#amazon prime fallout

[i-am-the-balancing-point]

the irony of the Fallout show being made by Amazon can’t be matched

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[tleeaves]

Folks going "WHAT they made a show about the Fallout franchise?? I've been hearing people say Bethesda messed it up, but I haven't watched it myself, so I'm going to trust the word of other people -- some of which also haven't finished watching it" is driving me insane.

Being a hard core fan of something obviously brings with it a lot of passionate feelings when adaptations come into play. Of course, there's going to be people going "but in 8 episodes of the first ever season they made, they didn't explore Theme C or D, didn't introduce factions E and F and G, and because the source company is notorious for its scams, we and everyone else who's a TRUE fan should hate it".

The Amazon Original series Fallout follows the videogame franchise of the same name. It is a labour of love and you can tell by the attention to detail, the writing, the sets, and YES THE THEMES ARGUE WITH THE WALL. It's clearly fan service. I mean, the very characterisation of Lucy is a deadringer for someone playing a Fallout game for the first time. She embodies the innocent player whose expectations drastically change in a game that breaks your heart over and over again. Of course, she's also the vessel through which we explore a lot of themes, but I'll get to that.

There're some folks arguing that the show retcons the games, and I gotta say... for a website practically built on fandom culture, why are we so violently against the idea of someone basing an adaptation on a franchise that so easily lends itself to new and interesting interpretations? But to be frank, a lot of what AO's Fallout is not that new. We have: naive Vault dweller, sexy traumatised ghoul that people who aren't cowards will thirst over, and pathetic guy from a militaristic faction. We also have: total atomic annihilation, and literally in-world references to the games' lore and worldbuilding constantly (the way I was shaking my sister over seeing Grognark the Barbarian, Sugar Bombs, Cram, Stimpaks, and bags of RadAway was ridiculous). Oh, and the Red Rocket?? Best pal Dogmeat? I'm definitely outing myself as specifically a Fallout 4 player, but that's not the point you should be taking away from this.

The details, the references, and the new characters -- this show is practically SCREAMING "hey look, we did this for the fans, we hope you love it as much as we do". Who cares that the characters are new, they still hold the essence of ones we used to know! And they're still interesting, so goddamn bloody interesting. Their arcs mean so much to the story, and they're told in a genuinely intriguing way. This isn't just any videogame adaptation, this was gold. This sits near Netflix's Arcane: League of Legends level in videogame adaptation. Both series create new plots out of familiar worlds.

Of course, those who've done the work have already figured out AO's Fallout is not a retcon anyway. But even if it was, that shouldn't take away from the fact that this show is actually good. Not even just good, it's great.

Were some references a little shoe-horned in to the themes by the end of the show, such as with "War never changes"? Yes, I thought so. But I love how even with a new plot and characters, they're actually still exploring the same themes and staying true to the games. I've seen folks argue otherwise, but I truly disagree. The way capitalism poisons our world, represented primarily through The American Dream and the atomic age of the 45-50s that promoted the nuclear family dynamic -- it's there. If you think it's glorifying it by leaning so heavily into in the adaptation, I feel like you're not seeing it from the right angle. It's like saying Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck glorifies the American Dream, when both this book and the Fallout franchise are criticisms of it. If you think about it, the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout is a graveyard to the American Dream. This criticism comes from the plots that are built into every Fallout story that I know of. The Vaults are literally constructed to be their own horror story just by their mere existence, what they stand for, what happens in each of them. The whole entire show is about the preservation of the wrong things leading to fucked up worlds and people. The missions of the Vaults are time and again proven to be fruitless, unethical, plain wrong. Lucy is our brainwashed character who believed in the veritable cult she lived in before she found out the truth.

So then consider the Brotherhood of Steel. I really don't think it exists in the story to glorify the military. We see just how much the Brotherhood has brainwashed people like Max (also, anything ominously named something like "the Brotherhood" should raise eyebrows). Personally, I don't like Max, but I am intrigued by his characterisation. I thought the end of his arc was rushed the way he "came good" basically, but [SPOILERS] having him embraced as a knight in the Brotherhood at the end against his will -- finally getting something he always wanted -- and him grimly accepting it from all that we can tell? Him having that destiny forced upon him now that he's swaying? After he defected? If his storyline is meant to be a tragedy, it wouldn't surprise me, because Fallout is rife with tragedies anyway. And a tragedy would also be a criticism of the military. That's what Max's entire arc is. It goes from the microcosm focusing on the cycle of bullying between soldiers to the macro-environment where Max is being forced to continue a cycle of violence against humanity he doesn't want to anymore because a world driven to extremes forces him to choose it to survive (not to mention what a cult and no family would do to his psyche). Let's not forget what the Brotherhood's rules are: humankind is supreme. Mutants, ghouls, synths, and robots are abominations to be hated and destroyed. If you can't draw the parallels to the real world, you need to retake history and literature classes. The Brotherhood is also about preserving the wrong things, like the Vaults (like the Enclave, really). They just came about through different method. The Enclave is capitalism and twisted greed in a world where money barely exists anymore. The Brotherhood is, well, fascism plain and simple.

Are these the only factions in the Fallout franchise? Hell no. But if you're mad about that -- that they're the main ones explored, apart from the NCR -- I think you're missing the point. These themes, these reminders, are highly relevant in the current climate. In fact, I almost think they always will be relevant unless we undergo drastic change. On the surface-level, Fallout seems like the American ideal complete with guns blazing that guys in their basements jerk off to. Under that surface, is a mind-fuck story about almost the entire opposite: it's a deconstruction of American ideals that are held so closely by some, and the way that key notion of freedom gets twisted, and you're shooting a guy in-game because it's more merciful than what the world had in store for him.

I mean, the ghoul's a fucking cowboy from the wild west character he used to play in Hollywood glam and his wife was one of the people who helped blow up America in the name of capitalism and "peace". There are so many layers of this to explore, I'd need several days to try and keep track and go through it all.

The Amazon Prime show is a testament to the Fallout franchise. The message, the themes? They were not messed up or muddled or anything of the sort, in my opinion.

As for Todd Howard, that Bethesda guy, I'm sure there's perfectly valid reasons to hate him. I mean, I've hated people for a lot less valid reasons, and that's valid. We all got our feelings. But the show is about more than just him. My advice is to keep that in mind when you're judging it.

#fallout series #amazon prime fallout #amazon prime video fallout #amazon fallout #prime fallout #fallout #besthesda #todd howard #fallout spoilers #some light analysis #the american dream #militarism #lucy mclean #maximus fallout #cooper howard #the ghoul #I know they're not planning a skyrim adaptation and that's fine #I prefer it remaining in its videogame medium while I write fanfics #so if they had to adapt any of their games I'm actually glad it was fallout #also please forgive me I wrote this very late at night so there's probably a bunch of mistakes #and I've played fallout for like six years and still don't know anywhere near as much as the hard core fans but I'm also not a newbie

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

You ever think about the three protags are different karma levels?

Lucy has good karma

Maximus has neutral karma

And Cooper has evil karma

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[advictoriams]

Where are the NCR though? Like The Boneyard is NCR occupied territory in the 2280s (depending on which ending of 2 and New Vegas was chosen).

Bethesda's overreliance on the Brotherhood Of Steel (a exclusionist technocult ONLY concerned with the preservation of technology) when what they really want is just The Enclave (a fascist, militaristic faction) is actually getting annoying? Like it's been annoying since Fallout 4 if I'm completely honest?

#fallout tv series #amazon prime fallout #seriously though why is the bos even considered a big faction in the west when the only iteration at #that time with ANY sort of power is the East Coast BOS #a facsimile of the prydwen shouldn't even exist on thf west coast

[lady-phasma]

Shout out to my monster fucker homies. Y'all are the yin to our cyborg fucker yang.

#we're two sides of the same coin #monster fuckers #robot fuckers #cyborg fuckers #i love this hellsite #looking at you briareos #t 60 #briareos #briareos hecatonchires #amazon prime fallout #fallout #txt post #t60 #t-60

[silurisanguine]

Looking tiredly at the 2am UK Premier time for the Fallout tv show. Damn you time zones!!!!! Hopefully will have enough Nuka Cola (definitely not Jet) to keep me awake for it!!

Doubt I'll be able to binge the whole show in one go, so will probably have to block the tags below until I have watched it all! (would appreciate people tagging the show if they post about it, not much to ask.)

(photo by Flickr.com/photos/cosplayerspictures )

#Fallout cosplay #Fallout prime #Amazon prime Fallout #Sole Survivor cosplay #Fallout tv show #fallout series #fallout show

[spooky-daggers]

The Fallout show is pretty fun so far. I still have 3 episodes to go. Everytime Lucy said "Okey dokey", this was all I could picture.

#fallout #fallout prime #fallout prime video #fallout amazon #fallout series #as a LONG time Fallout fan it has my approval so far #okey dokey #spooky daggers #lucy maclean #fallout memes

[todoroki-tina]

Imagine being such a pathetic incel loser you are being roasted in multiple languages.

#fallout #fallout prime #fallout amazon #fallout tv series #fallout new vegas #fallout tv show #like Jesus Christ go touch grass #it’s even more pathetic that this loser is 40

[the-irreverend]

DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT!!!!!!

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[caitlyn-kirammans]

FALLOUT: 1x01 - "The End" ↳ "War... war never changes."

#fallout #falloutedit #fallout tv series #fallout tv show #fallout amazon #fallout spoilers #showedit #tvedit #fallout prime #ella purnell #lucy maclean #cooper howard #the ghoul #fallout 2024 #my gifs #mine #as an avid fallout fan im so happy the show is good lol #ive only watched ep 1 and im Hypeddddddddd #this just makes me wanna play fallout 76 and all the old fo games again lmao

[tleeaves]

Someone's probably mentioned this already but isn't it pretty ironic for a series criticising capitalist ideals and megacorporations ("profiting off the end of the world") to be produced by... Amazon Prime?

#fallout #fallout prime #amazon prime #amazon prime fallout #amazon original #amazon original fallout

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

The Man In Black walked so The Ghoul could run

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[freesidexjunkie]

okay but i cannot get over how funny it is. imagine if the Russians launched bombs back in the 60s and fucking John Wayne survived, 200-some years later he's still kicking and has become an actual gotdang cowboy like a real force to be reckoned with, a real wasteland legend. imagine you're a prewar ghoul somewhere else in the country and you hear about this. "John Wayne survived? The John Wayne from the movies? That John Wayne? You're kidding, he– no. No he is not a cowboy. No he's not going around dressed up like an honest to god– they didn't even– that's just for tv! WAIT AND HE'S GOOD AT IT? YOU'RE FUCKING WITH ME SAY PSYCH RIGHT NOW I CANT–"

#fallout show #fallout #fallout prime #fallout amazon #the ghoul #cooper howard

[lady-phasma]

Finally getting to start watching Fallout and about 30 minutes into episode one I pause it because this score is phenomenal! Go to IMDb and if it isn't the one and only Ramin Djawadi! How did I not know that when it was being promoted?! This man is one of the greats.

#I have an entire playlist of his music and have tried to learn some of it for the cello #fallout #amazon prime fallout #ramin djawadi #house of the dragon #hotd #game of thrones #got #pacific rim #westworld #jack ryan #3 body problem #the mountain between us #and so many more #txt post

[tinkerbitch69]

This is me rn. If you even care.

#currently watching #fallout #fallout memes #fallout 2024 #fallout amazon #fallout prime #fallout tv series #fallout show

[tinfairies]

Spot the difference

#tin talks #Fallout #fallout 2024 #fallout prime #fallout amazon #lucy maclean