You're asking ALL the right questions. The show will take you on a journey to answer them. It will also uncover a ton more questions. This is going to be a fun time for you! Excited! 😁
@@joewillsart I tried not to ask so many questions with this being the first episode, but I couldn’t help it 😂 Can’t wait to see what this series is all about!
The idea with Lucy grabbing the tranq gun is that while there was a ton of AMMO on the floor, the tranq was the only actual WEAPON that the raiders hadn't nabbed for themselves.
Her going out in the wasteland with it, rather than (or additionally) taking one of the rifles recovered from the raiders, though, was a CHOICE, and we'll see how it plays out for her. Maybe she didn't have the means to get back into the armory after the massacre.
@@caffeinedelusions how would she have grabbed one of the raider guns when the security force would have grabbed them up and taken them to the armory. she also wanted a way to disable her brother or chet plus she needed something that wouldn't be noticed.
I might suggest watching the opening cinematic for Fallout 4. It gives a great "history lesson" on where the world was before the bombs fell. And its not spoilery at all, because FO4 also begins at around the same time as the opening of the series.
as an avid Fallout player a few things - the bombs drop on 23 Oct 2077, the culmination of a 10 year war between the US and China. after WW2 the Fallout universe split from ours, the aesthetic being a future vision from the 1950's perspective. the micro chip is never invented but atomic energy is fully harnessed. Robots and energy weapons are invented and atomic vehicles become commonplace. By 2077 the world is fast running out of resources and the only non war torn parts of the world are North America and Most of China (a small portion currently occupied by US). this series nails the Fallout *feel*. another thing, Ella Purnell has appeared in two tv series based on video games and has *stapled* her wounds in both of them. enjoy 😄 Ghouls btw, are radiation victims that have mutated. they have very long lives and yes, in game there are many ghouls from the war. there's also other ways to become a ghoul...
Regarding the flashing light, I think no one really noticed cause the dad was going around taking pictures with flash, so they probably assumed pictures were being taken
Yes, and the flash on those old cameras was really blindingly bright. I know, I used to have one ;) With their attention elsewhere, the bomb would have seemed like another camera flash.
Fun reaction. The series best decision is to not try and be realistic, it follows game logic, the needle Lucy stabs herself with is a stim-pac and just like the game it heals you. Lucy had no weapon options other than the dart gun because the raiders cleaned out the armory, when Lucy go's into it the racks are all empty. There are security guards, that is who tripped the guy that gets sliced in two by the door. No one is watching the vault exit because vault dwellers tend to follow the rules and don't go up there, also you need a gatekeeper to open the doors which is what Chet is.
Ghouls exist in the game (but not this specific Ghoul), but the lore of how they become ghouls isn't really touched on (unless it's there and I just haven't been on that side quest yet) - the show gives more of the ghoul lore, but doesn't quite make it fully explicit.
The core concept for the fallout universe is a post apocalyptic wasteland born out of a world centered around resource wars, nuclear power and "Retrofuturism". The world before the apocalypse was supposed to be the way the people of the 1950s imagined the future, like the Jetsons.
Just fyi, that first scene before the bombs was set in like the 2050s so there are things like robots and power armor, but the aesthetic is very 1950s, so the cars, the music, the clothes, etc all have that look to them. It's a fun juxtaposition that has always existed in the Fallout series
@@artxroyalty Specifically, the bombs fall in 2077, which you have to kind of pay close attention to get from the show but is more explicit in some of the games. There's also lore about which technologies advanced (like robots) and which didn't (like black & white TV) in the alternate timeline before the bombs.
Short answer about the Ghoul. Ghouls are mutants that for some reason or another (Not fully explained in lore yet) didn't die when exposed to radiation but instead end up with full body cancer and end up fictionally immortal, they don't really die of old age. Radiation heals them, but too much radiation can rot their brain and make them go feral.
You're asking the right questions that will be answered this season. Although rewatch Lucy in the armory, the tranq gun was all that was left. The armory had been raided (by the raiders because, well, y'know, the name🤣). Yes, we do follow the 3 main characters and when they meet up ... 🔥🔥🔥! Note, they are hunting the man. The dog is just a way to identify him. A man with a dog. Notice what kind of pets most people have. Lastly, a character in episode 2 will return in the penultimate episode and implications for the season will be mind-blowing.😱😱😱
Another small game logic point - when Chet sees the raider take an inhaler hit after his "Sir, don't make me have to use violence," line, he has an "Oh sh!t" reaction because in game there are a number of craft-able stims that "slow time" or enhance battle response, and they look like that. Not that Chet should know that, but hey... lol. As far as ghouls, they'll reveal a bit but not really explain them (like the game doesn't either) but it's just an in-game fiction thing that can happen under specific (read: often plot convenient) circumstances with radiation exposure.
Not a spoiler just a theory. In the game you can get perks. Like iron stomach which allows you to drink contaminated water. most people agree that Maximus has the idiot/savant perk. Not very bright but manages to pull off intelligent things.
20:30 You have a good eye for what you're watching on screen. I also deduced that bro had a kind of subtle unhinged fragility about him. As well as a kind of social awkwardness. The actor plays it very well
This is a fun show, whether you've played the game or not. Probably my favorite post-apocalyptic setting (well, with Zombieland). There's a playful edge to even some of the dark stuff that can be weirdly appealing.
This video popped up in my YT feed and I am glad it did! You see SOOOOO much. I am currently making my way through your Arcane reactions (where is ep.4?) and once again, you are seeing things that most reactors don't. In some of those vids, when people comment about how much stuff you notice, you modestly pass it off as having been told to pay attention. ON MY BEST DAY, I don't see details like you do. Amazing attention for details without losing track of the story on the macro scale. Just take the compliment 😁 ALSO: you have world class cheek bones over gorgeous dimples...and an amazing voice! You should look into soft spoken AMR!
Omg this comment 🥹 To answer your question regarding episode 4, it got blocked. They allowed it back up then took it down again a week later. Planning to reupload soon, just don’t want to get in trouble 😅 As far as taking the compliment, I just don’t want anyone to think I’m cocky and be put off by it BUT I definitely appreciate the comments! 😂💜
To me, The Last Of Us live-action series felt more like a remake/remaster, with its best parts being ripped from the game. But Arcane and Fallout are true adaptations based on the source material while not stealing from it. S😢o they are in a whole other league of greatness, in my mind. It's the difference between producing original content vs copy/pasting.
All three characters are a cross-section of players. Lucy is starting the game for the first time. She doesn't know what awaits her outside. She has just started her adventure, full of faith in the goodness of others. Maximus is a player who has already played a bit. He knows that life is not a fairy tale. Ideologically devoted to the brotherhood. He believes that only they can bring order to the world. Ghoul is an old experienced player, practically unbeatable. Life has given him a hard time and he knows what the game is all about. He has completed the game more than once. He knows every secret of the game. But he still hasn't obtained 100% of the achievements, so he continues to search the world.
Got to hand it to you... that is probably the most astute comment I have seen on any reaction (and I think I have seen them all... although google makes it hard to know) well done!
Couple of things you should know about this show, that are not spoilers. The nuclear war took place in 2077. The esthetic was the 1950's, because of the game lore. Basically there is future tech, with 50's looks. From what I understand, the microchip wasn't invented until much later, in this world. As for the Ghoul (Cooper Howard), like they said, he's a mutant (Ghoul). We don't know exactly what happened to him, or how he turned into a Ghoul. But that's the reason he's lived so long.
I was just about saying "did you know that ella purnell..." well apparently you do. 😄 Shame i have to save those reactions for later, haven't seen the show yet myself.
I watch reaction channels because I like hearing people work their way through the paths the writers created for us. What I enjoy most is when an attentive reactor catches details, puts pieces together in an analytical way, and applies real-world human nature in order to process a movie/series. Not just "re"acting, but inter"re"acting. This reactor is nailing it in the first freakin' episode of this brilliantly constructed series. 👏🤓👍 🎆🧠🎉 Woohoo! This is gonna be goood!
Glad you are watching this show, I thought it captured the aesthetics and atmosphere of the games very well. I felt Lucy captures the spirit of many of the Fallout game protagonists. In the games, you usually play a Fallout dweller that has to leave the shelter for some reason and "things happen" just like in the show.
2:19 I love him as Cecil in "Invincible", also a very good mature animated show btw. 10:55 True that but the outside people have been living in very harsh conditions for their entire life and are therefore should be more experienced with fighting and such things.
This show got me playing FO3 & NV for the first time. And now we have FO London. Lucy = New Player...Max = Idiot Savant focused on the main goal & The Ghoul = High Tier Player (I think of him as Outlaw Josey Wales)
Someone may have answered this already, but... Ghouls are people. They were exposed to a lot of radiation at the right/wrong time in the right/wrong way, and instead of dying, they mutate. Their skin peels off, leaving them looking raw, usually without noses or ears, since those fall off early on. The Ghoul in the show is remarkably well preserved compared to most. More significant than the outer change, though, is the inner one. Ghouls are basically immortal. They don't need to eat, drink, or even breathe. They can be destroyed by violence, but otherwise live essentially forever. Unfortunately, one thing doesn't remain intact - the brain. Some ghouls manage to stay functional for centuries. Others... well, their brains basically rot. They become primitive and bestial, and extremely violent to anyone except other ghouls. And they will eat their victims despite no longer needing to eat. The lore is sometimes fuzzy and contradictory on this, but it may be that radiation sustains them, and without enough radiation they need to eat. However, we've encountered ghouls in-game who are not in high-radiation areas, who have not eaten since the bombs fell, and who are still intact. So, like I said, it's fuzzy. Anyway, these bestial ghouls are called feral ghouls, or just ferals. The ferals are still technically alive, and are not walking corpses, but in many ways they are very similar to the faster-moving more recent pop culture versions of zombies. Some ghouls are presented as being very moist, with skin like raw meat that's gone bad. Others have a much more leathery appearance. Either way, their skin is very rough and craggy, leading to their nickname for normal people of "smoothskins". This difference in appearance varies from game to game, with Fallout 4's ghouls tending to be more leathery-looking than previous iterations. Ghouls experience a lot of discrimination, based partly on fear of ferals and partly on just good old hating people who are different. Some communities welcome ghouls, others ostracize or kill them. In a few rare cases, large groups of ghouls band together to form their own communities.
Best thing to do is watch it like it's a videogame. Each character has their own set of stats. It's almost like you created three characters, played them each for a bit, and then they somehow exist in the same load game.
There are very few things where lore is kinda important. Ghouls is about it imo. What we've seen in the games is that radiation possibly combined with exposure to a particular engineered virus that's part of the lore causes people to become semi-immortal zombies called Ghouls. There is one ghoul in the games that says he found a dose of a drug somewhere that made him a ghoul. There's a lot we don't know. We see Ghouls that still have their humanity and feral ghouls that are fast zombies. The lore in the games is that every ghoul eventually becomes feral and there's nothing to do about it. In the show there may be a treatment, but there are fan conspiracy theories about that treatment and I'll leave it there. Cheers! In general the show is very solid on lore except maybe for a date being wrong, or at least confusing.
For the Ghoul all you really need to know is that there are many ghouls in the world and it was because of radiation is that they became effectively immortal
the beginning of the episode takes place in 2077. the reason they have 40's - 50's aesthetics is because it's an alternate history where technology & culture are diff than our world. the reason why is explained in the lore of the games but it's not explicitly said in the show necessarily.
that opening scene is spot on for how a nuclear event would go in a major metropolitan area. You wouldn't see the missile coming. Just a flash and if you're far enough away, a mushroom cloud. I suggest watching the game intro to Fallout 1 through 4 games for a complete idea of the universe. Fallout 4 especially gives clarity to the future of an alternate universe. Basically after WW2 the Fallout universe diverges from our actual timeline. That's why the future looked like the 1950's still. Thanks for the enjoyable reaction!!!
He absolutely is like a mix of Jonathan Majors and Cuba Gooding Jr. and as talented an actor. I loved Aaron Moten in this, and I'm excited to see him in more stuff going forward. Walton Goggins was perfect, as always. Ella Purnells eyes scare me, but shes great. Moises Arias, though, is just stunning as Norm in this series.
Try not to think too much about the logical inconsistencies with respect to the retrofuturism and the big time gaps, Fallout as a series has always been much more about tone than making sense.
@@Strider91 This is slightly fake news. They made the transistor, which is how the "unlimited energy" pill comes into play, but it was only a decade or two before the bombs fell. They had a very limited time with it which allowed some major advancements right before the end.
Classes for combat would ultimately mean very little to people who are only alive because they are the best at fighting and surviving combat. Even lucy was losing her fight if not for a timely distraction. Because all her training wasnt much to someone whos only as old as he is because he HAD to survive
FYI- You are literally like the 100th reactor who said that Aaron Moten looks like a mix between Cuba Gooding Jr. and Jonathan Majors. He so does. Everyone says that exact same thing! A lot of folks have started referring to Moten as "Cuba Gooding Majors", lol!
Now you are young, to those of us growing up during The Cold War that intro is what we feared would happen- every day. But we lived our lives. When I teach my The History of The Cold War classes, I always start by showing them a five minute video of nuclear explosions with eerie music, to make your generation understand what it all was- and what you will have to get used to again with Putoloni's sabre-rattling (though he is too much of a coward to do it). During the Cold War, the USSR was planning to open the war by dropping 600+ merely on my little Denmark. The game is set in an alternative timeline, where the transistor was never invented, so everything used vacuum-tubes like early computers. And thus the timeline starts diverging from ours in the year after WW2, and progress is generally much slower. But there is also no Cuban Missile Crisis, Long Island, etc, and no reckoning with its past, so the US carries on in a sort of Truman-Eisenhower Superamerica with nuclear powered cars, etc. But in the 21st century fossil fuels and other resources starts running out, and The Resource Wars starts; where Europe, Africa and The Middle East is torn apart, and China invades Alaska to get the last remaining oil resource on the planet. And in 2077... Boom. And oh yea, the US turns authoritarian semi-Fascist, a bit like Starship Troopers. Anyway, think of the game and series as set in a sort of retro-futuriatic post apocalypse, IE a future as imagined in the fifties, but then add a nuclear exchange of superpowers. In the games you find all those tragic and dark stories as you explore the Wasteland, the series show them, but both do a very good job of what good SciFi should; holding up a dark mirror to humanity- and with Fallout it is really dark.
I think the combat classes are just no match for real world experience The ghoul question gets answered in the show but I don't think it would be a big deal if you looked up what ghouls are in fallout
@@artxroyalty Well, you can see from the way his head whips forward that the rope was at least not pulling him from the head or neck. It'd be funny to see Honcho return next season with a neck brace.
This is how you do a GREAT strong female character. Lucy is a character first amd female second. They establish her strengths and her weaknesses masterfully: She has the skills. She can fight in theory and be quite good at it. But she is naive, she is unready for what she's about to do, she is inexperienced in survival skills, and has no idea how the world outside her sheltered vault works and it shows in every choice she makes because she makes a TON of mistakes and suffers for it every time. But from there she grows, and changes, and learns from each and every one. She slowly adapts and learns because the choice is that or dead in the wasteland. And yet.... despite learning to live and losing her naivete, she NEVER loses sight of her morality. She just learns how hard it is to still try and be a good person in the Wasteland... or even how to know what good and bad even IS in the Wasteland, but NEVER lets that deter her from TRYING.
This series is absolutely great, I'm excited to see what you think of it! If you're looking for another piece of animation that is really unique and got a lot of people similarly (but differently) excited about animation again alongside Arcane - please check out Scavenger's Reign!
19:38 I've been saying okie dokie since 1967. So glad to see somebody else enjoying this. Maybe you'll check out the games someday Liked and subscribed. Big thumbs up 👍👍
13:19 The reason moldaver gives them a choice between the rest of the vault.Dwellers and his daughter.So that he can't go back because they know of altwider's do that?He chose his daughter over them so even if he escapes he can't go back to the vault.That's why the choice is made.What do reviewers?Don't pick that up don't
The real reason you don’t see many Americans doing British accents is because they don’t have to, most of film work is American. However, with British actors, the work is limited and it behooves them to learn how to speak with an American accent in order to compete for more work.
@@artxroyalty While I understand the necessity of copyright protection, it's important to acknowledge why some people might find it distracting. The phenomenon of pareidolia, where our brains tend to recognize patterns and faces in random or ambiguous images, can be particularly relevant here. A prominent watermark can sometimes trigger this effect, making it harder for viewers to focus on the content itself. Our brains are wired to recognize patterns, and a large watermark can inadvertently become a focal point, distracting from the main message or aesthetic of the video. Constructive criticism, like pointing out the potential distraction of a watermark, is invaluable because it helps refine and improve the overall experience. Simply saying "it's fine" or "it's tolerable" doesn't provide much insight or help in making adjustments. By discussing the specifics of what works and what doesn't, we can create a better balance between protecting intellectual property and ensuring the content remains engaging and clear.
@@DJ_Randy_B I never invalidated what you said, I just informed you of why it’s there. I’ve had issues with monetization without it in the past. I try to be aware of the distraction it may cause which is why I made sure to lower the opacity, but as someone who’s had past videos taken down, this method seems to work well with me posting.
You're asking ALL the right questions. The show will take you on a journey to answer them. It will also uncover a ton more questions. This is going to be a fun time for you! Excited! 😁
@@joewillsart I tried not to ask so many questions with this being the first episode, but I couldn’t help it 😂 Can’t wait to see what this series is all about!
@@artxroyaltyyou going to have fun with this show
The idea with Lucy grabbing the tranq gun is that while there was a ton of AMMO on the floor, the tranq was the only actual WEAPON that the raiders hadn't nabbed for themselves.
Her going out in the wasteland with it, rather than (or additionally) taking one of the rifles recovered from the raiders, though, was a CHOICE, and we'll see how it plays out for her. Maybe she didn't have the means to get back into the armory after the massacre.
@@caffeinedelusions how would she have grabbed one of the raider guns when the security force would have grabbed them up and taken them to the armory. she also wanted a way to disable her brother or chet plus she needed something that wouldn't be noticed.
@@toomanyaccounts Which I covered when I speculated about the armory being locked down after the attack.
If she has an option she would take a tranq over a gun at this point in the story.
@@toomanyaccountsN 13:38 l
I might suggest watching the opening cinematic for Fallout 4. It gives a great "history lesson" on where the world was before the bombs fell. And its not spoilery at all, because FO4 also begins at around the same time as the opening of the series.
as an avid Fallout player a few things - the bombs drop on 23 Oct 2077, the culmination of a 10 year war between the US and China.
after WW2 the Fallout universe split from ours, the aesthetic being a future vision from the 1950's perspective. the micro chip is never invented but atomic energy is fully harnessed. Robots and energy weapons are invented and atomic vehicles become commonplace. By 2077 the world is fast running out of resources and the only non war torn parts of the world are North America and Most of China (a small portion currently occupied by US). this series nails the Fallout *feel*.
another thing, Ella Purnell has appeared in two tv series based on video games and has *stapled* her wounds in both of them.
enjoy 😄
Ghouls btw, are radiation victims that have mutated. they have very long lives and yes, in game there are many ghouls from the war. there's also other ways to become a ghoul...
microchips were confirmed to be made very late.
@@toomanyaccounts yeah you're right. miniturization never happened.
Ella Purnell you will forever be that girl.
Regarding the flashing light, I think no one really noticed cause the dad was going around taking pictures with flash, so they probably assumed pictures were being taken
Yes, and the flash on those old cameras was really blindingly bright. I know, I used to have one ;) With their attention elsewhere, the bomb would have seemed like another camera flash.
Fun reaction.
The series best decision is to not try and be realistic, it follows game logic, the needle Lucy stabs herself with is a stim-pac and just like the game it heals you.
Lucy had no weapon options other than the dart gun because the raiders cleaned out the armory, when Lucy go's into it the racks are all empty.
There are security guards, that is who tripped the guy that gets sliced in two by the door.
No one is watching the vault exit because vault dwellers tend to follow the rules and don't go up there, also you need a gatekeeper to open the doors which is what Chet is.
@@arsewynd oh wait, that note about the stim-pac is actually really cool! I was totally watching through the wrong lens.
MAximus has the "Idiot Savante" Perk. He just idiots his way to greatness.
I really enjoyed this reaction. I love this show and the game. I like how intently and astutely you watch the show. Subscribed!
"What is with her and stapling her wound?"
Lmaoo the way I say the exact same thing when I first watch Fallout
Bro same
Medical stapling of serious wounds is a thing.
The Ghoul will make more sense as you get further into the series. Suffice to say radiation has a lot of unexpected effects in the Fallout universe.
Ghouls exist in the game (but not this specific Ghoul), but the lore of how they become ghouls isn't really touched on (unless it's there and I just haven't been on that side quest yet) - the show gives more of the ghoul lore, but doesn't quite make it fully explicit.
@@danhelphrey6260 radiation turns them into ghouls, its pretty explicitly implied and the creator tim cain has said it specifically
The core concept for the fallout universe is a post apocalyptic wasteland born out of a world centered around resource wars, nuclear power and "Retrofuturism". The world before the apocalypse was supposed to be the way the people of the 1950s imagined the future, like the Jetsons.
Just fyi, that first scene before the bombs was set in like the 2050s so there are things like robots and power armor, but the aesthetic is very 1950s, so the cars, the music, the clothes, etc all have that look to them. It's a fun juxtaposition that has always existed in the Fallout series
@@aranthur oh wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that kind of mashup in media before. That’s pretty intriguing!
@@artxroyalty Specifically, the bombs fall in 2077, which you have to kind of pay close attention to get from the show but is more explicit in some of the games. There's also lore about which technologies advanced (like robots) and which didn't (like black & white TV) in the alternate timeline before the bombs.
@@artxroyalty its called Atompunk.
@@toomanyaccounts no, its retro-futurism
@@whatlmao bother to do some reading. Atompunk is the name. There is steampunk, dieselpunk
Short answer about the Ghoul. Ghouls are mutants that for some reason or another (Not fully explained in lore yet) didn't die when exposed to radiation but instead end up with full body cancer and end up fictionally immortal, they don't really die of old age. Radiation heals them, but too much radiation can rot their brain and make them go feral.
You're asking the right questions that will be answered this season.
Although rewatch Lucy in the armory, the tranq gun was all that was left. The armory had been raided (by the raiders because, well, y'know, the name🤣).
Yes, we do follow the 3 main characters and when they meet up ... 🔥🔥🔥!
Note, they are hunting the man. The dog is just a way to identify him. A man with a dog. Notice what kind of pets most people have.
Lastly, a character in episode 2 will return in the penultimate episode and implications for the season will be mind-blowing.😱😱😱
Another small game logic point - when Chet sees the raider take an inhaler hit after his "Sir, don't make me have to use violence," line, he has an "Oh sh!t" reaction because in game there are a number of craft-able stims that "slow time" or enhance battle response, and they look like that. Not that Chet should know that, but hey... lol. As far as ghouls, they'll reveal a bit but not really explain them (like the game doesn't either) but it's just an in-game fiction thing that can happen under specific (read: often plot convenient) circumstances with radiation exposure.
Not a spoiler just a theory. In the game you can get perks. Like iron stomach which allows you to drink contaminated water. most people agree that Maximus has the idiot/savant perk. Not very bright but manages to pull off intelligent things.
20:30
You have a good eye for what you're watching on screen. I also deduced that bro had a kind of subtle unhinged fragility about him. As well as a kind of social awkwardness. The actor plays it very well
Oh girl. Just keep watching.
@@firemoon I see what you did there 😂
This is a fun show, whether you've played the game or not. Probably my favorite post-apocalyptic setting (well, with Zombieland). There's a playful edge to even some of the dark stuff that can be weirdly appealing.
just saying I'm so glad you're doing this ! I will watch it and come back for episode 2 to praise your intelligence
@@Lathrok quite a few people were requesting this one! Gotta give the people what they want 😂
This video popped up in my YT feed and I am glad it did! You see SOOOOO much. I am currently making my way through your Arcane reactions (where is ep.4?) and once again, you are seeing things that most reactors don't. In some of those vids, when people comment about how much stuff you notice, you modestly pass it off as having been told to pay attention. ON MY BEST DAY, I don't see details like you do. Amazing attention for details without losing track of the story on the macro scale. Just take the compliment 😁
ALSO: you have world class cheek bones over gorgeous dimples...and an amazing voice! You should look into soft spoken AMR!
Omg this comment 🥹
To answer your question regarding episode 4, it got blocked. They allowed it back up then took it down again a week later. Planning to reupload soon, just don’t want to get in trouble 😅
As far as taking the compliment, I just don’t want anyone to think I’m cocky and be put off by it BUT I definitely appreciate the comments! 😂💜
@@artxroyalty You come across as confident. Most assuredly NOT cocky!
4:30 if someone is dropping one on LA, there is no way they will stop at one
To me, The Last Of Us live-action series felt more like a remake/remaster, with its best parts being ripped from the game. But Arcane and Fallout are true adaptations based on the source material while not stealing from it. S😢o they are in a whole other league of greatness, in my mind. It's the difference between producing original content vs copy/pasting.
All three characters are a cross-section of players.
Lucy is starting the game for the first time. She doesn't know what awaits her outside. She has just started her adventure, full of faith in the goodness of others.
Maximus is a player who has already played a bit. He knows that life is not a fairy tale. Ideologically devoted to the brotherhood. He believes that only they can bring order to the world.
Ghoul is an old experienced player, practically unbeatable. Life has given him a hard time and he knows what the game is all about. He has completed the game more than once. He knows every secret of the game. But he still hasn't obtained 100% of the achievements, so he continues to search the world.
Got to hand it to you... that is probably the most astute comment I have seen on any reaction (and I think I have seen them all... although google makes it hard to know) well done!
Couple of things you should know about this show, that are not spoilers. The nuclear war took place in 2077. The esthetic was the 1950's, because of the game lore. Basically there is future tech, with 50's looks. From what I understand, the microchip wasn't invented until much later, in this world. As for the Ghoul (Cooper Howard), like they said, he's a mutant (Ghoul). We don't know exactly what happened to him, or how he turned into a Ghoul. But that's the reason he's lived so long.
I was just about saying "did you know that ella purnell..." well apparently you do. 😄 Shame i have to save those reactions for later, haven't seen the show yet myself.
@@akaMaddy The Arcane fans couldn’t WAIT to tell me 😂 definitely made me want to check it out even more
You're really honed in on the themes already! Awesome reaction!
Thanks so much!!
The raiders had the advantage of surprise and took over their armory before anyone in Vault 33 knew what was happening.
I watch reaction channels because I like hearing people work their way through the paths the writers created for us. What I enjoy most is when an attentive reactor catches details, puts pieces together in an analytical way, and applies real-world human nature in order to process a movie/series. Not just "re"acting, but inter"re"acting.
This reactor is nailing it in the first freakin' episode of this brilliantly constructed series. 👏🤓👍 🎆🧠🎉 Woohoo!
This is gonna be goood!
Wow, thanks so much!! I have a feeling this is going to be a fun series!
@@artxroyalty Oh, yeah.
Anything else I may say, would be spoiler-ish, so 🤐.
Glad you are watching this show, I thought it captured the aesthetics and atmosphere of the games very well. I felt Lucy captures the spirit of many of the Fallout game protagonists. In the games, you usually play a Fallout dweller that has to leave the shelter for some reason and "things happen" just like in the show.
2:19 I love him as Cecil in "Invincible", also a very good mature animated show btw.
10:55 True that but the outside people have been living in very harsh conditions for their entire life and are therefore should be more experienced with fighting and such things.
This show got me playing FO3 & NV for the first time. And now we have FO London. Lucy = New Player...Max = Idiot Savant focused on the main goal & The Ghoul = High Tier Player (I think of him as Outlaw Josey Wales)
Someone may have answered this already, but...
Ghouls are people. They were exposed to a lot of radiation at the right/wrong time in the right/wrong way, and instead of dying, they mutate. Their skin peels off, leaving them looking raw, usually without noses or ears, since those fall off early on. The Ghoul in the show is remarkably well preserved compared to most. More significant than the outer change, though, is the inner one. Ghouls are basically immortal. They don't need to eat, drink, or even breathe. They can be destroyed by violence, but otherwise live essentially forever. Unfortunately, one thing doesn't remain intact - the brain. Some ghouls manage to stay functional for centuries. Others... well, their brains basically rot. They become primitive and bestial, and extremely violent to anyone except other ghouls. And they will eat their victims despite no longer needing to eat. The lore is sometimes fuzzy and contradictory on this, but it may be that radiation sustains them, and without enough radiation they need to eat. However, we've encountered ghouls in-game who are not in high-radiation areas, who have not eaten since the bombs fell, and who are still intact. So, like I said, it's fuzzy. Anyway, these bestial ghouls are called feral ghouls, or just ferals. The ferals are still technically alive, and are not walking corpses, but in many ways they are very similar to the faster-moving more recent pop culture versions of zombies.
Some ghouls are presented as being very moist, with skin like raw meat that's gone bad. Others have a much more leathery appearance. Either way, their skin is very rough and craggy, leading to their nickname for normal people of "smoothskins". This difference in appearance varies from game to game, with Fallout 4's ghouls tending to be more leathery-looking than previous iterations.
Ghouls experience a lot of discrimination, based partly on fear of ferals and partly on just good old hating people who are different. Some communities welcome ghouls, others ostracize or kill them. In a few rare cases, large groups of ghouls band together to form their own communities.
Best thing to do is watch it like it's a videogame. Each character has their own set of stats. It's almost like you created three characters, played them each for a bit, and then they somehow exist in the same load game.
P.S. Maximus didn't put any points on intelligence or charisma 😅
There are very few things where lore is kinda important. Ghouls is about it imo. What we've seen in the games is that radiation possibly combined with exposure to a particular engineered virus that's part of the lore causes people to become semi-immortal zombies called Ghouls. There is one ghoul in the games that says he found a dose of a drug somewhere that made him a ghoul. There's a lot we don't know. We see Ghouls that still have their humanity and feral ghouls that are fast zombies. The lore in the games is that every ghoul eventually becomes feral and there's nothing to do about it. In the show there may be a treatment, but there are fan conspiracy theories about that treatment and I'll leave it there. Cheers!
In general the show is very solid on lore except maybe for a date being wrong, or at least confusing.
more ella purnell!! cant wait to see ur reaction to this :)
Lemme tell ya, ain't nothing cooler than walking around in power armor.
For the Ghoul all you really need to know is that there are many ghouls in the world and it was because of radiation is that they became effectively immortal
Let's goooo this is a great series
You can train all you want but until you have seen actual life threatening combat you don’t know jack lol
Ghoul's live a long time. Sometimes people become ghouls when they're exposed to radiation.
That's all we really know.
the beginning of the episode takes place in 2077. the reason they have 40's - 50's aesthetics is because it's an alternate history where technology & culture are diff than our world. the reason why is explained in the lore of the games but it's not explicitly said in the show necessarily.
The tranq gun was the only gun left. Can’t shoot that ammo with no gun.
that opening scene is spot on for how a nuclear event would go in a major metropolitan area. You wouldn't see the missile coming. Just a flash and if you're far enough away, a mushroom cloud. I suggest watching the game intro to Fallout 1 through 4 games for a complete idea of the universe. Fallout 4 especially gives clarity to the future of an alternate universe. Basically after WW2 the Fallout universe diverges from our actual timeline. That's why the future looked like the 1950's still. Thanks for the enjoyable reaction!!!
He absolutely is like a mix of Jonathan Majors and Cuba Gooding Jr. and as talented an actor. I loved Aaron Moten in this, and I'm excited to see him in more stuff going forward. Walton Goggins was perfect, as always. Ella Purnells eyes scare me, but shes great. Moises Arias, though, is just stunning as Norm in this series.
Try not to think too much about the logical inconsistencies with respect to the retrofuturism and the big time gaps, Fallout as a series has always been much more about tone than making sense.
It actually makes perfect sense, one you realize that they never invented the transistor chip. . .
@@Strider91 This is slightly fake news.
They made the transistor, which is how the "unlimited energy" pill comes into play, but it was only a decade or two before the bombs fell. They had a very limited time with it which allowed some major advancements right before the end.
Classes for combat would ultimately mean very little to people who are only alive because they are the best at fighting and surviving combat. Even lucy was losing her fight if not for a timely distraction. Because all her training wasnt much to someone whos only as old as he is because he HAD to survive
The reason the dog is included in the target is for identification purposes. A man and a dog is easier to identify than just a description of a man.
FYI- You are literally like the 100th reactor who said that Aaron Moten looks like a mix between Cuba Gooding Jr. and Jonathan Majors. He so does. Everyone says that exact same thing!
A lot of folks have started referring to Moten as "Cuba Gooding Majors", lol!
Haha omg I’m going to start calling him Cuba Gooding Majors now 😂
this show is "yep fallout"
Now you are young, to those of us growing up during The Cold War that intro is what we feared would happen- every day. But we lived our lives. When I teach my The History of The Cold War classes, I always start by showing them a five minute video of nuclear explosions with eerie music, to make your generation understand what it all was- and what you will have to get used to again with Putoloni's sabre-rattling (though he is too much of a coward to do it). During the Cold War, the USSR was planning to open the war by dropping 600+ merely on my little Denmark.
The game is set in an alternative timeline, where the transistor was never invented, so everything used vacuum-tubes like early computers. And thus the timeline starts diverging from ours in the year after WW2, and progress is generally much slower. But there is also no Cuban Missile Crisis, Long Island, etc, and no reckoning with its past, so the US carries on in a sort of Truman-Eisenhower Superamerica with nuclear powered cars, etc. But in the 21st century fossil fuels and other resources starts running out, and The Resource Wars starts; where Europe, Africa and The Middle East is torn apart, and China invades Alaska to get the last remaining oil resource on the planet. And in 2077... Boom.
And oh yea, the US turns authoritarian semi-Fascist, a bit like Starship Troopers.
Anyway, think of the game and series as set in a sort of retro-futuriatic post apocalypse, IE a future as imagined in the fifties, but then add a nuclear exchange of superpowers. In the games you find all those tragic and dark stories as you explore the Wasteland, the series show them, but both do a very good job of what good SciFi should; holding up a dark mirror to humanity- and with Fallout it is really dark.
I think the combat classes are just no match for real world experience
The ghoul question gets answered in the show but I don't think it would be a big deal if you looked up what ghouls are in fallout
For the record, there's no reason to believe Honcho is dead either. His only injury is falling into a shallow hole.
@@marauderdz the rope was wrapped around his head/mouth. Him being yanked back with that much force…if he survived he’s got a strong jaw 😅
@@artxroyalty Well, you can see from the way his head whips forward that the rope was at least not pulling him from the head or neck. It'd be funny to see Honcho return next season with a neck brace.
@@marauderdz no that’d actually be hilarious 😂
This is how you do a GREAT strong female character. Lucy is a character first amd female second. They establish her strengths and her weaknesses masterfully:
She has the skills. She can fight in theory and be quite good at it. But she is naive, she is unready for what she's about to do, she is inexperienced in survival skills, and has no idea how the world outside her sheltered vault works and it shows in every choice she makes because she makes a TON of mistakes and suffers for it every time.
But from there she grows, and changes, and learns from each and every one. She slowly adapts and learns because the choice is that or dead in the wasteland. And yet.... despite learning to live and losing her naivete, she NEVER loses sight of her morality.
She just learns how hard it is to still try and be a good person in the Wasteland... or even how to know what good and bad even IS in the Wasteland, but NEVER lets that deter her from TRYING.
I hope the younger brother from the vault gets to leave and do a high int luck low strength run
This series is absolutely great, I'm excited to see what you think of it!
If you're looking for another piece of animation that is really unique and got a lot of people similarly (but differently) excited about animation again alongside Arcane - please check out Scavenger's Reign!
@@justafossil thank you!! I’ve heard Scavenger’s Reign is a good one!
Found your channel because of this show.
Good to have you here!!
@@artxroyalty 🫶🏾✨
19:38 I've been saying okie dokie since 1967.
So glad to see somebody else enjoying this. Maybe you'll check out the games someday
Liked and subscribed. Big thumbs up 👍👍
Just keep watching for more about the Ghoul.
13:19 The reason moldaver gives them a choice between the rest of the vault.Dwellers and his daughter.So that he can't go back because they know of altwider's do that?He chose his daughter over them so even if he escapes he can't go back to the vault.That's why the choice is made.What do reviewers?Don't pick that up don't
@@Silica_Packer I wish I could tell you I understood your message, a lot of typos 😅 you seem like a really negative person, you okay??
Let's go! And if you need more recommendations for goooood shit to watch then let us know!
Maximus Gang!!🫡
Lol at them initiate bums tossing up actual Bricks 🏀🗑️
I love this, like they've heard of basketball but don't really know anything about it except "tossing up bricks".
Wait until you hear how they thought baseball was played
Okiedokie! 🙂
your playlist is currently E2, E1, E3, E4, 1 unavailable.
just letting you know~
@@ErisianThreeFourteen omg thank you! I made sure to fix it, the unavailable video was just an accidental upload.
The real reason you don’t see many Americans doing British accents is because they don’t have to, most of film work is American. However, with British actors, the work is limited and it behooves them to learn how to speak with an American accent in order to compete for more work.
Adaptation* but yes.
locked in 👌💛💙
oh hell yes, the other really good video game tv show aside from Arcane and The Last Of Us
@@wanderingsoul7690 I will say…The Last of Us surprised me 😅
You should react to "Nothing to Lose". It's an Arcane clip
I already saw it 😅 I just watched it live since it was the Netflix event
Aisha, can you make a subtitles please?
The big watermark is a bit err, distracting.
@@DJ_Randy_B it’s for copyright purposes
@@artxroyalty it's fine. Do what you need to do
It's literally not. Perfectly tolerable and understandable.
Honestly it's one of the better ones I've seen when it comes to reactions.
@@artxroyalty While I understand the necessity of copyright protection, it's important to acknowledge why some people might find it distracting. The phenomenon of pareidolia, where our brains tend to recognize patterns and faces in random or ambiguous images, can be particularly relevant here. A prominent watermark can sometimes trigger this effect, making it harder for viewers to focus on the content itself. Our brains are wired to recognize patterns, and a large watermark can inadvertently become a focal point, distracting from the main message or aesthetic of the video. Constructive criticism, like pointing out the potential distraction of a watermark, is invaluable because it helps refine and improve the overall experience. Simply saying "it's fine" or "it's tolerable" doesn't provide much insight or help in making adjustments. By discussing the specifics of what works and what doesn't, we can create a better balance between protecting intellectual property and ensuring the content remains engaging and clear.
@@DJ_Randy_B I never invalidated what you said, I just informed you of why it’s there. I’ve had issues with monetization without it in the past.
I try to be aware of the distraction it may cause which is why I made sure to lower the opacity, but as someone who’s had past videos taken down, this method seems to work well with me posting.
"Double tap, double tap..." subbed.
Lucy did not get tranqualizer gun because she chose to do so but because the armory was looted by raiders and no firearms were left.