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Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:42 am
by Tomous
Watched episode 1. Never really played the Fallout games but enjoyed it a lot. Found it very absorbing.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:24 pm
by OrangeRKN
I finished this last night. I'm evidently off-curve as I just found it ok.
It's definitely Fallout in aesthetic. The music is a given as it's the same tracks from the games, but no worse for it. The costumes and set designs are excellent, they've really nailed the look and feel. Towards the end of the season that one row of buildings in the desert starts to feel much too familiar, but that's one minor complaint amongst some great (and expensive looking) work. That's the highlight of the show for me. The characters and plot never got me invested. Walter Goggins as the Ghoul is the standout performance, with the pre-war flashbacks holding my interest the most. The casting of Matt Berry was spot on. The other two main characters I never cared for, with an overall plot that felt rushed and back loaded in exposition. I found the tonal shifts jarring and the humour at times juvenile, with too many knowing nods to the games that made me cringe.
Overall I enjoyed it enough, but I don't see where the glowing praise is coming from.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:27 pm
by Hexx
And done in the space of a couple of days.
Pretty good - but it's set up to stream/binge where every episode bleeds into 1, and it helps you avoid obvious plot questions with it's momentum,
Very difficult to get a sense of time of the thing, and also the world feels very small with everyone running into the same places/locations easily.
Nailed the tone/feel of the games without being holden to it - tricky balance to pull off.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:29 pm
by Hexx
OrangeRKN wrote:The other two main characters I never cared for
I thought Lucy was fine - played with will a good mix of competency and naivety that felt authenticate, but also hard to pull off.
I didn't get on with Maximus throughout though. Just not a pleasant character to watch.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:58 pm
by Imrahil
Seen the first episode. It looks amazing, both in the production design and the way it's been shot.
Enjoyed it, although the Brotherhood of Steel scenes weren't really that engaging and the episode did feel a little clunky narratively. It's often the case though in opening episodes when introducing multiple characters. So I'll give ep1 a free pass for that.
I'll try and watch an episode each day.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 pm
by Zilnad
We've watched 4 episodes in two days which is a hell of a lot of TV for us. I think it's excellent. Really good fun and I love all of the main characters.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:14 pm
by Monkey Man
twitter.com/Chris_Dring/status/1780918383577288767
All the games are cheap atm.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:33 pm
by Imrahil
Pretty nice work for Bethesda. Amazon paid them a load for the IP, they get lots of free advertising - and the old games make money all over again.
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:37 pm
by Victor Mildew
Should have just rereleased a barely improved version of the last game at £69.99 like Sony did with the last of us
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:56 pm
by Tomous
Imrahil wrote:Pretty nice work for Bethesda. Amazon paid them a load for the IP, they get lots of free advertising - and the old games make money all over again.
Probably shouldn't have had the games at 75% discount on Steam. Fallout 4 is £4....
Victor Mildew wrote:Should have just rereleased a barely improved version of the last game at £69.99 like Sony did with the last of us
Does feel a mistake not having a remake of 1 of the games out now to go with the TV show
Re: Amazon's Fallout TV Show - Whole 1st season out now!!. 93% on RT.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:37 am
by Monkey Man
twitter.com/falloutonprime/status/1781095366315888903
According to Amazon, the series debuted to stellar viewership, ranking among the service’s top three most-watched titles ever and the most-watched season globally since Rings of Power.
https://deadline.com/2024/04/fallout-re ... 235889742/