Fallout - Review (Non-Spoiler & Spoiler)

Amazon's Fallout has become a streaming success - I break down everything from a non-gamer's perspective, including my non-spoiler and spoiler thoughts.
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[@kennethwright5664]

One of the things that kind of symbolizes how Lucy has changed but stayed the same is her "Okie Dokey" lines. She never loses the Okie Dokey, but as the show progresses it feels like it takes more out of her. She's a character that desperately doesn't want to change, but slowly slowly the wasteland is grinding her down... absolutely fantastic writing and acting.

[@dunnowy123]

I lost it at the part where a certain part of a certain person's body has to be cut off, and she can only "OH GOLLY" and "HOLY MOLY." I felt it PERFECTLY captured what sort of society she came from and where she entered

[@m1nd_fl4y3r_m80]

Not only that, but the storytelling and how the characters' fates intertwine really makes sense and is exactly what you'd expect from a fallout game. I thought it was a very enjoyable show.

[@Pumpkininater]

They were kinda cringe and pretty cliche way of showing change. But I liked it overall

[@fuzzyizmit]

As a HUGE Fallout fan, I am over the moon with how well done this show was. The writing, the story, the detail, the tone... it was hitting on all cylinders for me!

[@mrimpossible4353]

"16 times the detail"

[@ricebrown1]

Dan. Dan never changes.

[@danajacobson3956]

I appreciate you having a non-spoiler section in your reviews for those of us who don’t always have the time to check out or binge every series as they release. Thanks again, Dan.

[@stephencartwright8355]

As a video game fan, i was very pleased. Main thing they nailed was the tone. It felt recognisably Fallout. The mystery was compelling and new to me as well. I think the show would have been bigger if it dropped week to week. But finger cross they can keep up the quality for season

[@mrimpossible4353]

I have a hard time with people eho want weekly shows. Seems ridiculous that you still leave the old "tv " format when you can just watch the show when you want

[@stephencartwright8355]

@@mrimpossible4353 id prefer to watch it all at once, but shows that release episodes weekly are in the conversation more and do better. Like the boys. And even netflix are splitting some shows in two. All I want is the show to be a success and get a season two.

[@theodorejones25]

@@stephencartwright8355plus with everything on streaming if you just want to binge wait for it all to be over then you can watch it all at once

[@DavidBroome1978]

@@stephencartwright8355 Not just is is easier to have conversations but it's easier to retain and remeber which episode had what scene which is great when you want to rewatch a scene later on

[@Tflash13]

If only Halo had this level of quality.

[@louisberry4403]

One of the best shows on right now with great world building and character development. Ella, Walton And Moises Deserve Emmy Nominations.

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

Also, without understanding the games - Dogmeat is a character from the games. When the ghoul said "Dogmeat" most fans would have loved it.

[@4deleDaz33m]

Ella Purnell is a young talent that I'm so looking forward to see what her future looks like. She was amazing in this show as the lead, her American accent is absolutely perfect. If anyone hasn't seen Yellowjackets, I highly recommend you see it as that was also one of her best work (eventhough her main role was in the first season but still, a pretty good acting from her)

[@S1leNtRIP]

Her Jinx voice from Arcane was so good too!

[@freddyfeliciano4468]

I enjoyed Ella Purnell as well, so much so that I think Fallout would not have worked as well with out her wonderful performance. I also have seen Yellowjackets and she's great there as well.

[@captsfufp]

She’s great on Star Trek Prodigy

[@freddyfeliciano4468]

@@captsfufp She is even better as Jinx in Arcane

[@MarioLopez-rn2bs]

As a guy who played 3, New Vegas, and 4, they not only perfectly captured the essence of Fallout but they made a dam good show!

[@ryanmarkley1979]

My wife and I never played the games and we really enjoyed it. My kids have played the games, and they also really enjoyed it. I think they hit the perfect balance for most audiences. Thanks Dan!

[@tronam]

The 3 main characters represent some of the most common player types throughout these role-playing games: The idealist who just wants to do good in the world, the selfish power fantasy, and the more evil slanted murder hobo. The show runners have clearly played these games. There's no way they could've have gotten the tone and so many details right otherwise. As a longtime player of the franchise, this is the best VG adaptation I've ever seen. I couldn't be more pleasantly surprised.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

The Naive, The Fool, and The Salty.

[@arthand7672]

Yeah, totally agree. I was just talking to my friend about this. We have good karma does the right thing no matter what. The neutral karma who will take shortcuts when he needs to like lying or stealing, but isn't outright evil and will generally do the right thing. And then the evil karma murder hobo who will blast anybody if it saves him 5 seconds of time in his quests

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

Magnus definitely dumped Intelligence. He's just a big puppy boy and all he wants is some "Okey dokey", popcorn and to watch TV. Can't argue against that.

[@anchormanburgundy7980]

So true. So much so That it applies to the gta v characters too

[@anchormanburgundy7980]

So true. So much so That it applies to the gta v characters too

[@Ductos]

Only had a partial knowledge of the Fallout universe before this show. I'm now 10 hours into my playthrough of Fallout 4. It convincrd me to give this series a chance. It was really well made, eery music, atmosphere. Walton Goggins was great and I can't wait to see more!

[@Welles009]

Spoiler for the ending of season 1! I was underwhelmed by the reveal that Michael Emerson's head contained the secret of cold fusion. They've already established that a single power core, which is small enough to hold in your hands, is enough to power an entire vault for hundreds of years. The Brotherhood of Steel must have dozens, maybe hundreds of those power cores, since they have so many knights. So why is this new power source so important?

[@_uncredited]

Mini-fusion cores belong to Vault-Tec and the military (Brotherhood). In the game, they are prized items because the civvies can't make them. 'Cold fusion' is this show's McGuffin because it means the great unwashed get free unlimited power, but I agree it's very weak in a universe that already bypasses the 'power' problem. I'd much rather it had been straight up revenge or the secret to non-ghoul immortality or something.

[@kwileby09]

I see it more like a power core being able to power a base or a Vault like 4, whereas cold fusion can power the region and beyond. And to your point of course about the Brotherhood or the Enclave who was developing the fusion, that's kind of their whole M.O. to keep pre-war and advanced technology seperate from the common folk of the Wasteland.

[@Kasino80]

I'd say there are four leads. Cooper, Maximus, Lucy and Norm. Norm's arc in vault 33 was probably the storyline that intrigued me the most.

[@T3chedOut]

As someone familiar with the games, I think the show did a great job capturing the atmosphere and goofiness that cuts through the seriousness of the environment and makes the Fallout world memorable. Overall I like the show's production and the performances, the pacing was quick but gave room to great moments, and though I thought some of the character writing was flat in some places everyone got their chance to grow and shine. Really excited for S2!

[@IcyScythe]

Shogun review pls, the acting is unreal.

[@T3chedOut]

Totally agree with the point that Lucy serves as an audience surrogate when it comes to learning the Wasteland. Purnell captures the emotions of that experience you get in the games of coming from a clean, orderly environment to a dangerous and oppressive hellscape so well.

[@freddyfeliciano4468]

And that is not an easy role to play, in fact it might be even more challenging to play than the goul because if we don't believe the character of Lucy, we can't believe the world around her. What Ella Purnell does with that role Is amazing.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

I love she's a polite well spoken girl until:" Golden Rule! Motherfcuker!"

[@therealjasonbueno]

As a huge fan of the game franchise I’m loving this series!

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

if you're not familiar with the games - the bloody violence is like the perk bloody mess and when it first happened. I was hollering as it was just amazing. Its a really great adaptation of the show.

[@katielomax2364]

The number of times I yelled at a gory moment out of shock, awe, and satisfaction was very high.

[@EasyTarget83]

Dan I truly appreciate your reviews. Even if about a series I've already binged 2x, I enjoy hearing your thoughts on it. So much better than others out there who throw up a video with overly dramatic reactions for clicks. Your videos are well thought out & structured. Almost like you're reading a college assignment. Thanks bud

[@stephanielitz4056]

I look forward to seeing Ella Purnell in other things. She was super engaging and charming, and yes she is a lovely looking person as well.

[@freddyfeliciano4468]

With out Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins performances, this show would not be even half as good as it is now thanks to them.

[@NickelAntonius]

The opening scene has some exposition about Coop being divorced and blacklisted; Season 2 will likely have more flashback scenes to the 2070s of Coop working with Moldaver and getting discovered & "handled" by Vault Tec. That's when we'll learn how Moldaver made it 200+ years to Shady Sands. Her line about hipocrisy and using your enemies' tools makes me think she's going to make her own version of Bud's Buds but with her resistance fighters in the stasis tubes.

[@jacobfleming3926]

Fallout, Shōgun and X-men 97 are peak. We are eating good this year in terms of tv

[@barelyoperational6587]

As a fan of the series I really enjoyed the show. It’s great that it worked from a pure show making perspective as well and they didn’t need to water down the world to do it. Great review!

[@enamulhoque227]

From a gaming perspective i think it did really well and paid attention to the Fallout world. When the raiders attack vault 33 and Lucy realises who they are I shouted RAIDERS at the TV and she went "raiders" like we both at the same time realised who was attacking and it was really cool. Even the raider armour she wears towards the end and then has it on top of her vault outfit. This is very much like the first time you leave the vault and into the wasteland in Fallout. You pick up armour from raiders first and its a nice detail that she puts it on top of the jumpsuit as you would in the game. Lots of other details, the details to the weapons is amazing. The pip boy looking like it does in the game with health stats. I cant wait for the mirelurks and deathclaws to arrive in the show and The Enclave and the Institute - I hope they have synths.

[@ceno10101]

the actor for Maximus reminds me of a young Denzel Washington with some of the facial expressions he did during the show.

[@CM-jn3wp]

I swear I wish you could be my spokesman in job interviews, lol. You are very thorough in your reviews. Honestly, I only subscribe to one other person. Both of you got the movie review game on lock. Keep up all of your hardwork on: Box Office charts, Movie Reviews, Hollywood News, Fan Interactions, and pumping that chest at the end of every video. You should be proud.❤👋🏽

[@aiwash2766]

The fallout show does one thing that lets me know it’s a GREAT video game adaptation, it makes me want to play the game, I’ve played games for a very long time and fallout has always been that big franchise I just never got into, but seeing the show, wow it did the same thing cyberpunk edgeruners did, which is make me really wanna play the game

[@roofdogblues7400]

That's kinda weird. I've played 3 of the games, so the show making me want to play again makes sense, but someone that's never played any of the Fallout games would have no nostalgia for the feel of the game's world, so I wouldn't think it would make such a person want to play the game. But there you are.

[@barbararowley6077]

I think it’s a very difficult line to walk, to make a series from such a popular game franchise that pleases both gamers and non-gamers. Yet this has done it. It really captures the absurd ultra-violence and humour that permeates the games, whilst having an accessible story line for those unfamiliar with the games.

[@MichaelWutsch]

The lead in this could've starred in Alita without needing the CGI eyes

[@rocky8838]

I thought the same thing. 😄

[@mrimpossible4353]

Meh. Shit comment really....

[@kimkl1]

Think she is beautyfull and love her eyes.

[@shanehetland7659]

Was thinking this too!

[@danieltien9962]

true dude

[@filmscorn1105]

I just really want the folks behind this show to develop a BioShock show. The tones tread some similar elements.

[@dunnowy123]

I was skeptical, as I usually am, regarding this one because most adaptations nowadays are soulless. But this one...man. It hits. I'm not even a Fallout guy and this makes me want to play the games, because of how compelling the world building was. The characters are great and the three lead actors are phenomenal, especially Purnell. It's funny, it's weird, dark, and I was just overjoyed by how it turned out.

[@jessrl8025]

Saw the first episode and decided to check out your non-spoiler portion of the review. So far it is really interesting and enjoyable and can't wait to see more! I'm not a gamer, so I know nothing about what Fallout is and if it is worth continuing on despite my lack of knowledge.

[@zane4218]

That’s great to hear Dan! Unfortunately I cut prime out so haven’t been able to catch it yet. Hoping they have a physical release too so I can pick it up!

[@chriscueva1866]

Been a fan since 08. Haven’t played FO4 in a couple years. This show made me download the tale of two wastelands-begin again. It may be the quintessential Fallout experience and anybody who wants to experience the games for the first time, this is the way to do it.

[@DavidBroome1978]

@chriscueva1866 I'm doing the tale of two wastelands right not. Just curious, once I get to the new vegas portion, any reason to continue this way? I like the engine better so it really helped with fallout 3 but wanted more mods on new vegas so was really debating that need

[@chriscueva1866]

@@DavidBroome1978 we’ll begin again has an assortment of mods ranging from textures, lighting, weather,and expansion of areas. I haven’t added any mods on top of what already comes in the pack because New Vegas isn’t the most stable of games and it’s pretty easy to fuck it up. Fallout 4 is a lot easier to mod. If you want added npcs, quests, locations, and companions then begin again probably isn’t for you or if your braver than me just add a mod or two and see if you break something. You can always reinstall.

[@mateofantasma]

Watched this show with my wife, who is far from a gamer and knew nothing about the franchise and she enjoyed it fully. This is a show that is well written and plays its cards right, a good video game adaptation that is a good show first and an adaptation second. Really appreciated Walton Goggins' performance. The show's art production is also top notch. A very solid show and I am glad it is getting a second season. Very much agree with your review, Dan, glad you also enjoyed the show.

[@katielomax2364]

I went in with about as much context as Dan, (despite my husband having hundreds of hours logged in the games, lol) and I was blown away. I cannot overstate how much FUN this was (we were shouting/laughing out loud/pausing to praise a writing choice or scene detail/etc). I can't remember the last time I watched something that was so easy and enjoyable to interact with. (From a gaming perspective, my husband said the changes they made for the show fit the world and story very well.)

[@PatronusDust7]

This is great! I miss out on your reviews sometimes because for some weird reason you only do a spoiler review… But this was very nice because I knew exactly when to hop off and I know where to come back to if I decide to watch Thanks Dan 👓

[@lancewilson4450]

As someone who has played Fallout 3, New Vegas and 4 I can honestly say, also brilliant. The Easter eggs and references were delicious and yes still a great show whether you've played the games or not, definitely not essential to have any knowledge of the games.

[@MrBennie2069]

I'm a huge fan of the games. The whole time I watched this I kept thinking "This is soooo Fallout!" lol

[@sacco425]

Dan, excellent review. I love your takes because you are able to verbalize how I feel. Keep doing reviews!!

[@jim1242]

Great show overall. One thing that felt like a retcon, was that in the games shady sands was located in central California (close to what was the city of fresno), whilst in the show it was in downtown LA. In the area around LA is known as the boneyard, includling the town of Adytum). I guess it could be explained that the NCR built a 2nd shady sands in LA that became the new capital before it was destroyed.

[@andrewlamoureux3808]

Great review, Dan! Thank you.

[@mikedignum1868]

I never played the game but I loved this show. It made me look up the background history of the game. The Goul reminded me of Josey Wales.

[@joncheww]

Excellent review and recap, Dan

[@ryanbrooks3432]

As someone who has played some of the games and has very low expectations for these adaptations, I was blown away. Very pleased with it and glad it wasn’t only something that appeals to those with prior knowledge of the games. Also I feel it was a great example of how to do Easter eggs right, they weren’t over, they didn’t pause every time to let you go oh I know that, they were just their; if you knew what it was you could be happy and if you didn’t you would feel left out of something.

[@mywalkabout40]

Watched it because you mentioned in another video, I was surprised how much I liked it!

[@southnewton1]

I love Maximus’ character. He was the least cliche and hardest to predict for me, which I liked.

[@Run1tBackTV]

Ghoul baddass Lucy innocent protagonist u feel for. Maximum a natural chaotic

[@rocky8838]

I hated his character. He was flat and the actor always looked like he was about to start crying.

[@dmolmalowski]

​@@rocky8838No, his plot line was very interesting and his performance was on point.

[@rocky8838]

@@dmolmalowski Agree to disagree on this.

[@tronam]

Maximus is one of the classic RPG player archetypes in the games: the selfish power fantasy. Not really evil, but morally neutral with loyalties and values that can quickly shift from moment to moment depending on the situation. I didn't start actually liking him until about halfway through the season, but I think most players of the games who are honest with themselves should be able to find him pretty relatable.

[@Cornberry]

The pacing for the show was so good to me. I had a fear that it would have some of the weird pacing from the later seasons of Westworld, with Jonathan Nolan at the helm, but it was very well paced.

[@tehanscheffer5657]

Hey Dan, big fan for a long time. Love your work!

[@grandmoffporkins]

It was such a treat to be pleasantly surprised, and then keep being pleasantly surprised until the season was over. One of the most uniformly well executed shows I’ve seen in quite a while

[@freddyfeliciano4468]

Great review Dan. I have played the games and i thought they did a great job translating it to the screen. But I think it the biggest accomplishment is the acting which could have gotten loss with the spectacle of what is going on but both Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins are great in their roles and they really bring this world to life. To be honest, if it was not for Ella and Walton's great performances, i doubt the show would have been as engaging or as successful as it is.

[@LancerX916]

I think The Ghouls wife and daughter are in vault 31. That's my theory, anyway.

[@Kasino80]

Vault 31 was for Junior Managers. Barb was definitely not junior. She's at the very very top of Vault Tech.

[@cs3473]

My theory is that Cooper in addition to becoming ghoulified suffered a breakdown and took on elements of his Hollywood Character persona after his daughter died in the first apocalypse. And he may have killed his wife to boot. And in his breakdown he has completely blocked out what happened to them.

[@travisspazz1624]

I'm 3 episodes in and I think it's fine. Hopefully it picks up

[@Kasino80]

When I'm watching shows, I usually have it on in the background. I just can't keep concentration for long periods of time, but episode 7-8 had me transfixed without any regard to how much time went by. It was a fantastic conclusion.

[@robchuk4136]

Dan was my last hope... But they got you too! Fallout is ok, but its super flawed. I feel like I'm living in the Upside Down.

[@DoctorAdamBond]

Gamer here, played since Bethesda took control of the fallout series, and at least for me (even though I'm no expert in fallout lore) they nailed the tone and the feel of the universe. Couldn't ask for more. And happy to see that they chose the bloody mess perk.

[@Polycomical]

Bonus points for use of the term "malcontents"

[@jim1242]

I liked the scene where Lucy forces the organ harvesters to release all the ghouls, not realizing they included Feral ghouls that were too far gone and were dangerous. It should her kindness, but also hernaivety from living in the vault for so long

[@williamthompson4655]

I loved this series!!

[@wisemoon40]

Btw, franchise canon is that China started the Great War, but the show stays within canon. Vault-Tec was willing to go to extremes, but they didn’t have to. Also, the dog is such a layered representation…for those who know the games, the fact that the dog seems dead and then gets up and is fine after being given a Stimpak (the syringe), the name Dogmeat…all of it is a giant gift wrapped with a bow for Fallout fans. They created a narrative reason for how the dog acts in the games, which literally turned bugs into features. And yet…it still makes sense and is relatable for non-gamer audiences. Dogmeat is the Best Boy, period.

[@diegoabche]

that makes sense

[@CrappyCar]

I watched as someone who has played Fallout, and I really enjoyed the game references. The fact that is also a really solid show is a wonderful surprise.

[@Cornberry]

Love hearing the perspectives of people who haven’t played the game!

[@JackSiesko-li5ow]

21:16 Spoiler heads up. Regarding your point about whether Vault Tec was manipulating the governments of the world or launched the bombs themselves, im inclined to think its the former but at the same time i dont think the show will answer that. There are details in the show and games would make it weird if Vault Tec themselves dropped the bombs (namely that in the show, Barb knew her daughter was at a birthday party and if she dropped the bomb then, she'd be knowingly killing her, and another character at that board meeting is a character from the games who had predicted nuclear war but got the exact timing wrong.) That said, a major theme in the games is that it doesnt matter who dropped the bombs first, what mattered is that they were dropped and nothing could change that. So i think the point of that scene wasnt to say "Vault Tec definitively dropped the bombs" so much as "things were already muddled and tense, and Vault Tec was making it worse"

[@briar1102]

would love to see you review shogun!

[@Angryeddie14]

Never played the games but was happy i saw this, was a great time

[@dubbingsync]

I am like the most casual of fans for Fallout but I loved this show. It was great but not the most bingeable show due to the fluctuations of episode runtime. It can feel like watching a film at times rather than a tv show. Yet I still managed to watch almost six of the episodes in one day.

[@windu9632]

Glad you got to it, excellent show.

[@HaveGunWillTravel79]

Channel so good!

[@EleventhCubFan]

I need season 2 ASAP!

[@sabatian1138]

I've watched a bunch of reviews on Fallout, and this one comes closest to my own thoughts on the show. I really enjoyed the show, and I look forward to season 2.

[@Jstarr993]

Great Review!

[@Se7nom]

Review "Shogun" next!

[@aejaygriffin4785]

I had played on the 4th game ever so the thing that is best about the show for me is that I didn't have to come in knowing the full history and just enjoy it for what it was. A damn good show that was well made from top to bottom

[@3DHT]

I really liked season 1 and am looking forward to season 2. I also played (almost) all the Fallout games, starting with 1 & 2 in the mid to late 90's.

[@isaaclopez-eb6yg]

I felt Lucy was a fully fleshed out female character that changes and developes as she continues in her journey but still keeps the core of what makes her unique still resonating in her actions. Quite a contrast to what they did to poor Katara in the live action version of ATLA.

[@pmpowalisz]

Katara was an established character with inferior writing in the first season of the cartoon. The live action show did what it could with only eight episodes. Thankfully the following seasons of the cartoon had more experienced writers involved. Since every Fallout game had different characters, the show runners could also make their own characters without messing with the lore too much.

[@isaaclopez-eb6yg]

@@pmpowalisz but the thing is that regardless Katara should have been easy character to write then she she was already established that's the problem here. Not even having an established character was enough to do the job that better writers were able to do with a completely new character. Even more of a disappointment pretty much

[@pmpowalisz]

@@isaaclopez-eb6yg live action Katara did not lose her core self in the live action show, while still while still changing and developing as she continued her journey. Can you give me objective examples (based only on the live action show) why you think otherwise? Again , only eight episodes, so much less screen time than the cartoon. Cartoon Katara was poorly written enough, where she needed a bunch filler episodes to have character development. So given the screen time ratio, an established character would be a much harder challenge.

[@isaaclopez-eb6yg]

@@pmpowalisz mainly mention how the lack of skill from the writers is not an excuse to disappointingly give a female character a water down version of a personality from that of the cartoon that was more 3 dimensional. She was mostly able to learn to bend her element without difficulty instead of having trouble like in the cartoon. No matter how many episodes a show may have it is the priority of the writers to make a fully realized character that can stand on her own. I do agree that more episodes in the case of ATLA could have helped the series better.

[@pmpowalisz]

@@isaaclopez-eb6yg that exactly is an example of poor writing for Cartoon Katara. Even in the cartoon she did not have even remotely enough time to learn how to be good at water bending. So the live action having Katara being a prodigy (aka someone who was naturally good at something to not need much schooling at all), made a lot more sense. A prodigy doesn’t need years of lessons to be good at a particular skill set, only some instruction on how to restraint and to hone it.

[@erinlynndavidson]

Loved the season, haven't seen the video games but watched with someone who played them and could fill in some gaps. Kept me intrigued

[@akihirakawa3473]

I just came hear form watching fallout. I didn't expect to like it as much as i did either. Very pleased with this show. Looking forward for the next season

[@primeparagon]

I was hoping you'd review the show before I gave it a shot. Consider me convinced.

[@hamilpatel4025]

its on my list!

[@D21BeastReviews]

17:25 HaHaHa!!! This coming from the same person who convinced me to see the documentary Three Identical Strangers. Thank You, Dan!

[@PeterZeeke]

Great review. I understand the show now

[@adamwhite4858]

One of the best adaptations I’ve ever seen, in the sense that it pretty much perfectly brought its source material to life, while also being a very solid, engaging original story. Might not be for everyone, but it was definitely Fallout, and that’s what mattered to me.

[@gjchawks17]

I thought the show definitely passed my expectations. I feel like a rgp is a hard genre to turn into a movie/show since everyone plays it “their way”. I felt they gave enough Easter eggs to the gamers but made this very much so for a general audience. Sure the lore isn’t exact but it is what it is. The show made you care for the characters and that’s the best thing it can possible do.

[@ryanb9749]

I put 20 hours into the games after watching the show, the connections are good.

[@MarcoBayod_MB]

Prime Video was releasing shows weekly, there must be a reason why they are changing it, like the part1/part2 Netflix is implementing sometimes, Invencible had the weird hybrid of been a weekly show and get a part1/part2 season

[@JamalKharon]

Iv played videos since the 90s and I knew nothing about fall out other than it was a shooter. I still loved the show.

[@isaacmiller6530]

Ha, I was I the exact same boat as Dan, like literally how he described himself as seeing the show with a general idea of the game, and I'm actually intrigued. For the first time ever, I'm gonna skip the spoilers and see it

[@MellowFelloh]

Yeah I feel they dropped the ball with Maximus. He was definitely the least interesting out of the three which is weird because the BoS can be a very interesting faction. I think maybe a character that was a veteran knight that starts to realize his morals/priorities are not lining up with the Brotherhood anymore would be a lot more interesting than a character like Maximus.

[@pmpowalisz]

The show needed a romance option for Lucy, and a character that rose from the bottom to near the top (entirely possible in an organization that values acts of bravery and honor) is very interesting.

[@dmolmalowski]

>I think maybe a character that was a veteran knight that starts to realize his morals/priorities are not lining up with the Brotherhood anymore would be a lot more interesting than a character like Maximus. That sounds like shit. Good thing you were left no where near the writers room.

[@MonteMediaProductions]

A beautiful TV, my best of 2024 and honestly I’d throw it in my Top 5 TV of ALL TIME.

[@Suzanne_sf]

Hi Dan! I love the show! It's perfect! Another KZbinr related the show to The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. I played Fallout 3 for a while, but it got a bit desolate for me, but I'm definitely going back as I have crushes on Charon & Gob. It's also an addicting game. The only thing that would make FO3 better is to be able to have better developed romances with more characters & to be able to give Gob his bar without needing to install a mod.

[@southnewton1]

Fun review.

[@tombrand236]

Great show! Just what Bethesda needed after Starfield too

[@jasonraschen1109]

My brother is loving the show. Sadly, I don't have time to invest in it. Thank you Dan for letting me know what it's about. Including the spoilers. Now we have something to talk about next time I see him.

[@m1nd_fl4y3r_m80]

This was one of the smoothest and easy to watch shows I've seen in a while. We've finally got the video games in movies and tv shows down.

[@dalex2902]

Someone out there needs to start a band called "Lucy and the Gouls"

[@mickcv4554]

Characters are based off typical ways people play: lucy is a good guy, maximus is middle ground some evil some good, ghoul is evil now.

[@mattiachiaravalloti6884]

it'd have been one of my favourite tv shows if it weren't for the last episode: it was rushed, which caused some dynamics to be unrealistic

[@parveenakhter981]

Shogun review please