Nuclear Bomb Scene - Fallout TV Series The Ghoul Past

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Nuke Opening scene, Cooper Howard with his daughter 200 years ago when Shady Sands city got destroyed.
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[@Jisim33]

Ironically he told her there was no point in running but his instincts told him to run while protecting her child.

[@csbr75]

That's a very human thing to do

[@paulbarclay4114]

Did she survive ? How did he survive

[@chefchildbeater2900]

@@paulbarclay4114 He probably got her into a vault but was refused entry himself and ended up mutating into a ghoul

[@wellthen.......9384]

​@chefchildbeater2900 Without a doubt, she's definitely safe because he makes a whole point about "Where is my family" Meaning he knows they are alive So I think you're right. He got her to a vault, but something probably happened with him being thrown into the wasteland probably because he was irradiated during this and they refused him entry

[@chefchildbeater2900]

@@wellthen.......9384 I think what happened is that coop was removed from the vault's guest list after being found out by vault tec, but his daughter was still on it so he had no intention of saving himself, just getting her to safety

[@sensoryoverload6809]

Meanwhile at this moment Nate just got to vault 111 with Nora outside of Boston

[@belltolls1984]

It's really cool thinking about these events all happening at the same time.

[@jessecastillo3048]

Nate or Natalie because Nate don't exists in Hollywood and neither do you. Remember that when you tune in cuz they don't care about you.

[@nerdyworld938]

@@belltolls1984ikr! I hope that someone makes a video where they play out the events side-by-side since both the opening of the show and the opening of fallout four are around, actually the same time like 10 minutes or so and happen at the same time

[@thechlebek901]

​@@jessecastillo3048?????

[@murillopinhatilopes7727]

Nate is Nate and Nora is Nora, no screenplay will change lore.

[@Icecube88]

amazing facial acting by goggins. the moment his face changes when he realizes it's real.

[@arturobandini4078]

Scary.

[@maxpower3990]

The young girls is during very well considering her age.

[@stephenbruce1548]

@@maxpower3990 I've said this as well. In that little scene, she is really emoting her emotions really well.

[@codaboggs8430]

Walton’s acting in the final episode of season 1, when he was listening, was great as well

[@StarBricks-lk8fc]

I was really surprised by her. Both caught fear and uncertainty quite well​@maxpower3990

[@Jestatgothaman]

In some other place in the city, Sara Connor was playing with Children on a playground

[@isabelfigueiredo6271]

I understood that reference

[@akombalasau4022]

For John Lol

[@Jeffro5564]

That would of been 34 years later hahaha different time frame and movie haha get with the program

[@CashMoolah00]

I knew it was skynet that dropped the first bomb! They said it was China, fake news.

[@JM-db8ez]

Oh ffs

[@iw_legendary_sayain2215]

As much as i recognize the powerhouse that is Walton Goggins. I gotta point out his co-star she really nailed this one moment. Especially once she realized the cloud was bigger than her thumb. Her sudden change in motor functions with the absolute shock in her facial expressions really sold it for me. It’s impressive to stand out when you have Goggins on screen. 📺

[@extremely.hung.individual2693]

On that we can agree. Well fucking said. Sharing the spotlight with Walton Goggins and still looking phenomenal is quite the feat.

[@DamienDarkside]

People complain about child actors, but holy crap she NAILED it. That is exactly what a kid would say.

[@titan_tanker]

That got me thinking, does the thumb thingy actually works in Fallout universe? Cooper turned into a ghoul later on (off-screen) I wonder if his daughter turned as well..

[@hazeltade3679]

Teagan Meredith was so great!

[@hazeltade3679]

@@titan_tankerI think they came up with that for like duck and cover era nukes, these are definitely a lot more powerful and also even if they weren’t the sheer volume of them would render it pointless

[@TheMugHoarder]

Man if LA was like this, i cant imagine the firefight House's defenses were putting up over Vegas

[@jromero9795]

Just imagine D.C. getting absolutely melted at that moment too

[@captainr800]

The Lone Wanderer entering Vault 111 with Spouse and Shaun

[@Gundum]

literally Ronald Reagan's star wars defense type of shit

[@warhawk9566]

Uh they didn't, the show retconned that

[@Frostblitz20]

@@warhawk9566no it didn’t, devs confirmed NV is canon.

[@Two_Paths]

For me it’s the fear Goggins’ character probably felt knowing he could not protect his little girl.. that’s a feeling that hits deep when you’re a parent. Powerful stuff!

[@jameslyddall]

as a father of a one year old son who's currently running around my living room playing peekaboo with me with the curtains watching stuff like this with kids feels me with dread.

[@Legba85]

But he sure as fuck was gonna try.

[@CookTheCrook15]

I am not even a parent, but this scene gave me chills. It is amazing what they conveyed in only a couple minutes

[@BOOGERBOY1]

But his wife and kid could still be alive in a cryo pod somewhere lol

[@JKgyaru6969]

​@BOOGERBOY1 yeah, he did ask Hank where they are.

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

If he's a Marine, that means he fought in China. Shit he'd probably seen mininukes in action

[@helios623]

i think he fought in Anchorage since he mentions the flaws T-45 later on in the series

[@mcdonciii]

He says it a few Times he fought in Anchorage with that indianer dude

[@avokka]

​@helios623 he confirmed he did fight in Alaska. Also how he knew a critical problem of the suits

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

@@mcdonciii Ah makes sense, could've been to both

[@LittleBigBirdz]

I figured those were mini nukes

[@mung01re]

That music drop was haunting. An amazing scene.

[@TheWhiskeyZone]

I know. That swelling, like the gravity of the situation, the horror is finally realized.

[@knightlypoleaxe2501]

1:49 reminds of that TED-ED zombie riddle.

[@Alexmaked222]

@@knightlypoleaxe2501 reminds TENNET tunes tbh

[@Neo10731]

Oh yes, it's really giving it that heavy feeling.

[@tristanmichie4741]

Also listen to Oppenheimer music score. My favorite track: Ground Zero. Also helps that the bomb looks like a massive demon, swallowing the landscape; something humanity should never have spawned.

[@Alex_FRD]

The end of the world, brought to you by Vault-Tec.

[@aaronlaughter6471]

Actually China, The US had troops in mainland China. THey launched the nukes as one last fuck you or a hail may.

[@mejw1]

I seriously thought you were going to say Brought to you by Phizer lmao

[@AdVictoriamBOS]

@@mejw1 vault tec is their Phizer 😂

[@GabeNsApostle]

It was probably still China behind WW3.

[@LethalDose161]

"Brought to you by the Vikki and Vance Casino. Vikki and Vance: Be Our Partners In Crime" - Mr Neeeewww Vegas

[@hotfroganimations]

Seriously, this show has real feeling in it.

[@sandman4663]

Best tv content I’ve seen in a while-not to say others are bad, this is just REALLY good!!

[@Jestatgothaman]

Well it can happen in real life at any time

[@Tcrror]

​@@sandman4663Last of Us was also exceptionally good.

[@ZakisDizzy]

💩

[@cristobalbarra583]

​@@Tcrrordont get me wrong, it is a really good tv show but it helps a lot tha its a recreation of the first game and the game was a hit for how well writen it was

[@austinpittman1599]

When you get to the end of the show and you know what he knows in that moment. Good Lord.

[@ganderson3461]

Hits totally differently on the rewatch.

[@HDreamer]

It's actually kinda weird, cause we don't know how he got from spying and getting the crucial knowledge to playing a party cowboy with his daughter. I guess he wanted to think they wouldn't go through with it?

[@littledeer551]

The kind of feeling of: "I... I thought she would warn me... I thought she wanted our daughter safe... Why wouldn't she warn me!?"

[@austinpittman1599]

@@HDreamer I think we'll see more of how the divorce happened come S2. But I don't think she had much control over the timeline of when the nukes fell, she was just the mouthpiece that suggested the plan at the big money meeting. There was that dude she was looking up to in the shadows, and we don't know who that was yet.

[@edwin221b]

​@@austinpittman1599 I agree, I think this scene is somewhat in the future after he listened to vault tech plans, here it doesn't seem like the super star he was. The guys in shadows I believe are members of the Enclave

[@alchemist3661]

Walton fuckin rules dude. His face barely changes from when he says "It's just a fire" to realizing that it's a bomb, but there is so much fear etched into his eyes. He was the perfect cast for this

[@jimdangle3708]

He’s perfectly cast in everything he does, Walton Goggins is the fucking man

[@benskev]

he is an amazing actor!

[@GLARebel]

I think he knew what it was the moment he saw it, just was in denial. As he sees it form it's mushroom cloud the reality sets in that it's happening.

[@DeNihility]

Nuclear annihilation still scares me more than any horror movie. Maybe because it's still a possibility. Love the Fallout games but seeing a depiction in live action always seems to give me chills.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

A pale odd girl coming out of your TV to unalibe you? Not happening Zombie outbreak? Not how animals work, dead flesh cannot move, there is no metabolism and thus no energy for muscle movement Alien invasion? An anthropocentric genre since no advanced spacefaring civilization would bother spending the time and resources to travel, invade and occupy a primite world lightyears from their own. But Nuclear warfare, oh boy yeah it's real I can only imagine how it was like in the 60s, but do I feel Nuclear dread right now. It's a eery problem. Out of your control. The elites in the big capitols decide whether the world will burn or not for their own personal whims. It might be an extreme fear, but everytime I travel to Lisbon for university, I wonder if I am gonna be a sitting duck waiting to be pulverised if Russian missiles launched by a madman who has made more than enough nuclear threats overwhelm and anihilate us. Small scale nuclear warfare is unfeasable becaude of MAD, there will always be a retaliation, and that retaliatioj brings retaliation, and soon you have a chain reaction much like the ones happening inside them bombs and you pass a point of no return. You might as well give it all you got. Definetely the world wouldn't be decimated completely, just warring factions (which unfortunately includes my country as its in NATO), but even if you survive, famime from the aftermath of such an event would kill most of the world's population. Cowboy here has the right mindset. Best not think about the what ifs, even if they're knocking on your door.

[@insanity4082]

The silver lining is if you live near any major targets, you don't need to worry for long if it does end up happening.

[@GooberTrooper420]

Not just possible, it's inevitable. It isn't a question of if, but when it will happen.

[@LordofEars]

@@GooberTrooper420Fatalism is quackery fyi

[@custfroggydogg547]

​@GooberTrooper420 I agree it could be 5 or 500 years but it will happen eventually

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

This scene is really haunting. It at first lulls you into a sense of security, and for those non fans, it may even seem kind of soothing and all that. And then…the bomb drops, and the whole mood changes in an instant, reminding you that this is the world of Fallout after all. It seemingly comes out of nowhere, and I can just imagine first time non gamers watching going like “Wait a minute. What’s going on here?”

[@Cole-ossalReviews]

It is really trippy watching Oppenheimer and then this. Holy crap

[@belltolls1984]

Very well said; my thoughts exactly. They got the tone and look of Fallout down perfectly.

[@mcdonciii]

And after the last episode knowing WHO did it, it cuts even deeper

[@CrawfordPrime]

I can confirm watching this with my wife who never even heard of fallout before experiencing dread when the bombs started to fall

[@connormclernon26]

The whole time I was watching I knew the bombs were coming, and all I could think was "when are they coming?"

[@Cole-ossalReviews]

Now we see what Oppenheimer was so afraid of in the movie. I consider this a sequel!

[@sensoryoverload6809]

Directed by Christopher Nolan’s Brother 😊

[@colonel1003]

Watch the prequel, Terminator 2 Judgement day

[@doubleog6149]

The ending to Oppenheimer is probably my most favorite anti-nuke message in a movie, a close second would be Metal Gear Solid

[@sensoryoverload6809]

@@colonel1003 Vault tech is actually skynet?

[@jameslyddall]

@@colonel1003 watch THREADS 80's docudrama if you really wanna be depressed.

[@elliotanderson1585]

Damn, that microexpression! You can literally see the world collapsing in his eyes.

[@jeremyallen5974]

He goes from "This CANNOT be happening!" To "Holy fucking shit, this actually IS happening..." In nothing flat

[@MrLennart1976]

That little girl slowly raising her thumb hit me right in the gut. And i love it.

[@KillingJoke96]

The nukes in Fallout don't have too much of the "blinding flash" like our nukes because there's something different about how the yield was done in their universe. They were made to use less of a yield but make the areas surrounding more radioactive out of spite, which was why so many are launched at one area. The world ended within an hour and 90% of all life died. Scary thing is Fallout 76 showed that there were still plenty of nukes to SPARE even after all of this!

[@tymeier7570]

Damn so salted nukes and neutron bombs?

[@totemictoad4691]

@@tymeier7570 pretty much, the idea was to make the nukes much more terrifying which works right up until MAD stops working, then its just horror leading to unholy devastation and places that centuries later will be rapidly lethal, the idea was your typical fallout verse nuke is only in the 200-750kT range on average and has alot less thermal shock (less fireball) and more fallout so fallout nukes arnt incinerating everything in direct sight for miles on detonation, but they are making the whole area hazardous for centuries, by comparison the typical ICBM warhead in existence in the real world tends to be between 600kT and 2MT and carries enough thermal shock that the detonation would have instantly destroyed most of the city near the detonation site

[@2muchbeenz373]

​@@totemictoad4691 thank you for the explanation. I've been searching for the comments claiming that the blast wasnt realistic

[@tboneforreal]

This is a realistic depiction of how a real nuclear strike would happen. Most people assume it's just going to be one large bomb that's dropped on a city like Japan. Unfortunately, they figured out that multiple smaller bombs spread over an area do more destruction than a single large bomb. Also it makes it much more difficult to intercept multiple incoming warheads. The only real difference between this scene and real life is that it appears these nukes are going off at ground level whereas they would actually be air burst to cause more damage from the shockwave, but if you want to cause more fallout as they show is called then you do want a ground burst.

[@badmoth242xl3]

@@totemictoad4691the blasts actually seem to be much smaller in the 20-50 kt range. Given Fallout is based on the 50’s and the bombs would likely be relatively obsolete pure fission designs (think Mk3 fat man to mk6) considering how dud bombs are depicted in game. These detonations are powerful, but based on irl test footage I’d place them well within tactical yields. Given they are ground-bursts as well, their destructive potential is further reduced. The odd thing is that they doubled down on pure fission ground-bursts (as opposed to the “clean” thermonuclear airburst) rather than mix and matching between pure fission airbursts and thermonuclear ground bursts. Then again, thermonuclear or boosted fission weapons may not have been designed.

[@kevinlevin5088]

the guy not letting his friend into their own vault was simple but haunting

[@JKgyaru6969]

That was not a vault. Just a fallout shelter, either way him and his wife and son is still fucked.

[@littledeer551]

From the dad's perspective, there's only enough food in there for 3 survivors. His daughter and wife. And there's not room for any more then that.

[@bernhardlabus8511]

@@littledeer551 Exactly. Better 3 people safe with enough supplies than 5 people dead from lack of supplies.

[@littledeer551]

@@bernhardlabus8511 If anything? Let them in, let the dust settle. Then get them out. You saved them from the initial wave, now they gotta go

[@bernhardlabus8511]

@@littledeer551 Risky. High chance they will not leave peacefully etc. So while brutal, rather understandable.

[@Ecclesia_]

When you are told not to bother to run when the cloud is that big, but when human instinct takes over. When you see danger, you run.

[@balnguyen6934]

The fact he pick the horse was smart and later turn to ghoul mean he run far from center blast but not the radiation winter.

[@gavinderulo12]

The thumb rule is nonsensical though.

[@DetoxA1313]

that’s the craziest thing i’ve seen since The Last Of Us opening…

[@nerdyworld938]

Same!

[@B.B.Digital_Forest]

I am still awed by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie opening. 🍿

[@ssheeessh]

ok bot

[@sb12083]

consuuuuume

[@StelioKontos42069]

ive played both games watched both shows and although i could predict both the fallout one just resonates because that shit could actually happen only we'd all just be dead.

[@MrBakku]

At the same time in other places around the US: Randall Clark was returning to salt lake city after days spending alone in the wilds when his car suddenly stopped, he recognize it as an EMP and promtly covered himself from the flash. His expertise as a survivalst helped him but he would never see his wife and son ever again... Vera Keyes got stuck in her hotel room at the sierra madre, screaming for sinclair´s help, the hotel holograms recorded her last days looking for him meanwhile a malfunction with the emergency broadcast, caused the Gala Event's broadcasting being routed via the emergency announcement system caused the advertisement for the casino's grand opening to be sent across the airwaves making Vera the eternal ghost that welcome victims of the Sierra Madre...

[@ViktorEnjoyer]

Robert House was plugging himself into the Lucky 38 Defense systems in an attempt to save mankind from nuclear destruction.

[@MrBakku]

@@ViktorEnjoyer Raul Tejeda being able to watch House´s light show even as far as mexico city

[@Sandblstr]

Randall Dean Clark is one of the best written and inspiring character we all could have the pleasure to stumble upon.

[@its_vintage2601]

*Reads Randall Clark* *intense uncontrollable sobbing*

[@cheapsaz2082]

Nora and nate enter vault 111

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

Meanwhile in Vegas, Robert House was playing the greatest game of Galaga the world had ever seen.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

He was angry as hell because his platinum chip will get delayed by 205 years

[@arutka2000]

Missile Command, my good chum.

[@thewson11]

In all seriousness, we can only hope that this scene never becomes a reality. For the sake of our children and theirs. We fantasize about it, but reality will be so much worse.

[@GooberTrooper420]

It's inevitable, unfortunately. Whether by mad tyrant, ai, or simple human error it will happen eventually. It almost happened before in 1983 due to a glitch caused by sunlight reflected off of clouds. But a man named Stanislav Petrov decided to disobey his orders and not launch "retaliation" nukes which prevented nuclear war.

[@sambreyer7344]

@@GooberTrooper420 It scares me it really does. This scene captures it well. If it does happen, you can't stop it or really run from it.

[@skelaiton]

It’s unsettling because people on the other side of the world are already living in fear and despair because of greed.

[@nacho2920]

it already has in japan. twice.

[@thecommunistdoggo1008]

@@GooberTrooper420 Nah that was the 80s bud completely different. We are 40 years in the future our computers simply put are way better, our satelites are way better, nuclear arms in launch condition are at a historical low. The so called mad tyrant theory is just mindless fear mongering, in reality a rogue state like NK on steroids launching wouldn't cause a nuclear war only a limited exchange between 2 nations probably totalling less then 80 warheads total. AI is an overblown threat. Human error is the only moderately realistic one and even that is unlikely the actual process to a launch a nuke is very difficult for a reason. It's not inevitable i's not even likely to happen especially in modern times

[@merlinho0t]

I was blown away by how good this show was. Video game adaptions have a really bad history of being terrible but this show was amazing. You can tell there was actual passion put it in, that it was made by actual fans of the video game series.

[@cadjebushey6524]

The Sonic and Mario movies and The last of us tv show are a glimmer of hope.

[@arberchabot8760]

MANNNNN if only halo was like this fUCK sake!

[@colonel1003]

⁠@@cadjebushey6524Mario movies? As in the ones from 93 and 2023?

[@chefgin3333]

@@colonel1003 I think they meant the Mario movie from 2023, and then sonic movies

[@JacobTemple_CE]

​@@arberchabot8760 halo caters to soccer moms and Karens that frequent taco bell. That show isn't worth the dogshit it looks like

[@rosiequartzie2230]

This honestly gave me flashbacks to when I played Fallout 4 for the first time. One moment I'm just a housewife, the next I'm racing to the nearest vault to save both myself and my family's lives...

[@DamienDarkside]

For me, it was the flashbacks to what I did to Caesar's Legion. Sent those slaving Roman weaboo football cosplayers to the stone age. Guess there is a silver lining to every nuclear grey cloud. Gotta love Fallout.

[@iponce2]

​@DamienDarkside reminiscent of leveling the institute as well

[@n3xust1me93]

LMAOOOO MY FIRST PLAYTHROUGH I LEFT MY WIFE AND CHILD, RAN STRAIGHT TO THE VAULT

[@bigbox1469]

This scene alone is 10 times scarier than most horror movies nowadays

[@GooberTrooper420]

Best scene in the show for sure.

[@epicchocolate1866]

It really isn’t, but the common folk really do have low standards

[@GooberTrooper420]

@@epicchocolate1866 Mmmm yes the dirty peasants do have such a mediocre taste in horror

[@godzilla25_official2]

Try watching threads or the day after, it makes nuclear war even more terrifying.

[@godzilla25_official2]

Try watching the day after or threads.

[@Rqblt]

This the 2nd time in a videogame adaption a southern man loses his black daughter to the apocalypse

[@funkydozer]

Nukes are clearly racist

[@ryankwon8785]

And then adopting another girl.

[@The-Deadite]

​@@ryankwon8785Lucy was hardly adopted by Cooper...

[@ryankwon8785]

@@The-Deadite Give it time to grow. It took some time for Joel to warm up to Ellie in the first game.

[@Xinder720]

The 'black daughter' looks multi-racial, or she could be adopted by a white family which also happens in Western countries.

[@gargeely4901]

''daddy, is it your thumb or mine?'' is such a chilling line

[@Ascottishsamurai]

Right?! The panic mixed with innocent hope that maybe the size difference of a few centimeters would make all of the difference and make everything alright.

[@gavinderulo12]

​@@Ascottishsamuraithis only works if you think the thumb rule isn't nonsensical.

[@jackraider1039]

This part actually scared me a little bit because it was so calm and Serene and then when the first bomb dropped I knew that something was about to happen.

[@jackraider1039]

@@user-qg3nj1sv8j Amen

[@hazeltade3679]

I think a lot about what the real a-bomb victims were doing right before it happened like they were just going about their days…

[@gavinderulo12]

​@@hazeltade3679real nuclear blasts are way scarier than how they are depicted here. This is a cartoon in comparison.

[@hazeltade3679]

@@gavinderulo12 Gavin you will die a virgin

[@Erwooten23]

This little girl is an amazing actress.

[@bravebeard6225]

Not as good as shirley temple

[@GorgonFreemint]

That is one very calm, well trained horse.

[@eugenio3449]

i thought the same thing, it saw like 3 nuclear blasts and still was gallopping like nothing.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Bro had max bound level

[@daverage4729]

Love how they incorporated the whole 'thumb' idea into this scene. Always makes me think of the iconic Vault Tec Boy thumbs up image...made all the better by Cooper literally doing a photoshoot and giving the thumbs up.

[@Dannymiles1987]

It’s him. He’s the character

[@enminghee2926]

Hope someone noticed that the kids are watching a He Man knockoff that seems absurdly well-animated.

[@GodsPoisonSamael]

That's Grognak the Barbarian, it's fallouts version of Conan.

[@JamalTheCreamMachine]

Is the well animated part a joke because it looks like a gif that someone made by making a still photo look like it’s moving

[@enminghee2926]

@@JamalTheCreamMachine if you've seen any actual classic Masters of the Universe/Thundarr episodes the movements are even less smooth.

[@forest8779]

Grognak homie! Conan prays to crom he can be more like grognak!

[@shogunpug4071]

If you played the game you'd know Grognak lol.

[@belltolls1984]

As a Fallout fan since the first game this series and in particular the intro/pre war scenes are everything that I could have ever hoped and dreamed for.

[@B.B.Digital_Forest]

James Cameron, hold my beer!

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

T2's depiction was vastly more accurate than this and still hasn't been matched. This little girl should have been blinded by that flash and received third and second degree burns quickly afterwards. The shockwave would have knocked that house off its foundations. The amount of time between the flash and shockwave also makes no sense; these explosions are happening in slow motion for some reason. The last three explosions don't even have shockwaves. All in all, these are nowhere near as destructive as they would be in real life.

[@danhelm718]

@@CrazyHorseInvincibleIt’s Fallout man. This is the same universe where radiation sickness turns humans into ghouls

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

@@danhelm718 It is, but you would think that if they made something unrealistic, it wouldn't be such a massive downgrade from reality.

[@Jestatgothaman]

@@CrazyHorseInvincible Its just Atomic bombs use in Fallout world, they never advance into Hydrogen bomb unlke in T2 which is definitely more deatrutive.

[@Hanniballecteurmp3]

@@Jestatgothaman A bomb and H bomb dynamics remain the same

[@outlaw8041]

This was one of the most chilling scenes in TV history.. To think we could actually do this to ourselves is crazy.

[@potatolol4579]

Agreed, by the time the Fallout splash logo came up on the screen, I was on the verge of tears. In the games, you only ever really see one nuke, here there's multiple and the way the music climbs. And to think something like this could theoretically happen is what makes it even more scarier

[@tymeier7570]

Actually nukes don't have as much radiation as the videogames will have you think. The world would recover within a few decades

[@jjmaligaya3507]

​@@tymeier7570i mean in the fallout universe i assumed they perfected nuclear weapons so theirs are a lot more potent(and damn near everything is nuclear powered)

[@lamesurfer1015]

@@tymeier7570 Define... "Recover."

[@brianl8057]

it does chill the spine... but yeah, people can be horrible....

[@nicksantos43]

Lets be honest, his daughter would've been blinded instantly if this were real. Other than that this scene was literally one of the most compelling nuke attack scenes ever!

[@MooseMeus]

yea they had the camera flash at the birthday party to make it seem like they wouldn't have noticed, but it would have been extremely bright, like see your bones through your skin bright. this is still by far the best nuclear bomb scene in move history. better than anything oppenheimer did

[@Yaboibarel]

Let's be honest, this is far from the least realistic thing in the fallout franchise

[@Shehbaz666]

Not if the explosion began behind the skyscrapers and near ground level.

[@billystrife7049]

Also there's absolutely no thermal pulse. They would've ignited instantly standing there since the bomb looks like it went off pretty close.

[@MooseMeus]

@@billystrife7049 it looks like it's about 10 miles or more away. they would not have been instantly vaporized. these look like bombs in the 20-50kt range.

[@jmp7278]

Its kind of terrifying how quiet everything is watching the nukes go off

[@FrontlineTrench]

Yea it’s so dumb, makes no sense

[@robertf.atrozskin3596]

​@OnSomeDumbShit The only issue in this scene is the fact the girl not blind. Actually explosions like this cannot be heard at a distance of a 100 miles. This is LA and the town itself can have 469 square miles of land. The reason it was briefly quiet was the drop distance.

[@Eggo5150]

Flash would be almost instantaneous. Blast wave travels about 784 mph and tapers off as it travels out. Speed of sound is 760 mph. You'd be knocked on your ass or incinerated, WELL before you'd ever hear it.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@robertf.atrozskin3596well fallout bombs are quite diferent, in fallout 3 your character neither gets blind by the explosion, in 4 too, maybe its a bethesda thing because in new vegas you dont get to see the nuclear explosion and the zion canyon veteran almost goes blind by the nukes

[@william95522]

If only it started with narration like the games after the title with Ronald Perlman. I would've died of Fandom

[@jcam5]

That would have been the sweet cherry on top of this already great show.

[@CloverTheWitch]

So real, I was dying to hear "War, war never changes..."

[@Sythexdragon]

We got more than enough fan service

[@Man77772]

Nah I like it like this. No narration but instead just it being in the moment and no outside force.

[@TabernadoDani]

In audiovisual narration is considered a cheap resource. Not saying it's bad, nor that it doesn't fit some things, of course it does... But the fact that they pulled it off like that, "show not tell", is amazing.

[@jackcarver5412]

The brilliance of using something "old fashion" such as a horse compare to cars that had to opened taking a minute then having to start the ignition taking more time while Cooper is already on his horse with his daughter out the gate already

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

There's more; what a lot of people don't know is that a nuclear bomb also releases an EMP wave that kills all electronics, including car batteries. Cooper took the one ride that doesn't run on electronics. With that said, the reason most people don't know about the EMP part of nukes is because the nuke part of nukes usually makes it irrelevant.

[@josepmasdeufigueras4434]

​@@VivaLaDnDLogs some Ocean's Eleven stuff right there

[@user-vp9lc9up6v]

I believe nukes high in atmosphere cause EMPs however I'm still confused as to how everyone wasn't instantaneously blinded@@VivaLaDnDLogs

[@mrbanditos3583]

Plus those Cars are on nuclear fusion engine.​@@VivaLaDnDLogs Just like tons of the things in the Fallout franchise.

[@user-ud6ru4gu4e]

Not to mention that horses don’t need gas, just grass

[@mattragusa210]

1:29 That look

[@freddyandfoxy7526]

I really glad we got another look at the bombs dropping in fallout. We only saw it for like 2 seconds before entering vault 111. But the fallout tv show did a great job showing pre war society.

[@yobro6053]

They definitely weren’t dropped in these scenes.

[@bolobalaman]

The irony at 2:31, all those technology didn’t save them because of the EMP wave that followed the nuke blast

[@zacharybailey158]

"This is how the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper" - T.S. Eliot

[@kingbaby8761]

Kindly the same way democracy goes, according to George Lucas.

[@KaosNova2]

Don’t worry Cecil won’t die. He will just become a Ghoul

[@dad5004]

Very minor detail but I love the shot at 2:25 where you can see the buildings falling down. So happy with how this show turned out!

[@robertgeorge5315]

This scene is scarier than any other horror movie, because something like this (not counting the post-apocalyptic stuff) can really really happen.

[@lgjm5562]

Binge watching your channel before it gets taken down.

[@DinkLover69]

Just watch the show cringelord.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

Fair use

[@alexd4566]

@@TheAllSeeingEye2468Lol blatantly copy-pasting parts of protected works is not fair use

[@N-GinAndTonicTM]

Walton Goggins has the Michael Keaton effect, where his face is so expressive he can change his entire emotion within milliseconds.

[@tglake2894]

Christoph Waltz does it too in the interrogation at the beginning of Inglourious Basterds. Changes the entire tone of the scene with just a few facial muscles. It's amazing how good some actors are at that!

[@PK_Droid]

Favourite bit of the scene, when the bomb drops it initially seems odd that Cooper's daughter is the only one to notice, not even Cooper himself sees it. I think this is simply because firstly most are focused on watching Groknak on the TV but there's also a person taking photos with a flash, so the flash of the initial explosion is ignored. Because of this, we then get a great build up and moment of realisation from Cooper. Without the above, the bomb would hit and it would be immediate chaos. Fantastic scene.

[@bad_covfefe]

The actual reason it isn't noticed is because the explosion is extremely inaccurate. The flash camera would not have made the blast less noticable, because the flash from a nuke is so intense the main characters would've book cooked alive in an instant, and every item on screen would be scorched from the heat.

[@PK_Droid]

@@bad_covfefe well thanks 😒

[@robertf.atrozskin3596]

​@@PK_Droid your right about one thing It could not have been heard at this distance because explosions like this has a doppler effect ranging up to 100 miles. Considering this is LA and the bomb dropped somewhere in city, that's a good distance from the bomb. LA is 469 square miles, so the sound detection couldn't been heard at this distance.

[@stephentarantino1313]

​@@bad_covfefe you the type of person to get mad at star wars for not accurately depecting an explosion is space

[@bad_covfefe]

@@stephentarantino1313 I am a silly goose.

[@Man_Aslume]

The actual calmness with the mushrooms cloud rising struck me Because there really is nothing you can do in this situation without shelter

[@Deadsphere]

I always thought this captured the day the bombs fell better than FO4 did. In FO4 the only other person you talk to who's worried about the threat is the Vault Tec rep. Here, they're talking about it on the weather, the adults are trying to hide it from their kids, there's so much more insanity here than there was in FO4. It's a much more powerful scene.

[@dookeland8]

His expressions from when he says “it’s just a fire” you can see in his face he almost believes it himself, but then when the mushroom cloud gets bigger how his entire expression changes and the gravity of what’s going on is hitting him.

[@tonybippitykaye]

This was what sold me on the show. It looks like it took inspiration from 4’s own nuke scene, but this one felt so much more terrifying. You see Cooper’s daughter looking scared while absolutely no sound plays, he tries downplaying it as a fire, then you see that mushroom pop up and that look on Cooper’s face turns from scared concern to sheer terror.

[@sdaftermath123]

This has to be the most intense and spooky opening scenes in a show or movie that I’ve ever seen

[@matm4413]

battlestar galactica miniseries packed into one scene

[@MuhammadKhan-vj8xn]

To think this is a real possibility any minute of the day is haunting!

[@Erwooten23]

Not really I'm almost certain death would be very quickly.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Only if the US government allows it since we have defenses against a nuke reaching us.

[@crazikat1991]

​@@Erwooten23 It'd depend on where you are exactly at the time. If you're in a major city or near a military base you're screwed.

[@argentinaballxd9046]

​@@Erwooten23 It will be only if you are in the death zone. For example, in Hiroshima, the people at 2km from the death zone began to have a variety of painful and terrifying deaths. Some people (near the death zone) began to "melt" alive... like hot candles. Others were litteraly cooked alive, their eyes melted and their skins fell off.... Others remained with their skin so burnt that they were cruchy. Others had their muscles practically like a liquid. There are descriptions of people that lost their muscles exposing their skeletons while moving. Other began to lost burnt fingers and arms... worst of all, they had in common that they were alive for hours feeling the pain of severe burnt parts and exposed nerves, entire families wandering in a painful death in a wasteland where before were their homes... some survivors named them like "ghosts" (probably this story was the inspiration of the ghouls design).

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@argentinaballxd9046i remeber the images, one women looked like a ghould, she had no nose and her skin was peeling off, poor innocent people

[@katzisky1914]

FLASH! BANG! Alakazam

[@pdawg4209]

Honestly I’ve never finished any fallout game, it was too difficult for me when I was younger😂 but after seeing the first episode I can’t help but want to get into it. Even if you haven’t played the game this is definitely worth a watch

[@Jestatgothaman]

Fallout 1 was difficult to you?

[@pdawg4209]

@@Jestatgothaman bro I ain’t even heard of fallout 1 let alone played it😂

[@pdawg4209]

@@Jestatgothaman only a little bit of 3 and some of 4 but I was only 12-13 and I never played anything with the same format so it was jarring to me😂

[@Jestatgothaman]

@@pdawg4209 That's fine, 3 & 4 are for the new gen. But 1 and 2 is classic, even Tactics. If you can play the first game first before the latter but it doesn't really matter anyways each are cult classic specially the first game where is story is just waiting to be remastered or remake

[@shogunpug4071]

This show is especially for those who haven't played

[@HowToChangeName]

Finally a movie where California is destroyed without Golden Gate bridge involved

[@rogueascendant6611]

lmao

[@Dannymiles1987]

😢

[@APonceAraujo]

It's normal that this particular scene hit emotionally harder. I'm a dad and a fan of this amazing game. But this was a very sad scene.

[@ItsCoderDan]

they really captured the emotions of an event like this. The disbelief at the beginning and the shots of the city and the mushroom clouds. perfect

[@savis001]

The music at 02:24 is fantastic. Would love to hear it again as part of The Ghoul's leitmotif.

[@samable7724]

Does the music ever play again in the show? I’d love to hear it more

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Watching his eyes go wide gets me every time. That moment if realization dawning....

[@robertolopez2213]

How quick the rich fight for themselves and the poor fight for each other great cinematography

[@madmatt9404]

Beautifully shot, the fade into the title card gives me goosebumps every time.

[@marin8141]

In reality she would've been blinded for even looking in the direction of the bomb.

[@NerdTrap]

I said this! A nuclear flash would incinerate your retina.

[@hazeltade3679]

I think it penetrated underground before exploding which muted that a bit?

[@unusualusername8847]

Fallout overlooks that aspect of nuclear warfare to make mini nukes work.

[@vladgheneli]

I'm actually wondering how is nobody talking about how the shockwave puts down all trees and blows away those lounges like they're from cardboard, breaks all windows, yet not a single person gets any sort of pushback... It actually reminds me of the sheer stupidity of Rings of Power when Galadriel takes the full blast of the pyroclastic flow in her face and she's not dead. I simply can't take a show seriously when it starts like this and continues with a girl leaving by herself when she looks like she's not even gonna last an hour.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@vladgheneli Fallout has always been lose on nuclear physics even in the games, this is the same universe where a little bit of can make a coackroach a million times bigger and can be just as easily removed from a product called “Radaway”.

[@ll3435_]

Meanwhile, Robert House is playing the largest game of Missile Command ever played in Las Vegas….

[@baszamor]

i can always count on your videos for great information and a good time!

[@Jan-jc4rx]

What a great way to start the series. Love the music and the emotion

[@josephmorrow1160]

Teaching your kid about death and doomsdays are some of the hardest talks I ever had

[@squidboi8674]

Opening for sure hooked me in

[@Mikewheatley-yc6eq]

Love how detailed the shock wave hit. Especially with the palm trees in the distance being bent back from the shock wave 🤌

[@kirikakirikakirika]

Everyone's talking about Goggins' performance, and of course he nailed it, but that little girl looked genuinely terrified too. She did great.

[@ConantheTrollarian]

The old world ends, the new one begins.

[@brian177]

I love how many people complain about the inaccuracy of the nuclear explosions for two reasons: -Oppenheimer couldn't get it right, either. -This is a world where radiation creates literal mutants. It is not hard sci fi.

[@druuudruuu6804]

The expressions he made were chillingly real. What a great actor. Respect.

[@zachtyler1459]

One of the best scenes I’ve ever witnessed, incredible acting

[@Tha3rdworldghost]

Hands down the best game adaptation ever.

[@YesMan_Lucky38]

If i wasn't a robot, I'm sure this would've hit me right in the feels... Oh well, back too it.

[@TheRealBorb]

It's crazy to think how Nate and Nora just got to Vault 111 at the time this is happening, and Robert House is protecting Vegas.

[@vengeance5020]

This is the best show I have seen in a longtime. . I love this show I can't get enough of it

[@DivineEnclave22]

While I was watching this part the fucking tornado sirens went off in my town and bro I got scared af 😂 this show got real feeling to it and I’ve never even played the games

[@Newdivide]

The reason the girl was giving the thumbs up was to measure how far the atomic bomb was. If the cloud is bigger than your thumb, you are dead

[@TheRealMario0335]

This is one of my most favorite intros to a show, ever. Incredible acting and sound design by everyone.

[@fluffynacho115]

This scene gave me goosebumps. The music, the cinematography, the feels. So awesome 👍

[@JuanCarlos-rc7kx]

La intro del Fallout 4 y la serie>>>> Cualquier otra intro

[@PopeBrandonBrownson]

I dunno what it was about "Is it your thumb or mine" that got me, but HOO boy that sent a chill up my spine! That first episode was so much better than I was expecting, can't wait to tear into the rest

[@sdgsdgsdgsd3]

Rule of thumb

[@AveryChristy]

This beginning scene nicely bookends with the final scene of the season. In the final seconds, in the foreground, is the observatory where the final battle takes place.

[@Somegoy]

It's been awhile since we've had a good nuke scene. Well done

[@alexandregagne6577]

This scene gave me chills!

[@emz2969]

I cried 5 mins in. Fantastic show

[@Astriix101]

this has to be one of the best nuke scenes.... the amount of suspense ugh gives me goosebumps every time

[@KenjiMapes]

Janey is so unbelievably cute which makes this scene even more heartbreaking. She is so adorable I can’t even take it. Walton Goggin absolutely crushed it playing two characters - well they’re the same person only they’re very different characters separated by time & circumstance. He played Cooper Howard & The Ghoul to perfection as he is the through-line from before the war until the current time line. He played Cooper as the good hearted & famous but a bit naïve movie star Cooper Howard & was able to make the Ghoul jaded & cruel yet laden with vestiges of Cooper; that’s hard to pull off. Goggins is one of the best character actors out there now & he deserves a lot more credit & recognition for his phenomenal work.

[@edgameplay9120]

The war...war never changes

[@CEO_-jv4pg]

It’s made even more amazing that a little girl can watch a nuclear bomb explode and nobody else even noticed it

[@scully6954]

Light speed more faster than sound speed. Like lighting and thunder.

[@FrontlineTrench]

Bro as soon as I seen this scene I knew it was gonna be downhill from here

[@KillerKerry]

I hope this girl wins an award. The terror in her voice and acting was so great. This scene brought me to tears.

[@ghosts35]

I don’t care how many times I watch this scene it will ALWAYS bring a tear to my eyes being a dad to a little girl even when there’s no hope, you’d still do anything to protect them 🥺

[@user-jj5ni5sw5b]

It's just so surreal and absolutely terrifying. The American way of life standing still in time forever like that. No matter how many times Bethesda drops them I cry every damn time.