this soon.
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It's on my to watch list
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Planning to watch for sure. Looked like something right up my alley. I have zero frame of reference as well....have never played the game and no nothing about any of it.
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Big fan of the games, so I will be watching, likely starting tonight. I read some positive reviews too which has me a bit hyped now instead of cautious optimism. The show's world leaves room for a really cool adaptation.
My understanding is the show is not following the story from one of the games, but it's own story within the world of the game. Which I think is probably for the best to not get all the game people upset about not following the story, but if they can stay true to the world created, and have a good story to tell of their own, the potential is there to be a good show.
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Planning to watch for sure. Looked like something right up my alley. I have zero frame of reference as well....have never played the game and no nothing about any of it.
Don't take this personally, but I hope you don't like it. They're building it within a game universe that I really want to see. If they've made the story generic enough that people with no familiarity with it can enjoy I think it'll be far less to my liking, if that makes sense.
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Don't take this personally, but I hope you don't like it. They're building it within a game universe that I really want to see. If they've made the story generic enough that people with no familiarity with it can enjoy I think it'll be far less to my liking, if that makes sense.
I think I would disagree with that statement. If the game only catered to the video game folks, it likely would be terrible.
The only upside to having played the games should be a more instant understanding of the world, nothing else IMO since it's having it's own story unlike The Last of Us which followed the game's story. Maybe some inside jokes or references as well, but story line wise, it should be made for anyone to "get it" because that's likely how it will be good IMO.
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Don't take this personally, but I hope you don't like it. They're building it within a game universe that I really want to see. If they've made the story generic enough that people with no familiarity with it can enjoy I think it'll be far less to my liking, if that makes sense.
Completely makes sense.
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I think I would disagree with that statement. If the game only catered to the video game folks, it likely would be terrible.
The only upside to having played the games should be a more instant understanding of the world, nothing else IMO since it's having it's own story unlike The Last of Us which followed the game's story. Maybe some inside jokes or references as well, but story line wise, it should be made for anyone to "get it" because that's likely how it will be good IMO.
That's certainly fair. I just want it to be Fallout, and not a generic made for TV drama/thriller set in the Fallout universe.
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Big fan of all the games starting with Fallout 3. Haven’t played the old isometric ones but will probably do so one day.
Can’t wait to dive in but finishing S3 of The Boys first.
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That's certainly fair. I just want it to be Fallout, and not a generic made for TV drama/thriller set in the Fallout universe.
While I agree, I don't think that has any bearing on whether non-gamers should like it.
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Well it seems to be getting great reviews
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I'm only half an episode in but greatly enjoying it so far!
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Watched the first two episodes last night and enjoyed it. Definitely some humor in there. Loved the ghoul, that actor is awesome in Righteous Gemstones and this role may be great from him based on what I've seen so far. Won't be able tk continue until Sunday.
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I'll be sure to check it out this weekend, I haven't played the video game though so I'm going in blind.
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Watched the first two episodes last night and enjoyed it. Definitely some humor in there. Loved the ghoul, that actor is awesome in Righteous Gemstones and this role may be great from him based on what I've seen so far.
Walt Goggins, dude is good in everything he does. He's a blast to watch.
I watched the first two as well.....pretty neat stuff. I'm curious to get EB's or anyone who has played the game though because I felt like I followed along pretty well. Did they sacrifice any of the game integrity or story in order to tell a more straight forward story?
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Well the show is an original story set in the Fallout world. It's got places, groups, ideas and whatnot from the games, but it's not a direct adaptation of one of the games. Having played Fallout 3, 4, and New Vegas, I think it definitely nails the vibe of the world.
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Well the show is an original story set in the Fallout world. It's got places, groups, ideas and whatnot from the games, but it's not a direct adaptation of one of the games. Having played Fallout 3, 4, and New Vegas, I think it definitely nails the vibe of the world.
Is "okey dokey" that girls tag line in the game? She said it several times and they made a point to make it stand out
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No, and she's not from the games. She's an original character for the show.
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Is "okey dokey" that girls tag line in the game? She said it several times and they made a point to make it stand out
"That girl" isn't in the game. She's a made up character (like the player character in each of the games--they're each different).
Also, I saw the 3 main actors in a YT vid last night, and it turns out she's a limey. Didn't expect that.
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Just finished the season. Absolutely loved it. :metal
That teaser at the end has me super excited for Season 2.
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Interested because of the Fallout set that got released in Magic the Gathering. I built a deck around The Master, Transcendent and would be interested to see what the lore is about (I don't play video games).
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Just finished the season. Absolutely loved it. :metal
That teaser at the end has me super excited for Season 2.
Havent finished, but it does seem like it's getting a second season from recent headlines I've seen.
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Loving so far after two episodes. 2nd ep in particular really nailed the Fallout vibe and humour.
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I'm so happy the show is getting good reviews but mostly that they've stayed true to the game with all it's details. Can't wait to watch it! :tup
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2 episodes in and liking it! Seems like a show made for the fans of the game.
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Just finished the season. Absolutely loved it. :metal
That teaser at the end has me super excited for Season 2.
Finished it last night. I enjoyed it a lot. Really well produced, storyline kept moving along and they added some elements to keep you engaged...and there was a good balance between being a gritty, apocalyptic show yet lots of well timed humor as well. It didn't sacrifice anything by not taking itself too seriously.
As far as making it accessible for the 'non' game viewers who had no idea what the backstory was.....I think they nailed it.
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I knew there was a reason I'd never sided with the Brotherhood before. At first they were just misguided dipshits. Now they might as well be the Branch Davidians.
First episode was good enough. Like Lucy. Hard not to like Goggins. Fuck the Brotherhood.
The connected vaults would be a totally new mechanic, would they not? And since they are connected, wouldn't they actually know each other better than to be duped by raiders?
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I really liked the show. Funny, suprisingly high production quality and definitely advances the lore of the Fallout universe in an interesting way.
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The connected vaults would be a totally new mechanic, would they not? And since they are connected, wouldn't they actually know each other better than to be duped by raiders?
I wasn't aware of connected Vaults, but I can kind of see it being a thing in the world though.
Personally, I'm finding the vault storyline to be the most interesting right now. I just find the whole vault thing fascinating. We are 4 episodes in now, and I just love how they are portraying the vault people as they act super nice and good intentions, but still have the whole human asshole ness of it all. I'm still trying to understand (Maybe i need to watch more) how these vaults operated together because it kind of seems like they really didn't, which makes you wonder why even connect them then?
Also, the finger cutting :omg:! I really thought episode 4 was great, the whole drug building really felt like something out of the game.
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There's mystery around the connected vaults, I've seen 5 episodes so far and I'm interested to see where it's going. I do rather like the way Nolan and Joy build mystery and tension and reveal things. Westworld did admittedly get a bit too complicated in the end but I loved the approach and very much enjoyed it.
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Three episodes in and I'm really liking it so far. Lots of little references to the games. But we need at least one supermutant and one radscorpion in the next episodes.
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There's mystery around the connected vaults, I've seen 5 episodes so far and I'm interested to see where it's going. I do rather like the way Nolan and Joy build mystery and tension and reveal things. Westworld did admittedly get a bit too complicated in the end but I loved the approach and very much enjoyed it.
Yeah, now 6 episodes in and this storyline is starting to unfold more.
Still really loving the vault storyline.
Should finish it tonight. I'm not sure I'd rate this as some great show at this point, but it's solid and it seems to do a good job at nailing the fallout universe from the games. I'm struggling with some of the actors, the girl and the brotherhood guy, the scenes with the two of them are.... difficult.
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Should finish it tonight. I'm not sure I'd rate this as some great show at this point, but it's solid and it seems to do a good job at nailing the fallout universe from the games. I'm struggling with some of the actors, the girl and the brotherhood guy, the scenes with the two of them are.... difficult.
I've only seen the first episode, so all I've seen of the girl is her being chipper and naive. I like her in that capacity. Could certainly change once things really turn South on her, though. As for the Brotherhood guy, I disliked him from the get-go.
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I've only seen the first episode, so all I've seen of the girl is her being chipper and naive. I like her in that capacity. Could certainly change once things really turn South on her, though. As for the Brotherhood guy, I disliked him from the get-go.
Chipper and naive doesn't bother me because that makes sense from living in the vault, it's something about the actresses portrayal of it.
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I think she's excellent, no issues from me at all.
Maximus has taken a bit of time for me to warm to but I think it's the character more than the actor - he's indecisive, impulsive and yet sometimes slow to respond. I think that's maybe the point.
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I think she's excellent, no issues from me at all.
Maximus has taken a bit of time for me to warm to but I think it's the character more than the actor - he's indecisive, impulsive and yet sometimes slow to respond. I think that's maybe the point.
I agree, I think he's portraying the character, but once again, it's not enjoyable to watch for me. And those two together... ugh.
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I agree, I think he's portraying the character, but once again, it's not enjoyable to watch for me. And those two together... ugh.
Fair enough, I've not had any problem with their interactions.
I'm also interested to see where his story takes him - he keeps hiding things from other characters presumably out of self-preservation, but it makes it hard to get a sense of what his priorities are.
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Maximus has so much internal struggle. He is weak but finds himself getting out of tough situations in a weirdly lucky way. At least that's the case 3 episodes in.
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Finished last night
What a fantastic finale! Really good way to end the season putting all the pieces together. I was going into the final episode thinking the season was really good, but maybe nothing special, but that final episode elevated the entire show. Sucks it'll be awhile before returning to this though.
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I have a whole list of shows on my watchlist but when I saw Fallout was available I clicked on it straight away. 3 episodes in and I’m loving it. The female lead is great, she also plays in Yellowjackets which is awesome as well..
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Pilot episode is excellent. Vibe is absolutely spot on.
Can't wait for the next gen patch to hit the PS5 version of Fallout 4 next week and return to my PS4 save/character (and enter the DLC for the first time).
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Considering the attention to detail they put into this thing it seems odd that The Ghoul uses a weapon totally unlike anything in the game. I'm only on the second episode, but it also seems to fire different specialty rounds, insofar as I can tell. Strange choice. And now that I think about it, I don't think I've seen any energy weapons yet.
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Just renewed for season 2
https://deadline.com/2024/04/fallout-renewed-season-2-amazon-1235889742/
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Only 3 episodes in but I really enjoy it. One thing that for some reason caught me by surprise is how much humour they put into it. I have played both New Vegas and Fallout 4 so i'm kinda familiar with the overall lore but I don't know, I wasn't expecting to laugh as much as I have so far but in a good way I think. I like all the main characters even though Maximus is kinda weird. But seeing him fly and crash made me laugh so much.
Good I love Walter Goggins, he's just so perfect in any movie his in, especially playing a cowboy. He really has the looks for it.
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Fallout aka The Adventures of Zombie Boyd Crowder. I've been really enjoying this show. I tried playing one of the games, but got bored. I don't think I ever made it past the tutorial though. Looks like I should have stuck with it. Walton Goggins is a blast.
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Fallout aka The Adventures of Zombie Boyd Crowder. I've been really enjoying this show. I tried playing one of the games, but got bored. I don't think I ever made it past the tutorial though. Looks like I should have stuck with it. Walton Goggins is a blast.
I've tried playing 3 a few times, and the tutorial was the only part of it I thought was worth a damn. :lol I always quit fairly early on. I thought 4 was great, though. The building element adds a great deal to the game, I think.
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I've tried playing 3 a few times, and the tutorial was the only part of it I thought was worth a damn. :lol I always quit fairly early on. I thought 4 was great, though. The building element adds a great deal to the game, I think.
I don't know if they all start the same, but the one I played started out in the vault, something goes wrong during the tutorial, and I have to escape. Then I get to the town similar to what we see in the show, maybe it's the same one, and I don't remember anything else. I was hoping for another Skyrim, but this just didn't really grab me. Seems I gave up too early though. Maybe it was that bracelet thing I didn't care for. I don't know. The show is cool.
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Fallout 3 was my favorite, such a great game back in its day.
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Just finished the show. I am not a gamer at all and have never played the game (or any of these type of games). I loved the show, awesome world building, characters and story and had a really strong emotional payoff. My one criticism is that I didn't like the choice of slow-mo action with an old music soundtrack over the top. That stylistic choice felt really jarring and out of place to me, I much preferred the serious vibe and musical score style which was the majority of the season.
Really great it is renewed for season 2.
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Just finished the show. I am not a gamer at all and have never played the game (or any of these type of games). I loved the show, awesome world building, characters and story and had a really strong emotional payoff. My one criticism is that I didn't like the choice of slow-mo action with an old music soundtrack over the top. That stylistic choice felt really jarring and out of place to me, I much preferred the serious vibe and musical score style which was the majority of the season.
Really great it is renewed for season 2.
The old-timey music is meta. Fallout is the post-apocalyptic universe of ~1951. The soundtrack is the music from that era, and what you encounter throughout the game. From the gamer perspective it's a hoot.
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The old-timey music is meta. Fallout is the post-apocalyptic universe of ~1951. The soundtrack is the music from that era, and what you encounter throughout the game. From the gamer perspective it's a hoot.
Ok great. That is really good to know as I had no idea that was the case.
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The old-timey music is meta. Fallout is the post-apocalyptic universe of ~1951. The soundtrack is the music from that era, and what you encounter throughout the game. From the gamer perspective it's a hoot.
I had also wondered if the slow motion stuff was kind of a throwback to the gameplay of Fallout where you stop time or slow it down in the newer games to attack enemies.
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I had also wondered if the slow motion stuff was kind of a throwback to the gameplay of Fallout where you stop time or slow it down in the newer games to attack enemies.
The slo-mo never jumped out at me, but it certainly is there. I just figured it was the same ultra-cinematic action that everybody uses nowadays. I'm only 3 episodes in, but I haven't seen anybody use VATS. My hunch is that you're exactly right, though. If they're not going to use VATS in the series then they'll use slow motion to give it the same feel.
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The slo-mo never jumped out at me, but it certainly is there. I just figured it was the same ultra-cinematic action that everybody uses nowadays. I'm only 3 episodes in, but I haven't seen anybody use VATS. My hunch is that you're exactly right, though. If they're not going to use VATS in the series then they'll use slow motion to give it the same feel.
VATS kind of makes no sense from a TV perspective, makes a lot of sense for gaming so that was at least my thought of how they show it.
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I really liked season 1 and I'm glad season 2 is good to go. This was a fun show with a solid storyline.
I have a magic the gathering deck built around "The Master, Transcedent". Is it possible he shows up in season 2, for any fans that know that much about the lore (I don't know much)?
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The Master appears in Fallout 1, which takes place in 2161 - 2162. (spoiler alert: he dies)
The show takes place in 2296. Never say never, but I wouldn't expect to see him.
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Finally took the time for the first episode. It felt at bit long for an introduction but that was pretty good and enjoyable :corn
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After three episodes I was quite pleased that they didn't feel the need to spell stuff out. They're content to let the game stuff reside with the game stuff and simply tell a story within the universe. Then they went and manufactured some contrivance about some chem that keeps ghouls from turning feral. That's the sort of thing they majorly hacks me off. Huge disappointment for me.
Also, it's a shame they couldn't get Stephen Russell to voice the Mr. Handy. It just wasn't quite right.
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Then they went and manufactured some contrivance about some chem that keeps ghouls from turning feral.
I didn't quite understand this. Since the show is supposed to be canon, I assume this mechanic is just something we've never seen in the games because, well, you don't play as a ghoul? But I kind of thought "feral" meant, well, feral and not some state from lack of treatment.
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After three episodes I was quite pleased that they didn't feel the need to spell stuff out. They're content to let the game stuff reside with the game stuff and simply tell a story within the universe. Then they went and manufactured some contrivance about some chem that keeps ghouls from turning feral. That's the sort of thing they majorly hacks me off. Huge disappointment for me.
Why does it bother you? Like, they add new things in each game, this is a continuation of that.
Also, it's a shame they couldn't get Stephen Russell to voice the Mr. Handy. It just wasn't quite right.
But... Matt Berry! :lol
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I assumed he was drinking RadAway. Was it something else?
I imagine if the show goes on long enough he’ll run out of the stuff, turn feral, and Lucy will have to put him down.
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I didn't quite understand this. Since the show is supposed to be canon, I assume this mechanic is just something we've never seen in the games because, well, you don't play as a ghoul? But I kind of thought "feral" meant, well, feral and not some state from lack of treatment.
Feral ghouls are what you get when radiation or isolation causes the higher brain functions to atrophy and shut down, so its something a normal Ghoul can suffer from given the right circumstances.
In my headcanon, its not so much that all Ghouls HAVE to have the chems or turn feral, moreso that once you DO start turning feral, the chems might halt the process or give a boost to the nervous system to keep you relatively sound of mind (which is ultimately how the chem "Jet" functions: its a nervous system booster/hallucinogenic).
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The Master appears in Fallout 1, which takes place in 2161 - 2162. (spoiler alert: he dies)
The show takes place in 2296. Never say never, but I wouldn't expect to see him.
The Master appears in Fallout 1, which takes place in 2161 - 2162. (spoiler alert: he dies)
The show takes place in 2296. Never say never, but I wouldn't expect to see him.
Ahh, thanks for the info!
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I finished this yesterday, really good series although I thought the finale, while still good, was a bit of a letdown. But it setup season 2 nicely.
But I'm still missing the supermutants and the radscorpions. And a deathclaw would have been nice.
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But I'm still missing the supermutants and the radscorpions. And a deathclaw would have been nice.
Probably my biggest negative about the show's portrayal of the wasteland, I'm guessing the are saving those for next season.
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If they truly wanted to replicate the fallout experience, lucy should have died brutally in the first episode followed by the next episode restarting the story.
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Really enjoyed it. Perfectly captured the feel of the Fallout games (the Bethesda/Obsidian ones, don't know the first two). And yes, there are a lot of elements from the games they can still use for future seasons. Locations, factions, monsters and, hell, maybe even characters, despite the timeframe.
Supermutants, Deathclaws, Synths, certain types of bots etc.
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Fallout 3 was my favorite, such a great game back in its day.
This. You should stream a playthrough!
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This show has made me want to quit Starfield and get into Fallout 4 again. I’ve finished Fallout 3 and New Vegas (those are amazing) but somehow I always quit Fallout 4 after 10 hours or so. Maybe I should stick with it.
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Never played the game, so the show took some serious adjusting to get into it, but it was quite excellent. Of course I was lost as fuck until they started threading the various stories together, and man did that final episode deliver. Great performance by the young lady playing Lucy, and the Ghoul was awesome too. Curious to see where it goes from here.
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I'm a bit behind, but I'm two episodes in at this point, and think it's really good so far. Never played any of the games so I'm just here for a good show, and so far I'm on board.
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The old-timey music is meta. Fallout is the post-apocalyptic universe of ~1951. The soundtrack is the music from that era, and what you encounter throughout the game. From the gamer perspective it's a hoot.
From what I've heard/read, the pre-war flashbacks with Cooper were set in 2077, so it's a bit of retro-futurism.
I binged the whole season yesterday and loved it. Great story and characters, wonderful production, and intense world-building that made sense to me, someone who has never played a single Fallout game. I found it fairly easy to follow along and understand, but I'm sure fans of the games were constantly doing that Leo-pointing-at-the-screen meme every time a game reference happened.
I'm glad it's getting a second season but that feels like it'll be quite awhile from now.
-Marc.
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From what I've heard/read, the pre-war flashbacks with Cooper were set in 2077, so it's a bit of retro-futurism.
-Marc.
Yeah, that's what I was trying to get at. Just didn't know what it was called. The bombs fell in 2077, but 2077 as envisioned by the people of the 1950s. The games all have that aesthetic, and it's what makes them interesting, IMO. It's essentially a post-apocalyptic The Jetsons.
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Yeah in the lore of the games (and therefore the show), there was a divergence from our own history sometime between the end of the second world war and the early 1950s, that led to minimal societal progression beyond the 50s. So the aesthetics are all based on the 50s and what they thought the future might look like, and other advancements (technology etc.) are quite different and generally more limited compared with our history.
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Just now realizing that I totally invented my own head canon for the retro style. I thought it was supposed to be a sort of cultural reversion to some perceived golden era of America to assert themselves against the communists and comfort themselves as a society with a nostalgic aesthetic.
I'm way behind, but I finished the season today. I thought it was great.