My kids and I watched the first two episodes last night, and I’m impressed. It feels like Fallout. I like the characters so far, and they squeeze in enough game references to keep my brain spiking with recognition.
We set the bar pretty low on video game adaptations, but I feel this one’s doing alright so far!
What does everyone else think? (Let’s keep spoilers to a minimum. Most of us probably weren’t able to watch the whole thing in one night.)
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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.
Honestly I don‘t see how you coudn‘t explore any if this in the games. I mean you can‘t, but I think that‘s because Bethesda never really cared to explore deeper lore. They probably would‘ve sucked at it anyway. And yes that‘s what I really like about the show so far as well. The Brotherhood seems to draw some inspiration from the first games too which works really well.
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.
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.”
One EP in so far and I like it a lot so far. The atmosphere is on point so far
If they made the sets into a Vault hotel or wasteland resort, I would start planning our next vacation immediately!
But how do you feel about it so far?
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.
Call the phone number for the vault sales people. You will not regret. Pinkie promise.
Wouldn’t have even thought to try! Thanks for the info!
I’m really enjoying it, I only have 2 episodes left.
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!”
I haven’t finished the series yet, but I heard >!it was Vault Tech who dropped the nukes!<
If that’s the bastardisation you’re referring to, it’s actually not surprising if you’ve been paying attention. >!Vault Tech are fucking demons. Half of their vaults are sadistic torture chambers disguised as “experiments”, it makes total sense they would have instigated everything!<
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. :)
