Discussion for Fallout season 1

[silverstarry]

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Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind - and are shocked to discover an

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[kittenishgirl]

Spoilers in my comment just in case

[hellojeds]

Loved your long thoughts, keep them coming! Completely agree with your take on Maximus.

I also think the three characters represent different types of viewers - Coop for those with a ton of knowledge about the Fallout lore, Maximus for those who have dabbled in the games, and Lucy for those who know little to nothing about the Fallout world. I liked Maximus but the relationship between Coop and Lucy is the most interesting to me, I think Coop will help Lucy become more streetwise, while Lucy will help Coop regain his humanity (which you see in the flashbacks).

[tekan]

I think Coop's wife is in the cryovault and his daughter perished in the initial blast. You don't see ghoul children in the games from what I remember. I did think for a moment it might be so fun to have a ghoul horse, though.

The only things I have a quibble about are the anti-feral meds which don't exist in the games and I wish it was a little sillier, especially in the later episodes. The first episode was the right balance, but it bled out by the last.

[hyperpop]

I’m so used to thinking of Kyle MacLachlan as Coop, specifically in David Lynch’s voice, that I thought I missed some major plot points here lol it’s early

[kittenishgirl]

Also Aaron Moten (Maximus) was born 1989 and I am SHOCKED! And then Johnny Pemberton (Thaddeus) was 1981. Excuse me!

[derevko]

oh wow I for sure thought Maximus was from the late 90s

[spankmypirate]

Loved it! The cast was so good.

As fucked up as he is, The Ghoul is my favourite character. Walton Goggins is just so good.

Ella Purnell did great as the lead too. Face-wise, she reminds me so much of Leighton Meester.

However the constant '50s music needle drops drove me INSANE. We get it already! The original score by Ramin Djawadi was really good, and they should have let it breathe more.

[teacoat]

most of the songs are from the games, for better or worse there's no way they weren't gonna use them.

[spankmypirate]

Never played the game, but that explains a lot! Thanks for the info :)

[greatljname]

Out of curiosity, did you play the game? If not, the music comes straight from the game. You can listen to it while you're wandering the wasteland, so it was fun to hear it in the show. If you did play the game and knew that already, don't mind me. Sometimes you just want an original score and that's ok too.

[kamikashi]

havent played any fallout game but my friends that have all love the adaption. its interesting how it feels like hollywood has finally figured it out with videogame live action adaptions. what type of game/IP needs to be a whole tv series vs what works as a movie, especially with how historically videogame movies were shit

[hellojeds]

Thank you for the post OP!

I've only played Fallout 4, and my husband hasn't played any of the games (but watched me play some of it), and we both loved the TV series. Well written and well cast. Pretty gruesome in parts, especially involving feet, where I had to look away. Thoroughly enjoyed the many references to the games and the music, but if you don't know the games at all, I still think there's plenty to enjoy.