Sci-Fi Fallout | Amazon Prime

[Deck Rickard]

Surprised Musk had time to stop by. He’s been busy paying Trump’s rape bills.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

This looks pretty damn good and will certianly check it out, glad all episodes are being dropped as once as well to binge it in a weekend or so. Everything looks authentic to the games and the cast seems great. Interesting to see how this turns out as its a game ripe with storytelling so should lend itself to a tv format very well, just hope it can do better than most video game adaptions. Promising though.

Is this true that all episodes drop at once?

 

[Deck Rickard]

Is this true that all episodes drop at once?

Yeah, all episodes hit on 4/11.

 

[Filmfreak]

That's weird. Amazon's hit shows follow the weekly release model, which I personally prefer nowadays. It's the first time in many years I remember seeing one of their shows, that was marketed quite a bit, getting the Netflix treatment.

 

[Deck Rickard]

That's weird. Amazon's hit shows follow the weekly release model, which I personally prefer nowadays. It's the first time in many years I remember seeing one of their shows, that was marketed quite a bit, getting the Netflix treatment.

Yeah. I’m not quite sure why they are doing it that way. But the upside is (if it’s good) we get to binge it all at once.

 

[Luigi]

It'll probably still take me a whole week to watch it.

 

[TheVileOne]

That's weird. Amazon's hit shows follow the weekly release model, which I personally prefer nowadays. It's the first time in many years I remember seeing one of their shows, that was marketed quite a bit, getting the Netflix treatment.

Not always. First season of Reacher had the whole eight episodes at once. Terminal List first season also had the whole season at once as well. Tick Seasons 1 and 2 did half-season drops. I think Jack Ryan did full season drops for each season until the last one. So it's varied before. Now they do seem to favor weekly drops a bit more so that might change, but they've had a history of doing it differently beforehand.

 

[Filmfreak]

Not always. First season of Reacher had the whole eight episodes at once. Terminal List first season also had the whole season at once as well. Tick Seasons 1 and 2 did half-season drops. I think Jack Ryan did full season drops for each season until the last one. So it's varied before. Now they do seem to favor weekly drops a bit more so that might change, but they've had a history of doing it differently beforehand.

None of these was as big or as heavily promoted as Fallout is. Reacher became a hit and they changed it to a weekly format, which could happen to Terminal List as well. The Tick came a long time ago when they only had the all-episodes-at-once format. And I'm not talking about popularity after their release, but hype and viewership prospects that existed before.

 

[TheVileOne]

None of these was as big or as heavily promoted as Fallout is. Reacher became a hit and they changed it to a weekly format, which could happen to Terminal List as well. The Tick came a long time ago when they only had the all-episodes-at-once format. And I'm not talking about popularity after their release, but hype and viewership prospects that existed before.

OK but my point was historically they haven't always done weekly drops and they've done it differently for their hit original shows before.

 

[Filmfreak]

OK but my point was historically they haven't always done weekly drops and they've done it differently for their hit original shows before.

Yes, hence why I didn't say "the first time" but "the first time in many years" for such a project.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I’m thinking that they are dropping it all at once because they want to quickly familiarize people with it.

Even though Fallout is popular, it’s still kind of a niche thing and they want people to get the gist of it by showing the whole thing at once. They’re (hopefully) confident in the show’s quality and are providing all the episodes at once to give people a look at the whole world, so they can see how it differentiates itself from other post-apocalyptic shows (The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, etc.).

 

[BoredGuy]

I like the "drop 3 episodes then go weekly" model
Lets even unfamiliar viewers get hooked, but then still draws out the time people will be talking about the show

But I guess the weekly model might give Todd Howard bad ideas about making the next Fallout a GAAS game
so shh, nobody tell him lol

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Teelie]

Makes me nervous and thinking of Halo when he says that.

 

[Filmfreak]

I'm with him. Blatant fanservice is not the solution, creative people who are fans of the games and have a clear vision is.

 

[Venom 1988]

Makes me nervous and thinking of Halo when he says that.

Nah he's right. There's a subset of fans (like the No Mutants Allowed group) that absolutely despise all the Bethesda made Fallout games because it's not Fallout 1, 2 or New Vegas (since that one was Obsidian). There's no pleasing people like that.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah. And Nolan is a fan of the game himself so he probably has a good idea of what essential elements you need in an adaptation and where you can either deviate or just do your own thing. But I’m glad he didn’t just go in with a bulleted list of monsters, weapons and factions that he absolutely needed to cram in there somewhere, even when it doesn’t make sense.

And yeah, the “tOdD hOwArD sUcKs!” crowd are going to hate this show no matter what, so screw them.

 

[Filmfreak]

Yeah. And Nolan is a fan of the game himself so he probably has a good idea of what essential elements you need in an adaptation and where you can either deviate or just do your own thing. But I’m glad he didn’t just go in with a bulleted list of monsters, weapons and factions that he absolutely needed to cram in there somewhere, even when it doesn’t make sense.

And yeah, the “tOdD hOwArD sUcKs!” crowd are going to hate this show no matter what, so screw them.

Plus, you know, he's a talented filmmaker, which can be a rear commodity in projects like this. People often say they're fans of the source material of something but that doesn't mean they have the ability to convey the spirit of someone else's work in a different medium. It could end up sucking, but right now I probably trust him more than most.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Plus, you know, he's a talented filmmaker, which can be a rear commodity in projects like this. People often say they're fans of the source material of something but that doesn't mean they have the ability to convey the spirit of someone else's work in a different medium. It could end up sucking, but right now I probably trust him more than most.

Yeah, exactly. Nolan is a really talented guy who proved with Westworld (and Batman for that matter) that he can take an established property and do something new and innovative with it, while still maintaining the core concept of the original.

 

[Teelie]

I'm with him. Blatant fanservice is not the solution, creative people who are fans of the games and have a clear vision is.

Nah he's right. There's a subset of fans (like the No Mutants Allowed group) that absolutely despise all the Bethesda made Fallout games because it's not Fallout 1, 2 or New Vegas (since that one was Obsidian). There's no pleasing people like that.

It's not so much blatant fanservice or demanding fans as maybe ignoring too much of the franchise to appease people who have no context for the games. He is a fan of the games, Fallout 3 no less, so there is that much but I also always feel weary when someone says they aren't going to care what fans think.

 

[Filmfreak]

He doesn't say that he doesn't care what fans think, just that pleasing all fans is not the main drive behind doing the show, because you can't achieve that anyways. What I read with his statements is that his focus is to first and foremost realise a vision he as a fan has and then hope for more people to resonate with that. Which is the right approach.

I'd rather hear "I've made myself very happy with the show" rather than something like "I think fans of the games are going to be pleased". The former shows much more confidence in your product, the latter is more like guessing based on your perception of what others might want to see.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[StarLord]

I remember playing Fallout on the Xbox 360 at some point but I honestly can't recall which one.

Anyhow, this looks interesting enough without knowing much about the game. Goggins' character is cool.

 

[squeekness]

Don't know how I missed this but saw a trailer for the first time with Walking Dead Rick/Michone. They had me with Walton Goggins! I'll be watching this for sure!