I dont think enough people are ranting about its comically stupid nuking scene. If you want a confirmation this really is Bethesda's Fallout then all you gotta do is look at its pre-war nuking scene.
This is basically "Hey kids, you thought the Nuke scene in F4 was preposterous and unrealistic? Well take a look at this!"
Im getting flashbacks to the nuke scene in Fallout 4 with the world's slowest nuke. Good to see that wasnt a flob and its literally the brand the CHINESE, not Vault Tec, the CHINESE! used. Far we are from the days of James Cameron getting legit calls from nuclear scientists saying the nuke scene in Terminator 2 was frighteningly close to reality (except that even the skeletons wouldnt remain but they were able to excuse him because it was technically a dream scene).
Everyone in that party should have instantly been vaporized with a nuke that close. They literally talk about the whole mushroom cloud needs to be smaller than your thumb for you to be at a safe distance thing. And yet here we are, nukes that are visible from over a small hill arent eliminating our poor setups for a story.
And someone will legit say "Its loyal to how it was in Fallout 4", like thats actually a good thing. I remember how everyone hated that. We all know they wanted a dramatic "at the last second" scene but the nuke wasnt far enough to justify it, so dont act like the series is being "faithful" and, assuming that it is, that its a good thing. As if that wasnt stupid enough we have multiple nukes in visible proximity from each other... *
frustrated long sigh that reeks of "Why do I even bother"*
"Its fallout, its not like real life", oh shut up with that. Nothing in Fallout established that nukes didnt work like they do in real life for the most part, at least until F4 (and I guess you could argue Fallout 3 with that small nuke scene but F4 confirms it to not be canon so I will let it slide).
Im not saying this scene didnt have a good setup, problem is that you cant have your cake and eat it. Again, Terminator 2 had a scene strictly showing the horrors of Judgement Day, and why it was something to be feared and stopped if possible. In the series its just...eh? We probably should start running, I guess. It just doesnt feel impactful and can I say I utterly despise how they always have characters looking at the explosion and not instantly getting blind? The flash of a nuke is like staring into the sun for a whole hour concentrated into one instant, any eyes on it will be blinded.
Idk, this all sounded more deep when it was Ron Pearlman just saying "Yeah, we fucked up. War never changes". But hey, subtlety is for numb nuts. The nuking is best to be shown as little as possible to preserve its mysterious terror and because it ultimately doesnt matter much anymore, the world moved on and what was to be the end of the world just became another footnote in human history.
Bethesda: lol, not under my watch...!
Im not asking for Threads, Im just asking for something that doesnt insult my intelligence.
Oh my God this drove me fucking nuts and it is perfectly emblematic of how much of a careless, fat, dump the show takes on all of the west coast lore. Fallout 4's theme has nothing to do with the NCR, New Vegas HAD a fucking theme for the faction and it doesn't get used there because someone said "put the game's main theme over this reveal for nostalgia" and nobody bothered to figure out which game it actually came from. They saw "New Vegas is the 4th mainline entry in the series" so they slapped 4's theme on and nobody checked, nobody noticed, or nobody cared because "you can't please the fans anyway."
And thus the confirmation this series truly is for normies with no to only basic understanding of Fallout, having at most played F4 and maybe 3 (tho it almost feel unfair putting 3 with 4 and 76 since I will always play devil's advocate with it because it does legit have effort and merit to it, despite its many imperfections).
Jesus, why set this in the West Coast at all? Just set it nearby The Commonwealth or something. That way they are only messing with their side of the canon and the West Coast is untouched by the cringe ass writing.
