# Fallout TV Show coming to Amazon, April 2024 (No spoilers for at least a week) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138 "2020-07-03T03:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/81 "2024-04-12T11:33:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > They were very smart to not adapt a Fallout video game, but just kind of make their own game-story and just make it a show instead. I definitely feel some inspiration from Fallout 3, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/82 "2024-04-12T11:35:23Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I definitely feel some inspiration from Fallout 3, though And her search for her father feels like the search for the son in Fallout 4. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/83 "2024-04-12T12:43:51Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I’m happier than a feral ghoul in a nuclear waste barrel! Just watch out for chickens! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/84 "2024-04-12T13:09:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > And her search for her father feels like the search for the son in Fallout 4. I thought that too. I primarily have knowledge of only F4 and there was plenty that felt very familiar, despite the fact that the show takes place out west (I did play New Vegas a bit right after F4 but I had Fallout fatigue at that point and didn’t pursue it very far). Lucy seems like the sole survivor character from F4, despite the fact she’s not 1st generation. The town of ‘Filly’ felt a lot like Diamond City. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/85 "2024-04-12T13:41:46Z")
They’re hewing pretty close to the source material in many ways. Fwiw, Filly reminds me more of Megaton in FO3, with the multiple tiers of walkways on the built up junk walls and the crater-like feeling when standing on the ground level. But no atom bomb stuck in the ground. But most of the set dressing is pure FO4. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/86 "2024-04-12T15:07:58Z")
Settlement building is going to grind the whole thing to a crawl! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/87 "2024-04-12T15:10:57Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Filly reminds me more of Megaton in FO3 Yeah, that was my first thought, “Hey! It’s Megaton!” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/88 "2024-04-12T16:34:22Z")
There’s some “controversy” because they seem to be retconning the New Vegas/Obsidian plotline while making acknowledgements to the same setting in favor of Bethesda’s vision. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/89 "2024-04-12T20:43:05Z")
Well, it’s been 15 years since FO:NV. A lot can happen in the interval. But I’m curious what ending of that game they will consider canonical? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/90 "2024-04-12T23:32:56Z")
I’m conscious of spoilers, but there is a dated scene that _seems_ to suggest the plot of NV was waylaid before it even occurs, and the series plot is diverged. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/91 "2024-04-13T00:12:16Z")
All the talking heads associated with the official material seem (to me) to say that prior canon is conserved. That means that some variation of Fallout New Vegas did occur, and one of the possible game endings would be backstory if the show’s story goes into the Mojave. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/92 "2024-04-13T03:17:17Z")
I binged the whole show, ending tonight. I’ve never played the game _Fallout_ although I have some familiarity with the look and the lore. Perhaps that’s an advantage - I just took the story on its own merits. I’m sure there will be a few fanboys screaming THEY RUINED IT!!! because it didn’t slavishly follow any version of the game, but it’s a different medium and you have to adapt for the change. I didn’t have any trouble following the story, and nothing blew my suspension of disbelief (allowing that this is a science fantasy/comic book genre, not hard SF). I was entertained, which after all is the point of such a show. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/93 "2024-04-13T08:22:21Z")
Here’s a pretty solid review of the show from a Youtuber I enjoy (minor spoilers starting around the 11 minute mark); [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IOwdBmgzkzY/maxresdefault.jpg "We Need To Talk About The Fallout TV Show...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOwdBmgzkzY) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/94 "2024-04-13T13:19:07Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > All the talking heads associated with the official material seem (to me) to say that prior canon is conserved. Well, except for the fact that they carefully deleted every mention of China in favor of generic “commies”… ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/95 "2024-04-13T17:13:08Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > They’re hewing pretty close to the source material in many ways. > > Fwiw, Filly reminds me more of Megaton in FO3, with the multiple tiers of walkways on the built up junk walls and the crater-like feeling when standing on the ground level. But no atom bomb stuck in the ground. > > But most of the set dressing is pure FO4. Agreed with all of this. My takeaway after finishing it was that it was a fun series to watch and that the sets were eerily reminiscent of the video games (although I haven’t played Fallout 1 or 2). I found the Ghoul’s missing nose to be a bit distracting though; I don’t think there was any shot of the nose where I forgot that visual effects were being used. I hope there’ll be another season! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/96 "2024-04-17T04:16:57Z")
The Verge has an in-universe product review for the Pip-Boy 3000. > **[Fallout Pip-Boy review: a wearable fit for the wasteland](https://www.theverge.com/24126232/fallout-pip-boy-review)** > > \*Vault Boy thumbs up\* ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/97 "2024-04-19T07:27:08Z")
Amazon has greenlit season 2. > **[‘Fallout’ Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon](https://deadline.com/2024/04/fallout-renewed-season-2-amazon-1235889742/)** > > Fallout has been renewed for Season 2 at Prime Video ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/98 "2024-04-22T13:07:53Z")
[Todd Howard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Howard) is on record as telling Amazon to keep stuff out of the show because said stuff is too similar to what Bethesda plans for _Fallout 5_. > **[Todd Howard Talks ‘Fallout 5,’ But Not In The Way You’d Like](https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/03/12/todd-howard-talks-fallout-5-but-not-in-the-way-youd-like/?sh=1c95c1905de1)** > > Fallout 5 comes up, and it’s the first time Todd Howard appears to have said anything about it in ages that makes it into a news story. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/99 "2024-04-22T17:53:27Z")
…or did they just not need to say “China” because in-universe talking about the “reds” really only means one thing? My complaint is they seem to be right now soft-balling how AWFUL pre-war America was. I think we’ll see more pre-war stuff as Coop becomes more disillusioned… but will they go so far as to reference or show the riots, the internment camps, the martial law in some areas? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138/100 "2024-04-22T18:00:43Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > …or did they just not need to say “China” because in-universe talking about the “reds” really only means one thing? The one communist item I saw was a satellite that had “CCCP” emblazoned on the side. And when a _yao guai_ appeared, Knight Titus called it a “bear”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138.md?page=6)