It’s a little odd and more than a little unsettling that two of the best game adaptations in recent memory - this and ’The Last of Us’ - are preoccupied by the...
It's a little odd and more than a little unsettling that two of the best game adaptations in recent memory - this and 'The Last of Us' - are preoccupied by the end of the world as we know it.', the sense of foreboding is palpable and the end is grimly inevitable. We merely have to sit and wait for it, because it's coming no matter what.
Without giving too much away, the first four episodes we were shown focuses on a trio of characters - a vault-dweller, a novitiate of the Brotherhood of Steel, and a 200-year-old mutant ghoul who's also a bounty hunter - as they seek out a mysterious stranger, and something buried in his head. Literally. Ella Purnell plays Lucy MacLean, said vault-dweller, while her father is played by a very Dale Cooper-adjacent Kyle MacLachlan.
Again, what showrunner Jonathan Nolan has captured so well is the tone and the vital mixture of hope and cynicism that makes 'Fallout' so interesting. MacLachlan and Purnell's characters look and sound like they've walked off the set of a Ronald Reagan movie, while Walton Goggins' good old cowboy carries off the makeup with a swagger befitting a veteran performer. Beyond these sharply realised performances, however, is a fascinating blend of psychology and world-building.
There's a keen sense of design, with many locations, costumes, and even music cues lifted from the games, but it's not placed in such a way as to distract viewers or keep out those who never played any of the 'Fallout' games. If anything, 'Fallout' takes direct inspiration from the same sources as the game itself - Kubrick's '', and naturally, George Miller's 'Mad Max' - but all with its own flavour and style.
Darkly funny, vividly realised, and with a talented cast that's game for the setting and story, 'Fallout' is going to delight those played the games just as those who haven't.
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