@@horridCAM its fucking stupid is what it is; youre fuckin em and you cant tell something is off and your Geiger counter isnt making noise either? its only until After?
You think they would've recognized they weren't vault dwellers considering they live side by side. Didn't her brother literally walk over to the other vault during the festivities, if they lived that close to each other you'd think the older members would realize those people weren't from another vault.
Feels pretty rewarding getting to say "it just works," when a friend, who has no clue what Fallout is, confusingly watches someone use a stimpak to fully heal from a stab wound.
@@Plight_ But that's why it's so clever to say and use that "slogan" because in a lot of way that's how the show goes. It just connects things and flows well. But also to be fair, people have said "it just works" with their games before. Yes, partly for when things don't work, but also when things due work becauae it's often created almost like with ducktape and glue and it's so surprising anything works in the games 😅
To be fair The Goul didn't "abandon" the head. They specifically make a point of it in the show, where he says that the monster digests really slow, then he says something like "the wasteland always makes you get sidetracked", cause she broke all his drugs, and so now he needs the side quest of going to get more drugs before he comes back for the main quest of the head.
well if a ghoul child can survive no food water or the Mental insanity recovery drug in a fridge for 200ish years and this is Canon in fallout lore. The mental ghoul drug is one of the worst added "plot points" to me and probably other people as well.
Fallout 3 was the game where the Brotherhood was portrayed as really good guys just trying to help everyone out. In the other games the Brotherhood is a lot more gray morally.
Even then we learn that Elder Lyons Brotherhood Chapter has had a schism because of his attempts to be good with the Outcast Brotherhood operating in DC. The Outcast are the ones you meet at the start of Operation Anchorage.
@@maxpower3990 That's true, but outside of the Operation Anchorage DLC, the Outcasts didn't really have much relevance in the game. As far as I remember, outside of a radiant quest to deliver them technology, they didn't have any actual quests in the main game.
@@matthewjaniss4103 Fr, I always thought of them doin shit like stealing a microwave from an old lady, and I fuckin died when Titus referred to doing something like that 😂
Did anyone notice that Lucy McClane is the name of John McClane's daughter in Die Hard? 'Die Hard' is a perk in Fallout Tactics which states: "You don't give up easily, when your Hit Points get below 20% you get an additional 10% to Damage Resistance".
Walton Goggins is one of the most underappreciated actors in the biz. Dude has crushed every role he has played from Boyd Crowder in Justified (one of the best TV villains ever) to his roles in Tarintino flicks to the cross dressing hooker in Super Troopers, it's all gold! I binged Fallout in one sitting and it blew my expectations out of the water, can't wait for season 2. *Sons of Anarchy not Super Troopers
She didn't fully understand why Cooper killed the ghoul. She's never seen a feral. She just thought he was a dick. This is where she learns what feral ghouls are. This is great writing.
a huge part of the series seems to be moral development but at different aspects - we get lucy who is obviously an ignorant vault dweller but maximus is also equally ignorant just more morally flexible
Fun fact. The empty desert town is an actual town in Namibia as well as the stranded ships on the sand. Known as skeleton beach. Those were actual locations
As he was drowning the raider in the pickle barrel, I couldn't help but chide him. I was like "Damn't Hank, you ruined the whole barrel! You can't afford that kind of food wastage when you're living in a Vault!"
@@thehorrorhound6575Same. Sucks people can't just shut the fuck up or keep spoilers to a minimum. Guess also my fault for reading the comments trying to see if the show really is worth watching.
Lucy is the type of strong female protagonist that was desperately needed in media. Unlike characters like She-Hulk and Helena Shaw (Dial of Destiny) where they’re just girlbosses with zero character development and have the urge to tell everyone how perfect they are, Lucy is a fish-out-of-water type of character that starts so innocently and elitist, and gradually adjusts to the harsh wasteland but still takes the moral high ground whenever she can
The way Lucy said "okey-dokey" towards the end. Her tone and overall demeanor changed. Just as her character evolved throughout S1. Brilliant way to show character growth by a mere response.
When it started I hated her for her blissful ignorance to the way life is outside the vault, by the end of the season I was in awe at her character development. Will say this showed us what can work when you put your heart into good character development. Can't wait to see more of her character development in season 2.
I mean it wasn’t perfect but was still extremely good 8/10 for me only drops in scores mostly because of the fact they killed the NCR offscreen which bummed me out as I was excited to see them but it didn’t completely ruin the show for me personally and some other things at the end that I won’t reveal for spoiler purposes that I was like eh did we have to go that direction but otherwise entertaining start to finish definitely better than halo despite some lore inaccuracies here and there with how the brotherhood acts and things with the ghouls it was still light years more accurate than the halo fanfic
Thats what perfect is the games weren't close to pulling it of but we enjoyed em ... This nailed it to a teeth watch we love about the games but at least we can finally show people something they might enjoy. I felt like a national geographic voice over for my family that they could get insight on the world and what was going on; this show did what it was supposed to. We as fans are lore masters now but we got people now who just like us want to see where this takes us. Thank you😅
Titus and Maximus immediately stumbling upon the scientists camp wasn't completely coincidental. They were assigned to search -Philly- Filly for him, meaning everyone is already converging before they cross paths.
So instead of going to Filly the knight decides to stop well before that & teach Maximus a lesson for something he said & ends up dying. The whole aspect of searching for the scientist was so stupidly written. The scientist just happened to meet up with Lucy when Lucy could even have been looking for the scientist as well. The fact that the cowboys dug up the ghoul (no explanation of why he was buried & who did it & why the Radaway was used to keep him alive - who did that) just to find a scientist, how exactly would that work was he going to tag along with the cowboys to get the scientist? And the scientist leaving the enclave, how exactly would anyone other than the enclave know about him leaving maybe other than Moldaver who was clearly working with him? I mean she would know where he was, why not simply get ppl to escort him to her? The whole point of them attacking the vault to get Hank was to get the code from him & for the cold fusion tech in the scientists head & yet they leave it to chance the scientist may survive on his won with the dog in the wasteland & do it all on foot?
@@triax7006 "well before".. a few miles away. Why can't Lucy and the scientist cross paths early? I don't get your point. Did we need to know _exactly_ why someone might lock up a notorious and extremely dangerous Ghoul for later use? What do you mean how would that work? Recruiting extra muscle on a highly contested bounty is not a hard to grasp concept. Info on the Enclave facility is thin. As we don't know who is monitoring / communicating with the Enclave, why assume that no-one else would know of the escape? No one expected dogmeat to kill a guy, forcing the scientist to flee immediately. Maybe he was going to sneak out and be halfway to Moldaver before anyone noticed, maybe she was planning an escort...
Nah Lucy meeting the acientist makes perfect sense. Dont look at it like they are seperate characters with seperate goals, its telling the story about how these guys interact. Maximus finding the scientist is far fetched tho@@triax7006
Only 2 episodes deep and my family who know nothing about the IP loved it, they kept asking me what things were haha it was such a great game adaptation
Surprised they didn't mention the clever reference to all the side quests from the games Goggins makes: "Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time"
@@luispalacios8423 Yep, they did indeed. Also snuck in the line "War. War never changes." This show is a loveletter to the Fallout games and fans of it, and i love it.
In ep 2 when the guy that directs her to Filly says "Yea, My Aunt, she died there once too". I lost my sh*t lmao. Also in ep 3 when they hold up the headshot to the decapitated body and go "Oh yea, that's definitely him."
@@lostree1981 @jeremybolt8950 what u2 crying about? the paper up scene was good humour dont cry at someone else because you cant comprehend it .. maybe understand humour is subjective?
@@edgarbriseno6210 Close but nah fam; hardcore FO4 players will understand that those stinkin' turrets have Stormtrooper aim, that's a nod to the players!
@@Scarz3ny Don't know why "dialogue" was brought up for a scene that has little to none in it, but ok. And if you don't want to accept the turret missing as a nod to the games, that's also fine. However, it is a thing that those turrets are notorious for just throwing copious amounts of rounds at the player to make the fraction that hit make the player feel in danger. Early on when the player has little armor and little health those turrets are a threat. Later in the game when you can take a lot more hits, its almost comical how much you need to get hit for those turrets to do any significant damage to the player. So the turret missing ALL its shots in the show against the doctor with no armor is definitely a stretch for plot convenience, but it is an accurate comparison to the games.
T-51b power armor is supposed to be the most advanced power armor in fallout universe before the war. T-60 is Bethesda made up power armor with no real background other than shoe horning it in fallout 4.
@scottneil1187 I wonder if the Onclave comes into more debate in season 2 then we may see the X0-1 as its one that's kind of associated with them in previous games like fallout 2 and 3.
I loved the first four episodes, _except_ for two things: The slapstick moments in Episode 2 with the power armour flying around (absolutely crigeworthy), and the fact that the quick cut to the Brotherhood was done too early. I think that we, as an audience, needed to see the Wasteland as a step-out moment, like in the games. By cutting to the Brotherhood before Lucy leaves the vault, it takes away from that. But apart from that, I think it's really good! Some great little Easter eggs and set dressing too.
Walter Goggins is a national treasure. Also, I'm hyped for 40k on Amazon given how they handled big, live action power armor so similar to Space Marine armour.
@@JohnnyZenith I agree, but It's more the way it moves and interacts with normal sized, live action humans than the stylistic aspects I'm mostly talking about.
The fallout armor design is kinda goofy. The power armor of the imperium would honestly have to be done in CG or at least cg enhanced for the action shots, more like Man Of Steel.
Spoiler comment. I enjoyed it too but I'm not liking the idea that they may be retconning Fallout New Vegas since they mention that shady sands was wiped out I think it was shown 5 years or so before the events of fallout new vegas was to take place and shady sands was thee hub of the NCR so how could they be able to hold new vegas with their capital completely destroyed.
I imagine at first glance, the usual suspects would glance at Lucy without watching the show and go “wow, looks like Amazon is going woke once again,” but 1.) you’ve always had the choice to be a female protagonist in Fallout and 2.) she’s done very well from what I’ve seen so far. She’s not someone who’s immediately perfect like other Amazon shows. Hell, she’s far from it. She’s extremely endearing and friendly, but also horribly underprepared for what’s out in the wasteland with what she’s been taught in the vault. Like the guy with the glasses said, she needs to adapt if she’s gonna survive and so far, that’s what she’s slowly doing as she is exposed more to the wasteland. I’ll reserve my full judgement for when I watch all of the show, but Lucy is a very engaging protagonist alongside Maximus’ brotherhood story and the Ghoul’s badassery.
@@AngryDad. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I’m more pointing out the people who cry woke to literally everything and anything instead of just the actual examples where it’s legit hamfisted and artificial.
Let's be honest though. Even if he doesn't have to carry it, his performance is definitely elevating it. I mean, dude is putting in the work, some of his best, and his best is better than most. Like, he's been building a fan base, acting in great roles in shows like Justified and movies like Hateful 8, but this is the show that could really catapult him into the stratosphere and make him a household name. If the ratings are there, and it feels like they might be. The irony of him playing a down on his luck actor when he's anything but. And he said it too, he's hoping for ten seasons. I hope his dreams come true, because I want to see where his character's story is going more than any other character.
He’s definitely one of the stronger characters but everyone was good across the board. Him, Lucy, and Maximus were all interesting in their own rights, hell even Norm
@@agentsmithmememenot really, the show is pretty bad/mediocre. He’s definitely carrying the show, honestly if he wasn’t in it I don’t think people would like this show to much.
The Ghoul is essentially a Max Level Character. He’s already seen just about everything and is considered a legend after gunslinging through the Wasteland for over 200 years.
@@MrJH101 That's how I saw it, each protagonist is meant to be a different archetype of Fallout players. Lucy is the good karma level 1 character fresh out of the vault, Max is the neutral karma character at level 10-20, and then the Ghoul is obviously level 50 evil karma.
The only little flaw imo. Sure, the turret might be a little inaccurate but spewing that much lead and hitting everywhere but them?, c'mon, even a stormtrooper isn't that bad!.
this was a very stupid scene, couldve simply been edited better, i wonder why the editor showed a flat shot of probably 200 bullets fired from a high tech turret missing at 10 meters
No it's called a plot device that maximus conveniently never explains to anyone is the reason why titus was nearly killed, considering it is a feared enemy in the franchise. His fxn proof was the marks on the damn armor. All he needed to do was say he got separated from titus during the attack and arrived too late to "save him." No one would've second-guessed him.
@@jprec5174 Or maybe, just maybe, everyone knew Titus was a shit bag Knight, and no one batted an eye because he died like how the Elder guessed a coward like him would've died. Maximus played into the elders whole "Brotherhood going to shit," rant, and sprinkled a little truth and that was that it was basically the same shit... maybe you should watch MBs Transformers or something lol
@@ryoud9783 send a coward and a suspicious squire to go find extremely valuable tech that you were willing to send an entire army after in the end. Yep uh huh.
@@syrhc87 yea and i'm specifically talking about the coward and suspicious aspirant. Why rely on either when they clearly have more knights that aren't impulsive and cowardly like titus and as clueless and incapable as gary maximus stu. Meanwhile the dumb bounty hunters realize how incapable they are and how big of a threat/opportunity an enclave escapee going to an NCR commander decide to recruit the baddest mofo in the wasteland (mr ghoul). Unfortunately they were apparently also too dumb to keep their egos in check.
I like how the vault dweller also had to deal a few times with the companions going haywire and murdering everyone while you yell at the screen to stop.
@@joebenzz I use to have that problem with Charon in 3. Everything would be fine then all of a sudden I hear "want some of this" and screams and explosions would ensue.
What I loved about the show is how each storyline is so fleshed out. At first I thought Norman the brother would be this side screen character that only exists to prop up how brave Lucy is. Then she leaves and he gets an actual storyline, that came around to be my favorite in the vault and was so tense the entire time. Lucy, Ghoul are amazing. Maximus may be the only weak character, just feels like hes often just standing there saying nothing as things happen to him. But the show is still super good cant wait for the next season.
The last episode made me laugh because Maximus has the same basic expression when he’s unconscious as when he’s awake. Most of the time his face is completely immobile.
Yeah, not sure if the Maximus actor was miscast or if he was told not to emote for some reason, but I did not care about him at all. The Brotherhood itself is a fine storyline, but Maximus needs to get more interesting next season.
this show was so good that i sat and watched all 8 episodes back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back. Ive never done that before with anything. 9.5/10
@@pllpsy665 The active sexual violence inflicted onto the series under Bethesda will never be forgiven Need i remind you they are THAT SPITEFUL that they retconned the NCR to be taken out by a single nuke A nuke by Vault-tech Jesus, are you all so mindbroken by Todds slop that this is considered good?
thought the exact same thing about Space Marines. The way the squire interacted with whoever was in the power armor gave off major imperial soldier to space marine vibe.
Them ditching the head, Noggins says that the digestion of the Gulpher is very slow. That's why he moves on to get drugs. Because for him not becoming feral is a top priority
I genuinely am surprised how good this show is I’m having a great time with it. id even say its worth a rewatch. now i have the urge to replay Fallout 4
Maximus dropping the gun during the fight with the Ghoul actually happened because the gun got shot out of his hand, which you can do in the games through V.A.T.S. by aiming at a person's weapon.
who wouldn't its like playing a fallout game where you start at like 8 in the morning and dont finish your first part of a play through untill midnight and your only like 10% of the game
After Rings of Power’s utter dumpster fire of a first season I had literally no hope for this show. My god am I glad I was wrong. I’m 5 episodes in and holy f*ck it’s been great! Finally a show that does good by the established lore and the community that loves it. I love Fallout and I’m digging this show so far. My girlfriend has no experience with fallout and she’s being loving it. Pausing the show to have me explain what a stim pak is or wtf a ghoul is 😂
I think this series easily just took the entire Fallout universe straight to the cinematic screen. I had really high hopes with very low expectations starting it, and I was absolutely blown away. The distances they went had me literally guessing what's next. After finishing the series, I can honestly say that the worst part of the show was that it ended, and the next season is going to feel like it will take forever to get here.
@kinagrill Yeah, because it didn't have anything to do with the NCR, Shady Sands, California, or the ending scene wasn't New Vegas. You should probably go re-watch the show.
If only halo was given this treatment but amazon doing a good job on this gives me a little more confidence that amazon could handle there rumoured mass effect show
I think this is the best videogame adaptation so far. You bring up the last of us and that show was great. But its just a zombie apocalypse with hivemind zombies. This show is impressive. There is so much to the universe that it seems really hard to adapt into one story. But they were able to fit so much in. The vaults, mutated creatures, the brotherhood of steel, the ncr, ghouls, raiders, fiends, chems, etc. Not only did they dump so much information on us, they did it in a way that was actually interesting
@@edgarbriseno6210 I guess we will find out in Season 2. We killed Mr. House but perhaps this sets something else off. I guess it would depend on why our PC killed him as well. But killing him leaves a power vacuum, perhaps this opened up a takeover of New Vegas by Vault-Tec. Or maybe the the NCR was re-established there absent Mr. House, as Hank was persuing her.
@@jordanfletcher3726 I don’t know, there’s currently no information available however it has been renewed for at least 1 more season as confirmed by Amazon so good news there.
@@Piss-Poor-Infantry I don’t know, there’s currently no information available however it has been renewed for at least 1 more season as confirmed by Amazon so good news there.
Amazon has also done a great job adapting the works of Philip K Dick, with both shows electric dreams and particularly the Man in the high Castle, which is one of my favorite shows
The first two seasons of MITHC were amazing. However when the nazis decided to experiment with multi dimensional domination, thats where it went downhill for me. ( I could suspend my disbelief with the Nazis having the logistical resources to conquer North America, but time travel was too much of a shark to jump) I am guessing that was part of the source material too
I was there for the first episode filming of Man in the High Castle. That episode was actually filmed at a dive bar in Seattle called the Quarter Lounge. I used to live right across the street. Random useless fact, but it was cool to see my local bar in the show.
Lucy is the type of female main protagonist that the industry needs to thrive, she´s fun, engaging and not annoying, and this is rare as fuck these days
Whenever anyone criticizes the usual woke shallow female characters, you get the usual 'oh you just hate women' response, but Lucy is a good example of what people want. An actual decently written character, who's not forced in to represent agendas or check boxes.
@@truthisforbidden That's also because in the very beginning, you go through a small montages where she basically lists her "build" with things like unarmed and small guns, speech etc. But then she gets her ass kicked multiple times and never goes that far where she becomes a Mary sue. They built her where she has some talents, but it's obvious she dumped her stats into charisma and speech over guns and other things. So her special would probably look like 4,5,4,9,9,3
I was actually worried she'd be perfect out of the box but got her ass beat, despite having been very physically fit and trained but obviously training isn't the real thing, but she has a good foundation to improve and now the opportunity or Need to use and hone her training and learn new things to survive.
It's refreshing because every show has a 120-pound female lead that throws around 200 pound plus dudes like nothing because to them its a F%$k you to the male patriarchy i guess. It's been done over and over since the late 90s.
I think the bad moments are when the main characters out of nowhere, run into each other at a moment notice. Especially if any of the characters are in danger the other one is right there in time. This has been a cliche in shows and movies for years now, and it’s bad writing ✍️ in parts. But the overall story for this show was good. I say the world building, and some standout characters saved this show for me. Including that dark ending twist. I love the direction and can’t wait for season 2.
Just finished the season. Holy crap, I was not expecting such a well written story! It all gets tied together in the last 2 episodes, and it was fantastic.
They were so faithful to the original even the combat feels just as light as it does in game! All in all besides the questionable fight choreography it was a blast to watch, loved it.
Joe when the Ghoul abandons the head seemingly kinda fast, he does say he's "got time, gulpers digest really slowly" so him getting more drugs to not turn feral is more important. Especially cuz they hinted that since he one of the oldest known ghouls in the area maybe he can turn quicker without em. (Even though in the games there's plenty of "pre-war" aged ghouls, and the drug doesn't exist)
Not even that, the turrets (at least in Fallout 4) are notorious for having the stormtrooper esc aim. Now not landing a single shot against the doctor while he's wearing zero armor is definitely a stretch, but the games do have the turrets shooting copious rounds at the player for the shear chance that even 10-20% land and damage the player. Which seems more dangerous at the beginning with little health and armor, but becomes almost comedic later in the game when the turrets need to land a bunch of shots to do significant damage and the player realizing just how many total shots need to be taken in order to do so.
I loved the fact alot of small sound effects were added in as a mini Easter egg for the people who have played the games, it definitely gave the show an extra bit of charm and I love it. Can't wait for season 2 because that final scene has got me really hyped.
the biggest and worst offender in the series, was not including Ron Perman doing war, war never changes. It should have been in the show somewhere and not giving it to a very minor character to just throw it out there.
@CorrvenGill FINALLY someone who understands.. the whole point of the series is that war never changes or ends.. chances are every faction gets annihilated and another takes its place with their own views to save the world
@@firstlast9846 I hope they make the BoS main antagonists. I got the impression that they are so far removed from what they used to be that they are basically the "bad guys".
I will say, I find it fascinating how the dog was used to humanize characters. For example we first see the ghoul injure the dog, reinforcing the impression that he is a bad person, yet after the shootout in Filly, he takes the time to heal the dog. Even if part of it is for the bounty, there most likely is some hint of humanity within the husk that remains after the bombs
You could take it that way... or... maybe he did it because he realized the dog was the best way to find it's owner. (However, we get more clues he loves dogs later in the series.).
Its a very well known and well worn trope in fiction - wanna show a bad guy is a bad guy - have them kick a dog, wanna show a good guy is a good guy - have him be nice to the dog.
9/10 for me...I personally don't like too much music or music montages as I think it's just filler to add time. It's like GNR is on half the time in any given episode. Other than that the show does everything right IMO.
This was absolutely fantastic! 10/10 Just throw Nolans money. Walton Goggins has a really odd pigeon toed walk, But as the Ghoul It just looked really cool. Surprisingly Ella Purnell absolutely killed it. I loved her character as a naive yet very strong badass in training. Also the comedy was top notch. I loved the show and it has caused me to fall down the Rabbit Hole. I have every fallout game queued to play.
I know it sounds silly, but the last scene from third episode where Walton is doing the vault tec promo. I loved how it ended with the flash of the camera and his big smile. Very simple Scene but it Means so much. It looked like a guy smiling at the flash of a Nuke and I assume It's suppose its meant to be that way.
Im really confused about the NCR is the size of the NCR retconed down to just shady sands? Lead farmers are walking around in Ranger veteran armor? The toughest soldiers in the NCR Maybe the NCR pulled everything they left in the area around Shady Sands and moved to the boneyard, Hub, or Vault city or any other settlement? I really like season 1 but everything could definitely collapse in season 2
i don't think so, the poster thing said shady sands the first capital of the ncr, which implies there are other capitals. the lead farmer probably used to be an ncr ranger, the ghoul implies he was shot by him in the past
The scene with Titus and the bear I thought was funny but really contrived. This experienced knight didn't pop some shots off and would rather stand there swearing and running after clearly being able to punch the bear off him? Behavior in service to the plot is what that was. Love the rest of the show though! Binged it the day it came out lol.
It fits with with bos. They are known for heavy mission failures due to their actions. They can still be killed in lower armor. Lol they are literally littered around the wastelands.
1:26:24 I would disagree. Lucy is very naive. She just saw Cooper friend losing it, but she didn't know that they go crazy and attack, or eat people. 1:28:51 Well you have to look at it from his perspective. He's always been scourging for the drugs, and felt defensive about it. Probably would've hide some in his hat, and taken the box.
I tried so hard to get my brother to play Fallout but he never had an interest in it. I started watching episode 1 and my brother decided to watch it for me. I was so happy to see him get fully engaged with the story through the series. It was so fun to binge at once for the 8+ hours it too to fully watch.
With the gulper turning inside out: I think the fingers go all the way down the throat, but they don’t bend backward. When Maximus is pulling the squire out you see the fingers straining, caught on the squires clothes. Maximus braces his foot on the anchor, and tugs. The fingers cause the gut to get turned inside out.
(Spoiler!) One thing I thought was kinda weird is that at the beginning of the show the ghoul struggled dealing with Maximus even though at the end of the show he knows that he can shoot through the bottom part of the t-60’s torso plate armor.
I am halfway through S1 and I am personally enjoying the random weird encounters the main characters are having with some of the denizens (similar to the npcs in the games) and the amount of looting going on 👍.
When she waves and says hi at the couple weaving through the ruined cars. They pretty much ignored her. Like a non talking NPC does in videogames lol. I notice it happens more than once Also, listen to the market people and how they interact. You can even get this feeling when there's a stat check that either passes or fails. When Max asked for the discount on the repair, it instantly gets denied. Or when Lucy walks into the middle of the active shootout. They all pause and talk. It's a total Fallout move.
The first guy killed with the junkjet was a Minuteman, also I like to think that the turrets completely missing the scientist was a little indication to him having a high Luck stat, which you'd probably need to escape the Enclave.
The fact he plays the Mr Handy Voice actor and his last name is Codsworth was so good. Even explaining that Robco bought the rights to his voice from another company entirely is peak fallout.
This is the best game adaptation I have ever seen to this date. Nothing but love for the fans, yet a unique story that keeps things fresh. Cast is killing it so far!
I think he knew that the dude was absolutely not a threat with the comment about basic training wasn't what it used to be and to read the manual so yeah he could've killed Maxx but doesn't really kill unless it's necessary like he did with the ncr rangers son. Also he didn't know for sure that the flaw was still present in the t60, it was in his the t45 at Anchorage. So his first shot he literally says I wonder if that flaw is still present cuz capitalism sucks and they were probably too arrogant and greedy to fix it in later models
I’m sad that a “season” was only eight episodes; but I really enjoyed all of them. This could be the best show in the last five years! Good balance between 3 primary character plots. Plenty of teasing for season 2, and references to DLCs (Big Mt, Casinos, etc). Definitely loved the New Vegas tease.
I would have been hilarious if Lucy tried to take as much as she could from the supermarket put it all in a giant backback and became encumbered. And had to put the backback down and take some stuff out so she could move normally again.
I know this is only the 1st 4 episodes but overall as a a series Id give it a solid 8. They definitely took the Bloody Mess perk, but some of the humor especially with Maximus and Titus just felt too forced. Also not a fan of what they did to a very well known location in the 2nd half of the series and the lore surrounding it and how they handle the NCR. Finally dock points for no Ron Perlman "War never changes" and for no mutants or deathclaws. Walton Goggins is a fantastic actor who can make any role be cool and he definitely killed it with The Ghoul. Im a little worried about the reveal to set up season 2 but also cant wait for it and theyre apparently gonna start filming in September so hopefully around this time next year we'll get season 2
I cant wait for the seen where the main character gets locked into a dialogue with a side character and in the distance comes running a Deathclaw who the side character is oblivious to until they get smacked.
It's a reference to how you can build those turrets at your settlement and they barely ever hit anything even though they are firing off hundreds of 5.56 rounds.
I knew what fallout was but I never played it. I love the series. They wrote it well enough so I could follow the story. It is really good and entertaining. I hope there will be more seasons.
After watching all the episodes I can say is the best adaptation of a videogame we've ever had, via tv show or cinema. The way this guys respected the game world and the tone is mindblowing. They got everything right and it works by itself too. Pretty sure you will understand everything even if you don't know the games, and that's good story telling. Also, I don't know why all the reviews talk about "three main characters". There are four. Lucy's brother, Norm, has his own character arc and is quite important. Good video, guys!
I like the character development and what each main protagonist represents Lucy: Despite what we are being told as kids or at school, being an altruist will more often than not hurt You. Maximus: Being an egoist sometimes is simply the best option. Also, sometimes being open about something may be your doom. Cooper: Being an ass may work, as some are just not suited for being part of team. But sooner or later you will find yourself in a situation completely out of your control and you will have to rely on good will of someone else. Basically this world feels... real. Its not black and white. No character is completely good or bad. Sometimes you might think you are doing a good thing, while actually you are just destroying something.
Lucy is a good female character. FINALLY. She's not pretending to be a man. She's spunky cute and trained well. And she has all this and did not sacrifice her femininity. I give this address a lot of credit. She plays a sheltered well educated vault dweller
I like how Lucy uses her Pipboy's Geiger counter to determine the raider is a raider because he's radioactive.
That was such a great detail.
She is too after he dropped a load in her
does that mean she has radioactive you know what after sex?
@@horridCAM its fucking stupid is what it is; youre fuckin em and you cant tell something is off and your Geiger counter isnt making noise either? its only until After?
You think they would've recognized they weren't vault dwellers considering they live side by side. Didn't her brother literally walk over to the other vault during the festivities, if they lived that close to each other you'd think the older members would realize those people weren't from another vault.
Feels pretty rewarding getting to say "it just works," when a friend, who has no clue what Fallout is, confusingly watches someone use a stimpak to fully heal from a stab wound.
It just works was a meme for when it didn't just work
I love how the games and show are so grounded yet so amazingly insane 😂😂
@@Plight_ But that's why it's so clever to say and use that "slogan" because in a lot of way that's how the show goes. It just connects things and flows well. But also to be fair, people have said "it just works" with their games before. Yes, partly for when things don't work, but also when things due work becauae it's often created almost like with ducktape and glue and it's so surprising anything works in the games 😅
@@Plight_😂 the meme is going to be Okie Dokie🤣🤣🤣 a montage of how many times Lucy says Okie Dokie🙃
@@Plight_no it means it's *_just_* works, as in barely function
To be fair The Goul didn't "abandon" the head. They specifically make a point of it in the show, where he says that the monster digests really slow, then he says something like "the wasteland always makes you get sidetracked", cause she broke all his drugs, and so now he needs the side quest of going to get more drugs before he comes back for the main quest of the head.
Glad there's people who understood this. Cause that's like the game, you can't just go from main to main you always have to do sub quests.
well if a ghoul child can survive no food water or the Mental insanity recovery drug in a fridge for 200ish years and this is Canon in fallout lore. The mental ghoul drug is one of the worst added "plot points" to me and probably other people as well.
@@nomnomzmcfluffyness492 The ghoul child was only in the fridge since Quincy got raided by Gunners
@@Ktmfan450 No, they lived in Quincy BEFORE the Great War.
Solid point!!!
After all the trauma the Halo Show put me through, I’m eternally grateful the Fallout Show exists to heal me
Same bro, same.....
True!
Beeg yoshi!
Don't forget The Witcher
watch shogun then, best thing on streaming right now
Fallout 3 was the game where the Brotherhood was portrayed as really good guys just trying to help everyone out. In the other games the Brotherhood is a lot more gray morally.
Even then we learn that Elder Lyons Brotherhood Chapter has had a schism because of his attempts to be good with the Outcast Brotherhood operating in DC. The Outcast are the ones you meet at the start of Operation Anchorage.
@@maxpower3990 That's true, but outside of the Operation Anchorage DLC, the Outcasts didn't really have much relevance in the game. As far as I remember, outside of a radiant quest to deliver them technology, they didn't have any actual quests in the main game.
Very grey, depending on the game. Straight up villains at some points.
@@matthewjaniss4103 Fr, I always thought of them doin shit like stealing a microwave from an old lady, and I fuckin died when Titus referred to doing something like that 😂
@@ryoud9783Goddamn toaster oven
Did anyone notice that Lucy McClane is the name of John McClane's daughter in Die Hard? 'Die Hard' is a perk in Fallout Tactics which states: "You don't give up easily, when your Hit Points get below 20% you get an additional 10% to Damage Resistance".
Great catch.
Jeesh!
Wrong spelling, Lucy's last name is MacLean. It's at best a phonetic reference.
Walton Goggins is one of the most underappreciated actors in the biz. Dude has crushed every role he has played from Boyd Crowder in Justified (one of the best TV villains ever) to his roles in Tarintino flicks to the cross dressing hooker in Super Troopers, it's all gold! I binged Fallout in one sitting and it blew my expectations out of the water, can't wait for season 2.
*Sons of Anarchy not Super Troopers
He’s not under appreciated he’s literally been given his flowers by so many filmmakers over the years
he's not underappreciated tho
I still call him Shane. Underrated from the 2000s he’s had a long hard road to get where he’s got. Well deserved.
“I’m the sheriff of redrockkk”
He'll forever be Boyd Crowder for me
She didn't fully understand why Cooper killed the ghoul. She's never seen a feral. She just thought he was a dick. This is where she learns what feral ghouls are. This is great writing.
a huge part of the series seems to be moral development but at different aspects - we get lucy who is obviously an ignorant vault dweller but maximus is also equally ignorant just more morally flexible
It all comes full circle by the end brilliantly.
@nobodynothing282 Wrong, its impossible for a dog to be boring or unnecessary.
@@StarRain6I second that!
Not just that she doesn't know what anything is from the Radroaches to the Ghouls and much more.
Fun fact. The empty desert town is an actual town in Namibia as well as the stranded ships on the sand. Known as skeleton beach. Those were actual locations
As he was drowning the raider in the pickle barrel, I couldn't help but chide him. I was like "Damn't Hank, you ruined the whole barrel! You can't afford that kind of food wastage when you're living in a Vault!"
I laughed so hard and I’m like “you just wasted all those pickles” lmao
He's a part of the limitless food vault (33), but I do feel this could work in the limited food vault (32).
@@gunargundarson1626 well that was a shitty spoiler to get as I’m finishing episode 7
Hank was accommodating him cuz the raider had a pickle fetish
@@thehorrorhound6575Same. Sucks people can't just shut the fuck up or keep spoilers to a minimum. Guess also my fault for reading the comments trying to see if the show really is worth watching.
Lucy is the type of strong female protagonist that was desperately needed in media. Unlike characters like She-Hulk and Helena Shaw (Dial of Destiny) where they’re just girlbosses with zero character development and have the urge to tell everyone how perfect they are, Lucy is a fish-out-of-water type of character that starts so innocently and elitist, and gradually adjusts to the harsh wasteland but still takes the moral high ground whenever she can
Well, there are 4 story lines. Lucy, Maximus, The Ghoul and the Vault. The vault might be a secondary one, but it becomes more important later.
The way they all cross and come together was really ssatisfying
Robert house in new Vegas?
Norman is definitely my favorite character. He is the only normal person in that vault of weirdos
@Milton2k so you're saying when it comes to the story, it's '4 times the detail'?
nah all three storylines have an A and B plot. lucy and her brother/vault stuff, ghoul and his prewar wife/life, then Maximus and his buddy
Look at the main actress interview where she says she played the game as prep work and compare it with rachel ziegler and the halo writers.
Nuff said.
she also lurked the fallout subreddit and other forums
@@bigbananadealer846that poor woman
Compare to The Witcher where Henry was the only one who didn't actively hate the source material. Because that's how you pick your writers.
@@JuicedOnKids lmao so true
Did you know there are female writers prominent on this show?
The way Lucy said "okey-dokey" towards the end. Her tone and overall demeanor changed. Just as her character evolved throughout S1. Brilliant way to show character growth by a mere response.
My favorite part was when Fallout Gurl said "I'm gonna fallout" and then fallouted
Her facial expression changed when fallouting great writing
She also uses it for more and more gruesome and extreme things throughout the series which I thought they executed very well.
My favorite line from her was when she said
“16x the detail 🤓☝️”
When it started I hated her for her blissful ignorance to the way life is outside the vault, by the end of the season I was in awe at her character development. Will say this showed us what can work when you put your heart into good character development.
Can't wait to see more of her character development in season 2.
I got so used to playing the games that every time they went inside a building I was half expecting a loading screen to pop up.
You need to go outside more.
@@darthbane2669 Not if you're living in a Vault.
i was expecting more tripwires and booby traps
God tier response! @@joebenzz
@@joebenzzlmao
It puts halo to shame I love how they managed to get the feel of the game and actually respected the source material loved it
I know what a concept!
2 words jonathan nolan
Reboot Halo give it to Nolan and crew to fix
I mean it wasn’t perfect but was still extremely good 8/10 for me only drops in scores mostly because of the fact they killed the NCR offscreen which bummed me out as I was excited to see them but it didn’t completely ruin the show for me personally and some other things at the end that I won’t reveal for spoiler purposes that I was like eh did we have to go that direction but otherwise entertaining start to finish definitely better than halo despite some lore inaccuracies here and there with how the brotherhood acts and things with the ghouls it was still light years more accurate than the halo fanfic
Thats what perfect is the games weren't close to pulling it of but we enjoyed em ... This nailed it to a teeth watch we love about the games but at least we can finally show people something they might enjoy. I felt like a national geographic voice over for my family that they could get insight on the world and what was going on; this show did what it was supposed to. We as fans are lore masters now but we got people now who just like us want to see where this takes us. Thank you😅
Titus and Maximus immediately stumbling upon the scientists camp wasn't completely coincidental. They were assigned to search -Philly- Filly for him, meaning everyone is already converging before they cross paths.
Filly, not Philly. its an excavated landfill, there was a sign. this is the west coast.
So instead of going to Filly the knight decides to stop well before that & teach Maximus a lesson for something he said & ends up dying. The whole aspect of searching for the scientist was so stupidly written. The scientist just happened to meet up with Lucy when Lucy could even have been looking for the scientist as well. The fact that the cowboys dug up the ghoul (no explanation of why he was buried & who did it & why the Radaway was used to keep him alive - who did that) just to find a scientist, how exactly would that work was he going to tag along with the cowboys to get the scientist? And the scientist leaving the enclave, how exactly would anyone other than the enclave know about him leaving maybe other than Moldaver who was clearly working with him? I mean she would know where he was, why not simply get ppl to escort him to her? The whole point of them attacking the vault to get Hank was to get the code from him & for the cold fusion tech in the scientists head & yet they leave it to chance the scientist may survive on his won with the dog in the wasteland & do it all on foot?
@@triax7006
"well before".. a few miles away.
Why can't Lucy and the scientist cross paths early? I don't get your point.
Did we need to know _exactly_ why someone might lock up a notorious and extremely dangerous Ghoul for later use?
What do you mean how would that work? Recruiting extra muscle on a highly contested bounty is not a hard to grasp concept.
Info on the Enclave facility is thin. As we don't know who is monitoring / communicating with the Enclave, why assume that no-one else would know of the escape?
No one expected dogmeat to kill a guy, forcing the scientist to flee immediately. Maybe he was going to sneak out and be halfway to Moldaver before anyone noticed, maybe she was planning an escort...
Nah Lucy meeting the acientist makes perfect sense. Dont look at it like they are seperate characters with seperate goals, its telling the story about how these guys interact.
Maximus finding the scientist is far fetched tho@@triax7006
@@triax7006look at it like pulp fiction. Telling a story of seperate goals all converging in some way. Happens in real life all the time lol
16:11 - What I took from that was, Walton Goggins's character 'The Goul' was the inspiration for the famous pip boy thumbs up.
That's exactly what it was.
That was blatantly obvious.
He was the face for Buddy, the vaultech mascot. The pip boy is the computer on their arms.
No waaaayyyyy are you serious. Oh my gawd like wow...I mean like seriously wow
@@clintonchico9547isn't it Vault Boy? Is Buddy supposed to be their official name?
Only 2 episodes deep and my family who know nothing about the IP loved it, they kept asking me what things were haha it was such a great game adaptation
That in my eyes is a success I got my family to binge watch it as well, it kinda infuriates me about the people complaining about lore inaccuracies.
i'm the gamer but had to stop my wife from bingeing the entire thing.
I wish I could get that feeling from the halo show 😔
"There you are little killer" is my favorite line of the show expertly delivered by Walton Goggins.
Surprised they didn't mention the clever reference to all the side quests from the games Goggins makes:
"Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time"
what? They did mention it.
@@luispalacios8423 Yep, they did indeed. Also snuck in the line "War. War never changes." This show is a loveletter to the Fallout games and fans of it, and i love it.
Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed that line. Mark my words, it will be memed and connected to Fallout games from now on.
@@ZoldZsolt too bad that disappears as the series goes on
@@ZoldZsoltSay the line Barb
In ep 2 when the guy that directs her to Filly says "Yea, My Aunt, she died there once too". I lost my sh*t lmao. Also in ep 3 when they hold up the headshot to the decapitated body and go "Oh yea, that's definitely him."
That line had me cracking up as well.
@@lostree1981they probably thought that “I voted for Betty” joke was fucking hilarious, and busted out dying on the floor when they, did it again.
@@lostree1981 @jeremybolt8950 what u2 crying about? the paper up scene was good humour dont cry at someone else because you cant comprehend it .. maybe understand humour is subjective?
@@zomgpie2 ^
@@BrightstoneGG let me guess, you thought borderlands 3 was a tear jerker didn’t ya?
That turret accuracy was 100% lore accurate.
the turret had a display saying "do not panic" and it wasn't joking
The Dr. and 404 had really high agility and luck and at least 2 points in moving target perk
@@edgarbriseno6210 Close but nah fam; hardcore FO4 players will understand that those stinkin' turrets have Stormtrooper aim, that's a nod to the players!
Yeah awful writing and dialogue that can hide behind the cloak of "video game logic"
@@Scarz3ny Don't know why "dialogue" was brought up for a scene that has little to none in it, but ok. And if you don't want to accept the turret missing as a nod to the games, that's also fine. However, it is a thing that those turrets are notorious for just throwing copious amounts of rounds at the player to make the fraction that hit make the player feel in danger.
Early on when the player has little armor and little health those turrets are a threat. Later in the game when you can take a lot more hits, its almost comical how much you need to get hit for those turrets to do any significant damage to the player. So the turret missing ALL its shots in the show against the doctor with no armor is definitely a stretch for plot convenience, but it is an accurate comparison to the games.
Fun Fact: Overseer Pearson is played by Leslie Uggams, who also played Blind Al in the Deadpool movies. Glad she’s getting more work.
NICE CATCH, your right.
Knew that she was familiar from somewhere!
Preferred her as Blind Al!
I just Googled her and she's 80 years old. I thought she was around 60.
who?
I love the Ghoul. He's such a badass.
That T60 Power Armor looks AWESOME and I want some IRL
I'd rather have some X-01 but I'd take T-60, preferably T-61b!
T-51b power armor is supposed to be the most advanced power armor in fallout universe before the war. T-60 is Bethesda made up power armor with no real background other than shoe horning it in fallout 4.
T-60b power armor with modified lining. A nod to cut content in Fallout 4.
@scottneil1187
I wonder if the Onclave comes into more debate in season 2 then we may see the X0-1 as its one that's kind of associated with them in previous games like fallout 2 and 3.
@@scottneil1187 Why don't you be more patriotic with a nice refreshing Nuka T-51 power armor? ;3
I loved the first four episodes, _except_ for two things:
The slapstick moments in Episode 2 with the power armour flying around (absolutely crigeworthy), and the fact that the quick cut to the Brotherhood was done too early.
I think that we, as an audience, needed to see the Wasteland as a step-out moment, like in the games. By cutting to the Brotherhood before Lucy leaves the vault, it takes away from that.
But apart from that, I think it's really good! Some great little Easter eggs and set dressing too.
Agreed that moment with the power armour was the low point for me.
Walter Goggins is a national treasure. Also, I'm hyped for 40k on Amazon given how they handled big, live action power armor so similar to Space Marine armour.
It would have to look hugely better than this. This was deliberately quite cartoony and comical looking.
@@JohnnyZenith I agree, but It's more the way it moves and interacts with normal sized, live action humans than the stylistic aspects I'm mostly talking about.
I can’t wait to see what Cavill and Amazon do with Warhammer
@@JohnnyZenith To be fair its about function over form!
The fallout armor design is kinda goofy. The power armor of the imperium would honestly have to be done in CG or at least cg enhanced for the action shots, more like Man Of Steel.
With that ending I can’t wait for season 2
I shit brick at that last shot of the season.
@@brunswic51same. It’s crazy they are going with that
@@brunswic51the strip
Spoiler comment.
I enjoyed it too but I'm not liking the idea that they may be retconning Fallout New Vegas since they mention that shady sands was wiped out I think it was shown 5 years or so before the events of fallout new vegas was to take place and shady sands was thee hub of the NCR so how could they be able to hold new vegas with their capital completely destroyed.
“You want to make my dick explode now?”
That ending did that to me haha
I imagine at first glance, the usual suspects would glance at Lucy without watching the show and go “wow, looks like Amazon is going woke once again,” but 1.) you’ve always had the choice to be a female protagonist in Fallout and 2.) she’s done very well from what I’ve seen so far. She’s not someone who’s immediately perfect like other Amazon shows. Hell, she’s far from it. She’s extremely endearing and friendly, but also horribly underprepared for what’s out in the wasteland with what she’s been taught in the vault. Like the guy with the glasses said, she needs to adapt if she’s gonna survive and so far, that’s what she’s slowly doing as she is exposed more to the wasteland.
I’ll reserve my full judgement for when I watch all of the show, but Lucy is a very engaging protagonist alongside Maximus’ brotherhood story and the Ghoul’s badassery.
Oh come on let's not act like that hasn't happened more often than not. The "usual suspects" are batting about .900 compared to you 😂
@@AngryDad. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I’m more pointing out the people who cry woke to literally everything and anything instead of just the actual examples where it’s legit hamfisted and artificial.
In episode 3 defense the ghoul says at the end about getting distracted by side quest bullshit. And the drugs are a side quest
You've completely missed the point, it's a reference to the games, you're always getting sidetracked while playing them.
@@scottneil1187 that is the point. I agree. I was just responding to what angry Joe said.
@@scottneil1187he didnt miss anything? Mayhap learn to read
i like how they made reference to gameplay and added character stories to main character backstory
People said Walter Goggins would carry the show. I'm so happy that is not the case, almost everything about the show is interesting and fun to watch.
Let's be honest though. Even if he doesn't have to carry it, his performance is definitely elevating it. I mean, dude is putting in the work, some of his best, and his best is better than most. Like, he's been building a fan base, acting in great roles in shows like Justified and movies like Hateful 8, but this is the show that could really catapult him into the stratosphere and make him a household name. If the ratings are there, and it feels like they might be. The irony of him playing a down on his luck actor when he's anything but. And he said it too, he's hoping for ten seasons. I hope his dreams come true, because I want to see where his character's story is going more than any other character.
He’s definitely one of the stronger characters but everyone was good across the board. Him, Lucy, and Maximus were all interesting in their own rights, hell even Norm
The Ghoul is outstanding,definitely the best character so far
@@lostree1981 Not 100%,the show is quite strong off the bat
@@agentsmithmememenot really, the show is pretty bad/mediocre.
He’s definitely carrying the show, honestly if he wasn’t in it I don’t think people would like this show to much.
Ghoul is literally us players getting sidetracked to side quest 😅
"The wasteland has its own Golden Rule."
"Oh yeah?! And what's that?"
"Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time."
The Ghoul is essentially a Max Level Character. He’s already seen just about everything and is considered a legend after gunslinging through the Wasteland for over 200 years.
@@MrJH101 That's how I saw it, each protagonist is meant to be a different archetype of Fallout players. Lucy is the good karma level 1 character fresh out of the vault, Max is the neutral karma character at level 10-20, and then the Ghoul is obviously level 50 evil karma.
Maximus is every player who joined the brotherhood just to get the armour 😂
That quote had me dead lol
I feel like the auto turret that misses is because the dog is special. Has like Capt America juice in her makes the right moves at the correct time.
The only little flaw imo. Sure, the turret might be a little inaccurate but spewing that much lead and hitting everywhere but them?, c'mon, even a stormtrooper isn't that bad!.
@@scottneil1187 nah see you can tell that the guy knows he needs the dog to make the right moves and get him around the corner.
this was a very stupid scene, couldve simply been edited better, i wonder why the editor showed a flat shot of probably 200 bullets fired from a high tech turret missing at 10 meters
I can only think that the turret was meant to make him stay still and not kill him, but yeah that part was really dumb
It’s because their Luck is at 10 😂
45:50 The mutant bear that they fight is called a Yao Guai in the fallout universe
No it's called a plot device that maximus conveniently never explains to anyone is the reason why titus was nearly killed, considering it is a feared enemy in the franchise. His fxn proof was the marks on the damn armor.
All he needed to do was say he got separated from titus during the attack and arrived too late to "save him." No one would've second-guessed him.
@@jprec5174 Or maybe, just maybe, everyone knew Titus was a shit bag Knight, and no one batted an eye because he died like how the Elder guessed a coward like him would've died. Maximus played into the elders whole "Brotherhood going to shit," rant, and sprinkled a little truth and that was that
it was basically the same shit... maybe you should watch MBs Transformers or something lol
@@ryoud9783 send a coward and a suspicious squire to go find extremely valuable tech that you were willing to send an entire army after in the end. Yep uh huh.
Umm yes, they sent multiple knights and squires looking for the valuable tech. 🥴
@@syrhc87 yea and i'm specifically talking about the coward and suspicious aspirant. Why rely on either when they clearly have more knights that aren't impulsive and cowardly like titus and as clueless and incapable as gary maximus stu.
Meanwhile the dumb bounty hunters realize how incapable they are and how big of a threat/opportunity an enclave escapee going to an NCR commander decide to recruit the baddest mofo in the wasteland (mr ghoul). Unfortunately they were apparently also too dumb to keep their egos in check.
When the line "war never changes" was mentioned. It gave me chills lol.
I waited for that line.
Threw my hands up in the air when they finally said it.
Yeah, so good. I actually said the line before the line was said. Knew it was coming but such a great moment.
Same, the build up to that moment and how well the show portrayed the game’s environment and tone.. I clapped at that line. So well done
I like how the vault dweller also had to deal a few times with the companions going haywire and murdering everyone while you yell at the screen to stop.
Yeah when Maximus in Power Armor started to wreck that second vault while we were like "NOOO STOP!" 🤣
@@joebenzz I use to have that problem with Charon in 3. Everything would be fine then all of a sudden I hear "want some of this" and screams and explosions would ensue.
What I loved about the show is how each storyline is so fleshed out. At first I thought Norman the brother would be this side screen character that only exists to prop up how brave Lucy is. Then she leaves and he gets an actual storyline, that came around to be my favorite in the vault and was so tense the entire time. Lucy, Ghoul are amazing. Maximus may be the only weak character, just feels like hes often just standing there saying nothing as things happen to him. But the show is still super good cant wait for the next season.
The last episode made me laugh because Maximus has the same basic expression when he’s unconscious as when he’s awake. Most of the time his face is completely immobile.
He's thee only thing I don't like about the series. Oh wait... The Michael Rappaport thing as well. So those are the TWO things.
Honestly Norm is my favourite character. The actor is fucking amazing, acting just with facial expressions.
Yeah, not sure if the Maximus actor was miscast or if he was told not to emote for some reason, but I did not care about him at all. The Brotherhood itself is a fine storyline, but Maximus needs to get more interesting next season.
I love how the first scenes with Lucy are almost like a character select where you choose the science, communication, charisma etc stats in the game.
Halo set the bar so low that anything else is going to look like Breaking Bad and The Wire in comparison.
I hate how this is true
This is such an arrogant and condecending thing to say lol. I feel sorry for people who think like you.
I didn't watch Halo. Loved Fallout.
@@bryce1029 that is not true whatsoever. Almost an insult to something that is good. Fallout is a good show. Its such a backhanded statement
@@louspowels7120 getting ratio doesn't mean you're right
this show was so good that i sat and watched all 8 episodes back to back to back to back to back to back to back to back. Ive never done that before with anything. 9.5/10
How do I watch this show?
@@katmiller614 Amazon Prime
@@rianholmes1139 ah darn do you know how much it is to subscribe to.
@@katmiller614be a pirate then!
30 day free trial bro
Anyone else notice that maximus came out of the fridge like the ghoul kid in fallout 4
I like to think they're poking fun at Crystal Skull.
That's a great observation. I didn't connect that.
That's exactly what I thought!!😂
The kid you could choose to sell for some caps 😂😂😂
Fallout has been done justice on a nuclear level.
It's da bomb.
fallout 3 and 4 maybe...certainly not 1 and 2
@@sWejk That battle has been lost since 2004. Let it go.
@@pllpsy665
The active sexual violence inflicted onto the series under Bethesda will never be forgiven
Need i remind you they are THAT SPITEFUL that they retconned the NCR to be taken out by a single nuke
A nuke by Vault-tech
Jesus, are you all so mindbroken by Todds slop that this is considered good?
@@commisaryarreck3974 It's not a retcon, learn how arrows work
thought the exact same thing about Space Marines. The way the squire interacted with whoever was in the power armor gave off major imperial soldier to space marine vibe.
Them ditching the head, Noggins says that the digestion of the Gulpher is very slow. That's why he moves on to get drugs. Because for him not becoming feral is a top priority
The Nolan brothers. A godly duo
Brits and Americans hitting it out the park.
My name is Nolan 😊
and both made shows about nuclear bombs.
Everything they touch is gold
@@odd-collection not Dark Knight Rises.
I genuinely am surprised how good this show is I’m having a great time with it. id even say its worth a rewatch. now i have the urge to replay Fallout 4
Same Here! It was so good, better than The Last of Us.
@@refugeehugsforfree4151 Last of us was good. but as far as video game shows this is my fav.
I loved it too but I'd rather replay a good Fallout game
I'm gonna replay all the Fallout games.
Wait for the update on April 25th
Maximus dropping the gun during the fight with the Ghoul actually happened because the gun got shot out of his hand, which you can do in the games through V.A.T.S. by aiming at a person's weapon.
I binge watched all 8 when they released and it's a great series from start to finish!
Me too.
thanks to Johnathan Nolan.
who wouldn't its like playing a fallout game where you start at like 8 in the morning and dont finish your first part of a play through untill midnight and your only like 10% of the game
After Rings of Power’s utter dumpster fire of a first season I had literally no hope for this show. My god am I glad I was wrong. I’m 5 episodes in and holy f*ck it’s been great! Finally a show that does good by the established lore and the community that loves it. I love Fallout and I’m digging this show so far.
My girlfriend has no experience with fallout and she’s being loving it. Pausing the show to have me explain what a stim pak is or wtf a ghoul is 😂
I think this series easily just took the entire Fallout universe straight to the cinematic screen. I had really high hopes with very low expectations starting it, and I was absolutely blown away. The distances they went had me literally guessing what's next. After finishing the series, I can honestly say that the worst part of the show was that it ended, and the next season is going to feel like it will take forever to get here.
No. It took fallout 4 only and did that. It's got nothing to do with New Vegas, Fallout 1 or Fallout 2.
@kinagrill Yeah, because it didn't have anything to do with the NCR, Shady Sands, California, or the ending scene wasn't New Vegas. You should probably go re-watch the show.
@@kinagrill I thought Fallout 4 was set in Boston on the east coast, while the show is in LA on the west coast.
If only halo was given this treatment but amazon doing a good job on this gives me a little more confidence that amazon could handle there rumoured mass effect show
And their WH40k project. The power armor suit tech is going to come in pretty fucking handy in there.
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I think this is the best videogame adaptation so far. You bring up the last of us and that show was great. But its just a zombie apocalypse with hivemind zombies.
This show is impressive. There is so much to the universe that it seems really hard to adapt into one story. But they were able to fit so much in. The vaults, mutated creatures, the brotherhood of steel, the ncr, ghouls, raiders, fiends, chems, etc.
Not only did they dump so much information on us, they did it in a way that was actually interesting
It's way, way more than just hive mind zombie apocalypse. It's a story about loss and redemption first and foremost.
@@scottneil1187 ...yeah, as are most stories. I'm just talking about adapting the larger world.
What about supermutants tho?
Better than Arcane? Doubt it.
@@pedrokantor3997 I haven't seen it, I'm sorry.
I’m stoked that Hank is on his way to see Mr House at the end 🔥
I was HOPING for that. Fuck yes.
Ehat ending is the cannon for new vegas, is Houe still alive in it. Because i always kill him.
@@edgarbriseno6210 I guess we will find out in Season 2. We killed Mr. House but perhaps this sets something else off. I guess it would depend on why our PC killed him as well. But killing him leaves a power vacuum, perhaps this opened up a takeover of New Vegas by Vault-Tec. Or maybe the the NCR was re-established there absent Mr. House, as Hank was persuing her.
To me it’s a 9.5 having finished all 8 episodes and I can’t wait for Season 2 in 2027
Wait, what? That long?!
@@Piss-Poor-Infantrythey're shooting S2 in September
Dang we gotta wait that long 😢
@@jordanfletcher3726 I don’t know, there’s currently no information available however it has been renewed for at least 1 more season as confirmed by Amazon so good news there.
@@Piss-Poor-Infantry I don’t know, there’s currently no information available however it has been renewed for at least 1 more season as confirmed by Amazon so good news there.
Looking forward to see the "Mysterious Stranger" save the day.😮
Oh shit!
Lucy's eyes seem like they take up 80% of her face but she is still so beautiful and adorable. Her eyes for some reason fit the fallout games lol
Her naive-ness and “Okey dokey!” Attitude is hilarious and exactly how I would like a vault dweller interaction with the world should be
Her naive-ness is awful..
@@DepthFromAboveshe’s a vault dweller, why wouldn’t she be naive?
Amazon has also done a great job adapting the works of Philip K Dick, with both shows electric dreams and particularly the Man in the high Castle, which is one of my favorite shows
Unitil they totally screwed it up and ruined it and rushed it as it was cancelled.
Electric Dreams was produced by Channel 4, Amazon just bought the rights to show it in USA
The first two seasons of MITHC were amazing. However when the nazis decided to experiment with multi dimensional domination, thats where it went downhill for me. ( I could suspend my disbelief with the Nazis having the logistical resources to conquer North America, but time travel was too much of a shark to jump)
I am guessing that was part of the source material too
I was there for the first episode filming of Man in the High Castle. That episode was actually filmed at a dive bar in Seattle called the Quarter Lounge. I used to live right across the street. Random useless fact, but it was cool to see my local bar in the show.
Lucy is the type of female main protagonist that the industry needs to thrive, she´s fun, engaging and not annoying, and this is rare as fuck these days
Whenever anyone criticizes the usual woke shallow female characters, you get the usual 'oh you just hate women' response, but Lucy is a good example of what people want. An actual decently written character, who's not forced in to represent agendas or check boxes.
@@truthisforbidden
That's also because in the very beginning, you go through a small montages where she basically lists her "build" with things like unarmed and small guns, speech etc.
But then she gets her ass kicked multiple times and never goes that far where she becomes a Mary sue.
They built her where she has some talents, but it's obvious she dumped her stats into charisma and speech over guns and other things.
So her special would probably look like 4,5,4,9,9,3
I've still seen ppl screaming that this show is "woke trash", but I think it just says more about themselves than the show 😅
I was actually worried she'd be perfect out of the box but got her ass beat, despite having been very physically fit and trained but obviously training isn't the real thing, but she has a good foundation to improve and now the opportunity or Need to use and hone her training and learn new things to survive.
It's refreshing because every show has a 120-pound female lead that throws around 200 pound plus dudes like nothing because to them its a F%$k you to the male patriarchy i guess. It's been done over and over since the late 90s.
Absolutely it is a good show it has it's bad moments but it's still good, I recommend watching it. 8.5/10
The pacing had problems but that’s the only problem I could see
@@firstlast9846that is definitely the major problem
A very fair score actually. I'm going with the same.
I think the bad moments are when the main characters out of nowhere, run into each other at a moment notice. Especially if any of the characters are in danger the other one is right there in time. This has been a cliche in shows and movies for years now, and it’s bad writing ✍️ in parts. But the overall story for this show was good. I say the world building, and some standout characters saved this show for me. Including that dark ending twist. I love the direction and can’t wait for season 2.
@@supertrendymoneymaker0722in fallout that Preston garvey
Just finished the season. Holy crap, I was not expecting such a well written story! It all gets tied together in the last 2 episodes, and it was fantastic.
After this review, a new settlement needs your help. I'll mark it on your map
Executioner!
Shut up Preston!
I liked it better than Last of Us personally
Last of us felt a bit empty to me
@@UlyssesM yea I thought it was good just I think they needed more episodes for the way the told the story
I agree, and last of us needed more episodes it felt rushed and the relationship between joel and ellie should have been developed way more.
TLOU was good but they should've stretched that 1st game to a 2nd season.
@@stridix007 yep a lot of missed opportunity
Being a 90's kid I don't know if I should be excited or afraid for the next phase of Hollywood in video game adaptations but this brings me some hope.
They were so faithful to the original even the combat feels just as light as it does in game! All in all besides the questionable fight choreography it was a blast to watch, loved it.
Joe when the Ghoul abandons the head seemingly kinda fast, he does say he's "got time, gulpers digest really slowly" so him getting more drugs to not turn feral is more important. Especially cuz they hinted that since he one of the oldest known ghouls in the area maybe he can turn quicker without em. (Even though in the games there's plenty of "pre-war" aged ghouls, and the drug doesn't exist)
The scientist dodged all the turret's bullets cuz he went hard into the Luck stat
Not even that, the turrets (at least in Fallout 4) are notorious for having the stormtrooper esc aim. Now not landing a single shot against the doctor while he's wearing zero armor is definitely a stretch, but the games do have the turrets shooting copious rounds at the player for the shear chance that even 10-20% land and damage the player. Which seems more dangerous at the beginning with little health and armor, but becomes almost comedic later in the game when the turrets need to land a bunch of shots to do significant damage and the player realizing just how many total shots need to be taken in order to do so.
I loved the fact alot of small sound effects were added in as a mini Easter egg for the people who have played the games, it definitely gave the show an extra bit of charm and I love it.
Can't wait for season 2 because that final scene has got me really hyped.
The little pipboy plink!.
No way the moldy helmet is back lol
the biggest and worst offender in the series, was not including Ron Perman doing war, war never changes. It should have been in the show somewhere and not giving it to a very minor character to just throw it out there.
That is so miscellaneous...who gives a shit? Just say the damn line.
*WAR NEVER CHANGES*
Which is why what happened to the NCR doesn't bother me one bit. Nobody ever gets a happy ending in this universe.
@CorrvenGill FINALLY someone who understands.. the whole point of the series is that war never changes or ends.. chances are every faction gets annihilated and another takes its place with their own views to save the world
*War... has changed*
- Snake
@@firstlast9846 I hope they make the BoS main antagonists. I got the impression that they are so far removed from what they used to be that they are basically the "bad guys".
It absolutely does, compare medieval warfare to trench warfare to guerilla warfare to modern techno warfare. War absolutely does change.
There are Four stories
Everyone seem to forget about her brother back in the vault :P
Yes and his story is equally interesting
I will say, I find it fascinating how the dog was used to humanize characters. For example we first see the ghoul injure the dog, reinforcing the impression that he is a bad person, yet after the shootout in Filly, he takes the time to heal the dog. Even if part of it is for the bounty, there most likely is some hint of humanity within the husk that remains after the bombs
You could take it that way... or... maybe he did it because he realized the dog was the best way to find it's owner.
(However, we get more clues he loves dogs later in the series.).
Its a very well known and well worn trope in fiction - wanna show a bad guy is a bad guy - have them kick a dog, wanna show a good guy is a good guy - have him be nice to the dog.
10/10 for me, they nailed it.
agreed
I wouldn't give it a 10/10 but I'd give it a solid 7. Good shit either way.
@epileptictrees5213 why a 7. What's keeping it down
9/10 for me...I personally don't like too much music or music montages as I think it's just filler to add time. It's like GNR is on half the time in any given episode. Other than that the show does everything right IMO.
They absolutely nailed it for sure, a lot more fanservice/lore implications than I thought I'd see from a Prime Video adaption. The finale was insane.
This was absolutely fantastic! 10/10 Just throw Nolans money. Walton Goggins has a really odd pigeon toed walk, But as the Ghoul It just looked really cool. Surprisingly Ella Purnell absolutely killed it. I loved her character as a naive yet very strong badass in training. Also the comedy was top notch. I loved the show and it has caused me to fall down the Rabbit Hole. I have every fallout game queued to play.
It's best to start with New Vegas and then move on to 3 and 4. 1 and 2 are a bit outdated.
As far as older RPG's go Fallout 1 &2 are still very easy to get into.
I know it sounds silly, but the last scene from third episode where Walton is doing the vault tec promo. I loved how it ended with the flash of the camera and his big smile. Very simple Scene but it Means so much. It looked like a guy smiling at the flash of a Nuke and I assume It's suppose its meant to be that way.
Cant wait for season 2!
Why? In the credits New Vegas is destroyed.
@@haewymetalshut up go away no negativity
@@haewymetal Last I checked, it's still in tact. Shut up and go back to Vault 33.
@@haewymetalit's a credit scene it is completely irrelevant
@@22QXX112 Don't be a ostrich man...
Im really confused about the NCR is the size of the NCR retconed down to just shady sands?
Lead farmers are walking around in Ranger veteran armor? The toughest soldiers in the NCR
Maybe the NCR pulled everything they left in the area around Shady Sands and moved to the boneyard, Hub, or Vault city or any other settlement?
I really like season 1 but everything could definitely collapse in season 2
Definitely interested in seeing how Mr House is handled
This brotherhood has to be the east moving back west too
i don't think so, the poster thing said shady sands the first capital of the ncr, which implies there are other capitals. the lead farmer probably used to be an ncr ranger, the ghoul implies he was shot by him in the past
Did the sign by anychance said the first capital as in it not the capital anymore.
I sure hope the NCR comes back alive and kicking. It will truly suck if the NCR is just a crumbling country.
The scene with Titus and the bear I thought was funny but really contrived. This experienced knight didn't pop some shots off and would rather stand there swearing and running after clearly being able to punch the bear off him? Behavior in service to the plot is what that was. Love the rest of the show though! Binged it the day it came out lol.
It fits with with bos. They are known for heavy mission failures due to their actions. They can still be killed in lower armor. Lol they are literally littered around the wastelands.
1:26:24 I would disagree. Lucy is very naive. She just saw Cooper friend losing it, but she didn't know that they go crazy and attack, or eat people.
1:28:51 Well you have to look at it from his perspective. He's always been scourging for the drugs, and felt defensive about it. Probably would've hide some in his hat, and taken the box.
I took it that he had gotten high and was doing high things.
I tried so hard to get my brother to play Fallout but he never had an interest in it. I started watching episode 1 and my brother decided to watch it for me. I was so happy to see him get fully engaged with the story through the series. It was so fun to binge at once for the 8+ hours it too to fully watch.
With the gulper turning inside out:
I think the fingers go all the way down the throat, but they don’t bend backward. When Maximus is pulling the squire out you see the fingers straining, caught on the squires clothes. Maximus braces his foot on the anchor, and tugs. The fingers cause the gut to get turned inside out.
(Spoiler!)
One thing I thought was kinda weird is that at the beginning of the show the ghoul struggled dealing with Maximus even though at the end of the show he knows that he can shoot through the bottom part of the t-60’s torso plate armor.
I took it as he had forgotten.. and remembered this stuff via the flashbacks we witnessed and iirc he recalled that flaw in one of them
I am halfway through S1 and I am personally enjoying the random weird encounters the main characters are having with some of the denizens (similar to the npcs in the games) and the amount of looting going on 👍.
When she waves and says hi at the couple weaving through the ruined cars. They pretty much ignored her. Like a non talking NPC does in videogames lol. I notice it happens more than once Also, listen to the market people and how they interact.
You can even get this feeling when there's a stat check that either passes or fails. When Max asked for the discount on the repair, it instantly gets denied. Or when Lucy walks into the middle of the active shootout. They all pause and talk. It's a total Fallout move.
The first guy killed with the junkjet was a Minuteman, also I like to think that the turrets completely missing the scientist was a little indication to him having a high Luck stat, which you'd probably need to escape the Enclave.
The chick with a mustache was a bit distracting but aside from that the show is pretty good.
Yeah I eye rolled hard on that.
not be the a stickler, but no barracks bunny is really over a 6.
@AllyMonsters the actor identified as male so I think they were def portraying them as a dude
@@gosh402 still distracting to see. Trans people that dont pass are distracting, thats just how the human brain works.
Xelia Mendes-Jones .
Good actor, easy going. Seems to be an up and comer.
Only good thing Bethesda put out in years
Fallout 76 is banging now.
@@scottneil1187 mid
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@@johnniewalker33mid doesn't mean bad so it still counts in a way.
@@CantRead1 mid also doesn't count as "Good thing"
Seeing Matt Berry made me so happy. Caught his voice on the robot. Ramiro Djawadi’s score is fantastic as well.
The fact he plays the Mr Handy Voice actor and his last name is Codsworth was so good. Even explaining that Robco bought the rights to his voice from another company entirely is peak fallout.
This is the best game adaptation I have ever seen to this date. Nothing but love for the fans, yet a unique story that keeps things fresh. Cast is killing it so far!
So if the ghoul knew about the “design flaw”, why did he have a hard time beating Max at the beginning?
Maybe he had forgotten. After all he was in the ground for a while.. and 200 years is a long time to live.
He has a point
I thought the same thing. I think that is one thing the writers forgot about between episode 1 and episode 8. It happens.
I think he knew that the dude was absolutely not a threat with the comment about basic training wasn't what it used to be and to read the manual so yeah he could've killed Maxx but doesn't really kill unless it's necessary like he did with the ncr rangers son. Also he didn't know for sure that the flaw was still present in the t60, it was in his the t45 at Anchorage. So his first shot he literally says I wonder if that flaw is still present cuz capitalism sucks and they were probably too arrogant and greedy to fix it in later models
@@supranova7594 dude the guy almost killed dog meat and you think he only kills when he has to? 😂
I’m sad that a “season” was only eight episodes; but I really enjoyed all of them.
This could be the best show in the last five years!
Good balance between 3 primary character plots. Plenty of teasing for season 2, and references to DLCs (Big Mt, Casinos, etc). Definitely loved the New Vegas tease.
Watched all of it in one night with my fiance who knows nothing about fallout. And she LOVED it. I'm so excited to play the fallout games with her
Start her on New Vegas!
Did anyone else see the Vaultboys and yell at the screen. "PICK IT UP!!! COME ON DO IT FOR THE GAMERS AND PICK IT UP!"
I would have been hilarious if Lucy tried to take as much as she could from the supermarket put it all in a giant backback and became encumbered. And had to put the backback down and take some stuff out so she could move normally again.
Missed opportunity for sure😂but the Squire bags was definitely a reference for that
I know this is only the 1st 4 episodes but overall as a a series Id give it a solid 8. They definitely took the Bloody Mess perk, but some of the humor especially with Maximus and Titus just felt too forced. Also not a fan of what they did to a very well known location in the 2nd half of the series and the lore surrounding it and how they handle the NCR. Finally dock points for no Ron Perlman "War never changes" and for no mutants or deathclaws.
Walton Goggins is a fantastic actor who can make any role be cool and he definitely killed it with The Ghoul. Im a little worried about the reveal to set up season 2 but also cant wait for it and theyre apparently gonna start filming in September so hopefully around this time next year we'll get season 2
I wonder if the people in the show are going to t pose and clip through walls cause that would be the most accurate.
pretty sure this is Fallout, not Cyberprank 2077
In Fallout 3, i used to see Protectrons walking high up in the air from time to time. There were also Deathclaws falling from the sky.
One way they could pull that off would be them sleeping on the bed T posed lol
Its not Cyberpunk 2077 TV Show.....its fallout
I cant wait for the seen where the main character gets locked into a dialogue with a side character and in the distance comes running a Deathclaw who the side character is oblivious to until they get smacked.
It's a reference to how you can build those turrets at your settlement and they barely ever hit anything even though they are firing off hundreds of 5.56 rounds.
I knew what fallout was but I never played it. I love the series. They wrote it well enough so I could follow the story. It is really good and entertaining. I hope there will be more seasons.
After watching all the episodes I can say is the best adaptation of a videogame we've ever had, via tv show or cinema.
The way this guys respected the game world and the tone is mindblowing. They got everything right and it works by itself too. Pretty sure you will understand everything even if you don't know the games, and that's good story telling. Also, I don't know why all the reviews talk about "three main characters". There are four. Lucy's brother, Norm, has his own character arc and is quite important. Good video, guys!
I like the character development and what each main protagonist represents
Lucy: Despite what we are being told as kids or at school, being an altruist will more often than not hurt You.
Maximus: Being an egoist sometimes is simply the best option. Also, sometimes being open about something may be your doom.
Cooper: Being an ass may work, as some are just not suited for being part of team. But sooner or later you will find yourself in a situation completely out of your control and you will have to rely on good will of someone else.
Basically this world feels... real. Its not black and white. No character is completely good or bad. Sometimes you might think you are doing a good thing, while actually you are just destroying something.
Lucy is a good female character. FINALLY. She's not pretending to be a man. She's spunky cute and trained well. And she has all this and did not sacrifice her femininity. I give this address a lot of credit. She plays a sheltered well educated vault dweller
She is race mixing that is not ok, woke garbage
@@voluntarism335 what does woke mean
@@voluntarism335why is it not ok?