On April 11, Amazon Prime will debut Fallout, a TV series based on one of the most popular video games of all time. This retro-futuristic drama takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth nearly destroyed by nuclear war. Descendants of those who escaped survive in fallout repositories called vaults. But these Vault Dwellers have returned to the hellscape their forebears destroyed, a place of chaos, violence, and strangeness beyond their imagination.
Lauren Chen was initially excited about the series, but then remembered, “Oh, wait, this is Amazon,” and was behind the production.
But her hopes were slightly revived when she saw the first trailer.
“The first trailer for the series was certainly released a few months ago, but I have to say that at least I was pleasantly surprised by it,” she says.
But she’s reconsidering her initial reaction after seeing clips from the series.
“Everything looks so cheap,” she sighs. “And this is not a cheap show. Amazon does not undersell its work.”
Additionally, some characters, especially those living on a post-apocalyptic Earth, are “supposed to look weathered and dirty,” but “clearly look like actors wearing prop costumes.” Lauren insisted and added. “The clothing looks too put together to be apocalyptic.”
In addition to the poor costumes and sets, the dialogue also seems a little fake, at least in the trailer.
“Frankly, it doesn’t look very good,” Lauren said.
But director Jonathan Nolan’s quote is perhaps the biggest red flag regarding “Fallout.”
According to Bounding Into Comics, “Amazon’s Fallout director said it would have been a ‘fool’s errand’ to try to appeal to fans,” adding that he was “excited to create.” Ta. [his] My version” series.
“That’s not good,” Lauren says. “This seems to indicate to me that they decided to do whatever they wanted with the show, rather than trying to be faithful to the source material,” he said, upsetting the video game’s large fan base. There is a high possibility that
But Nolan has an impressive track record in the film industry, so “he probably could have done a better job,” Loren says.
For more of her analysis of Amazon’s new “Fallout” series, check out the clip below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_khcRJm715E
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