I only recently heard about this, and was actively disinterested. The majority of video game adaptations are terrible and the big exception, the Last of Us, is because the plot was already basically prestige TV. Fallout isn’t that.
Watching the trailer though, I’m actually excited. Seems to capture a lot of the absurdist humor of the game. Walton Goggins seems like a great fit for the type of universe it should be. The Boys influence should be good as well. I’ll watch this.
It definitely looks like Fallout. That looked like the Prydwyn in the trailer, which implies a post-F4 setting where the Brotherhood was triumphant. Considering how proto-fascist they are in that game, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re the baddies in this show.
I like the cast, I like the look, and I like most of the shows Amazon has been involved with. This is a definite watch at this point.
I agree with all of this (although I suppose there are lots of Amazon shows that I haven’t watched because they didn’t seem like my cup of tea).
Obviously a Brotherhood of Steel airship, but not sure it’ll be the Prydwyn. The city being nuked at the end is LA (the Griffith Observatory is a pretty distinctive building), so it seems like it’ll be set on the west coast. Possibly tying into FO1 & FO2 lore?
I definitely recognized the LA skyline. If this show is set far enough in the future that the Brotherhood has multiple airships, though, then the Angel’s Boneyard should be a state of the NCR, and the area should be fairly civilized, with electric power and running water and a stable fiat currency and all, so I’m guessing the show is gonna be set more on the outskirts of NCR society. The town the ghoul was in had a Junktown vibe to it.
Upon a second watch, that’s definitely supposed to be the Santa Monica Pier in one of the establishing shots of the wasteland, so Angel’s Boneyard it is. On the other hand, that’s definitely a yao guai mauling one of the Brotherhood soldiers, and they weren’t in the first two games, nor have bears ever been native to that part of California, so either they’re taking some liberties with the established lore (which would hardly be a first for Bethesda - the existence of the Brotherhood in Fallout 76, a good sixty years or so before they ever left the Lost Hills bunker, still pisses me off) or the show is going to be set in more than one location.
Looks like a Marked Man
There is already a perfect Fallout-bases series:
Stranger
Well, that trailer certainly makes the show look like it’s worth a look!
Also, Stranger’s link was amusing.
It is.
One of the actors/writers/artists on that show is unemployed and as far as I can gather has had to basically beg for donations (in exchange for any kind of art or other work) in order not to get evicted from his apartment. So much for L.A. rewarding talent.
I’m a fan of Fallout, having played 1, 2, 3, NV and 4 ( the pay to win 76 is a big nope for me). I’ve also played Wasteland, and feel Fallout is a clear spiritual sequel.
I’ve played Gamma World (2nd-4th editions) and don’t reaaaaally see it as an inspiration. Gamma World combined multiple levels of tech, including non-human, near future, and retro along with much more heavy emphasis on mutated animals, humans and plant and ‘magic’ mutant powers. Sure, there’s some of that in Fallout, but only a very, very few beings have such abilities. So IMHO Gamma World isn’t an inspiration, in the way that Mad Max movies most certainly were.
I’m, like others, cautiously optimistic about the TV series. I think the biggest ask for Fallout fans (as opposed to anyone less involved) is a big part of modern Fallout stories is that you get to make the decisions - which is of course, a far cry from watching a series where you’re experiencing someone else’s story.
But still, one hopes they’ll enjoy both the silly and serious moments of the setting.
Those guys hate Nick Valentine, so I’ll never side with them in any Fallout 4 replays.
I’ve never actually taken any of the humanoid companions on any of my F4 playthroughs. I partner up with Dogmeat and stick with him.
Dogmeat gets unique attacks and perks that the other companions don’t, he’ll never question you or judge you for your actions, you don’t need to worry about his gear, and the Lone Wanderer perk is compatible with him and gives you much better bonuses than an extra gunman could offer.
Besides, it just feels more poetic and Romantic and thematic that way - just a man and his dog, taking on the wasteland on their own. It feels very American.
Fallout trailer (from 5 days ago):
Errr, yeah, that’s what the entire thread has been since about 5 days ago or so.
My bad. I saw it as December 3 (five days ago) and didn’t see it the day before (December 2).
Apologies.
Unlike 3, he doesn’t count as a companion in 4. Which is why Lone Wanderer is compatible.
There are little details that make it clear that the visual design is a straight lift from FO4.
In this shot of a gaggle of Brotherhood of Steel knights in shining power armor:
That’s T-60 armor, introduced in FO4. And if you look at the left wrist area of their power armor gauntlets, you see a red pentagon. That’s an Eastern Chapter rank insignia for a Knight, also straight from FO4.
We’ve seen the airship and the vertibirds, which are also a precise lift from Fallout 4.
So, the Boston branch of the Brotherhood has spread its design back to the West Coast.
Or it starts in LA but goes cross-country?