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Already been covered it seems but I am loving Fallout as well. Have about an episode and a half left. Didn't know Christopher Nolan's brother was directing it, makes sense now.
The whole show is pretty great. From cinematography to writing. It's a really funny show that also has great plot points that have me hooked. And as someone who can't stand crappy CGI, the CGI in the show is really top notch. Great to see another good video game adaptation as I anxiously await the return of The Last of Us.
I think it’s much better than Last of Us bc LoU is so slavish to the source material that it just feels like a series of cutscene. Fallout is truly a new tale and a clever adaptation of the source material thst it changes tonally. Borderlands movie coming this Fall is shaking in its boots about the precedent set and that they won’t be able to skate by being a a guardians of the galaxy rip-off
I’m actually a little surprised Jonathan Nolan is handling the comedy so well. Westworld and and that other Prime show he did are so serious and so full of “big” ideas that I’m surprised this show is allowed to be as weird as it is, but then I remember one of Christopher’s favorite movies is MacGruber, so I know that family has actual taste
I had a whole paragraph written explaining why you are right, but to make it easier I will try to keep it short. (Didn't do a good job of keeping it short).
You're right. LOU is the same as the game. But to me it's an amazing adaptation for an audience of people who would never play the game to see the story in the first place. There isn't as much wiggle room because TLOU is about those two people. But I really admire what they can do with it as a show in terms of cinematography, editing/music to make you really feel that story.
Fallout is way more work and they fucking nailed it. It has the wiggle room to be a totally different story, but to also nail the feeling and bizarrnes of the series is not an easy task at all and they absolutely did just that. I've only played a couple hours of New Vegas because I didn't play as broad of a genre of games until I got a pc but even without playing it, I know the weirdness that is Fallout and admire it. For the show to hit that tone so well, be so funny and so compelling is nothing short of outstanding. I absolutely love everything about the show, the fact that they don't shy away from the gore, that they have incredible action scenes, and keep it weird in every way to the point of having gameplay mechanic references and such a great story/characters/drama is awesome. I didn't pay any attention to the show being made really until I saw that trailer, and I was like oh shit, this is exactly the kind of tone I like in a movie/show, hopefully they can do a decent job of that when I watch it. It exceeded all expectations and really is an awesome series that puts a lot of the wasts of time out there to shame. Shows/movies that are this well done are so rare, it's just flat out amazing.
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