Fallout TV Show - A Newcomer's Perspective (Episode 1)
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- A newcomer's perspective on the Amazon Prime Fallout television series. Enter the nuclear wasteland and watch a rundown of the first episode as we give our noob opinions. Get ready for Vaults⚙️, Ghouls🧟♂️, and Nuka-Cola🥤.
As viewers unfamiliar with the rich world of Fallout, we reflect on the show without that juicy, prior knowledge. Lots of great world-building, set and prop design, story-telling, and filmmaking in this first foray into Fallout for the masses. 🚨 Obviously episode 1 spoilers ahead! 🚨
Would love to hear what ya'll fellow newbies and game vets alike think about the show! 💬
Highlights! ...
🏆 Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Clifton Moten are excellent. Casting overall is great.
🏆 The set design and props are top notch. IO wants (to be) a Pip-Boy!
🏆 Story set-up for those new to Fallout is great. I'm sure fans of the game will love all the attention to detail, too.
I think it's gonna be a real winner! (insert VaultBoyThumbsUp.jpg)
Thanks4Watching!
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I'm curious to hear what everyone else thinks! Both newcomers and those that've played the games, does the show deliver?
Yes.
It definitely does, imo. I rank it close to The Last of Us adaptation! I've seen people rank it above even, due to the fact that the story and characters are mostly new, while The Last of Us could rely heavily on an already spectacular script.
Writing-wise I think they made it exciting to new watchers as well as fans, to fans because of the references, and to new people because of the way these references are inserted, almost like little clues for you to understand the universe but with a satisfying explanation later, where the viewer can feel smart for putting things together a bit earlier.
There are some pacing flaws and some parts that are purely for flavor, but I think overall it's a great show and I'm looking forward to the next season.
Having played the games I feel like I can theorize more, and that's probably why a lot of people have started the games after finishing the TV show. It reminds me a lot of when WestWorld was ongoing and the online community got busy with it.
One fun thing about the making of it is that they bought/commissioned props from Cosplayers and fans, so you know there's a lot of love in the details that we see.
@@Moesaurus Woah, that's awesome about the props from cosplayers! I Didn't know that. Props to them (pun obviously intended). I was curious whether the choice to release it all at once vs weekly had anything to do with the existing fan base and whether it might be hard to keep things spoiler-free when newcomers might be flooded with existing-fan commentary between episodes? Though, arguably just as hard to do with a binge release. 🤷♂
@@legitimatech hm, I could only theorize about that..
Considering The Last of Us had a known story and was still released on a weekly basis, maybe they weren't sure about Fallout's reception and decided to go with that because it's easier to keep people watching something unknown if they binge.
My partner knew nothing of Fallout and felt like some parts were really cool, but some parts were a little confusing. It took episode two to get them fully engaged with it. Should also be taken into account that they're not into things that look too hopeless, so a different audience.
As for the spoiler part, I think anything that can be spoiled by game knowledge either needs way too much explanation (gives people time to run away) or isn't such a game changer (ex: explaining how items work) or are slightly different from the games and better explained on the show itself 🤔
I've played every game except for Brotherhood Of Steel and Tactics. The show most definitely delivers. The amount of references alone is enough to sell me. Add in the character building, the sets, the aesthetic, and the fact that I can recognize character builds, perks, Etc, from the games, and the visual storytelling is all on par? Best video game to live action adaptation ever. That scene in the house where the family took cyanide when the bombs dropped... 100% pure Fallout environmental storytelling.
Your robot looks like an Enclave Eye bot from fallout 3
Oh snap, hah, you're right! It was destiny. IO now knows what to be for Halloween...
ED-E, or “Eddie” from Fallout: New Vegas.
how does this channel have such little views
Bro. It means so much to me that you'd say that. I'll just keep making vids and hope for the best!
I believe it's because he's not really reacting to the show itself, just the cinematography. He talks over the entire show and doesn't listen to the dialog. Are least that's why I'm not subscribing.
@@scubadawgy i feel like thats a plus honestly
@@enderbro1550I'm not putting him down, I'm just answering your question as to why he doesn't have a lot of views. He didn't react to the show at all. I mean, he didn't laugh at any of the funny parts, react when people got killed, etc. I'm pretty sure he didn't hear Muldaver tell Lucy that she looked like her mother. Which was a big moment. He had a flat affect throughout. People watch reactors to see their reactions. People want to see others enjoy the show as much as they did. They want to re-live their first time watching the show vicariously through the reactor. It's like when you ask a friend to watch one of your favorite movies. You want them to enjoy it just as much as you. You would be disappointed if they talked the entire movie and didn't really get anything that happened.
They don't ever shut the f up. That is why!
Wow! I really like the style of your video and your commentary. I'm surprised this doesn't have more views considering the effort you clearly put into this. You got yourself a new fan! 👍
Thanks Jeeeter, I'm humbled by the views it is getting already. Very fun for me. See you on the next one! 🙌
Also I want to make a comment on the point you made about the exposed tubing on the armor being impractical, is that in the fallout world the big companies that made the armor cut major corners to save money which they use in the show later but the impracticality is actually a call in to the world of Fallout
Gotcha, yeah, it great hearing ya'll's insight into the lore. Excited to see more...
I really like this how you guys did this watch party style show! I can't wait to see more
Hey thanks, I'm glad it's resonated with people! Def will try to keep it going.
Welcome to the wasteland! Gameplayer here, and the feeling I got while watching this was like a passive-view version of playing Fallout - quite literally everything you see, so many of the actions and behaviors like Lucy using a Stimpak to heal from stabbing, the Junk Jet (which can shoot just about anything), and the factions themselves that inhabit the world. It lives up to the feeling of the Fallout series of games while creating an entirely new but Lore-dependent exploration of the universe with its story. As a veteran to the world, I was impressed with the efforts made to fairly naturally bring newcomers up to speed with the nature of things, too.
Can't wait to see more content on this, great vid and really chill vibe, Legitimatech. Liked and subbed!
Thanks so much. Really am grateful to have you tuning in! I agree, especially being new to Fallout, felt very easy to get right into the world.
Ghouls are a mutation in the Fallout world: some Humans when exposed to severe radiation don't die but mutate thanks to a quirk of their genetics.
Basically they don't age and they can heal much better than Humans, are immune to radiation and resistant to some drugs, but...this healing factor doesn't work on parts of their skin or brain/nervous system.
So they can live for centuries, but eventually most suffer severe mental break down and basically become sort of mindless zombies: extremely strong, fast and tough, known as "feral ghouls".
Keeping their minds focused on tasks/stimulated, or avoiding excessive radiation seems to reduce the risk of going "feral"
Woah, I like that - the mind might corrupt before the body. Thanks!
What a fantastic method of presentation. Well done sir!
Thank you, really glad you liked it!
Nuka Cola is a reference to the Atomic age fashion that we had in the states. My grandfather used to drive out into the desert with his kids to watch the atom bomb tests in Nevada. Casinos would have atom parties, where you'd drink themed cocktails and watch the flash of light on the horizon.
Wow. I didn't know that! What a crazy part of our history...
This is giving me Mystery Science Theater vibes and I'm totally here for it. I hope you do the rest of the series just like this.
Thank you! Working on it!
@@legitimatech I can't wait to see more! IO's commentary is hilarious!
This is so well done! It’s always cool to find a new channel through things like this, and I hope you continue this show on the channel! Here are a few (non-spoiler) important bits of lore they either didn’t say in the show or were easy to miss that help everything else make a bit more sense:
- After WW2, microprocessors, transistors, and other important technology were simply never invented in the world of Fallout, so their computer systems are way behind where you might expect. Instead, nuclear technology was further developed and improved so their vehicles, robots, and much of the other tech they use is nuclear-powered. (That also answers why the soda is called ‘Nuka-Cola’)
- The aesthetics of most things are 1950’s influenced not because the story takes place in the 50’s (the first scene when the bombs drop is in October 2077) but because - similar to computer technology - the culture mostly stayed the same for 100 years. The major changes were race relations and views about sex and sexuality.
- The main world conflict when the bombs dropped in 2077 was between the USA and China; when they talk about negotiations those are the major powers involved.
Thanks for your praise! And thanks for the context - great to have some deeper knowledge on some of these things while watching.
1. I made the exact same comment about ads and already paying for Prime.
2. Love the tone/focus of this video in comparison to your others, which I also loved. 10/10
3. Liked, subbed, commented, shared! Super excited for more videos! Love the vibe, cant wait to share the journey with you.
Hah, my subscriptions cost more than cable now, so like, where's the value?? And thanks so much, I'm stoked to have your encouragement!
really enjoyable watch! cool to see someone who isn’t automatically looking for what’s wrong and just enjoying the show for what it is.
the interactions between you and IO reminded me of an ariel pink skit called confessions, not the subject matter of the skit but the way he chimes in reminds me of that in a really fun way.
Thanks! That's a cool take, yeah, and it's been great to be intrigued by certain things then dig deeper into the established game lore for juicy context.
Bit of a Science Fiction Theater vibe going. I love it.
😉 Yessss. Definitely inspiration there. Thanks!
I enjoyed how thoughtful this reaction was, you guys really appreciate all the little details. Ive played a couple of the games and this show nailed the vibe. All the characters and storyline are brand new, but set in the Fallout universe. A really smart idea imo. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes!
That seems to be the broad consensus - so well done! Thanks so much for tuning in, I, too, am eager for more...
your little bot would LOVE the Brotherhood, they attempt to recover and preserve pre-war tech at literally any cost
Also, you haven't lived until you've murked a man with a teddy bear in fallout, the Junk Jet is the best weapon ever made
Haha, IO is a FAN. Definitely would try to overtake it though, quite a superiority complex... 🫤 And yeah, the Junk Jet is brilliant!
Great watch along! Looking forward to more videos!
🙏 'Preciate you!
I want to make a comment about Nuka Cola since I haven't seen one yet. Basically before the bomb drop, America was a retro futuristic society powered entirely by nuclear energy even your Cars so that's why everything is Radiation and nuclear bomb related like Sugar Bomb, Nuka Cola. There's already a medicine that cure radiation sickness too before the bomb drop since your daily lives are just surrounded by it. Anyway English isn't my first language and I hope It's understandable and please anyone can correct me if any lore is wrong 🙏
Thanks for the insight! (and for tuning in). I didn't know there was a preexisting medication. That's intriguing!
Nicely done reaction, very original format which makes it feel just a little bit different.
Fallout is a set of games where you (as the protagonist) are someone new in each game, exploring new stories, new parts of the world. They really leant into that here, an original story that has the aesthetic, vibe and dark comedy and violence of each of the games but they can tell whatever story they want, with whatever characters they dream up. It gives it a really fresh feel as a long time player of the games. I know the world, I know the factions, I know the vibe but I was sitting here just like you having no idea where they would take it. They absolutely nailed it but tell a story that works for TV, rather than trying to turn a game plotline into TV. It's awesome.
Awesome. Sounds like they expertly balanced that experience for everyone! A rare achievement, indeed.
Fun fact: the Bikini swimsuit was named after the atol where the US tested nuclear weapons after WW2. It seems crazy that nuclear weapons was sexy at one time.
Wild!
@@legitimatech yeah, look up the Wikipedia page for the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests, specifically the cake. And the look in the eyes of the officers cutting it is just chilling. I showed my mom during a discussion of Dr Strangelove and she thought it was like something made up by fans or the like and she was shocked that it was a real thing.
I feel like some of the stuff shown in Fallout would come across as exaggerated to modern audiences who are so removed from the red scare. Watching it as the child of cold war red scare rightwingers, there's a dark underbelly of truth to the crazy parts of the show. Like they took me and my brother to counterprotest a peace demonstration in the 80s. My dad would shout "commie!" at the TV unironically, stringing the epithet together with various other expletives. At least he thought it was unironic but when he was yelling at the ref of a basketball game who made a call he didn't like it was very ironic to me.
Lucy's dad said at the wedding speech that the radiation was dropping enough that the next generation, Lucy and Monty's kids, would be able to go back to the Surface.
Right, yeah, I did miss that bit. I still wonder if that is just hopeful words from a leader to maintain the status quo? From what the internet tells me as a newcomer, things aren't always what they seem in the vaults (you probably already knew that)! Appreciate you tuning in!
Love your style of reaction and even learnt a few things from you as well. Kudo!
Appreciate that, Paul! Thanks for tuning in
You’ve earned a new subscriber, this video was amazing
Thanks for tuning in!
Wait this is so underrated. How does this have 100 views? Maybe like… add a k and it would make sense.
That's a huge compliment, thanks! 🙌
This was an enjoyable watch! Keep up the good work on content and the views will come rolling in!
Thanks dude! 🤜🤛
Just found your channel... And the amount of subscribers stunned me... I hope you blow up soon, you definitely deserve it!
Thank you so much, I hope it works! Seriously though, everybody's encouragement is so awesome. 🙏
I really enjoyed this commentary over the episode, having watched it myself. I’m always a little bit wary of ppl talking over the episode in their reactions, because they might not be paying enough attention, but it really feels like you’re absorbing the story as well as providing insightful commentary, not sure if you’re doing it all in one take, but damn that’s impressive you remain so focused on the narrative.
As I’m writing this I am shocked to see this channel doesn’t have 20k subscribers at least with the amount of effort pulled into the presentation.
Hoping to see more of stuff like this from the channel, and eventually it hitting big!
I’d f#%^ the Flubber robot tho ngl.
🙏Thanks so much! That means a lot to hear that it's resonating with people. It's def a balance of wanting a genuine 1st reaction while trying to make sure i don't miss important stuff and also trying to offer fresh perspective. Working on more! ... 😮🤖😬
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I think it would be fine for you to pause the video sometimes and talk over a particular moment in an episode, since you do try to offer your own insight to what's going on, instead of merely going 'oooh/aaaah'. Feel free to replay a part that you maybe didn't quite catch, I like it when reaction vids do that every once in a while. A nice breather moment.
Also maybe consider putting the word 'reaction' in your title, since at first glance I thought this was an analysis video about the lore and stuff.
Also you should look up Assaultrons and Robobrains from Fallout. I'm sure your floating robot head co-host would get a kick out of them.
First time here, props on the prop. It looks amazing 😃
Welcome and thank you! More to come...
I like this style of content. Kinda like a post review pseudo reaction. Very well done, looking forward for some more.
Thank you! I'm really glad you appreciate it. Trying to switch up the normal reaction video a lil bit. More to come!
Great commentary. Also: If you’re intrigued by the concept of a “technology cult”, the Adeptus Mechanicus faction from Warhammer 40,000 might be worth reading up on!
Wow you aint kiddin'! That's a doozy of a tech-cult. Thanks for that! "Omnissiah" is a great name.
This was great, excited for more!
Thank you, I'm excited that you're excited!
Nuka Cola was before the bombs fell, during the rise of nuclear power. After nuclear weapons and power was revealed. It would be like during the time in our world's history between the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but before the Cuban Missile Crisis. There were nuclear tensions and some companies exploited it.
That makes more sense then my assumption of a apocalypse enterprise haha. They'd literally be printing money (bottle caps).
I've never seen your content before, but this... Is oddly appropriate.
Haha, thanks! I yearn for appropriate.
That red inhaler actually is an in game boost. Its an in-universe meth type of thing
D.A.R.E!
Please do more! I find you guys reaction the best on youtube
🙌 What an honor, thanks so much for tuning in!
@@legitimatech excited to be part of this channel journey onward no matter what you guys are doing cuz I'm loving the style
This was so cool
Thank you! 😊
I have to say I loved your style of reaction video! UA-cam has recommended this to me and from what I can see in the comments, hopefully you'll get a wave of new people coming over because of this video!
Thanks! 🙏
The show is one of if not the best game to screen things I've ever seen. Not that it follows any of the prior games storylines, each are different. But the setting, the tone, little details, music, it all just works. And the minute the season ended, I wanted more. You're in for a good ride.
Also, the only reaction video to this series I've seen so far to mention the actor from Mr Robot (Michael Cristofer, who was Phillip Price on that). He absolutely killed that role, in a cast of amazing people, and one of the best series start to finish I've ever watched.
I'm surprised by that because, yeah, he was v.good! I've loved the casting in Fallout thus far. Mr. Robot, too, of course. Mr. Robot was able one of those rare shows that was able to go off the rails and still stick the landing every time.
I'm the 210th subscriber😅. Your concept is unique and fresh. Keep going 💪🏾. What's the name of your robot👀
Thanks so much, workin on more! That's IO ("Eye-Oh") 🤖
Regarding all the trinkets and such... in many cases they got the 3d files from the game studios and then 3d printed them to have them look accurate to the game.
Oh siiick! That's some real dedication. Love that.
@3:12 I think Atom Punk or Space Age is the appropriate description for the style
Ah yes! That's fitting, thanks. If I wanted to make more up that sound cool, maybe: Jetsonian-Despair, or Retro-Irradiated.
It's called Retro-Futurism if I remember correctly. It's like what the people of the 50's imagined the future.
Great looking channel and impressive production values! "highlight rolloff" was a bit conspicuous. Are you a post-production pro?
Thanks! And yes, haha, I do work in production and think about exposure TOO MUCH.
The iv packs are presumably radaway as in another episode we see them used
😮 Aha! Interesting! Slowly making my way through the series...
I hope IO (eye-oh?) gets to see one of the Eyebots from the fallout franchise - ED-E especially. I think he’ll find some kinship there (:
Haha, ED-E looks particularly menacing. All those antennae! IO has probably already wrangled most of them into some cult army of their own. So power hungry...
3:10 You can have one of those pip-boys (that's what they're called). The studio makes real-life replicas, some models you can even put your phone inside to make it functional.
Also good job spotting this is NOT steampunk, I hate it when people apply that term incorrectly. The appropriate term for this aesthetic is atompunk.
9:05 In the game's timeline the Great war occurred in 2077, Nuka-cola was created in 2044. The name was probably chosen due to America's fascination with nuclear power.
Fans are divided on this show. A lot of them are blown away that someone finally made a good video game adaptation and love the Ghoul's performance. Others point out that the characters aren't as well written nor the story as sensical as people seem to think they are and I tend to agree.
The writers also tweaked a lot of things from the games in this show, like the Brotherhood's almost cult-like overtones and the rules about ghouls. Also some apparently big changes to the timeline, some of which mean that some factions no-longer make sense.
Personally as someone who's played a lot of Fallout, I'm not liking the show that much. They did a great job of recreating various props and settings from the game, even recreating the sensations of playing the games. Like finding skeletons out in the wastes and figuring out how they died, or exploring a vault and learning it's dark secrets. But I'd say this show is actually a lot darker then the games.
In the show all the factions are barbarians, ruthless criminals or extremists. And none of the individual characters are what you'd call a good person. The show heavily pushes the notion that people will throw away morality to survive.
But it's not that bad in the game. There are plenty of honest and decent people living in this post apocalyptic world and you can usually find people the community will call the good guys.
Thanks for this rundown! Awesome that they've got the Pip Boys available (smart to make it a phone drop-in design). And yeah, i think I'm settling on Atom-Punk as you and others have pointed out and Retro-Futurism. And I like that there is some good to be found in this post apocalypse (even if only in game). The second episode where we come across the first small town/bazaar felt like it sort of suggested the presence of normal folk/good people.
@@legitimatech Thank you for the heart you gave me.
If you want to know more about the lore of Fallout I'd recommend these playlists. (Contains some spoilers)
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What cameras/lens did you use for this video?
📹 Sony FX3/FX6 with Sony 24-105 and Canon 24-70
121 or so Vault's
As a fan of all the fallout games this series was absolutely perfect i loved every second of it! I also wanna say this take on reaction content is so fresh to see! Keep up the good work!!
Thank you, I really appreciate that! 🖖And yeah, I'm thoroughly diggin' the show. Which game would you recommend startin' with? I'm leaning towards New Vegas or 76?
@@legitimatechConsidering your buddy, I recommend 76...
@@legitimatech New Vegas is considered the best Fallout, so that really depends on whether or not you'd rather keep that as the cherry on the top and work your way there or start with the best and potentially sour your experience with the other games. Fallout 76 is a bit unique because it's online. I'd personally suggest Fallout 4, and then top it up with New Vegas.
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@@groovemoustache Thanks for the rec! Just getting into one of the best is probably necessary considering, like many of us, my game backlog is stressfully growing haha.
Subbed out of spite for the Turok slander. Yeah Fallout is a fun series. If/wen you go to play them, please start from the beginning. You're old enough to handle the dated controls and UI.
Haha, thanks! I do feel an obligation to revisit my blasphemous claim in a future video and see what the dino hunter is up to these days. And I appreciate the Fallout advice - I should at least sample them. Kids these days don't know how god they've got it! lol
@@legitimatech sample is a good term, sample Fallout and FO3. FO2 really cleaned up a lot of the interface issues from 1 and started the extra odd encounters.
@@geoffreysherman609 Thanks for the tip! It's also just impressive to see the franchise span such a wide technical history - from sprite/pre-rendered graphics to today.
Wait, i am the 69th subscriber ?
Nice
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This is nosey as hell, but among reacters, you've transformed the original an incredible amount. Do they still just take all the income from it? (Not saying they don't deserve a considerable cut - their product is the impetus which brought most of us here, after all.)
Thank you! I'm only just starting to build a channel, so there's def no income involved haha. Just a man and his robot watching some TV...
This comment will be my statement that I found this channel sub 100 subscribers so when it explodes I will have bragging rights. Great video hope to see much more ❤❤❤
Haham duly noted! *_"The Hot Hundo"_* Thanks a lot, that encouragement means a TON
People often describe the games as 'Retrofuturist' specifically technology reminiscent of the 1950s - 60s hence all the propaganda
Such a fun aesthetic! I do love thinking about how people hundreds of years from now might stylize our modern era as retro in their eyes.
Your production value is incredible! But I can't help feeling that your digressions into film making, while the bulk of the story dialogue is happening, is hindering your ability to follow along with the stories and truly appreciate the personal beats.
Maybe consider pausing for your digressions, and trying to comment AROUND the dialogue?
Thanks! I agree, it's a balance I'm looking to hone in better next time. Appreciate you tuning in!
Man you are missing so much by not following the dialog! You should just shut the audio off.
It's a tough thing to balance for sure!
I honestly didn't think Walton Goggins's face could get more unappealing BUT
On second thought it's an improvement
I'll be a ghoul for Halloween. I think you'd love The Righteous Gemstones!
Are you connected to M.O.D.U.S.?
Haha, being new to the lore, I had to look that one up. Shhhh
7:07. She will be fine since she shot herself with a stim pack. It’s a reference from the games where it can heal any injury whether internal or missing limbs… etc.
Haha, yeah, phew! Media lately is still conditioning me to believe I can survive all kinds of internal organ damage lol
I'm pretty sure you're only getting a fraction of the show because you talk over much of the dialog.
Edit: Ah,I see now what you meant from your other comments. I see your point, and appreciate the feedback. I'd say my intent is to expand on moments I thought were particularly intriguing and offer a hopefully unique perspective. Totally understand it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but thanks for tuning in on this one ✌! Original: It's definitely a tough choice to choose to watch it like this first and have a genuine reaction or take it in beforehand. But in editing I basically watched it 10 times haha. The more "natural" version would be me sitting still, watching, occasionally grunting, some oohs and ahhs. Could be entertaining lol. IO would probably just be silent because they had already downloaded the whole season directly to RAM.
I think your format might work better as a breakdown instead of a reaction. That is prewatch the show. Then you could tie some of your great insights in with what's happening plot wise. Because absolutely no other UA-camr is noticing or discussing the things you do (e.g. use of 35 mm film stock for the intro. That's brilliant!)
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