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What are everyone's thoughts on the Amazon series? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world to c/fallout@lemmy.world

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My kids and I watched the first two episodes last night, and I'm impressed. It feels like Fallout. I like the characters so far, and they squeeze in enough game references to keep my brain spiking with recognition.

We set the bar pretty low on video game adaptations, but I feel this one's doing alright so far!

What does everyone else think? (Let's keep spoilers to a minimum. Most of us probably weren't able to watch the whole thing in one night.)

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[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Walton Goggins is killing it. Cooper Howard is definitely my favorite character so far to see his pre-bombs dropping persona vs the smartass ghoul he has become. I really like the exploration of the division that was spreading amongst everyone in the flashbacks.

As far as adaptation, I am pretty happy. I think they are threading the needle relatively well with lore so that someone who hasn't played the games can pick things up quickly and enjoy(?) the fucked up world of the wasteland.

Favorite quote so far "Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit, every damn time."

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

To be 100% true to the games, the show would have to spend 25 years on bullshit side quests before they get anywhere close to finding the Overseer.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

My wife and I saw the first two episodes last night as well, and we both really enjoyed it. Me as a long-time fan, and her going in totally blind.

It pretty much felt like playing the game, which is about as high of praise as I can possibly give.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Watching ep. 1 right now. It's pretty brilliant.

Loved the blue and yellow cowboy suits, shame that was 200 years ago... there's a flashback story there...

Glad to see it's not just the vault dweller story, but the knights too.

And how about that Maximus? I hear Marvel needs a new Kang, maybe de-age him a bit?

Also dug using Predicta TVs but I'm biased. :)

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I said this in another post but it seems more appropriate here. I'm liking how the show is exploring things about the world that the games can't. Like how the brotherhood ranks work in relation to each other, reproduction and sex in and out of the vaults, what people think of the vaults, and mostly how dangerous raiders can be and how brutal the watlsteland actually is.

[–] Mishmash2000@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago

I loved every minute of it! Thought it was incredibly well cast! Lucy & her brother, The Goul, Ma June and Wilzig were among my favourites! I loved the world, the T60 armour, the wildlife, Filly, Snip-Snip, the pre-war period and how they managed to get at least three main characters through their own interlocking story arcs and come to a satisfactory conclusion so that if there was never a season 2 it still felt pretty complete. Looking forward to seeing more in this world!

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely fantastic. My partner and I loved it. I'm seeing a lot of whiny butthurt about how it "bastardized the canon" though and people are now "done with the series". I say, "bye felicia!"

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I haven't finished the series yet, but I heard >!it was Vault Tech who dropped the nukes!<

If that's the bastardisation you're referring to, it's actually not surprising if you've been paying attention. >!Vault Tech are fucking demons. Half of their vaults are sadistic torture chambers disguised as "experiments", it makes total sense they would have instigated everything!<

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You are correct. That, and >!some inconsistencies in the timeline they think rendered NV non canon. However, I think that's an exaggeration.!< Fanboys are gonna fanboy, though. They don't like it because it's not their ideal lore, so they're pretending it isn't canon and getting super dramatic over on reddit. So cringey.

There's SO many suggestions and hints though. Anyone who actually read the lore in terminals and the various journal entries would've seen that coming. It 100% makes sense.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, Bethesda is salty as fuck that the best game in the franchise they had nothing to do with.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Lol yeah, I think I read somewhere they got beef with obsidian and nv.