*Fallout* Episode 5 "The Past" | First Time Watching, Reaction, Beer and Commentary | The T-Boys! |

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Fallout Episode 5 "The Past" | First Time Watching, Reaction, Beer and Commentary
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0:00 - Coming Up
0:20 Intro
1:35 Beer Pairing
3:10 Reaction
20:25 Summary
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Intro/Outro Music: "Ill Be With You" | MoodMode | Vladyslav Krotov
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Original Series: Fallout
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[@kanpai_ky]

Enjoying a nice dessert stout with episode 5 of Fallout 🙂🍻✨. Lore is appreciated, but please no spoilers 💖

[@ray24051]

Question how did you find the filming locations with Google Earth?

[@kanpai_ky]

Someone asked this same question and here is a copy pasta of my reply: The medical building was easy as the hospital name was on a forum and I just had to find it on Google Earth. The bridge on the otherhand, I got a clue on Reddit, but not the actual location. So I had to go find bridges in NY that lined up. Walking on the train tracks scene was probably also done near that bridge as there is a matching smoke stack in the background. I searched for over an hour for the tunnel scene with Maximus and Lucy and just couldn't find something that matched up with the bridge in the background. I thought this was the most important location to find, but had to give up to get the video out. Cheers!

[@ray24051]

@@kanpai_ky That is some serious sleuthing! Nancy Drew would be proud of you!

[@Kaylakaze]

YES! Someone else thought "She comes from Canada" when she said that.

[@joeyc8546]

How you manage to locate the places like that is awesome and the animations! So cool these places are real too. Another excellent episode, so funny with the cannibals and Lucy.

[@kanpai_ky]

Thanks! The medical building was easy as the hospital name was on a forum and I just had to find it on Google Earth. The bridge on the otherhand, I got a clue on Reddit, but not the actual location. So I had to go find bridges in NY that lined up. Walking on the train tracks scene was probably also done near that bridge as there is a matching smoke stack in the background. I searched for over an hour for the tunnel scene with Maximus and Lucy and just couldn't find something that matched up with the bridge in the background. I thought this was the most important location to find, but had to give up to get the video out. Cheers! PS Filming locations for this season were mainly NY, UT and Namibia (I think). Next season California is giving a tax credit so they film portions of Fallout here in CA (I heard).

[@michaelhoward142]

@@kanpai_ky That is very impressive. Your effort is appreciated. 😁👍

[@to0muchtoan]

I'm really enjoying the Chet & Norm dynamic lol.

[@kanpai_ky]

Same 😆

[@billthomas478]

Radaway is a chemical cocktail that removes radiation from the body. The needle thingys are called stimpacks

[@theylied1776]

If you didn't notice, her new finger is healing.

[@nadeeml9276]

"whats taters precious?!" lmao i thought the same thing hahahaha. It's really cool how you find the filming locations btw! Great reaction as usual, really enjoying these. Excited for the next one!

[@kanpai_ky]

Glad I wasn’t the only one ha ha. Thank you!! 😁

[@billthomas478]

Reclamation Day is when the vaults were supposed to open. However, this was a different time for different vaults. Some vaults, like 76, opened just a few decades after the bombs fell. Some still haven't opened after over 200 years

[@ray24051]

It's funny that Lucy did not trust Maximus but He previously had saved her from being shot by the ghoul.

[@darrenbarlow1826]

Snip snip gave her a new finger, then tried to take her organs. Trust issues are fair lol

[@kanpai_ky]

I know right?!? 😂

[@khaiylex7866]

Yeah! Ghoul happened.

[@mattp6089]

The girl's had it rough since then but good point.

[@theylied1776]

Not a spoiler, but some of the current and former occupants from Vault 31 cleaned up Vault 32. Remember Betty said she spoke with the Overseer from Vault 31. And they decided to resettle Vault 32.

[@kanpai_ky]

Oh that makes sense!

[@eurussaphire]

you have such prominent facial features, it's fun to see what kinda expressions you make

[@kanpai_ky]

Awww thanks! 😃

[@markcarpenter6020]

One thing this leaves out is the new California Republic was huge. It covered all of southern California and parts of Mexico and Nevada. It had a total population of around 700 000 people, electricity, clean water, minor industry, a working train system and traded as far away as Utah and Arizona. It had a standing military and a police force similar to a combination of the texas rangers and military special forces called the rangers. In fact game fans are really confused about what exactly happened to reset civilization in California in just 10 years. Just nuking a single city wouldn't destroy all of that. And considering this show takes place in basically the heart of the NCR there should be at least some of all that left. Heck this show hasn't even shown anyone wearing ranger armor. Ranger armor is the iconic armor from new Vegas used by the NCR for their elite troops(veteran rangers) based on pre war riot armor used by the the military.

[@kanpai_ky]

I wonder if they’ll explore more of that in the next season(s) 🤔

[@xthebongsquadx1632]

Episode 7 has ranger armor at the start. Also, 700,000 people is not that many spread across 3 large western states. Pre-war those areas would have had a population of about 30-40 times that. Many npcs in FNV say how the ncr is spread too thin and in decline. Who knows how many people they lost to bad imperialistic policy and leadership. The current state of affairs in the show is not a stretch at all, its actually very plausible. And the 2 most likely FNV endings have Vegas remaining independent and becoming more powerful, which would have led to more bad ncr decisions, possibly even committing to a full invasion which, by the looks of the finale credits sequence, they lost badly. No doubt some large ncr strongholds exist still, the Hub for one. It does also look like the Brotherhood and Legion have had some kind of marriage of convenience too, making them much more powerful which would have pushed the ncr even further back into said strongholds. I dont think its any coincidence that the brotherhood elder refers to them as a legion, shaping the future with their sword, and all of them having roman names("we gave you a name..."- said the elder to maximus). That doesnt sound like technology obsessed talk to me. I wouldnt even be surprised that the new brotherhood the elder talks about starting rebrands themselves back to the Legion now they have the power of infinite energy.

[@markcarpenter6020]

@@kanpai_ky that's what we hope. There is another area that is well known from the games Los Vegas (new Vegas in the games) and. We see a glimpse of it later and it also looks much worse than when we saw it in the games. In the games New Vegas is a functioning city with casinos, hotels, etc. The wasteland shown in this show resembles the east Coast but until this show the west coast has had a much more developed civilization. Partly because some vaults had opened decades ago. However those games set on the west coast weren't made by Bethesda. Even fallout New Vegas was made by obsidian and Bethesda games tend to have a much lower level of civilization (they seem to have trouble writing post post apocalypse and try to keep things at post apocalypse) so fans are wondering if they are using the show to reset civilization on the west coast for future (Bethesda) games.

[@markcarpenter6020]

@@xthebongsquadx1632 but where are the crimson caravan, the gun runners, the trains system? Even if the NCR had contracted you would still see stuff around specially in what was the heart of the NCR. This level of collapse doesn't really make sense since it happened in a decade or less.

[@xthebongsquadx1632]

@@markcarpenter6020 Crimson caravan and Gun runners were successful due to the strength of the ncr, their whole existence revolved around it. And we do see old infrastructure around that could have been ncr run. shady sands itself looked pretty big in the flashback sequences. Also, the distances and empty space are realistic and adhere to the spacing(if not the exact layout) of the first 2 games. California is massive and there are parts of it today that feel desolate even with a pop of 20 million-ish. now imagine only 700,000 spread out in small towns. Also gotta think of famine and plagues that would have taken hold of a weakened society that was already struggling. NCR bit off more then they could chew and paid for it. They were never the "good" guys, there are no good guys. Closest thing to good guys on the west coast are/were(?) the Followers but they never seemed like they had the backbone to have any real impact.

[@Sam97979]

ooh perfect pairing, I'm drinking a regular iced coffee myself. I loved this episode, especially the bridge scene and Norm in the vault. Your editing is great, I like how you included the Google Earth zoom ins on the filming locations!

[@kanpai_ky]

Glad you enjoyed it! It’s fun finding the filming locations 🙂✨

[@txfan100]

That boi maximus' intelligent stat is a 1. But hes got that strength and endurance build

[@kanpai_ky]

So many face palm moments watching Maximus LOL 😂

[@mattp6089]

He can carry a squire sack and shrug off a bullet wound for a while at least so I agree. He's not a bright spark but maybe not a 1. But he's perceptive on the bridge. He somehow managed to be stuck in a fridge when Shady Sands blew up, outside the main blast area, and had Lucy arrive at just the right time to save him from radroaches, so that's gotta be above average perception and luck at least. I don't think he's all that agile. We're starting to build a decent picture of Maximus's SPECIAL.

[@benn454]

@@mattp6089 Decent Strength and Perception, high Endurance, low Charisma and Intelligence, average Agility, high Luck

[@halflucan]

This lady is a spitting image of Laura Vandervoort

[@user-uu9vh4zg5v]

👉 [15:51] "Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree on how." 👈 Jonathan Nolan, executive producer, director, is also from "Person of Interest", "Interstellar", and "Westworld". To me, all three contained fundamental lessons on humanity, and about the flaws of our society. Fallout seems to take this to another level. 🙂👏 Note: This is a *Spoiler* *Free* comment. Sterile. Pristine. *Safe* 👍 (but long) Lucy taught "American History, with a focus on ethics". She had taught that a nuclear war had occurred, resulting in the occupation and locking of her vault, over 200 years ago. The purpose of her vault society was to survive until the surface was habitable, and then leave the vault and "save America". At her wedding, her father said that surface radiation levels were dropping, and that Lucy's children might be able to fulfill this mission. In this episode, Lucy finds out that a sophisticated city existed, with their own school busses, and it was destroyed by a nuke when Maximus was a boy. Thus, her world-view is rocked, and we viewers (and presumably Lucy, as well) are left with questions. Meanwhile, Lucy and Norm had been told that their mother had died in a famine. Betty just told Norm that she and their father buried his mother's Pip Boy with her. Yet Norm discovered that his mother's Pip Boy had been used to unlock Vault 32, _from_ _the_ _outside_ . Yikes. Thus, Norm's (and our) suspicion about Betty intensify. Our intrepid reactor hears Maximus' statement regarding disagreements about "saving the world" and replies, "Oooh, politics." A fundamental maxim from political science is that war is just politics taken to the next level. All three of the movies/series that I referenced above deal with the intersection of technology, ethics, and politics. Clearly Fallout does as well. The question is, what lessons about our real world problems are Jonathon Nolan teaching us in _this_ series? ⚠*DO* *NOT* include anything that could _possibly_ be a spoiler in a reply. ⚠ Just don't. If you can't guarantee this, don't reply. This is an excellent series, but like any mystery, it requires a slow compilation of questions and clues and contemplation for the viewer to maximize their enjoyment. _ANY_ hints at _anything_ will ruin the satisfaction of the series, in the end. So just _dont_ . (Presuming anyone made it this far into yet another TLDR diatribe by this commenter...)

[@kanpai_ky]

Oh wow! I really appreciate your in depth analysis here 🤩 I haven’t seen Person of Interest but am definitely intrigued! The intersection of technology, ethics, politics, and even science is always worth examining. How often innovations are developed from or for war? Politics is arguably the distribution of power and resources, so indeed war is the ultimate expression of it we perhaps can never escape. I love a show that connects real world issues without telling you want to think or feel. You get the feeling of escaping the real world, yet subconsciously work out or reflect on those issues in an entertaining and enjoyable manner.

[@user-uu9vh4zg5v]

@@kanpai_ky "Person of Interest", where I first saw the head that's being drug around the wasteland. "The Head" invents an AI to identify threats for the security state post 9/11. Then discovers it identifies _all_ potentially violent situations, and the state filters only terrier-ist threats, discarding the rest as "Irrelevant". So he programs it to send him the SSNs of anyone identified in the Irrelevant list, and then sets about trying to help stop the violence, to save lives. Procedural Drama ensues. Many ethical thought experiments about AI, and civil liberties. Captivating actors. A network series, so limits on extreme visuals/language/themes. FOX's Dollhouse was next level on the ethics of tech. Prompted me to write this: "Any inventor who imagines any wondrous creation, is morally obligated to ask themself: 'What will the most Evil person in the world do with this when they get their hands on it?' 🚧Because they _ALWAYS_ do. 🚧 " Which brings us back to AI... 😟

[@Delicioushashbrowns]

Been loving your reactions so much 'cause your editing style is so good! 😄

[@kanpai_ky]

Thank you so much!! 😃💖

[@Pernicion]

Your editor is very good.

[@probablysomeguy4806]

15:42 I would’ve thought that more buildings would’ve disintegrated from the nuke. Especially that close to ground zero.

[@benn454]

It depends on a lot of things. Yield of the bomb, air burst or ground burst, distance from ground zero, construction of the structure, etc.

[@probablysomeguy4806]

@@benn454 Yes, those variables do matter, but Little Boy was one of the smaller nuke to be detonated and it totally destroyed everything in 1.6 km in every direction. Little Boy was 15 kiloton, average nuke nowadays is 200 kilotons. I don’t think vault teak would be using the smallest nuke possible when they’re trying to end the surface world. There should’ve be been more damage to the surrounding area in that scene.

[@benn454]

@@probablysomeguy4806 Well, we don't really know how big the nukes in Fallout are, though. And Hiroshima was primarily traditional Japanese wood and paper construction. Those are a lot weaker than masonry buildings and would've instantly caught fire from the thermal wave. Some of the modern concrete/steel structures actually survived. The Genbaku Dome was only 500 ft/150 m away from ground zero, and it's still standing today.

[@probablysomeguy4806]

@@benn454 Interesting… I didn’t realize a building survived that close to the impact point. I wonder how it would’ve fared against average nuke today.

[@benn454]

@@probablysomeguy4806 Not well. Modern hydrogen fusion bombs are 100+ times more powerful than Little Boy.

[@fitch3420]

Always cautious how I answer questions to avoid spoilers but it is a great show.

[@kanpai_ky]

Much appreciated and agree 😁

[@fitch3420]

@@kanpai_ky how annoying does it get responding to everything. I’m annoyed with the questions about my vehicle and house today.

[@nearsightedcyclopes7674]

The destruction of Shady Sands is easiley the biggest controversy among long time Fallout players. Aviod the discusions unitl you finish the series. As a neutral in the debate reacting to the arguments might be content for you.

[@kanpai_ky]

Oh interesting! Thanks for the heads up! ✨

[@billthomas478]

​@@kanpai_kyafter you finish the season watch the episode breakdown by Reaper. He explains the issues long time Fallout players have with the show

[@billthomas478]

Are you Canadian?

[@kanpai_ky]

Ha ha no. I just know the neighbors up north are far more polite 😅