I've had someone die in my arms. That's not a thing, at least if it is, I don't relate to it at all.
Fallout: The Television Series
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Dissociation. See it a lot in people. And, again, a show not meant to be perfectly realistic either.It should have been immediate. A bunch of her friends she'd known her whole life are slaughtered, she watched people die in front of her, and she watched her father get kidnapped. No one's going to remain bright and happy after that.
Speaking as someone in the mental health field I can assure you yes, it is a thing. People all cope through different manners and ways. Victor Frankl had a very famous book, and the foundation of existential psychology, in "Man's Search for Meaning" all about the challenges he endured.
The idea that there is only one way to cope in the face of trauma is simplistic. This isn't to diminish any reactions, but to note that there are many people who will just, "put on a happy face" and soldier on.
I can deal with a fantastical world if the characters have realistic reactions to what's going on around them and to them. When the main character goes through traumatic events and basically doesn't react... I bounce out. I want drama, not a live-action cartoon.
Please note, I did say: "...if it's a thing, I don't relate to it at all."
Been down that river a few times.
Oh, you'd get the drama if it was a character reaction you could relate too. The drama is quite fantastic and the way the story unfolds is well written.
But, it isn't realistic completely in the science, nor is it our world. It's an alternate history and a different tone than say Walking Dead. I would not call it a cartoon but it isn't dead set on grim fatalism either.
The lack of realistic science by 2020's standards is a turn off.
The alternate history is also a turn off.
Post-apocalyptic, but no grim fatalism just leaves me yawning.
I love post-apocalyptic fiction, but I want realism.
Not for you then by a long shot.The lack of realistic science by 2020's standards is a turn off.
The alternate history is also a turn off.
Post-apocalyptic, but no grim fatalism just leaves me yawning.
I love post-apocalyptic fiction, but I want realism.
Who was the target audience mostly, fans of the games?
I would say it was meant as a fairly broad demographics, hedging towards fans of the game, and fans of comic books too. Fallout has always messed around with different audiences. The originals were turn based RPGs, while 3 and New Vegas and 4 were all RPG style shooters. Probably not intended for fans of hardcore realistic survival in the post apocalypse.
The biggest themes of the games are about corruption, paranoia, and that humans will do crazy things in the name of survival. You would have weird cults, schizophrenic mutants, forced evolution virus, and a character with a tree growing out of his head.
It can be a bit cartoonish, but at its core is a rather interesting idea that human beings will find odd ways to survive, and that war, and the fight to survive, never really changes. Just the tools to fight such wars will change. Also, that corruption occurs all over the place, and that is a big part of the draw of the story. Lucy responds how she always has: with a resolve to complete her task. There are examples throughout history of people doing exactly that.
The Ghoul is someone who has already lost that side of himself; he simply does whatever he wants because the world has taken everything from him. A lot more, as we learn.
Maximus is discovering, like Lucy, that the world is not what he thought it would be, that being a squire is not a glamorous life, but one of hardship and pain.
They're all on different paths of having their world turned upside down and how does it change them. I don't think Lucy is unrealistic; I think she's just comparmentalizing everything because she knows no other way.
Fallout's target audience was people who'd be into a TV series that was like the Fallout games. You don't have to like the Fallout games, or like video games in general, to be into a wild Mad Max-inspired post-apocalyptic sci-fi series with a retro '50s aesthetic and robot suits. People who sat through Waterworld and The Postman, and still had enough enthusiasm left in them afterwards to give Fury Road a chance when that came out, that's the kind of audience they're aiming at.
Thank you for giving an in-depth review of the series, I do very much appreciate it.
I dunno about that. I love those kinds of movies, but I almost didn't make it to the end of Fallout's 2nd episode.
So...old people?
I saw Waterworld and the Postman in the theatre back in the 90s.
I could've said 'watched Mad Max 3' but that's even older!
I'm sure younger fans of the genre have been streaming them and experiencing the disappointment for themselves, as I don't expect they've got a lot of other options.
I'm sure younger fans of the genre have been streaming them and experiencing the disappointment for themselves, as I don't expect they've got a lot of other options.
Loved the Mad Max trilogy with Mel Gibson. Looking forward to Fury Road and the prequel.
I don't think so. I certainly wasn't a fan of the game. I've played it a (very) little but nothing major. I just enjoyed it as a fun post apocalyptic sci-fi western
I never played the games either, but I sure as shit enjoyed the show.
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