Fallout [Amazon]

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(Damned if I can find a previous thread with this new search; let me know if one was opened already...)

Based on the popular video game franchise, set in a post apocalyptic world, itself set in the aftermath of an alternative, almost satirical version of 1950s America is nuked into oblivion. The tone of the games is often deeply comedy angled; black humour mostly.

Walton Goggins is the first cast announcement, set to play a lead as a yet unnamed Ghoul.

https://deadline.com/2022/02/fallout-walton-goggins-star-prime-videos-tv-series-ghoul-kilter-films-jonathan-nolan-1234956734/

Agent Coulson

Walton Goggins makes this a must watch anyway.

pixelburp

He's a very underappreciated actor, with excellent comedic chops so maybe that gives some indication they'll be angling this with a wink in its eye. Any Fallout show that hasn't got dark humour through its veins would be an immediate fail IMO

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Another cast announcement; Ella Purnell to star in another undisclosed role; haven't watched Yellowjackets so no idea how good/bad an actor she is.

https://www.avclub.com/ella-purnell-amazon-fallout-tv-show-walton-goggins-1848729960

fitz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118860530#Comment_118860530

Yellowjackets is well worth a watch.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118860770#Comment_118860770

So I've heard, but it'll only go into the Giant Pile marked "things I heard I should watch that are good" lol 😂

Heckler

After Justified and The Shield I will give anything with Goggins a go. Didn't stick with the SEAL team thing he did but he's always watchable. Only played Fallout 4. Interesting to see where this goes.

markw7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118863957#Comment_118863957

You should check out Vice Principals so if you like him. Goggins and McBride play off each other well in it.

Heckler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118866527#Comment_118866527

I tried it. Remember liking it but got distracted by something else as usual. Too much choice ! Will try it again.

pixelburp

Kyle MacLachlan had been cast, another undisclosed role. Could see him as a Vault Tec executive.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265021#Comment_119265021

Could easily be a crooked topside mayor too.

There is a fantastic amount of lore to work with so I really hope they don't go with too deep or focused a story arc. Someone playing around in the wasteland like a post apocalyptic Firefly would be amazing.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268943#Comment_119268943

Oh yeah, basically anything sleazy is probably a good shout.

There's tonnes of lore to work with, and it'll be interesting to know if we'll visit somewhere visited like Washington, or somewhere new. Or indeed, if we'll leave a Fallout Shelter at all: it's not entirely crazy to think the series might set itself within the confines of a Vault-Tec shelter, Season 1 about trying to battle an Overseer and escaping to a Promised Land ... oops, it's a radioactive hell zone.

My main worry/concern/hope is that the humour is kept intact. The series has never been like Borderlands and drowning in meta snark... but there has been a dark comedic edge informing everything - especially visible in the alt-1950s American iconography.

EoinMcLovin

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJow0gObG6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Just started Filming

pixelburp

Looks like it's definitely keeping the 50s Americana anyway

WillmaDickfit

looks good , the set

pixelburp

Looks like we're spending time in Vault 32; the set looks absolutely spot-on, as does the Vault Boy themed iconography & design.

https://twitter.com/LoneVaultWander/status/1559668716719050752

breezy1985

I would love to visit that set. It looks perfect.

TheValeyard

That looks spot on. Could be a good show if they get the balance right.

"So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no

Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go"

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119487367#Comment_119487367

Doesn't look like they've strayed from the art style at all, so you'd wanna think the soundtrack will be a collection of period appropriate tracks.

The set looks expensive, wouldn't be surprised if the show charts a plot inside the Vault, and outside.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119488750#Comment_119488750

Could either follow a few stories, have the Vault Dweller still using it as a base or do flash backs.

I suppose the set will also get redressed for visiting other vaults.

TheValeyard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119488850#Comment_119488850

Usually this never goes well. Other vaults are cursed. Lol

Imagine ending up in Vault 11, 42 or 92!!

TheValeyard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119488750#Comment_119488750

I'd think it weird if they didn't use that old timey wimey music. I'm so used to it from Fallout 3 onwards.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119488944#Comment_119488944

That has to be a definite translation from the games; the whole point of Vault-Tec was their twisted purpose to make every Vault a science experiment, no matter how immoral that might have been. Lots of possibilities there for messed up storytelling.

More set pics, the detail is fantastic:

https://twitter.com/robots_radio/status/1559681112162582528

breezy1985

I'd happily watch a season of stand alone "Twilight Zone" episodes set in different vaults.

Although seeing the BoS armour in that photo was pretty amazing too.

Mr Crispy

Hopefully they nail the aesthetics with the likes of the fauna too. No half-assing the Mirelurks and Deathclaws please!

TheValeyard

Looking forward to see how they manage deathclaws.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493087#Comment_119493087

A Fatman is the best way to manage Deathclaws

pixelburp

I remember in New Vegas there was a quarry that had about a dozen Deathclaws (and an uber one too IIRC); I saw an abandoned crane in the middle so I scarpered over to it as fast as I could. Then managed to glitch my way up its collision mesh so I was sitting at the top (sliding around it like it was an ice rink; ahhhh wonky game engines).

Proceeded to just snipe away at the Deathclaws, happy and smug. Until I realised I hadn't packed nearly enough ammunition for the job, and proceeded to get smushed when I attempted to scarper.

breezy1985

Hopefully the high quality sets are an indication of high quality CGI. There does seem to be a shocking amount of bad CGI out there now though.

pixelburp

In celebration of the game's 25th anniversary, a first screenshot was dropped of this;

https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1584953052401848321

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Cute little video about the show, complete with a refreshing Nuka Cola. Didn't realise Jonathan Nolan had an American accent - that's weird.

https://youtu.be/JbFMuQeHxnM