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Fallout: The Television Series
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But it's 200 years after the apocalypse, so how long after it does a story have to take place before that kind of stuff is OK?Personal preference. I don't think post-apocalyptic survival fiction is the place for humor, bright colors, Marvel comic book production values.
I don't get the last one.Personal preference. I don't think post-apocalyptic survival fiction is the place for humor, bright colors, Marvel comic book production values.
Only the eight most recent pages.
The posters for Fallout literally look like a Marvel comic book movie.
So they look like movie posters?The posters for Fallout literally look like a Marvel comic book movie.
No. Do you not understand that different franchises, different genres, different directors, and different studios generally have distinct visual styles?
Yeah. But movie posters have a certain language that crosses over genre. directors and studios.
I was talking about the visual style, not seriousness vs. comedy.
To an extent, but a movie poster represents the visual style of the film, the characters, and the overall emotional tone. When I look at a Fallout poster, if that was my only exposure to the show, I would be thinking it's a parody or comedy. Something like Galaxy Quest or Spaceballs.
Sometime. Some times they're just the characters in scenes from the film. Or a cool looking group shot. Sometimes it's just a logo.
So which one was the parody?
Poster #1 Iron Man? Western? Post-apocalypse? Comedy? I can't tell.
Poster #2 The art style makes me think of stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy and Borderlands.
Poster #3 It looks like cosplay and fan-art for a popular video game.
I cannot take any of these remotely seriously.
Poster #2 The art style makes me think of stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy and Borderlands.
Poster #3 It looks like cosplay and fan-art for a popular video game.
I cannot take any of these remotely seriously.
1. The devastated city scape should be a clue.Poster #1 Iron Man? Western? Post-apocalypse? Comedy? I can't tell.
Poster #2 The art style makes me think of stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy and Borderlands.
Poster #3 It looks like cosplay and fan-art for a popular video game.
I cannot take any of these remotely seriously.
2. What style is that?
3. Pretty standard action group shot That can be found on posters going back decades
Man, I still can't get over how faithful the design of that power armour is. We've had so many years of video game adaptations throwing the designs away, or throwing the story away, or throwing the lore away, and I'm glad that when someone took the trouble to do it all right it actually paid off. It's so vindicating to see that things like this and Last of Us can succeed, while less faithful adaptions like Cowboy Bebop stumble.
#1 In poster language, it's the focus is on the three people, dog, and couch. The devastated city seems unimportant to the main characters, more of a backdrop. Is it the post-apocalypse, or just one trashed city? We have to watch to find out.
#2 Cartoony, comedy, bright-and-colorful, comic book / video game.
#3 Three people in dramatic poses. I don't care. It looks like bad cosplay.
If you don’t like it, cool. Lots of people love it, lots don’t. A lot of your complaints, come across as plain oblivious. You seem surprised that Hollywood is doing things that Hollywood has always done. Or, complaining that a TV adaptation of a goofy, alternate universe video game is like the video game.
For something you don’t like, you’re now investing time “critiquing” promotional posters.
Which is informed by the 50s. That's how the aesthetic of this world is. It's not a comedy.
#1 I am just contributing to an ongoing conversation.
#2 "Hollywood doing things Hollywood has always done." What are you on about here?
#3 I am not complaining that a TV show based on a game is like the game. I've articulated that as a non-gamer, I just wanted a good post-apocalyptic show.
#4 What's wrong with critiquing promotional posters? It's a legitimate art form.
The 50's was 70 years ago, if I want 50's aesthetics, I'll watch I Love Lucy.
I said that it visually looks like a comedy. Do you deny this?
Honestly, going after the posters for the show just makes it look like you're going out of your way to find something to hate and make sure everyone known you hate it.
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