Culture Amazon Prime Video's Fallout sci-fi show won't just "please fans" of the games - "I think you have to come into this trying to make the show that you want to make and trusting that, as fans of the game [ourselves], we would find the pieces that were essential to us... and try to do the best version." the show's director said.

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Amazon will finally debut its most eagerly-awaited new series on its Prime Video streaming service next month and although, like The Last of Us, it's based on a video game, it hasn't solely been made for "the fans".

Speaking at a press event with T3 in attendance, the director and driving force behind the Fallout TV series, Jonathan Nolan, explained that setting out to simply appease the fans of the games would've been "a fool's errand".

"I don't think you really can set out to please the fans of anything," he said. "Or please anyone other than yourself.

"I think you have to come into this trying to make the show that you want to make and trusting that, as fans of the game [ourselves], we would find the pieces that were essential to us... and try to do the best version."

But those worried that the Prime Video series will deviate too much from Fallout lore needn't – Nolan himself is a big fan of Bethesda's apocalyptic RPGs, which prompted him to co-create the show in the first place.

"It started, for me, with Fallout 3, which devoured about a year of my life," he added.

"I was an aspiring young writer at that point, and it almost derailed my entire career. It's so ludicrously playable and fun... seriously, the games were just incredible.

"It's such a rare and unbelievable thing that I've gotten to do twice in my career, to take something that you love and get a chance to play in that universe, to create your own version.

"The first go-round for me was Batman, and this time with Fallout – a a series of games that I absolutely loved."

So does that mean he's happy with the end result?

"It's kind of a fool's errand to try to figure out how to make [other] people happy... You've got to make yourself happy. And I've made myself very happy with the show."

The Fallout TV series will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 12 April 2024 with all eight episodes available to binge from day one.

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[Misericordia]

Counter-counterpoint:
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You do not talk to your forum elders that way, newfag!

If I like you, you can call me Retard. BUT GUESS WHAT? I DON'T LIKE YOU! Do you understand?
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Countercountercounterpoint: Your account is less than 4 years old, and you have over 33 thousand messages, which is tremendously gay.

 

[Meat Target]

Countercountercounterpoint: Your account is less than 4 years old, and you have over 33 thousand messages, which is tremendously gay.

Gaze upon the majesty of my e-penis and despair.

 

[Pissmaster]

I could not care less about a Fallout TV show, and I don't even know what to tell anyone that heard about one and genuinely thought it would be of any quality.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Countercountercounterpoint: Your account is less than 4 years old, and you have over 33 thousand messages, which is tremendously gay.

Post your reddit account so we can compare the two

 

[Misericordia]

Post your reddit account so we can compare the two

Only a redditor believes everybody else is a crypto-redditor.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Only a redditor believes everybody else is a crypto-redditor.

Not everyone, just fatties who get upset over New Vegas and use the term "crypto-redditor"

 

[Flamin Park]

Fallout is a dumb game to adapt because 90% of it is finding random notes and plotlines in the middle of nowhere
It's either going to turn into a monster of the week show with no overarching plot, or they'll cram everything in anyway it fits and suddenly random deathclaw #3 was working for the arch villain in a stupid overarching way that makes no sense. Also what's the over/under on the lone wonderer now having a party containing a stupid love interest and a couple of diverse friends as deep as a puddle of water?

 

[Misericordia]

Not everyone, just fatties who get upset over New Vegas and use the term "crypto-redditor"

Not upset about him criticizing New Vegas. I played New Vegas the day it launched, argued about it then (on 2010 /v/ FYI), and put it behind me. What triggers me is still hearing incessant sperging about New Vegas 13 years past the point of its relevance.

 

[CHARizard]

argued about it then (on 2010 /v/ FYI), and put it behind me.

You sound like a faggot and should go fuck off back to 4chan.

Fallout is a dumb game to adapt because 90% of it is finding random notes and plotlines in the middle of nowhere

Agreed, although I think monster of the week would be fun because the creatures are pretty interesting. I would love to see a procedural about trying to figure out what new mutant is killing townsfolk in the wastes.

 

[frozen_runner]

Nigga doesn't care. He recently relocated from WA state to FL to save hundreds of millions in capital gain taxes for the lovely beaches.

What a happy coincidydink, though....

Jeff Bezos Reaps Florida Tax Benefit With $4 Billion Amazon Share Sale

You know what I hate even more than Jeff Bezos? The government and their endless hunger for taxation.

Fuck them, I'm glad even more money is not available to these incompetent, greedy fucks who can't do anything well even with bottomless coffers.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Fallout is a dumb game to adapt because 90% of it is finding random notes and plotlines in the middle of nowhere

90% of games are damn near impossible to adapt "properly" because of their gameplay.

 

[Tropical Cock Man]

Why don’t ghouls look scary any more? That guy just looks like a burn victim.

 

[Nick Gars]

Counterpoint: New Vegas fanboys are trannies and supercilious Redditors who get huffy if you say anything remotely unflattering about it, or if you liked something about 3 or 4.

And I'm saying this as someone who rates New Vegas in his personal Top 5 Vidya of all time. I have no qualms about talking shit about one of my favorites, just to piss off its blowhard fandom.

I'm right there with you. Fucking love New Vegas, top 5 as well, but you can only hear greasy trannys shouting "ITS DA GREETEST GAEM EVER!" so many times at anyone who says otherwise, over 15 God damn years, before you want to become a contrarian specifically to make them blow a gasket, not because your opinion of it actually changed.


I'm holding this dumpster fire of a show in the same regard as any other video game adaptation over past 10 years, with disdain until I am proven otherwise, which I know will not happen. It really fucking says something when "The Sonic Movies" are the only decent video game adaptations in a fucking decade I can recall off the top of my head. I don't even see this going the Castlevania route where they put a mask on and pretend to give a shit for a few episodes before dropping all the faggot twin orgies, overuse of "fuck" and girlboss bullshit right on your face like a steaming shit. No, this one's gonna wear its faggotry loud and proud from episode 1. It really is Rings of Power 2: Nuclear Boogaloo.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Why don’t ghouls look scary any more? That guy just looks like a burn victim.

It's the problem of casting a (relatively) well known actor in the role. You have to make him still somewhat recognizable and "attractive".

Also could throw in a bit of "doing it on the cheap" to skim extra money off the top from Amazon.

I'm right there with you. Fucking love New Vegas, top 5 as well, but you can only hear greasy trannys shouting "ITS DA GREETEST GAEM EVER!" so many times at anyone who says otherwise, over 15 God damn years, before you want to become a contrarian specifically to make them blow a gasket, not because your opinion of it actually changed.

The thing that makes me laugh are all the people that obviously played the game late and act like Bethesda is constantly pissing and shitting themselves over how much better New Vegas is and how everyone loves it so much more than their games even though New Vegas was a buggy piece of shit even worse than typical Bethesda fare at launch and Fallout 4 to this day has like 4x the amount of engagement than New Vegas does.

New Vegas is my favorite Fallout too (which isn't saying much, I think Fallouts whole aesthetic is kinda gay), but holy shit there is so much delusion among New Vegas fans. I really don't get why they even bother keeping up with Fallout as a series.

 

[Tablet County]

impotent rage

lol calm down

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

The journalists were trying to stir the pot with this one. What’s frustrating is they even included a good chunk of the quote but “Fallout 3 devoured a year of Nolan’s life” wouldn’t get as much clicks.

Nolan himself is a big fan of Bethesda's apocalyptic RPGs, which prompted him to co-create the show in the first place.

"It started, for me, with Fallout 3, which devoured about a year of my life," he added.

"I was an aspiring young writer at that point, and it almost derailed my entire career. It's so ludicrously playable and fun... seriously, the games were just incredible.

"It's such a rare and unbelievable thing that I've gotten to do twice in my career, to take something that you love and get a chance to play in that universe, to create your own version.

"The first go-round for me was Batman, and this time with Fallout – a a series of games that I absolutely loved."

He actually liked the game, played it, etc. It’s just clickbait trying to stir up controversy cause they’re just focused on this:

"It's kind of a fool's errand to try to figure out how to make [other] people happy... You've got to make yourself happy. And I've made myself very happy with the show."

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Journalists and their click bait are a net negative on this world.

 

[demicolon]

Won't watch it as a fan of 1/2 and Tactics; they're not made for me and I don't care about Bethesta's butchery.
Same reason I won't watch Amazon's Witcher, which got famous thanks to the games I didn't play, and I'm a fan of the books. The moment I read they made elves Black (obligatory uppercase) is when I realized they missed an opportunity. Since elves in Witcher are extremely racist and elitist, it makes sense to cast white actors for the role.
Don't watch it, don't waste your time, don't give them attention.

The proper way is to go the Tactics route and set the show in some place with little connection to the estabilished plots, but that would require effort and talented writers.

 

[X Prime]

New Vegas is my favorite Fallout too (which isn't saying much, I think Fallouts whole aesthetic is kinda gay), but holy shit there is so much delusion among New Vegas fans. I really don't get why they even bother keeping up with Fallout as a series.

This is true. Anyone who is a fan of 1/2/Tactics/NV should just consider Fallout a dead franchise.

 

[Misericordia]

. . .New Vegas was a buggy piece of shit even worse than typical Bethesda fare at launch. . .

It was fine on PC. Most people who complained about bugs at the time were playing on Xbox 360. Many of the patches they put out to make it run better on 360 actually took out interesting content that you have to mod back in on PC to this day. The idea that Bethesda games are bad because of "bugs" has always been reductive, and when Obisidian was at their peak, every game they made was literally unfinished. Since getting their act together, they haven't put out a single memorable game.

New Vegas is my favorite Fallout too (which isn't saying much, I think Fallouts whole aesthetic is kinda gay), but holy shit there is so much delusion among New Vegas fans. I really don't get why they even bother keeping up with Fallout as a series.

I never considered myself a real "Fallout fan", but I did respect the original games for what they were, and I thought the quality of the writing in Fallout 3 was horrible by the standards of the entire industry. New Vegas's writing is overrated, but it is good, which I think is a pretty important level to reach for an RPG, and I don't think Bethesda has reached it since Morrowind.

This is true. Anyone who is a fan of 1/2/Tactics/NV should just consider Fallout a dead franchise.

When New Vegas was announced, I saw it as basically miraculous. Situations like that simply don't happen in the video game industry. It was always going to be a last hurrah for "old" Fallout. The narrative that "they would have made New Vegas 2 if only it had got an 85 on metacritic" is something that people only started saying years later, and it was always stupid.

 

[raspberry mocha]

I'm skeptical towards anyone who still desires "accuracy" in these kinds of adaptations. Like why would you expect that?