Fallout Season 1 Episode 1 'The End' First Time Watching! TV Reaction!!

[@torgosaves427]

The one guy said "Pinko" which is an old slang for Communist.

[@anthonydawson8080]

Or at least supportive to communism. So pink instead of red

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

It’s so weird to me that someone wouldn’t know the term ‘Pinko.’ It makes me feel old as hell🤣

[@earth2saka]

You know there's other places in the world outside of North America right? The map and world doesn't end there. 😂

[@andreww1225]

@@earth2sakawhat does that have to do with anything in his comment?

[@FullMetalB]

​@anthonydawson8080 yeah, you are correct. If they thought he was a full-blown communist they wouldn't be calling him a pinko.

[@Mightyh0bbes]

The Ghoul definitely has the "Bloody Mess" perk. 😂

[@NickPR87]

The thing Lucy used to inject herself with "videogame health" is called a Stimpak.

[@hadoken95]

They fortunately directly label it for everyone in the second episode.

[@supersizesenpai]

I true video game staple.

[@kcitsgt]

It’s my understanding that stims are a concoction of drugs and blood cells that dull the pain, stop bleeding and kick your bodies regenerative process into overdrive.

[@theaikidoka]

Unlike The Last Of Us, Fallout isn't adapting an existing storyline, but using the setting. That's a VERY smart move, as it means the creators won't be bombarded by people telling them 'Um, actually, it should be like THIS'.

[@thejamppa]

and... people watching show do not know what is going to happen. Last of Us is great show and Pedro Pascal is really good, but anyone playing those games or keeping company people who play those games... Do already know what is going to happen. Its only downside of the series. In here, there's no problem already knowing what is happening.

[@lionhead123]

they are considering it canon though. bold move.

[@dtavs_exe]

@@lionhead123 Which makes me sad since seeing the Prydwen means that the Institute is gone, I always sided with the Institue.

[@charleyblack101]

Except Lucy using the stim pack it should've healed it completely yet she had to staple later. Yet when the dog gets stabbed one stim pack completely healed him. Really annoyed me

[@lionhead123]

@@charleyblack101 a dog is a lot smaller than a human, plus the dog was less injured than Lucy was.

[@NathanGrisham]

That chicken never answered a craigslist ad ever again

[@travistaylor2980]

The chicken should be thankful he's not going to deal with that guy from the second episode. 😂

[@HereBeDragonsYT]

Hilarious 😂

[@00Spiral007]

He said "Pinko" about Cooper -- "Pinko" was a slur used in the 1950's/60's to describe suspected communist sympathizers.

[@zvimur]

More like sympathisers, not full on "Reds".

[@00Spiral007]

@@zvimur Thanks! I edited my comment to reflect this.

[@arrow1414]

More like a "fellow traveler", a sympathizer, an apologist.

[@murciadoxial8056]

it still is

[@ninjatoriumnova2483]

@@murciadoxial8056 Is it? I've only seen used ironically as self-deprecation.

[@gregpeacock5497]

In the Fallout universe, the transistor was never invented, instead everything went towards nuclear energy. In the games, the vaults are singular, 31/32/33 being connected is new to the series.

[@ChristmasPterodactyl]

Technically they were invented, it was just a lot later on.

[@warbird333]

@@ChristmasPterodactyl Correct, they couldn't have invented the Pipboy without transistors. The bulb on it is a flashlight not a vacuum tube.

[@XKathXgames]

@@warbird333 Yeah, it's just by the time it was invented nuclear tech and vacuum tubes were the most used. And then the bombs fell before it could actually have an impact.

[@spanners7343]

@@ChristmasPterodactyl Correct allot of their tech still uses vacuum tubes and therefor analog based but they did improve that tech a bit by miniaturizing the tubes, making them more energy efficient, mading them more robust etc. They never entered the digital age like we did, they perused Nuclear power instead.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

The character "Betty" is played by Leslie Uggams. She been around a long time but recently she played the old blind lady in the "Dead Pool" movies.

[@martensjd]

In the '60s she was best known as a singer. Lotsa her stuff is available to stream, e.g., at KZbin music.

[@Darkstar72SR]

At the beginning of “The End”, everyone at the party was facing away from the windows and someone was walking around taking photographs using a flashbulb. This is why I believe no one noticed the initial bomb going off.

[@earth2saka]

That's what they intended but honestly, the flashes are so different that you can't compare the two. They're nothing alike. That being said, it's a small suspension of disbelief, no big deal.

[@rafaelflorez6446]

Exactly, it was the obnoxious dad with his camera...

[@joost1120]

@@earth2saka Not to mention the fact that a nuclear blast's explosion is so intense it'll give you third degree burns at that range. It'll burn the paint of cars instantly. You wouldn't mistake it for a camera flash.

[@Scyth0r]

@@joost1120 Nukes in the Fallout world seem to behave differently to ours. Theirs are much less destructive and short-ranged than they would be in our world.

[@markcarpenter6020]

​@@Scyth0rthey are much smaller than anything used in the real world. Some guy figured it out with the size of the blast range and mushroom cloud that the ones in the show are only a couple mega tones. So a fraction of the size of the smallest bombs ever built in the real world.

[@Pandaemoni]

In Fallout, the microprocessor was never invented, but as you said, technology using nuclear power became much more advanced. The conflict between the West and "communists" a la the McCarthy Era never went away (though China became the big enemy). Society was going through a "retro" 1950s era fashion craze when the "Great War" started, on October 23, 2077 and that is why you see a 50's vibe. The music is also retro 1950s and earlier music, a fad that started in the 2070s when the 50's aesthetic took hold.

[@Azereiah]

yeah, iirc Fallout 2 goes into there having been some other aesthetics the world went through before swinging back to 50s stylings? We know that punk rock exists in that universe at least.

[@steveshute3810]

I read a theory that the huge bag the squires carry for the Brotherhood Knights is an inside joke about the F3 and F4 games, and how you can offload all your heavy gear to your NPC companion to carry for you.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Who needs the Strong Back perk when my companion's back is strong enough? 😂

[@Ares6935]

​@@CliffSedge-nu5fv who needs Strong Back when I literally have Strong's back to carry my stuff?

[@Fettman89]

companions, AKA Loot Mules haha

[@theblindjedi1909]

The most disturbing part to me is when the dad drowned Monty in the barrel of pickles! he could’ve just keep using the shovel to beat him to death. why destroy that big barrel of wonderful, salty, juicy pickles! could’ve went with their hamburgers, chicken salad, hotdogs could’ve made a hole in the middle and put some Kool-Aid in it…

[@SeenGod]

“i do this shit for the love of the game” 😂👍

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

"The game was rigged from the start "

[@BumpyBaluga]

The dad also is Paul Atretis in the OG Dune. So excited for yall to be reacting to this :)

[@samavanhakakara]

By the way, it is confirmed that this show is canon with the games. The vaults 31, 32 and 33 are the only vaults we know that are interconnected. So this is new to us gamers also.

[@LordLOC]

While not interconnected, weren't there two vaults in New Vegas that were inter-dependent on each other? I forgot the numbers, maybe it was 65 and 72 - I don't know though for sure. And I might be mixing up some stuff from some fanfic who knows lol

[@RaptorNX01]

vault 19 in new vegas was separated in two, one side red, the other blue. and then a third, hidden section that monitored the other two.

[@SaiyanHeretic]

I really appreciate that this show takes the source material seriously. It nails the tongue-in-cheek, retro kitsch tone and gory ultraviolence, but never winks at the audience or apologizes for being based on a video game. In fact, Fallout fully embraces the game logic of how things work, like Stimpacks being able to instantly heal grievous wounds, or how important characters will conveniently cross paths, despite the vast desolation of the Wasteland.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

And all the unmarked side quests.

[@Jpew2007]

The weapon that shot a doll leg was called a “Junk Jet”. A weapon in the games that shoots, well “junk” as its ammunition.

[@trumbaron]

I never really used that weapon in the game, but it seems effective.

[@stephenjones7829]

I know it as a "Rock It Launcher" from fallout 3 , they changed the name to "Junk Jet" in fallout 4 👍👍

[@RaptorNX01]

killing people with baby dolls and teddy bears will never not be funny.

[@PatriotRebel]

Lucy's husband's name was Monty, so ya got to see the "Full Monty". 😁

[@3mrwright]

I love the opening scene. The subtle thing they do before the first nukes hit is show a lot of camera flashes during the party. That way when the nuke hits it's easy to dismiss the flash.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

Everyone says it, but the leading lady for this series has gorgeous eyes and they are so expressive. They hit the feel of the Fallout world on the head too.

[@apokalupsis116]

1:53 "Fallout 1 and 2 ... Those came out a LONG time ago" -- oof! I have fond memories of playing both 😆

[@davidperkins6752]

🤣🤣🤣i feel your pain!

[@Easy_Skanking]

I also played the inspiration in 1988, "Wasteland". 🤓

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

I was already in college when Fallout 1 and 2 dropped. I feel so old now.

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

These two were probably in kindergarten when Fallout 1 dropped. Was it 97 or 98?

[@cranboogie]

First two Fallout games - solid gold! The best RPG still! 🌀🌀🌀👍👍👍✊✊✊

[@ThatDudeOnline_335]

15:34 What Lucy stabs herself with is known in the Fallout games as a Stimpak, Stimpaks are basically shots filled with a mixture of healing agents, stimulants, antiseptic, blood, and steel, they’re fully capable of healing all to some physical injures (I say all to some because some injures require more than one Stimpak.) these are one of many chems, short for chemicals, you can find…these various chems include Mentats, a pre-War "party-drug" originally developed by Med-Tek, an in game company, for medical purposes, Buffout, a "sports-enhancement" drug popularized by pre-war athletes, Psycho, a combat-enhancement drug developed at the behest of General Chase, that’s something that happens post-war, Med-X, a painkiller found in many hospitals in game, and Rad-X, a preventive medication to be taken before exposure to radiation, when you take Rad-X in game it reduces the total amount of radiation you receive and bolsters your body’s own Radiation Resistance.

[@danhelphrey6260]

As others have mentioned, the time before the bombs is a retro futurist alternate timeline - the year of the bombs is 2077, but they have developed some technologies (e.g. the household robots and power armor) and not others (e.g. black & white TV) in a culture more-or-less frozen around 1960ish. One way to think of it is how a person in 1960 might imagine 2077.

[@TigerGreene]

Indeed! This particular flavor is known as atompunk, unique from steampunk, dieselpunk, or cyberpunk.

[@warbird333]

The diverging point in our timelines is the invention of the transistor. They invented it decades later than we did. That's why the focused on atomic energy instead of data processing. They had an ongoing atomic age, while we had an information age with personal computers, smartphones and the internet.

[@swanchamp5136]

There's something about how because they went so heavily into nuclear power they never developed the microchip because power was never limited. It's part of how society/culture became stagnated in the 1050s, they also went heavily into capitalism to the point that even health and safety in the workplace is considered communist.

[@sugarbomb1346]

In the Fallout universe the bombs fell October 23, 2077 Saturday morning. The first nuke hit the east coast at 945am and the west coast right after. For 2 hours bombs continuously fell on the US. One can only imagine the hell on Earth those 2 hours must've felt and looked like. Although the show changed the time of the bombing, still the same day just later on in the day, it still did amazing in capturing the feel and atmosphere of the games.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

I keep a clock in my apartment stopped at 9:47 as a subtle reference to Fallout.

[@RaptorNX01]

the "survivalist"s journals in new vegas gives a succinct but chilling account of the end. talking about witnessing (with his back turned and eyes covered) 12 bombs hitting salt lake city in the span of 7 minutes.

[@BiggySn1p3r]

You should check out the tv show Justified, starring Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins.

[@silgen]

Also Mykelti Williamson and Michael Rapaport who are in both shows. Justified is really excellent and Goggins steals the show.

[@xmtryanx]

Such a stellar series, and I already can't wait for season 2! You guys are going to enjoy this journey! I'm hoping the production quality for a Bioshock movie could be similar, but I don't want a saturation of retrofuturistic video game movies.

[@RaedFrost]

The term you're looking for is "alternate history" setting. Fallout takes place in a universe where the transistor or the use of integrated circuits was not really fundamental in advancing technology, so that's why tech looks like they're stuck in the 50s/60s. They also rely a lot on nuclear power. That's why the world has that type of aesthetic. In regards to the vaults this is a unique setting. Vaults 31, 32 and 33 are the only vaults that are connected to each other. All the other ones are independent from each other. This show was made in such a way that the world of Fallout was recreated as faithfully as possible, to the point where lots of items, weapons and armors are 3D printed directly from the game files provided by Bethesda. The story does in fact take place after all of the games, but you see elements of each in the episodes. They don't really go out of their way to explain a lot, so having knowledge from the games helps. TBR, feel free to "spoil" stuff. Nothing you could say regarding the games could spoil the story. It's its own unique story and anything you might recognize just helps the worldbuilding. There's only 1 thing I would worry about and that's the true purpose and nature of the vaults, but I'll let the show go over that as you progress through the episodes. Have fun.

[@ravenmasters2467]

"lots of items, weapons and armors are 3D printed directly from the game files" - didnt know that. a very interesting factoid and no doubt helps with the fantastic reproduction of the whole vibe of the game.

[@rromano158]

Yes, this show is the first, and only (I believe) showing 3 interconnected vaults. Also, it is the first time you see non-feral ghouls ingesting or inhaling a chemical to "supposedly" keep them from going feral. The whole thing in the games are the choices that you have to make whether they are morally right, morally wrong, or morally ambiguous, which is what they tried to depict in this show. Did you recognize Betty? She plays Blind Al in Deadpool, and Honcho played Bubba in Forest Gump. You are correct, some short years after WWII the fallout universe diverged from "our" future making it what is called retro-futuristic. Back in the 1950s and 1960s there were lots of magazines with pictures and stories of what "they" thought future cars, homes, and appliances would look like. In the Fallout universe the people and technology relatively stayed in that decade's time period. The microchip hadn't been developed until just before the "great war" of 2077 so most electronics or appliances ran through vacuum tubes and fusion (nuclear/atomic) power. The Fallout universe timeline: The Great War in the year 2077 Fallout 76 in the year 2102 (even though the game itself came out after Fallout 4) Fallout in the year 2161 Fallout 2 in the year 2241 Fallout 3 in the year 2277 Fallout New Vegas in the year 2281 Fallout 4 in the year 2287 Fallout TV series in the year 2296-97

[@cbobwhite5768]

Her Dad was in the old Dune movie.

[@Dularr]

Her dad was the Kwisatz Haderach

[@bigjsmashman4958]

Thats right! I was racking my brain trying to remember where I had seen him. Thanks!

[@silgen]

And in Agents of Shield.

[@LudusAurea]

also HIMYM

[@dsembr]

He was also the Mayor of Portland in Portlandia.

[@Chasmodius]

I really like how they nailed the _mood_ of the Fallout universe: that mix of tongue-in-cheek dark comedy, satire, and ultra-violence; with a constant balance between hope for the future (the ability of humanity to survive the worst) and depressing fatalism (we see from top to bottom how awful humans can be to each other).

[@PyroMancer2k]

The music in the show is also the music from the games. As other's have mentioned Fallout is Retro Futurism, which means it's what the people of the past thought the future would look like. Such as those old "The city of tomorrow" displays they use to have predicting what things would look like. You can see multiple examples of it if you look back in history and what the people thought the future would be. Odds are even our depictions of the future will seem extremely retro when looked back on by future generations. Kinda like old 80s movies such as Back to the Future 2's future looks retro because it just projects 80s fashion, artistic design, and culture into our present day but was the "future" at the time the movie came out.

[@bigredtlc1828]

The Ink Spots have a bunch of songs in the Fallout soundtrack. Had never heard of them before but they have some very catchy tunes. The soundtrack is amazing.

[@cerisambrook7692]

"I don't want to set the world on fire" was my wedding song, several years ago. Great music.

[@KellyKMc]

In the Fallout timeline, the transistor was never invented so the tech timeline diverged in the 1950’s.

[@maishadigital8410]

I found it fascinating how the girl looks exactly like a humanized version of the protagonist from Fall out 3. The technology is called Atompunk; like Steampunk, but 1950s futurism. The makers of the show clearly took the time to appreciate the world to ensure it was true in both spirit and tone to the video game. Both a depressing post apocalypse, but also a dark humourous look at the same.

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

6:40 - a lot of ppl ask this question, the answer is: inside the living room someone is taking pictures w/ a flash camera, you can see it going off in the scene before and it is very bright, that and everyone has their backs turned to the window. 30:18 - "the ghoul" titlecard along w/ "maximus" and "lucy", call back to "The Good, The Bad, and The ugly" and it's similar title cards, and some foreshadowing. In chronological order of apperance of title cards: Lucy=good , maximus= bad, ghoul= ugly.

[@shanehebert396]

The Fallout timeline is different from ours basically from WW2. At the end of WW2, Russia never became the world power they did in reality. China, instead, was the Communist world power. Other differences were that the transistor wasn't invented until much later and then no one really cared about them so that's why you see everything tube based. Also, after WW2, everybody went nuclear powered everything... nuclear powered cars, robots, etc. The style, aesthetic, etc. got 'stuck' in the 1950s... that's why everything looks like the 1950s version of what they thought the future would look like, even though this episode is set in 2077. The bombs dropped in 2077 (which is what you see the start of at the start of the episode). Over about two hours, thousands of them were dropped all over the world. Before that, countries were fighting over resources as they were running out (or becoming very difficult to extract). The USA had already annexed Canada and Mexico. China had invaded Alaska (which you can fight in Alaska in a simulator you find in the game... it's the DLC for Fallout 3, Operation: Anchorage) and Cooper was talking about serving in the Marines in Alaska for some of that. At the start of this episode, you hear the radio news guy saying that the President of the USA's location was unknown (you can find out about that in the game lore) and the weather guy on TV was saying that he wasn't comfortable talking about the weather there in Los Angeles when he didn't know if there would be a next week. The number of bombs dropped wreaked havoc all over the world... climate changes, even causing geographical changes (triggering earthquakes, etc.)

[@abyssdemon]

Also speaking of the other video game shows you've watched and enjoyed, the actress who plays Lucy is also the voice actress for Jinx in Arcane. She's killing it being apart of some amazing video game adaptations.

[@peeweewallabowski7084]

Feels like it's been ages i watched your videos. Either it's been movies i haven't seen or haven't been interested in. Glad you're watching this show! Walton Goggins is one of my favorite actors and now im a fan of Ella Purnell as well!

[@StevenLeeStudios]

Every single reaction video I have watched (and i've watched tons) you have broken the cycle of the line "and without further adieu." I was going insane. I'm not kidding you that everyone says that to introduce the content. It's a trend that I feel like i'm the only one who is noticing lol

[@xmtryanx]

I'd cackle if someone said 'Okie dokie'

[@ghostofyourmom]

It's "without further ADO".

[@KBearsReact]

idk that I've seen that but now I'm gonna keep an eye out!! 👀😆

[@Jlastinger88]

It's Walton Goggins and hes great in everything. The Righteous Gemstones, Justified, Vice Principals, etc. I remember him from way back in the day guest starring on a show called In the Heat of the Night

[@azh590]

The Shield is when I became a fan. Criminally underrated show.

[@gorydetails709]

I love his character from a few episodes of Sons of Anarchy.

[@infiad1275]

No matter what he's in he has a way of drawing you to him.

[@Firewalker2384]

I always call him Shane that was his characters name on the shield

[@bigbow62]

The music is definitely 40s 50s American Jazz rock r & b .... I played Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.... many hundreds of hours on Xbox. I feel the TV series did an outstanding job working in main parts of the game while keeping a storyline of its own. You guys are in for a wild ride... can't wait too watch you both experience the rest of season 1

[@Trashcan-Man]

Fallout 1 and 2 vet here. I still have F2 installed to this day.

[@Čangrizavi_Cinik]

How many times you have listened "A kiss to build a dream on" ?

[@Trashcan-Man]

@@Čangrizavi_Cinik It haunts me in my sleep sometimes.

[@LordLOC]

I just played through Fallout 2 again right before the show came out, and started a new modded campaign the other day. I'll say with mods and community patches etc. the games hold up extremely well comparably speaking to games of the time. I'm still not sure why Bethesda hasn't re-mastered Fallout 1 and 2 yet (let alone some of the offshoots that never even came to PC like that Brotherhood of Steel ARPG thingy).

[@cerisambrook7692]

I was doing my upteenth playthough just a month or so ago of F2.

[@claytonkeever2992]

"Waltor" goggins and the lead hunter after him were in Justified together. great duo.

[@aysuppatruck6185]

I am so with you about fusion cores in the game....I was so worried, I'd just hoard them being like "I'll use the armor later" and never did..and I'd end the game with 100+ fusion cores. I will continue my comment later..

[@TheMorrisMeister]

I was the same. In 76 you can recharge them plus they respawn which will help your and I anxiety about the fusion coil being limited

[@RaptorNX01]

I'm so glad 3 and new vegas didn't have that mechanic and the fusion core just lasted forever. lol

[@dblshotz75]

I know nothing of the videogames and went into this totally blind and i loved it. Its a truly terrific show and behind last of us as best videogame show adaptation for me. btw i love the way you guys interact with each other even during the film. You treat each other so kindly and respectfully. You guys are great to watch. So wholesome especially with the new baby making it all complete lol!

[@claytonkeever2992]

Each vault had a different outcome. In itself was a experiment. That much time trapped can drive some people crazy.

[@ghostofyourmom]

I cannot for the life of me, make out what you're saying. "Each vault had a different outcome." A vault is a thing, it can't have an 'outcome'. An EVENT can have an outcome, an object can't. "In itself was a experiment." This isn't a coherent sentence. What is the subject?? And it's "an experiment". "That much time trapped can drive some people crazy." What...? So, what is your sentence subject? The time *itself* is trapped? Like you can put time inside of a container?? The heck are you talking about!!!? And time is immutable, it doesn't drive anyone crazy; boredom, routine, bizarre perception of time, sure. That can drive someone crazy. But not time itself. I'm a student of linguistics. I think you need to brush up on your basic syntax & grammar.

[@Tijuanabill]

The projector film melting is what it really looked like in old school projectors, when the feed got jammed, and the bulb burned the film. Most of our older films in school we would watch, had a few missing bits, where it had melted, then they taped it back together after cutting the melted bit out. Its cool that they not only made it look exactly like that, but also used it in that way, to show chaos.

[@Tijuanabill]

@yt45204 Yes, one of the few times they clock in and do actual work.

[@TomHickey]

I also thought on first watch that they said "we've given you a name... Food", and thought maybe because he came out of that fridge, lol

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Probably got teased with the names _Dandy Boy_ and _Fancy Lad._

[@obscillesk]

As Ken Macleod put it in Cassini Division "..They're charmingly casual with nukes"

[@TheBmweed]

Great review! You got yourself a new subscriber!

[@happyjohn354]

Fallouts tech development was a bit different to ours basically in our timeline we invented the transistor in 1947 allowing us to make everything digital and making electronics easier to miniaturize. Fallout didn't develop the transistor until the 2060's and instead relied on vacuum tubes and more analogue technology. In our timeline we pushed back hard on nuclear science and development while in Fallout they leaned into it and as a result unlocked things like nuclear fusion.

[@iambetterthanu]

I appreciate you not revealing spoilers!! I really want to play the games and I hate spoilers. I actually researched the show before watching to be sure it wouldn't spoil the games. Same reason I won't watch The Last of Us show yet - I read there are spoilers to the games.

[@okreylos]

"It there a Fallout 1 and 2?" -- "Yeah, but those came out a long time ago." Oof. I felt that in my old bones. I must have put more than a hundred hours into Fallout 1 back in '97.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

I was too busy with college '97-99 to do any real gaming. I think I was doing a lot of Gran Turismo on my Playstation, but that was about it. My first Fallout was Fallout 3 around 2016.

[@okreylos]

@@CliffSedge-nu5fv I was going through orals for my master's. This is how I spent the downtime inbetween studying.

[@JackOiswatching]

Man, this show is just going to make you want to jump DEEP into the Fallout games. It did with me!

[@HaroldMay369]

Every Episode is Amazing.

[@Judymoe]

The bombs dropped on October 23, 2077 (easy for me to remember, as it's my hubby's birthday), so that poor kid (Roy) had the best worst birthday ever. ETA: normally, we don't go back to the vaults, so that would be a nice surprise. Also, since the beginning, I was the player that read every note, every computer entry, and it always paid off. There are so many stories in Fallout, some just told by the corpses left behind.

[@MichaelWeber-rn5sf]

The Fallout series has been building lore since the 90's when the first game came out,(Not Fallout but Wasteland), but the last four (3, New Vegas, 4, and 76), have upped the amount of lore to full emersion.

[@OperativeD]

If you guys want to check out a hidden gem for Kyle MacLachlan (Lucy's Dad) I suggest watching The Hidden (1987) I don't think you'll regret it. I'm huge Fallout fan and this series does not disappoint! can't wait to see the rest of your reactions!

[@lawrencenull]

The transistor wasn't invented, and don't forget there's a radio station for each game that are all great.

[@DerOberfeldwebel]

Thats the beauty of it, nobody indeed saw that because the dad was running around with the camera the whole day taking photos, so even if they noticed the flash, they filed it under 'birthday photos'

[@mrm7058]

@32:00 My explanation for the setting is simply, Fallout created a future that looks like people in the 1950s imagined it might look like. Of course you can explain it with splitting timelines and such, but IMHO that is already overthinking the scenario.

[@DioneN]

Retro futurism

[@travistaylor2980]

Because the world spent way more time developing and advancing the atomic/nuclear power, they basically just didn't put any resources in developing any other tech.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

@@DioneN I'd take that a step further and go with a sub-genre of retrofuturism: Atompunk. Or, really, it's post-apocalyptic atompunk, the core contrast between the two ideas being the thing that gives the Fallout universe its unique flavor.

[@WolfHreda]

There's no overthinking about it, that's exactly how it went. Our real world timeline basically ended and the Fallout timeline became its own thing sometime in the early '60s. While in the real world, we eventually invented transistors and microprocessors, they instead focused on atomic power and were able to manufacture power sources using both fission and fusion, hence the long-lasting nuclear powered robots and such.

[@LudusAurea]

It’s not. It’s literally canon.

[@cbobwhite5768]

The camera in the house covered the flash.

[@samavanhakakara]

21:19 Not 219 days, but 219 YEARS later.

[@Matalvatz]

“Ruined those pickles.” Lol

[@erinhaury5773]

She might not be a familiar face, but Ella Purnell should be a familiar voice. She plays Adult Jinx! ❤

[@asian-americanwithanopinio8954]

Lucy aka Ella Purnell is the star of "Yellowjackets". I think it's genius casting her and Benjamin Linus from "Lost" together in this because both "Yellowjackets" and "Lost" get compared to each other a lot because they're both about an ensemble cast surviving in an isolated setting and they both play a villain (kind of). Michael Emerson is obviously a villain in Lost, but Jackie I mean Lucy is the leader who's arc changes.

[@michaelrosenblum4170]

Walton Goggins, from the Shield, Major League III, and House of 1000 corpses. Great actor

[@Brushless707]

How everyone doesn't know Goggins as Boyd Crowder just shows how slept on Justified is.

[@LauraCourtneyette]

@@Brushless707He was my fav character in Justified!

[@Jerome616]

lol I really feel you with that “I needed to delete league of legends” comment 😂.

[@boone9009]

I was the same way, with the power armor. Afraid of running out of fusion cores. Rarely ever used the power armor. Probably should have more often.

[@JordanJMyers]

War, war never changes...

[@johnberg9497]

I wish they got Ron Perlman to say that, just once ...

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Season 2 at least needs a Ron Pearlman cameo somewhere.

[@synthetic240]

I describe Fallout as a post-apocalyptic America by way of 1950s futurism. It's not really important to ask why the 1950s never ended for Fallout for the same reason we don't ask why the 1980s never ended in Alien or why the 2000s never ended in the Matrix. You could imagine any Fallout story being in a scifi pulp magazine bought at the corner store or the news stand. The hyperviolence of the Fallout world is what makes it modern.

[@bricewgilbert]

Yes any in-universe justification or reason given (which they sometimes will) why tech is the way it is is more of a post hoc rationalization for the real reason why it is the way it is. Cause it looks cool. They only really provide a justification when it adds some color to the story/themes. It's like the Mad Max series in that way.

[@LordLOC]

@@bricewgilbert Well, to be fair, they never developed the microchip or the kind of transistors we have in our world (I know they have transistors in Fallout, just not like ours) - so that's why tech looks the way it does in Fallout and why it's so bulky and big. The "retro-futurism" in the games only really started in Fallout 3 (and somewhat in Fallout 2 and somewhat in Fallout Tactics, but not really) and on - it was never a big thing in the first two games really. I mean it was, sort of. You know what I mean lol

[@TheMorrisMeister]

The airship is the prydwen, which is in fallout 4. Doesn’t say which is the cannon ending but clearly BOS Survives.

[@freefall8243]

Which is kind of a bummer. My number one priority in all of my FO4 playthroughs was destroying the Brotherhood.😅

[@randabeast]

In this world, they had atomic power, but the transistor never was explaining why everything is so big.

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

I believe the newest cannon is that transistors were invented but not till the 21th century. So computers are bigger and much less powerful.

[@DarkKnight52365]

the transistor was invented in 2067

[@warbird333]

@@DarkKnight52365 Really? Thank you, I was wonder when that happened. So they invented the Pipboy including a miniature TV screen in less that 10 years. That's crazy.

[@maxdelpo5578]

Great thoughts and reaction. Never too late for the party

[@theaikidoka]

At the beginning of Lucy's introduction, where she is listing her skills, this is basically the in-universe version of the character-creator for a videogame. Lucy has a good spread of stats, but mostly in science, small arms and intelligence. The Ghoul would be charisma and OP weapon handling stats ;-)

[@radwolf76]

Also, it's clear The Ghoul has the Bloody Mess Perk.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

I'd add that Maximus seems to have points in Endurance, given how often he takes a beating. Not super high Intelligence, though...

[@eZTarg8mk2]

The year that the opening scene party takes place in is 2077. You can kinda think of it like this. The Fallout universe is as if someone in the 1950s had tried to imagine the future, predicting a nuclear apocalypse a hundred or so years in the future, and then the bunker survivors, a couple of centuries after that. So, the idea of silicon computer chips doesn't really exist in that timeline (kinda like a film like Alien has clearly late 70s computers but is set way in the future). Anachronistic stuff because the person creating the idea had only their current experience to riff off of

[@TigerGreene]

Interesting. Thanks for the breakdown. We also have the game Cyberpunk 2077. What is the significance of 2077 ?

[@eZTarg8mk2]

@TigerGreene i have no idea lol but i did wonder, as it's cropped up in a few scifi things as a significant date 😅

[@TigerGreene]

@@eZTarg8mk2 "Why is the year 2077 so popular?" I just found that post in the scifi subreddit, with over 100 replies! Seems like it's been in quite a few scifi films and games. Some people suggested that year is simply pleasing to the ears and eyes. Feel free to check it out yourself if you like.

[@MorganSeveret]

Glad you feeling better TBR.

[@mikewhite6138]

You guys should absolutely check out Justified

[@DavidAntrobus]

It's a type of retro futurism. Even the architecture is kinda art deco and streamline moderne. Sort of how the future was imagined from a forties or fifties perspective, hence the music and style. Lucy is played by Ella Purnell, who also played mean-girl-with-a-heart Jackie in the criminally underwatched _Yellowjackets_ .

[@kyrosv1289]

Thank you so much for doing this series! So looking forward to all the episodes! :D

[@JRush374]

The big first clue that they were raiders is Monty's accent. He wouldn't have a different accent if he grew up in the vault with the others.

[@randalthor741]

"I thought they called him Food" 🤣🤣

[@folcotook3049]

This takes place in the general area that F1, F2, and F:NV are set in (but especially F1). It's over 100 years after F1 and about 10 years (IIRC) after F4. The starting scene is in October of 2077. The Fallout universe splits from our timeline after WWII. Technology is based around atomic energy and electronics are still largely run by vacuum tubes instead of transistors. The culture of the USA is stuck in the 1950s, hence the clothes, music, etc. in the pre-war scenes of the show.

[@pirateylass]

Lucy’s Dad was in the show, Twin Peaks. Cult classic of the early 90s, and recently had a sequel season released as well.

[@guyonbench]

Video games have been cultivating great stories and audiences for years now. It was only a matter of time before the suits discovered them so they can eventually pick the bones clean.

[@cbobwhite5768]

In the games, there were no connected vaults.

[@sandplasma]

Haha I also thought they called him 'Food'

[@chrisbiebel6205]

It's funny that Samantha at the beginning mentions "Fallout Shelter" since that's the name of another game in the series (It's one of those games that can run as a phone app). You're basically running a Vault and making various decisions in how to grow it. Also, there are now board game spinoffs of the games (both regular Fallout and Fallout Shelter). In Fallout 3 you could come across other vaults, but they were generally really screwed up somehow. The gun that shot a doll leg is a "Junk Jet" which is gun that uses junk as ammo.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Love your reactions, Samantha always cracks me up. This is a prime example of the show/movie being better than its source. Fallout is just an incredible show for anyone who loves dystopian dramas, but wait till you get to the end and realize just how scary of proposition this story puts out there! A jaw dropping ending.

[@infiad1275]

Feel like I'm having one of those Mandela Effect moments. I swore it was Walter Goggins and I checked. Son of a gun! Walton! What the?

[@ghostofyourmom]

That's not even remotely what the Mandela Effect is.

[@felipeaquitral]

well, this is a nice surprise. i hope Sam is feeling better!

[@TigerGreene]

The cool aesthetic is called atomicpunk, a retrofuturistic setting influenced by US post-war culture of the 40s and 50s. It often uses the Populuxe and Raygun Gothic visual styles. Think Mars Attacks!, The Incredibles, or the game Atomic Heart. Other popular retrofuturistic movements are steampunk aka neo-Victorianism (like Arcane tv show, Wild Wild West, or Bioshock Infinite), dieselpunk (think of Mad Max films, Wolfenstein games, or Bioshock 1 & 2), and the mega popular cyberpunk (like Bladerunner, The Matrix, Cyberpunk 2077). Look up retrofuturism or atompunk if it seems interesting.

[@JusticeGamingChannel]

I think they said now that this series is cannon with the games, different location, same universe. It's also spot on with all the lore, they got it all right, it's the same Fallout universe, just in a different location.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

*canon A cannon is a big gun.

[@shainewhite2781]

HELL YEAH!! THIS SHOW IS FUCKING INSANE! Please Enjoy 😁

[@dqan7372]

Woohoo! Looking forward to watching along with you. Recently finished the series myself, so this will be the first time I watch it through knowing how it plays out. (No spoilers, of course.)

[@TheGrifwin]

If you two ever did a spin off video game run through I’d be super happy! Who knows perhaps Samantha would enjoy some of the great rpgs

[@GhostWatcher2024]

To clarify... because the setup of Vaults 31,32,33 ARE something new in the Fallout realm... we've always seen standalone Vaults... but these 3 are all interconnected with their own outside doors.

[@styles2980]

I rarely like series, but I got hooked right away. Best of 2024, for sure!

[@lynetteoliva1256]

Hey guys, good to see u starting up another series after finishing THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. The series setting changed from Retro-Futuristic to Apocalyptic -Western. TBR-"Ruined those pickles." Just about every single reactor that I have seen reacting to this show seems concerned about the pickles.😄 If it makes u feel better, it didn't look like there were that many left.😊 A couple of reactors said "Ow! What a way to go. Could u imagine pickle juice (brine) on your open wounds as u r being drowned?"😬 Hey, there's 2 things Lucy & Jinx have in common. They r both an excellent markswoman & they both had to staple themselves up. Anyway, the 3 interconnected Vaults r specific to the series. The bombs were dropped in 2077. Lucy's time period is 2296. Really liked this reaction & eagerly anticipating the next episode.😊👍

[@ALV000]

The hidding in the fridge has to be an homage to Indiana Jones. Am I the only one that noticed that?