Fallout

I'm a fan, just finished it and I've only played New Vegas and FO4.

I honestly just want to watch a good show with an engaging story and themed in a way that matches. Does it fit every bit of lore every created since 1997? I have no fucking idea because I don't study it like a college course. It's fine for those who do but I believe the majority are not trying to find faults in every sentence the actors speak.

I liked it, entertaining, exciting, good character motivation, I can't think of any stupid decisions only to move the plot forward, set design is fantastic, world build is fun. Overall I recommend it.

I loved every minute of it! Thought it was incredibly well cast! Lucy & her brother, The Goul, Ma June and Wilzig were among my favourites! I loved the world, the T60 armour, the wildlife, Filly, Snip-Snip, the pre-war period and how they managed to get at least three main characters through their own interlocking story arcs and come to a satisfactory conclusion so that if there was never a season 2 it still felt pretty complete. Looking forward to seeing more in this world!

I care a lot about the lore and continuity so I hate it.

My thoughts: Sadly it's running on Amazon, so I have to wait until I can buy the disks.

Looks like I'll be bringing in the unpopular opinion. I did love the production quality and the CGI, and it looks like they really did the lore justice with lots of references, easter eggs and music, but honestly I find the rest of it meh. The cast is mediocre ( with the exception of Goggins' Cooper and the occasional secondary character ), the characters are pretty flat and uninspired, and the action scenes are just...strange ( watching the fight between the T60 and the yaoguai was like reliving 60s era star trek fight scenes ). The whole thing feels very videogame-y(?) I guess. But whereas the videogames can get away with it because they're interactive, here you're stuck watching the same unlikeable characters hours on end, and to be frank I'm having a hard time getting past the first half of the season.

As someone who hasn't played the games and am 5 episodes in, I'm not finding myself particularly attached to the series if that makes sense. I'm also not sure if I shouldn't just pick the games up on steam and run through them in the coming months - partially because I'm not convinced they're in my style of play (I mostly like older arcade shmups and fps, like Doom eternal etc). That being said, I can see the direction they're going. The character development is pretty obvious with only a few a-ha moments. I keep wondering when for those who aren't as engaged in the game will have a more complete picture, but also understand that most shows didn't give up the ghost all at once anyways just to rope you in. Curious what others who are only in passing familiarity with the game think as well.

I’ve been a Fallout super fan since the first game dropped in 1997. I’m done with the first two episodes and happy as a clam. This adaptation is fantastic.

Episode 1 notes, written without retrospection:

I've never been thrilled about digging too deeply into the details of the pre-war. To me, questions like "who started it?" should remain murky since the real answer is that it doesn't matter.

That said, I did like the pre-war scene of Goggins as a cowboy. The design of the pre-war homes and atmosphere felt right. I mildly recoiled at the "thumb measures blast distance" thing, because that's quite actually something a commenter on Reddit made up about the Vault Boy pose and it's become accepted fact. I did notice right at the beginning of the episode that one of the parents was asian, and that only caught my attention because the anti-Chinese (and implicit wider anti-asian) sentiment in the pre-war US has been something long established, so it was weird to see that guy at a party hosted by somebody willing to call Goggins a commie at the drop of a hat.

Lucy's introduction was really well done. I liked her mannerisms and nervous ticks during the application process.

Lucy's montage shows her using a Sterling submachinegun. Probably just a production choice to fit the aesthetic. Interesting choice though.

Oh neat, 1984 Paul Atredies.

The fake corn field with the projectors on the walls feels like something that would have been right at home in the sensibilities of Fallout 2.

The reproductive limit and culture of the vault is hitting that right note of dark, funny, but also logical outcome.

Very briefly there is a shot of a priest for the wedding wearing a modified vault suit. Neat.

Lucy's actress is killing it with the facial expressions.

Vault 33 dwellers still think of themselves as Americans.

Vault 32 dwellers have a lot of tattoos and scars at the wedding. Obviously deliberate production choice. Wait a minute are these raiders impersonating vault dwellers?

Dead corn field is chilling.

Yup. Raiders. Proud of myself for calling it.

The gore is on point already with that blender-to-face hit.

I swear that knife she picks up from the raider is designed specifically to resemble the Fallout 1 rusty knife.

Jet confirmed in the show.

BOS is flying US flag along with their own.

BOS recruits wearing OG107s or something really close.

BOS blimps are just a thing everyone now. Aight.

Casual BOS barracks masturbation.

A vault is supposed to have roughly 1000 people. That group of survivors is in the 20s or 30s. "Dwindled numbers"? That vault is done.

So the quest is find a lost relative, huh? Mr. Todd, you are a crafty one, slipping into that writer's room.

Vault 33's door is just sitting right on the surface? Weird. Traditionally vault doors are at least partially hidden.

Ghoul Goggins is cool.

Watching ep. 1 right now. It's pretty brilliant.

Loved the blue and yellow cowboy suits, shame that was 200 years ago... there's a flashback story there...

Glad to see it's not just the vault dweller story, but the knights too.

And how about that Maximus? I hear Marvel needs a new Kang, maybe de-age him a bit?

Also dug using Predicta TVs but I'm biased. :)

Walton Goggins is killing it. Cooper Howard is definitely my favorite character so far to see his pre-bombs dropping persona vs the smartass ghoul he has become. I really like the exploration of the division that was spreading amongst everyone in the flashbacks.

As far as adaptation, I am pretty happy. I think they are threading the needle relatively well with lore so that someone who hasn't played the games can pick things up quickly and enjoy(?) the fucked up world of the wasteland.

Favorite quote so far "Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit, every damn time."

Absolutely fantastic. My partner and I loved it. I'm seeing a lot of whiny butthurt about how it "bastardized the canon" though and people are now "done with the series". I say, "bye felicia!"

Call the phone number for the vault sales people. You will not regret. Pinkie promise.

I'm really enjoying it, I only have 2 episodes left.

I like it a lot, and it got my wife into Fallout.

I’m not happy about the power armor, ghoul makeup, or the decision to have very obvious real world car frames rusting away. It nailed everything else in my book though.

All things considered it’s a blast to watch, and did I mention it got my wife into Fallout? She’s been asking questions about the lore, and she couldn’t care less about any other game outside of Dream Light Valley before this. If it gives us another thing to bond over and gets her into a series that helped me through some of the worst parts of my life, I’m all about it.

One EP in so far and I like it a lot so far. The atmosphere is on point so far

I said this in another post but it seems more appropriate here. I'm liking how the show is exploring things about the world that the games can't. Like how the brotherhood ranks work in relation to each other, reproduction and sex in and out of the vaults, what people think of the vaults, and mostly how dangerous raiders can be and how brutal the watlsteland actually is.

My wife and I saw the first two episodes last night as well, and we both really enjoyed it. Me as a long-time fan, and her going in totally blind.

It pretty much felt like playing the game, which is about as high of praise as I can possibly give.