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[MrTroubleMaker]

hope its good, but probably will be

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

LOTR and Wheel of Time were pretty bad. I don’t expect any better here. At least visually it’s pretty good from the released info so far.

Wheel of Time was such a tragedy - amazing material to work with and that's what we got instead.. I was so hyped for that show.

 

[SolarFry]

It looks the part.......but how will it be written,that's the question,lol.

It'll be written by a committee and/or chat gpt.

 

[Ozzie666]

Please be better than Halo.

Apple TV should get some credit, they seem to be much better at develping shows like Foundation, Monarch, Silo, Shrink and Invasion (maybe). Amazon seems to really struggle, Lord of the rings was far worse than Wheel of time, as a none book reader. I somewhat found Wheel of time acceptable, but I know it's offensive to most book readers. Fallout should allow them plenty of freedom, just get the world right and tell some great stories.

 

[StereoVsn]

Please be better than Halo.

Apple TV should get some credit, they seem to be much better at develping shows like Foundation, Monarch, Silo, Shrink and Invasion (maybe). Amazon seems to really struggle, Lord of the rings was far worse than Wheel of time, as a none book reader. I somewhat found Wheel of time acceptable, but I know it's offensive to most book readers. Fallout should allow them plenty of freedom, just get the world right and tell some great stories.

Apple has been hit and miss. Foundation basically crapped all over the books as well. Yes, it was better than Wheel of Time but that’s a low bar to clear.

That said, Ted Lasso (at least first couple seasons), For All Mankind (first two seasons) and some of the other shows like Mythic Quest were quite good.

 

[semiconscious]

the first video game based series i'm interested in watching. joy & nolan seem to genuinely 'get' what makes the fallout universe unique & fun...

 

[Nonehxc]

Wow had NO idea Jonathan Nolan and his wife were behind this. That actually gives me a smidgeon of ho-

He and Joy acquired the rights through their Kilter Films production company, then set about inventing new characters and trials and tribulations with executive producers and writers Geneva Robertson-Dworet (cowriter of 2019’s Captain Marvel) and Graham Wagner (a veteran of The Office, Portlandia, and Silicon Valley), who serve as Fallout’s showrunners.

Nevermind.

She can open my Vault anytime.

 

[Danjin44]

It cant be worse than Monster Hunter movie. To this day I still cant figure out why they decide to include modern military in there. They could have easily just made movie thats take place MH world and be about main character wanted be hunter and eventually teaming up with others Ocean 11 style to take down Elder Dragon and they even could have asked Capcom to design Flagship Monster specially for the Movie.

 

[kiphalfton]

It has Kyle MacLachlan Walton Goggins. There is hope.

Fixed that for you.

 

[NickFire]

Those pics look pretty good. Amazon has had some good stuff. I’ll check this out when its released.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

The worst thing that can happen to any classic franchise or property is to be revived in the current climate. Good luck.

 

[mckmas8808]

As long as they don’t take too many liberties with the source material, it would be hard to mess this up.

The shots look great though.

It's amazing!

 

[Geomancer86]

Oh look, models in the vault. When will they fucking understand, that Fallout is an ugly world, full of ugly and/or ordinary people? Do not put these sculpted by plastic surgeon looking people in a fucking post apocaliptic series. And do not put that 300 dollar makeup on everyone...

Not each vault was created equally, each vault was an experiment, this one well could be one where they picked the majority of the inhabitants as people with high charisma/looks...

At least I'm hoping they didn't put all the woke people on this one...

I just saw some of the indie Fallout movies/series, starting with one recommended by Tim Cain in his yt channel, I think they can do a lot of great stuff with the source material, budget is actually secondary.

 

[The Fartist]

Well, it's Amazon so it will be woke as hell.

Can't hurt any feelings in a nuclear wasteland.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Well, it's Amazon so it will be woke as hell.

It already looks the part. I won't say anything more than that.

 

[MayauMiao]

I'm not putting much hope in the series especially with today's Hollywood standard.

 

[hlm666]

Looks much better than I would have expected, gives me a little hope the warhammer 40k series might be serviceable.

 

[Heart_Attack]

Chances are the female lead is lame and gay

 

[Varteras]

Can't hurt any feelings in a nuclear wasteland.

But you can't hug your children with nuclear arms!

 

[Bloobs]

Ofcourse a woman steps out of the vault

 

[bitbydeath]

the first video game based series i'm interested in watching. joy & nolan seem to genuinely 'get' what makes the fallout universe unique & fun...

Got a tall hill to climb to try beat Twisted Metal.

 

[Pejo]

Best we could hope for is a "story of the week" type format where they just have the main character(s) drift around from vault to settlement to wasteland and have them get into weekly dynamic shenanigans, and solve the issues. Kind of like a Seasons 1-2 of the Walking Dead before the show devolved into "go to a place, fortify until it goes to shit, repeat". I hope the recurring cast of characters is very small and we see lots of new faces and stories each episode.

Wait, is this a tv show or a movie?

 

[WitchHunter]

Unfortunately, I'm too jaded at this point with any new shows or movies for even a smidgen of excitement. Everything is firmly in the "wait and see" category, no matter how promising production shots look.

Most of the Amazon shows are terrible either because casting is half assed, or the episodes are each 1 hour long without content, or just the basic premise/writing is subpar or because the characters do everyday life things that you are not interested in. There are 1-2 good episodes in each series, then it goes downhill, fast. I checked The Boys, wow, how cool, great, though the 1 hour long episodes were a true warning sign. And it just dies after the introduction. Too much time spent on everyone's issues. Oh look how important my character is, I talk 15 minutes about nothing, or someone with a filler role gets 5 minutes script time.

 

[TVexperto]

still no next gen patch they promised

 

[GymWolf]

It can't be worse than rings of diarrhea...i hope.

 

[FunkMiller]

Well, it's Amazon so it will be woke as hell.

Depends.

There are two schools of thought at Amazon studios. One makes Rings Of Power. The other makes Reacher.

 

[The Fartist]

Ofcourse a woman steps out of the vault

Gotta repopulate the wasteland

 

[Pejo]

Gotta repopulate the wasteland

Diverse strong female character lead meets Super Mutant.

 

[xrnzaaas]

It looks the part.......but how will it be written,that's the question,lol.

Sisterhood of Steel

 

[GymWolf]

It cant be worse than Monster Hunter movie. To this day I still cant figure out why they decide to include modern military in there. They could have easily just made movie thats take place MH world and be about main character wanted be hunter and eventually teaming up with others Ocean 11 style to take down Elder Dragon and they even could have asked Capcom to design Flagship Monster specially for the Movie.

The scene with the monsters were good tho, diablos was as menacing as the videogame.

 

[BbMajor7th]

But where will movies and TV go after they've plundered all the video game IP? That's the real question.

 

[balls of snow]

Remember Beth fans, everything in the show is canon to the series. We about to yolo fallout.

 

[Badlucktroll]

i hope its not a screwball comedy and takes its self seriously

 

[Regginator]

Well, it's Amazon so it will be woke as hell.

Is this woke in the room with us now?

 

[The Cockatrice]

I can already tell by the screen caps, female strong and heroic, white man evil or ghoul. Fucking lmao. It's amazon and bethesda, if people expect this to be good they are stupid.

 

[Stitch]

That's not true. Invincible, The Boys, Jack Reacher, Good Omens, Jack Ryan, and Upload are all excellent Amazon exclusives. Many of those listed are adaptations too.

Most of them aren't pure Amazon productions. Like The Boys is basically a Sony show. Jack Ryan & Reacher are Paramount, Good Omens is BBC,... Rings of Power is what happens when Amazon is doing their own thing...

 

[digdug2]

Most of them aren't pure Amazon productions. Like The Boys is basically a Sony show. Jack Ryan & Reacher are Paramount, Good Omens is BBC,... Rings of Power is what happens when Amazon is doing their own thing...

That's fair.

 

[Salmon]

Is this woke in the room with us now?

You tell me. It's in the Amazon DNA, so why do you ask? Try to learn the real world works!

 

[Geomancer86]

The boys is woke as hell, bearable because everything else is up to par, violence, effects, etc... but wokeness is there...

 

[adamsapple]

 

[reinking]

They managed to make the jumpsuit look not silly.

I disagree. Well, not really silly but one thing I noticed right away is they look very costume-like. It stood out to me as soon as I looked at that first pic. I am still there as soon as it hits the service.

 

[adamsapple]

Is this woke in the room with us now?

Underrated post.

 

[Gojiira]

Just gonna say it, the Fallout 4 aesthetic is shite, its not Fallout ‘enough’.
That said it doesnt look bad as far as adaptations go, its going to come down to how well its written and whether it follows Bethesdas garbage tone or not.

 

[Trogdor1123]

I can already tell by the screen caps, female strong and heroic, white man evil or ghoul. Fucking lmao. It's amazon and bethesda, if people expect this to be good they are stupid.

Apparently she is totally naive as she grew up in a vault.

 

[Guerilla Munch]

That actress is too attractive. It's 2023 ffs

Do better, Amazon.

 

[Braag]

I'll give it a chance. Walton Goggins is great and it's co-written by Jonathan Nolan who has done some good stuff.

 

[Jemm]

 

[Pop]

I'm optimistic

 

[FunkMiller]

The most dystopian thing about that entire trailer was the 2-day shipping 'gag'.

 

[Laptop1991]

Just seen it, while it looks promising and Michael Emerson is great in everything i've seen him in, it does look a little bit clean and hollywood to me, whether that's a good thing or not, time will tell , but i am looking forward to watching it, and i also hope they explain where the NCR have gone lol.