Maximus didn't think he was 200 years old. The Brotherhood gives their students basically zero education outside of combat and technology. Maximus has only a vague understanding of the pre-Fallout world. So when Lucy asked him about what happened, quote, "after the bombs dropped", Maximus thought she was talking about Shady Sands. Because to him, that's when "the bombs dropped".
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 I cannot stress this enough: Maximus has next to no education whatsoever. He didn't know what an erection was, remember.
Lucy doesn't shoot her father out of anger and shoots mom out of compassion. She's a great person through and through. And all Max wanted was fame and fortune, he got it and for the first time DIDN'T smile when he got it. Growth. As a fan of the games, the show is the literal nuclear bomb.
I love that fact. Being in Brotherhood doesn't always mean you are a badass plus it also shows how dangerous wasteland creatures are. It's not the games anymore where you can have a fist fight with a deathclaw and win.
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 but also any player of FO knows, you can't just run from many threats. A Yao-Guai would always catch him, so standing his ground and fighting would definitely be the best bet
Remember at the beginning when the doctor told Lucy, "will you still want the same things after you've evolved?" then at the end, her not wanting to free her father.
Lucy's line about how her dad would be broken up about destroying a community and how she wasn't raised to 'blow everyone up' hit so different at the after the twist.
@@Retrovorious Cooper is hooked up to a couple drip bags in his coffin in the first episode. Before that group of 3 guys exhume him, there is a tombstone marker there with 2 RadAway bags feeding a tube down into the dirt. Presumably to him.
When Maximus said that "Titus died running," it wasn't a lie. Titus panicked and ran away from Yao guai (the mutated bear), instead of bravely engaging in battle and destroying him, as the code of the Brotherhood of Steel dictates. He was a coward.
Something cool about the ending is that Norm, Maximus, the Ghoul/Cooper, and Lucy all got what they wanted in the end, Norm wanted to know what was in vault 31 but it caused him to be trapped, Maximus wanted to be a knight, which he got but now he’s stuck being that and can’t be with Lucy in the vault, and Lucy wanted to find her dad, but ended up learning everything about him and how he was a villain, then there is the ghoul which didn’t find his thing yet but cooper did as well, he wanted to know more about vault tech and ended up learning about their plans when all he wanted to know was if he could take his dog
Lots of people who never played the games loved this show but trust me, having played them it's 10x better. I can't believe they made a show this good.
Bud seeming so nice and "normal". One of the books on the rise of the Nazis referred to it as "the banality of evil." Most of it's leadership came across as perfectly normal people you'd interact with during daily life, not the rabid monsters most would expect. The Ghoul's wife gave an early hint about the ending. When she was talking to Cooper about having a place in the vaults she said she could choose one of the good ones. She knew which ones she didn't want to go to. She also says when, not if, the bombs fall. She already knew the plan, everything was decided except the date.
@Krucifus I don't think they'd be in 31. The people in there are under bud, and barb seems to be on the same level or higher up in vault-tec than bud. Barb does mention a vault for people to manage all other vaults, so she's likely in there if she's still around
For non gamers “War, war never changes” is practically the official motto of the Fallout franchise. This show is a true cautionary tale not just of letting corporations having too much power, but also the dangers of psychopaths in power. Psychopaths like Lucy’s dad and Cooper’s wife are the greatest threats to not just humanity but the world. They have no sense of respect for people or the earth, they will use or kill whoever they have to in order to get what they want. They will see the world burn if it means they can be the kings of the ashes.
Which brings interesting point that even the Master was better than them - when convinced his plan would fail (no morality bs, just facts - love it) he decided to destroy himself and large part of his operation. Lucy's dad definitely wouldn't do that.
@@codybrown3326 hmm I think he's just fulfilling the role he was trained for. I don't want to give anything away but I'd just put it as - "he's a product of his vault."
23:46 Titus DID die running. He was running from the Yau-Guai (Fu*k f*ck fu*k while running away) and got thrown against a boulder which either knocked him out ornhe tried playing dead afterwards. Screaming help the whole time. So Maximus didn't lie there.
When I first saw him, I thought he seemed so familiar! Shocking to find that He was a childhood hero of mine from 45 years ago! He played the part well, despite the unhappy ending.
Not only do I remember him from CHIPS, but I also remember him from the 1970 film, "The Cross and the Switch Blade" where he played a real life gang leader named Nicky Cruz.
The cold Fusion code was the release date of the original Fallout game. I am beyond excited for what Season 2 has waiting for us. The more I look at Ella Purnell in this role the more I’m convinced that she’s perfect as Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 "Base Replicator Unit- replicates food and basic items needed for building your new world. Just add water! (powered by cold fusion)" 5 -34 of the manual
The New Vegas reveal at the end is the best kind of fanservice. FONV was plagued by a massive amount of bugs on release, and many still persist to this day. It was a little overshadowed by it's proximity to the release of FO3, which also contributed to the half-baked-ness. Even with all that, many consider it the best entry, narratively. And it ties in a whole lot to the events of the TV series, especially with regards to the New California Republic, the west coast Brotherhood of Steel, Robco, etc. There are drastically different endings to the game depending on player choice, and it will be interesting to see which one season 2 codifies as canon, and how.
Gotta love loyalty to your pets. One of my favorite Twilight Zone's is The Hunt. An old hunter and his dog drown chasing after a raccoon. Later on they come across the gate to the afterlife. The gatekeeper informs the hunter that pets arent allowed, and they have their own separate place. Not wanting to be separated from his dog, they leave the gate and continue on. They come across a 2nd gate where the keeper tells them THIS is the true gate to heaven. The other was the gate to hell... pets were not allowed because they would have smelled the brimstone and warned their masters.
they for the mostly use old music, but when they activate the cold fusion , I think it might be the only time they use some new music specific for the moment, there might be some symbolism in there
"Nobody thought to do that earlier?" -- I think Moldaver was in love with her, and couldn't bring herself to kill her true love. The two of them die, hand in hand. I think that's what Moldaver wanted.
It's an aristocracy/classism - everyone in 33 has been conditioned and selected to only appoint Bud's Buds (the ruling/upper class) into positions of authority and Bud's Buds ensure that only the ruling class get those positions by moving/splitting up potential opposition out of the Vault or into marriages with them. The election they have is purely for show as they know most of the population is a sucker for a slogan.
One of the best moves Nolan made was deciding not to do a straight adaptation of one of the established games. Fallout is a lot like Skyrim and Mass Effect, in that it’s a game where player choice and the impact of that on the larger world is something people get invested in. If Nolan had adapted an established game but cemented certain choices that people in the player base could have done differently in their playthroughs, that would’ve alienated some portion of the audience. In giving us a new story with a range of characters we could fall in love with and root for, he instead brought all those people together.
Actually Titus did die from injuries he got running from the Yao Guai (the mutated bear), so it wasn't a lie (not completely). One of the party guests had a comment that Coop was doing kids birthday parties to pay alimony, so we got that nugget to let us know they divorced.
But if he doesn't know where his daughter is, and he's pursuing Vault-Tec execs to find out, then sometime after the bombs fell, Vault-Tec must have kidnapped her away from him, presumably on his wife's orders.
@@Krucifusdoes Vault Tec really have the power to drop tbe bombs? IIRC, US and China were the main powers in the Fallout universe. So it might be possible that US and China started nuking each other and Vault Tec miscalculated the bombs dropping?
@@Krucifus I wouldn't be surprised if the Mega-corps shown in that pre-war meeting could come up with a nuke if they wanted, or convinced the powers that be to launch them. They basically run the world.
After watching & learning what vault 31 is, the conversations & "leaders" in 33 sound SOOOOO corporate/HR buzz word driven & ultra positive (sickeningly so sometimes), even with the "performance evaluations".
I think a lot of people missed that. And Lucy's father would probably have been sent into a killing rage over that alone, never mind all the other things.
0:22 correct terminology would probably be "inspired by the game series", it's not based on any specific games storyline, but rather inspired by the lore and spirit of the franchise. 8:56 knowing about Shady Sands, this line is put in a whole new light.
This is a rare channel that picked up on this show’s actual plot…in particular, that Maximus isn’t some evil, power hungry schemer. Even after Dane confesses to injuring their own foot, I see comments saying “Why are they lying for Maximus??” “Wait, wut, who actually sabotaged Dane??” He’s just a nice kid trying to live up to what he thought were heroes! He’s not out to con the system or pull a coup!
You are definitely a Fallout Girl now! I cant wait for the next season. I really enjoyed watching your face towards the end as the revelations unfolded. Such a genuine reaction to the plot twists. I hope you are enjoying the game.
The missing children of Vault 33 is a continuity problem that only became clear to me the second time I watched the series. In her intro in Episode 1, Lucy is shown teaching American History (now with Ethics!) to a classroom full of children, but they are never seen again. It would have been difficult to show children attending the wedding, though, as they likely would have done under ordinary circumstances.
Good spot, just another thing to add to the immense pile of inconsistencies. It's actually easier to list the few things that stay consistent in this show.
@@marcofogli4317 aye there are some inconsistancies without a doubt, but minor ones when it comes to the actual story telling in my opinion. Having raiders slaughtering a load of kids at the wedding would have been a bit too much, even in the games, they don't allow that as far as I know#, though I really haven't tested it out in my New vegas runs.
@@peadarruane6582 also consider this: the vault have 1 child getting born after the massacre. This means the vault population is doomed since a good slice of the survivors is old and 32 is dead. What do they do? Go outside and hope to find other humans? No they split the population in 2, guaranteeing this is their last generation.
@@peadarruane6582 kids are indeed invincible in the modern games, but in the old 2d ones you could kill kids but you would become a pariah and shot on sight and get the child killer perk from what i've heard
If they really were going for a 50's type society feel, there would be no reason to show the children in any of the other groups scenes in the season. They wouldn't attend a wedding, they wouldn't attend a vault meeting to discuss what to do with captives, and Betty might not have assigned anyone with children (except Steph) to 32 and they wouldn't be invited to a send off. Children underfoot at adult functions is a relatively new thing. I grew up in the 80s and *any* social event for my parents meant babysitter, same as everyone else in my class. They could have, however, been seen wandering the halls - so I won't attribute too much to writing choice over production choice (children are expensive to keep around a set).
To what you said at the end: Cooper (the ghoul) clearly divorced his wife since hes out of money and the guys at the birthday party joke about it, saying its because of "alimony" that Cooper has to do birthday parties. It seems he got to keep his daughter though? I mean she was with him when the bombs fell so there a many unanswered questions here! Great reaction as always!
Such a good show! I've played every game, and I gotta say they nailed the feeling of them. I'm happy you enjoyed it, Fallout is something special, I'm so happy so many more people are into it now
Small correction: Fallout was originally developed in 1997 by Interplay, a dev studio led by Tim Cain and Chris Jones. They also made Fallout 2. In 2007, Bethesda acquired the intellectual property and developed Fallout 3. Then, many of the original devs were brought back in (now called Obsidian) to develop Fallout: New Vegas, which Bethesda published. Then Bethesda developed Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.
This show did a fantastic job of showing the game world that we love, without trying to tame it or censor it. It feels like modern writers have forgotten that the worse the situation, the greater the shock when its revealed or resolved. Well, these ones remembered that, and they did a great job. Just enough hand holding for those unfamiliar with the games to enter the world and tell a story they'd understand. But all the juicy details to feed the familiar with lore from the game world. The funny thing about Fallout is that the IP was originally spawned as a spinoff of the game Wasteland. The first couple of Fallout games came about from Interplay, which isnt around anymore. But the IP was bought by Bethesda. They put out Fallout 3, approaching it much in the same way they did their Elder Scrolls series of games, and absolutely knocked it outta the park. Fallout: New Vegas, which this series shares a fair deal of regional lore with (Involving the NCR specifically, and New Vegas at the end) was actually made by Obsidian! Bethesda went on to make Fallout 4 (Excellent with a great modding community), and Fallout 76 (its still got a mixed reception. It plays like a small scale MMO, and they decided to launch the game with a very limited smattering of NPCs). Obsidian went on to make The Outer Worlds, which doesnt get as much love as it should. Its more narratively driven, like Mass Effect, as opposed to open world like New Vegas was.
I'm an old Fallout fan that enjoyed the games and really liked this series. While I never played the Wasteland game that is kind of the precursor to the Fallout series, I did get the 1st game back in 97 and have loved the games since. While I am more of a fan of the isometric style of Fallout, Fallout 2, and the now decanonized Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel games, I have enjoyed playing the Bethesda Games from Fallout 3 and beyond. Hope you enjoy playing the games and as with you I am looking forward to future seasons of the show
So glad you watched this show Mary, it really kinda blew all us Fallout fans out of the water. I can't wait for this show to continue on with Season 2. I think they have a real hit here, I hope they manage it well.
Honestly as someone who had a bit of understanding about fallout and knew the vaults were experiments and stuff for vault tech. I was still blown away at some of the story. I had no idea vault tech facilitated the end of civilisation TWICE.
At the beginning I also had doubts about the show. Lucy was shown as "best at everything" in her interview. So I thought that she would be just an other Mary Sue. I was so happy to see her beat up by her "Hubby". At the moment that she flew into the kitchen I knew that this series will be good. Never in my life I would thought that I would write these words, by here we are. Fallout series has character arcs and character development. There are 3 main characters, all are interesting and none is overshadowing the other. This is how a good show is made. Glad you liked the series.
"I suck without a scope" is a game reference in fallout 1 in which your character could have a high marksman skill but still miss with weapons without scope
Ghoul's becoming feral is a one way condition. That "ghoul juice" as you call it seems to stave off the effects by like Roger and Martha and the feral ghouls Lucy let out once they turn that is it. There is no coming back. So likely Lucy mother turned before Moldaver or anyone else could get her the meds. Maybe Moldaver just couldn't kill her old friend feral or not.
Never played the game but seen RUclipsrs play it I've only seen like clip bits of everything that this franchise is about but this show made me a believer in wanting to watch people play that all the original games including all the new ones since 1997 I'm glad all the people that are part of the fallout franchise finally got their justice in a TV show version that matches the game as much as possible I can't wait for season two❤
Some fans may have had doubts, after seeing the first snippets of the production I wasn't one of them. The attention to detail paid in the set pieces spoke volumes about production concerns with remaining faithful to the games. Fun watching your reaction through this show since it reminded me of my "blind" reaction at playing Fallout 4 for the first time. The only aspect that actually surprised me about this show was just how good of a job all involved did at remaining true to the spirit of the game but breathing a life into it that even people who weren't familiar with it would get enthralled by. Hope you are able to find a paisley vault suit for season 2.
As someone who has played Fallout since before there were numbers in the title, the show did a great job of keeping the feel of the universe. There are a few things that some people didn't like but I thought it was really good. If you are planning on playing the games know that Fallout 1, 2, Tactics, and Brotherhood of Steel are all isometric turn based games. Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4, and 76 are first person rpgs. If you want to start at the beginning that would be amazing but remember that the original Fallout titles come from a time where tutorials were barely a thing, quest markers were basically brand new, and games never held your hand. That being said, if you do decide to play you'll have at least one person watching.
Walton Goggins was asked about the development of the Ghoul character. He said he chose the voice he would use before seeing himself without the nose after graphics. He went on to say he would've chose a more nasally sound if he knew what he was going to looked like.
24:10 The history of the Brotherhood of Steel in the games is LOADED with schisms, exiles, renegade factions, and infighting. This section of them even having any position called 'Cleric' and having such heavy religious tones is entirely outside of the core ideology that any version from the games has shown. The group originated from soldiers that discovered pre-war atrocities being done by the US military and acted to stop them. Then over the following generations became more than a bit dynastic and very narrow focused on their goals. 1) Protect their own, and 2) recover pre-war tech to keep it out of anyone else's hands. Most of the in-games schisms revolved around the 'protecting their own' aspect as some thought that the Brotherhood should also help others. Mostly isolation/insular types vs those looking outside their own walls as well. This whole religious angel is a new one.
Nope, it isn't. The logo on the bomb looks similar, but it isn't the Vault-Tec one. Vault-Tec's logo is 3 parallel lines that run into a circle in the middle. The logo on the bomb only has two lines, missing the middle one. It is close, but it definitely is not Vault-Tec's logo.
The overall story arch and reveal in the final episode were very well done. And I really like the way McLean and Muldover(sp?) start as hero and villian, but in the final episode, they completely flipped. And the Ghoul also went from villian to understandable. Can't wait for Season 2!
Another great series to react to from Jonathan Nolan is "Person of Interest." I loved that show! It ran for 5 seasons. It stars Michael Emerson (the guy whose head had the cold fusion injected into it).
FYI, the Fallout fan base is about as contentious as the Star Wars fan base, so to have almost all of them in agreement that this season was amazing is saying something. That's a high bar and this show vaulted right over it.
@@beatleblev Which says more about the utter shittiness of game adaptations in general than about the quality of this particular joke of an adaptation.
@@yrussq Yes, the bar is low for the most part (though raising lately as many good adaptations have come out in recent years). This show however is a great adaptation too.
There are some fans that are pretty spicy about the handling of the timeline and the general disrespect for the NCR (we won't go quietly, the legion can count on that!)
It’s not a spoiler but the ghoul being so accurate and how his shootout scenes sometimes are in slow motion, it’s a homage to the VATS targeting in the games, it’s really cool to play around with lol
Great show. I can't wait for season two. Also excited to see if Thaddeus is a ghoul now or if he was given FEV (forced evolution virus), which is quite likely and will be a super mutant in the next season.
Yup Mary, "War, War Never Changes." 😔😔😔 Anyway, great reaction to the Season 1! Looking forward to your reactions to future Fallout Seasons! Best TV Show Soundtrack Ever! 🤘🤘🤘
Love how much super science and crazy miracle medicine made it in to the show. Fallout’s universe is one of scavenged pre-war wonders and buried horrors and they really represented that well in this season.
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Maximus didn't think he was 200 years old. The Brotherhood gives their students basically zero education outside of combat and technology. Maximus has only a vague understanding of the pre-Fallout world. So when Lucy asked him about what happened, quote, "after the bombs dropped", Maximus thought she was talking about Shady Sands. Because to him, that's when "the bombs dropped".
Though she did specify 200yrs ago.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 yes, and he corrected her
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 I cannot stress this enough: Maximus has next to no education whatsoever. He didn't know what an erection was, remember.
and Lucy didn’t really know about the Shady Sands bombs right? So crazy how both their perspectives were changed completely
Lucy doesn't shoot her father out of anger and shoots mom out of compassion. She's a great person through and through.
And all Max wanted was fame and fortune, he got it and for the first time DIDN'T smile when he got it. Growth.
As a fan of the games, the show is the literal nuclear bomb.
The Ghoul is such a bad ass NOT because he's a ghoul, but because he's a level 50 character in a level 10 world.
Buuuut being a ghoul gives you a lot of time to get experienced in many things, there's a reason why many NCR veteran rangers are ghouls in NV.
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 Probably why so many of them make such good merchants too.
Such an underrated comment. Love it
With a lot of good perks, including Bloody Mess and Terrifying Presence
It's not really a lie. Titus died running away from that mutant bear.
I love that fact. Being in Brotherhood doesn't always mean you are a badass plus it also shows how dangerous wasteland creatures are. It's not the games anymore where you can have a fist fight with a deathclaw and win.
It's not a lie, you're right.
And yet it.. isn't the truth.
Very Aes Sedai of Maximus. (Amazon Prime Cinematic Universe confirmed!)
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 but also any player of FO knows, you can't just run from many threats. A Yao-Guai would always catch him, so standing his ground and fighting would definitely be the best bet
@@ErisianThreeFourteen it's truth because it's not meant to be exact - it means "he was coward and died as coward" 🙄
It is a lie. Titus died from wounds from a bear yes. But he died because Max watched him die while holding what would save him.
The ghoul that was staring at Lucy was one of the ones from the Super Duper Mart that she freed, he’s the one who thanked her before leaving.
Remember at the beginning when the doctor told Lucy, "will you still want the same things after you've evolved?" then at the end, her not wanting to free her father.
Lucy's line about how her dad would be broken up about destroying a community and how she wasn't raised to 'blow everyone up' hit so different at the after the twist.
You destroyed an entire vault full of people? I knew you were my girl! Welcome to the family business.
Love that in the flashback Moldaver doesn't ignore Cooper's line, instead she engage's in conversation - she's really smart and a good leader.
22:38 Lucy had radiation poisoning so she can’t be a ghoul. Ghouls will regenerate from radiation.
Max gave her RadAway so she is fine.
Untreated radiation poisoning is one of the causes of Ghoulification
@@JB-sc1tg Yeah but the point is that a ghoul would not have needed radaway.
@@Retrovorious Cooper is hooked up to a couple drip bags in his coffin in the first episode.
Before that group of 3 guys exhume him, there is a tombstone marker there with 2 RadAway bags feeding a tube down into the dirt. Presumably to him.
@@TheBlarggleI don’t know why you are so certain those are radaway. Nothing in the show says anything except “vials”.
On the grave of Maximus, it will read: **Mission Failed Successfully**
Maximus got Level 10 luck 😆
When Maximus said that "Titus died running," it wasn't a lie. Titus panicked and ran away from Yao guai (the mutated bear), instead of bravely engaging in battle and destroying him, as the code of the Brotherhood of Steel dictates. He was a coward.
Yeah.
He died running (away), meaning he died a coward.
It's crazy how many people don't get that and think of it in a literal sense...
All the vaults they were talking about, "overcrowding a vault", "making super mutant soldiers", are all vaults seen in the games.
Something cool about the ending is that Norm, Maximus, the Ghoul/Cooper, and Lucy all got what they wanted in the end, Norm wanted to know what was in vault 31 but it caused him to be trapped, Maximus wanted to be a knight, which he got but now he’s stuck being that and can’t be with Lucy in the vault, and Lucy wanted to find her dad, but ended up learning everything about him and how he was a villain, then there is the ghoul which didn’t find his thing yet but cooper did as well, he wanted to know more about vault tech and ended up learning about their plans when all he wanted to know was if he could take his dog
Lots of people who never played the games loved this show but trust me, having played them it's 10x better. I can't believe they made a show this good.
"I suck without a scope" ever player ever 🤣🤣🤣
I'm good without a scope 😉
No Pip-Boy, no VATS for Thaddeus.
38:23 he didn't believe he was 200 , YOUUUU did 😂
Bud seeming so nice and "normal". One of the books on the rise of the Nazis referred to it as "the banality of evil." Most of it's leadership came across as perfectly normal people you'd interact with during daily life, not the rabid monsters most would expect.
The Ghoul's wife gave an early hint about the ending. When she was talking to Cooper about having a place in the vaults she said she could choose one of the good ones. She knew which ones she didn't want to go to. She also says when, not if, the bombs fall. She already knew the plan, everything was decided except the date.
@Krucifus I don't think they'd be in 31. The people in there are under bud, and barb seems to be on the same level or higher up in vault-tec than bud. Barb does mention a vault for people to manage all other vaults, so she's likely in there if she's still around
Titus was running away, when the bear caught him. If Maximus hadn't been there, he would've died anyway.
For non gamers “War, war never changes” is practically the official motto of the Fallout franchise.
This show is a true cautionary tale not just of letting corporations having too much power, but also the dangers of psychopaths in power. Psychopaths like Lucy’s dad and Cooper’s wife are the greatest threats to not just humanity but the world. They have no sense of respect for people or the earth, they will use or kill whoever they have to in order to get what they want. They will see the world burn if it means they can be the kings of the ashes.
Which brings interesting point that even the Master was better than them - when convinced his plan would fail (no morality bs, just facts - love it) he decided to destroy himself and large part of his operation. Lucy's dad definitely wouldn't do that.
It’s not just a motto, it’s also the Truth
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 Of course the Master would kill himself after finding out that his Super mutant army can't reproduce.
the line is more in reference to how every faction in the wasteland want's more or less the same end goal but in different ways.
Or Queen of the Ashes as a certain famous TV series had shown.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, as a Fallout fan it's really gratifying to see others fall in love with the universe
On a side note, do you think Chet the simpering coward being the "gate keeper" is symbolic? I don't remember that term being used in the games.
@@codybrown3326 hmm I think he's just fulfilling the role he was trained for. I don't want to give anything away but I'd just put it as - "he's a product of his vault."
@@DonutDoctor I watched the whole thing, I'm talking from a meta perspective.
23:46 Titus DID die running. He was running from the Yau-Guai (Fu*k f*ck fu*k while running away) and got thrown against a boulder which either knocked him out ornhe tried playing dead afterwards. Screaming help the whole time. So Maximus didn't lie there.
Ella Purnell went from relatively unknown to bringing the 2 best video game adaptations of all time to life.
What is number one?
@@Marekfriday She did some voice acting in Arcane as well. Haven't seen it, and can't think of the character's name
@@peadarruane6582 thx anyway.
@@peadarruane6582she voiced jinx one of the most important characters of the show
A lot of people forget about her Star Trek voice acting, but I get the reason. .)
Sandra and Tommy's dad is Erick Estrada, from the TV series CHIPS.
Yeah it's nuts! He looks great!
When I first saw him, I thought he seemed so familiar!
Shocking to find that He was a childhood hero of mine from 45 years ago!
He played the part well, despite the unhappy ending.
Not only do I remember him from CHIPS, but I also remember him from the 1970 film, "The Cross and the Switch Blade" where he played a real life gang leader named Nicky Cruz.
33:01 That's right Vault -Tech are the REAL Monsters. Welcome to the Wastelands, Mary.
The Invincible logo popping up almost made spit out my coffee 😂😂😂😂
The cold Fusion code was the release date of the original Fallout game. I am beyond excited for what Season 2 has waiting for us. The more I look at Ella Purnell in this role the more I’m convinced that she’s perfect as Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite
I do hope she does more voice acting, arcane is insane, partly because of her
So they were less than not knowledgeable when they chose to retcon the original fallout cold fusion? Ok they are dleiberate then
@@marcofogli4317 Original? Some faction was working on it but rejected it and didn't complete, correct?
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 No it is the power source of every geck. Nothing special really. Fallout 1 Manual section 5 - 34 (1997)
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 "Base Replicator Unit- replicates food and basic items needed for building
your new world. Just add water! (powered by cold fusion)" 5 -34 of the manual
9:32 & 17:06 It hits different when you realize Maximus probably doesn’t know about love, everything he feels with or about Lucy is his 1st time.
The New Vegas reveal at the end is the best kind of fanservice.
FONV was plagued by a massive amount of bugs on release, and many still persist to this day. It was a little overshadowed by it's proximity to the release of FO3, which also contributed to the half-baked-ness.
Even with all that, many consider it the best entry, narratively. And it ties in a whole lot to the events of the TV series, especially with regards to the New California Republic, the west coast Brotherhood of Steel, Robco, etc. There are drastically different endings to the game depending on player choice, and it will be interesting to see which one season 2 codifies as canon, and how.
Gotta love loyalty to your pets.
One of my favorite Twilight Zone's is The Hunt. An old hunter and his dog drown chasing after a raccoon. Later on they come across the gate to the afterlife. The gatekeeper informs the hunter that pets arent allowed, and they have their own separate place. Not wanting to be separated from his dog, they leave the gate and continue on. They come across a 2nd gate where the keeper tells them THIS is the true gate to heaven. The other was the gate to hell... pets were not allowed because they would have smelled the brimstone and warned their masters.
"A new brotherhood" doesn't mean he's literally gonna start a separate group, it's just a state of mind he wants to bring back.
they for the mostly use old music, but when they activate the cold fusion , I think it might be the only time they use some new music specific for the moment, there might be some symbolism in there
Maximus never believed he was 200 years old. He knew the bomb had dropped only 20 years ago.
"Nobody thought to do that earlier?" -- I think Moldaver was in love with her, and couldn't bring herself to kill her true love. The two of them die, hand in hand. I think that's what Moldaver wanted.
I think so as well. A messed up case of wanting whatever was left of Rose to see their dream through.
Vault 33's experiment was Meritocracy.
It's an aristocracy/classism - everyone in 33 has been conditioned and selected to only appoint Bud's Buds (the ruling/upper class) into positions of authority and Bud's Buds ensure that only the ruling class get those positions by moving/splitting up potential opposition out of the Vault or into marriages with them.
The election they have is purely for show as they know most of the population is a sucker for a slogan.
One of the best moves Nolan made was deciding not to do a straight adaptation of one of the established games. Fallout is a lot like Skyrim and Mass Effect, in that it’s a game where player choice and the impact of that on the larger world is something people get invested in. If Nolan had adapted an established game but cemented certain choices that people in the player base could have done differently in their playthroughs, that would’ve alienated some portion of the audience.
In giving us a new story with a range of characters we could fall in love with and root for, he instead brought all those people together.
You could say Titus died “running,” because that’s when the bear fatally wounded him. Maximus just didn’t save him from his injuries, lol.
10:38 chicken rooter
I forgot root was an Aussie slang haha
😂😂
Actually Titus did die from injuries he got running from the Yao Guai (the mutated bear), so it wasn't a lie (not completely).
One of the party guests had a comment that Coop was doing kids birthday parties to pay alimony, so we got that nugget to let us know they divorced.
But if he doesn't know where his daughter is, and he's pursuing Vault-Tec execs to find out, then sometime after the bombs fell, Vault-Tec must have kidnapped her away from him, presumably on his wife's orders.
@@Krucifusdoes Vault Tec really have the power to drop tbe bombs? IIRC, US and China were the main powers in the Fallout universe. So it might be possible that US and China started nuking each other and Vault Tec miscalculated the bombs dropping?
@@Krucifus I wouldn't be surprised if the Mega-corps shown in that pre-war meeting could come up with a nuke if they wanted, or convinced the powers that be to launch them. They basically run the world.
9:06 - When Maximus throws the vending machine, it lands directly on the box of supplies.
After watching & learning what vault 31 is, the conversations & "leaders" in 33 sound SOOOOO corporate/HR buzz word driven & ultra positive (sickeningly so sometimes), even with the "performance evaluations".
So glad you watched this Mary, these video game adaptations are getting better and better
Moldaver was in love with Lucy's other.
I think a lot of people missed that. And Lucy's father would probably have been sent into a killing rage over that alone, never mind all the other things.
0:22 correct terminology would probably be "inspired by the game series", it's not based on any specific games storyline, but rather inspired by the lore and spirit of the franchise.
8:56 knowing about Shady Sands, this line is put in a whole new light.
Did you just say
"go to the hospital?"?? lol hahahaha that made me laugh way too hard
This is a rare channel that picked up on this show’s actual plot…in particular, that Maximus isn’t some evil, power hungry schemer. Even after Dane confesses to injuring their own foot, I see comments saying “Why are they lying for Maximus??” “Wait, wut, who actually sabotaged Dane??”
He’s just a nice kid trying to live up to what he thought were heroes! He’s not out to con the system or pull a coup!
You are definitely a Fallout Girl now! I cant wait for the next season.
I really enjoyed watching your face towards the end as the revelations unfolded. Such a genuine reaction to the plot twists.
I hope you are enjoying the game.
really enjoyed the little editing inserts. The invincible one especiallly had me laughing
The missing children of Vault 33 is a continuity problem that only became clear to me the second time I watched the series. In her intro in Episode 1, Lucy is shown teaching American History (now with Ethics!) to a classroom full of children, but they are never seen again. It would have been difficult to show children attending the wedding, though, as they likely would have done under ordinary circumstances.
Good spot, just another thing to add to the immense pile of inconsistencies. It's actually easier to list the few things that stay consistent in this show.
@@marcofogli4317 aye there are some inconsistancies without a doubt, but minor ones when it comes to the actual story telling in my opinion. Having raiders slaughtering a load of kids at the wedding would have been a bit too much, even in the games, they don't allow that as far as I know#, though I really haven't tested it out in my New vegas runs.
@@peadarruane6582 also consider this: the vault have 1 child getting born after the massacre. This means the vault population is doomed since a good slice of the survivors is old and 32 is dead. What do they do? Go outside and hope to find other humans? No they split the population in 2, guaranteeing this is their last generation.
@@peadarruane6582 kids are indeed invincible in the modern games, but in the old 2d ones you could kill kids but you would become a pariah and shot on sight and get the child killer perk from what i've heard
If they really were going for a 50's type society feel, there would be no reason to show the children in any of the other groups scenes in the season. They wouldn't attend a wedding, they wouldn't attend a vault meeting to discuss what to do with captives, and Betty might not have assigned anyone with children (except Steph) to 32 and they wouldn't be invited to a send off. Children underfoot at adult functions is a relatively new thing. I grew up in the 80s and *any* social event for my parents meant babysitter, same as everyone else in my class.
They could have, however, been seen wandering the halls - so I won't attribute too much to writing choice over production choice (children are expensive to keep around a set).
To what you said at the end: Cooper (the ghoul) clearly divorced his wife since hes out of money and the guys at the birthday party joke about it, saying its because of "alimony" that Cooper has to do birthday parties. It seems he got to keep his daughter though? I mean she was with him when the bombs fell so there a many unanswered questions here! Great reaction as always!
Such a good show! I've played every game, and I gotta say they nailed the feeling of them. I'm happy you enjoyed it, Fallout is something special, I'm so happy so many more people are into it now
They approved a second season, I can not wait.
"Theres alot of money in selling the end of the world"
AMEN!
Small correction: Fallout was originally developed in 1997 by Interplay, a dev studio led by Tim Cain and Chris Jones. They also made Fallout 2. In 2007, Bethesda acquired the intellectual property and developed Fallout 3. Then, many of the original devs were brought back in (now called Obsidian) to develop Fallout: New Vegas, which Bethesda published. Then Bethesda developed Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.
Throwing in the title card for invincible was absolutely brilliant haha I'm laughing so hard
This show did a fantastic job of showing the game world that we love, without trying to tame it or censor it. It feels like modern writers have forgotten that the worse the situation, the greater the shock when its revealed or resolved. Well, these ones remembered that, and they did a great job. Just enough hand holding for those unfamiliar with the games to enter the world and tell a story they'd understand. But all the juicy details to feed the familiar with lore from the game world. The funny thing about Fallout is that the IP was originally spawned as a spinoff of the game Wasteland. The first couple of Fallout games came about from Interplay, which isnt around anymore. But the IP was bought by Bethesda. They put out Fallout 3, approaching it much in the same way they did their Elder Scrolls series of games, and absolutely knocked it outta the park. Fallout: New Vegas, which this series shares a fair deal of regional lore with (Involving the NCR specifically, and New Vegas at the end) was actually made by Obsidian! Bethesda went on to make Fallout 4 (Excellent with a great modding community), and Fallout 76 (its still got a mixed reception. It plays like a small scale MMO, and they decided to launch the game with a very limited smattering of NPCs). Obsidian went on to make The Outer Worlds, which doesnt get as much love as it should. Its more narratively driven, like Mass Effect, as opposed to open world like New Vegas was.
Knight Titus did die running. He ran from that bear
Maximus is what Luck 10 and Idiot Savant look like onscreen.
I'm an old Fallout fan that enjoyed the games and really liked this series. While I never played the Wasteland game that is kind of the precursor to the Fallout series, I did get the 1st game back in 97 and have loved the games since. While I am more of a fan of the isometric style of Fallout, Fallout 2, and the now decanonized Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel games, I have enjoyed playing the Bethesda Games from Fallout 3 and beyond. Hope you enjoy playing the games and as with you I am looking forward to future seasons of the show
Fantastic journey with you on this one! I am looking forward to season two with you.
The invincible card was genius
Caught me totally off guard and laughed out loud. Such a good bit.
The mother was beyond saving she was at ground Zero she may not have even been able to walk given how burned she was.
So glad you watched this show Mary, it really kinda blew all us Fallout fans out of the water. I can't wait for this show to continue on with Season 2. I think they have a real hit here, I hope they manage it well.
35:20 holy shit how did I not think of that! That's totally what's going to happen, nice job!
The Omni man "think Mark" edit got me good lmao
Honestly as someone who had a bit of understanding about fallout and knew the vaults were experiments and stuff for vault tech. I was still blown away at some of the story. I had no idea vault tech facilitated the end of civilisation TWICE.
At the beginning I also had doubts about the show. Lucy was shown as "best at everything" in her interview. So I thought that she would be just an other Mary Sue. I was so happy to see her beat up by her "Hubby". At the moment that she flew into the kitchen I knew that this series will be good. Never in my life I would thought that I would write these words, by here we are. Fallout series has character arcs and character development. There are 3 main characters, all are interesting and none is overshadowing the other. This is how a good show is made.
Glad you liked the series.
Cherry not sure if you realized but the brain robot is actually Bud Akinson thats why he calls all the people in cryo sleep his buds.
I cracked up when I saw the Invincible title card pop up! 😂 Well Played!!
"I suck without a scope" is a game reference in fallout 1 in which your character could have a high marksman skill but still miss with weapons without scope
Ghoul's becoming feral is a one way condition. That "ghoul juice" as you call it seems to stave off the effects by like Roger and Martha and the feral ghouls Lucy let out once they turn that is it. There is no coming back. So likely Lucy mother turned before Moldaver or anyone else could get her the meds. Maybe Moldaver just couldn't kill her old friend feral or not.
Never played the game but seen RUclipsrs play it I've only seen like clip bits of everything that this franchise is about but this show made me a believer in wanting to watch people play that all the original games including all the new ones since 1997 I'm glad all the people that are part of the fallout franchise finally got their justice in a TV show version that matches the game as much as possible I can't wait for season two❤
Some fans may have had doubts, after seeing the first snippets of the production I wasn't one of them. The attention to detail paid in the set pieces spoke volumes about production concerns with remaining faithful to the games. Fun watching your reaction through this show since it reminded me of my "blind" reaction at playing Fallout 4 for the first time. The only aspect that actually surprised me about this show was just how good of a job all involved did at remaining true to the spirit of the game but breathing a life into it that even people who weren't familiar with it would get enthralled by. Hope you are able to find a paisley vault suit for season 2.
now i've finished the show and the reactions :)
Aces as always mate
23:52 he was running. He died laying down then.
The plot twist at the end was one of the best ive ever experienced
They allow cats in some of the vaults
I'm guessing maximus has like 10 to endurance and luck and 1 to intelligence and charisma.
As someone who has played Fallout since before there were numbers in the title, the show did a great job of keeping the feel of the universe. There are a few things that some people didn't like but I thought it was really good. If you are planning on playing the games know that Fallout 1, 2, Tactics, and Brotherhood of Steel are all isometric turn based games. Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4, and 76 are first person rpgs. If you want to start at the beginning that would be amazing but remember that the original Fallout titles come from a time where tutorials were barely a thing, quest markers were basically brand new, and games never held your hand. That being said, if you do decide to play you'll have at least one person watching.
Walton Goggins was asked about the development of the Ghoul character. He said he chose the voice he would use before seeing himself without the nose after graphics. He went on to say he would've chose a more nasally sound if he knew what he was going to looked like.
24:10 The history of the Brotherhood of Steel in the games is LOADED with schisms, exiles, renegade factions, and infighting. This section of them even having any position called 'Cleric' and having such heavy religious tones is entirely outside of the core ideology that any version from the games has shown. The group originated from soldiers that discovered pre-war atrocities being done by the US military and acted to stop them. Then over the following generations became more than a bit dynastic and very narrow focused on their goals.
1) Protect their own, and 2) recover pre-war tech to keep it out of anyone else's hands.
Most of the in-games schisms revolved around the 'protecting their own' aspect as some thought that the Brotherhood should also help others. Mostly isolation/insular types vs those looking outside their own walls as well. This whole religious angel is a new one.
The new vegas Easter egg at the end. Was chef's kiss for me . I've been a fan of fallout since like 98'
In Fall Out 3 the bomb in Megaton is a Vault Tech bomb. In 4 you start right before they drop.
Nope, it isn't. The logo on the bomb looks similar, but it isn't the Vault-Tec one. Vault-Tec's logo is 3 parallel lines that run into a circle in the middle. The logo on the bomb only has two lines, missing the middle one. It is close, but it definitely is not Vault-Tec's logo.
The overall story arch and reveal in the final episode were very well done. And I really like the way McLean and Muldover(sp?) start as hero and villian, but in the final episode, they completely flipped. And the Ghoul also went from villian to understandable. Can't wait for Season 2!
Another great series to react to from Jonathan Nolan is "Person of Interest." I loved that show! It ran for 5 seasons. It stars Michael Emerson (the guy whose head had the cold fusion injected into it).
there's videos that cover all the experiments of the various vaults if you're interested to find out how messed up they can get.
FYI, the Fallout fan base is about as contentious as the Star Wars fan base, so to have almost all of them in agreement that this season was amazing is saying something. That's a high bar and this show vaulted right over it.
Vaulted, right.
This show is the one of the most accurate game to show adaptation of any that I've seen.
@@beatleblev Which says more about the utter shittiness of game adaptations in general than about the quality of this particular joke of an adaptation.
@@yrussq Yes, the bar is low for the most part (though raising lately as many good adaptations have come out in recent years). This show however is a great adaptation too.
There are some fans that are pretty spicy about the handling of the timeline and the general disrespect for the NCR (we won't go quietly, the legion can count on that!)
Nice reaction Mary, lets hope season 2, will be as good as the first, the writing needs to stay consistent. 🥰❤️🔥
Yes you right this is the best tvshow 2024 so far ❤️🔥
And 2023 it was loki season 2❤️I hope you will watch it too
Try Shogun it’s great too!
Maximus in all other situations:🥴
Maximus when Lucy is in danger ☠️
I love when they keep the lore of NCR and The Brotherhood of Steel still waging war on each other for decades like in the video game series.
It’s not a spoiler but the ghoul being so accurate and how his shootout scenes sometimes are in slow motion, it’s a homage to the VATS targeting in the games, it’s really cool to play around with lol
14:48 Saaame! 😂 What's the point even if we don't have cats? Sometimes I think about life on other planets and how much it must suck without cats.
“He could kill the people in the pods and use that as leverage!”
Glad I’m not the only one sociopathic enough to think that 😁
I almost forgot how the season ended. Thanks for reacting Mary. 😊
Great show. I can't wait for season two. Also excited to see if Thaddeus is a ghoul now or if he was given FEV (forced evolution virus), which is quite likely and will be a super mutant in the next season.
That was my thought too.
Possibly the Doctor's speech about choosing the right type of green stuff was a variant of FEV.
Yup Mary, "War, War Never Changes." 😔😔😔
Anyway, great reaction to the Season 1! Looking forward to your reactions to future Fallout Seasons!
Best TV Show Soundtrack Ever! 🤘🤘🤘
Ghoul has activated that perk that makes everyone explode just when you touch them. 😀
Love how much super science and crazy miracle medicine made it in to the show. Fallout’s universe is one of scavenged pre-war wonders and buried horrors and they really represented that well in this season.
Titus did die running... he ran from the yao guai and hit his head on a rock