The Fallout Show Is Unbelievably GOOD

The Fallout Show has released and it is WAY better than anyone expected it to be! Who would have thought staying true to the source material could work out so well for a television adaption?? Anyways, here is why I loved the show!
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___TIME STAMPS___
Introduction - 0:00
Criticisms of the Show - 2:37
Tone & Vibe - 4:56
Less Is More - 9:26
Fan Service - 10:25
Spoilers - 11:08
End of Spoilers - 12:44
Themes of Fallout - 13:32
Conclusion - 14:17

[@TheActMan]

The Fallout Show has released and it is WAY better than anyone expected it to be! Who would have thought staying true to the source material could work out so well for a television adaption?? Anyways, here is why I loved the show! COME JOIN THE ACT CLAN DISCORD SERVER ➤ discord.gg/actman

[@OfficialIfunny]

todd howard shill, disappointed

[@DiddlyDooMemes]

already have!

[@CorrieCharles]

Fuck yeah I've been waiting for this video! 😎

[@M64bros]

HELL YEAH!!!!

[@keynanmartinez]

New Vegas needs to be redeemed in Season 2.

[@keepinggamers7425]

patrolling the Mojave almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter

[@TheActMan]

TRUEEE

[@rektm8830]

​@@TheActMan True to Caesar!

[@ChapuleTaylor]

#Relatable!

[@kimmy620]

@@rektm8830 Ave Caesar!

[@JohnCastleSmokeless]

Our guys put the monorail back to work!

[@Joshua_Graham2281]

I’m so happy that this show is getting the praise it deserves, because so many people in the community were hating on it before it even came out

[@gogeta667]

The canon changes are stupid and the portrayal of the past is a bit, odd.

[@Yoruharu]

@@gogeta667 womp womp

[@user-Jay178]

​@gogeta667 I mean every fallout game always changes something about canon.

[@Dripbaru]

@@gogeta667If you’re talking about shady sands, it was never retconned to be destroyed in 2277. The chalkboard in vault 4 was saying the DOWNFALL of Shady Sands was in 2277 (the year of the first battle of Hoover Dam.)

[@Walter_Stroud]

@@gogeta667let’s see your fallout adaptation then

[@Sixteen-Angels]

Not gonna lie, the main actor who plays Lucy would be an amazing role as Chell from Portal.

[@tithgaming2324]

Duuuude

[@MaticTheProto]

Omg YES

[@Tuntor689]

valve?? please???

[@Nimbus3690]

Holy shit... I'm such a huge fan of Portal's universe. But I do think the story is perfectly told within the games already. Could be very hard to recreate. Although, a disneyland immersive ride through the aperture facility like they have for the star wars rise of the resistance would be phenomenal

[@hech-kay5060]

You sir Should be a casting director.

[@remielpollard787]

I also love how Lucy's character development is done in such a way that you can almost tell exactly when she levels up.

[@thomgizziz]

Then they failed... you don't want characters in a show magically leveling up.

[@remielpollard787]

​@@thomgizziz it's a shame you have no sense of humour, but it's also not my problem. You clearly haven't watched it because no one in their right mind that isn't desperately searching for something to Karen about would even consider the possibility that they failed at character development.

[@Mal_Freeman0451]

​@@thomgizziz Hence why it's simply hinted at with subtlety rather than being explicitly stated....

[@merchant_of_kek5697]

Lmao what? She’s exactly the same the entire time. She never changes. Never leaned

[@remielpollard787]

@@merchant_of_kek5697 you clearly didn't watch the same show.

[@lugenhauser]

Lucy's brother Norm is a very underrated character. His story of finding out the truth of Vault 31 was one of the show's highlights

[@TheXxemarosaxx]

Also him becoming less of a coward

[@guromenst4416]

Norm is a bad ass

[@Supers562]

I love Norm so much, at the beginning of the show it seemed like he’d be annoying. However, he became motivated almost instantly and had a change in personality.

[@LunarBloodRose27]

I was always anticipating seeing more of what he'd discover it was always so cool

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

Norm was great, and he showed that courage comes in more forms than just physical combat. The courage to stand up to a powerful authority that could kill you at any stage is arguably the most courageous act of all.

[@Echo_4609]

The only thing the show is missing is a Ron Perlman intro

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

Duuuuuude

[@firstlast9846]

I’m glad they left it out.. as iconic as the intro is. It spoils the message of the show that human beings will never stop finding shit to fight about.. it’s better they left it till the end.

[@Sidewinder1996]

Season 2 should have a Perlman recap

[@FromYharnamWithBlo-ve]

@@firstlast9846 they already said that in the show....

[@odinulveson9101]

I want him to be a Mid Western BoS in BADASS horned power armor with a menacing look and grim " you soon dead punk! " stare and ready to WHOOP your arses!

[@sakaraist]

I was shocked by how good it was, and a lot of that was how brutal they depicted the fallout universe, they weren't scared to mention touchy subjects because it might offend people.

[@JamesCastle-vd1lc]

not only subject matter but it's just brutal in general. that was my biggest worry but they nailed it

[@Semjasa616]

the gore was completely pointless and totally ruined the tone of the show.

[@billcrampton4476]

@@Semjasa616 I'm guessing you never played the games ?

[@Plexplay]

​@@Semjasa616this is one of the dumbest things I have read about the series so far. You aren't watching SpongeBob dude, it's Fallout

[@frogblasttheventcore69]

@@Semjasa616 Fallout 1 and 2 allowed you to have a 'maximum gore' setting and a trait/perk which caused extremely gory, comical deaths like exploding arms and massive pools of blood in battles.

[@ItsNket]

"It's not the first time I've been persecuted for my 'scientific curiosities'" is my fave joke of the whole season

[@paulderosa3065]

Just seeing the clip of Ella Purnell talking about how she played the games to try to learn the source material, how she got really into the games and how important it was to her to respect the source material was what made me want to check out the show. We need more people like her and Henry Cavill.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

I'd like her and Henry to team up on a future video game adaptation. Maybe she could be in the Warhammer series he's working on. She could solidify her legacy as the queen of starring in great video game adaptations.

[@paulderosa3065]

@@The_Isaiahnator That’d be really cool. With the two of them it’d be guaranteed that show would be amazing. We already know Henry loves Warhammer and if Ella brought the same level of dedication to whatever hypothetical role she’d get in that show that she did to Lucy Maclean it’d make the show an all time great.

[@loC2ol]

Lucy the goat too. Loved her *albeit obvious* classic arc of naïve vault dweller to badass competent wastelander

[@FatManJackson]

You people are so gullible. You believe every word professional PRETENDERS tell you. Ironic.

[@Pointman11111]

Giga Purnell

[@xtremefurrycat]

the cogsworth scene got me really buzzing with using the actual voice actor and making them an actual person from the past, chefs kiss

[@mkultra2456]

actual?

[@UltimaPowers]

*Codsworth

[@thetommyllama9194]

Watch What We Do In The Shadows

[@thisisntperez]

That scene was so good

[@JumalaPlays]

​@@UltimaPowersThe robot was called cogsworth

[@timsawyer9231]

The only thing they missed was having Dog Meat get in the way. 3 seconds of the ghoul trying to push his way past dog meat in a doorway, giving him a look like "little bastard" when he gets by. Don't even have him say anything, just add that little bit to a scene. It would have been great.

[@guilhermelopes986]

Would be in character for a Malinois too, mine does it all the bloody time. Just stops in from of me, usually at an angle so she is blocking the way, wagging her tail and smiling like a goofball saying "gimme scritches".

[@artemis6658]

That and good writing.

[@Briggsthebomb]

I watched it with my mom and dad and explained stuff to them when needed. They loved it so much and I got to show my parents how much of a fallout nerd I was. 10/10 would recommend

[@MLPDethDealr32]

And yet i gurantee you never played the Originals, only " Bethesda" Fallout. As long as Bethesda maintains the license, dont expect decent stories.

[@daysnottime999]

​@MLPDethDealr32 I have, and I liked it. It's noob friendly, you're just playing the hypocrite.

[@themudpit621]

@@MLPDethDealr32 You give some crazy guarantees dude.

[@thepikminbrawler1746]

@@MLPDethDealr32why do people like you have to suck any joy out of the wholesome comments like this? Do you get off to it or something?

[@testacals]

@@MLPDethDealr32 I only played FNV

[@williamparker2931]

I thought the scene where Cooper starts tearing up after his wife say “we drop them ourselves” was just phenomenal. He’s such an amazing actor. Great scene, buildup, just *chef’s kiss*

[@SomebodywithaYouTubeaccount]

I absolutely lost my sh*t in that moment like I never had before. The feeling of realizing that a 27 year-old overarching mystery was just answered a week ago, culminating so many horrors on so many levels at the same instant, is overwhelming. I had to stop and feel for a full minute; I had NEVER done that for a piece of media before because I felt something that deeply

[@jonathanperez612]

He did such a good job in that scene even I felt betrayed.

[@josephgroetsch3088]

he steals every scene he's in

[@3choblast3r4]

Goggins' acting was incredible. But none of that made sense. First off, so his wife is the CEO? Why is she leading the meeting, the entire show you get the impression she's a upper middle management and now she's leading the meeting with the competitors? Vault Tec's goal is a total monopoly, wipe every government, group, faction, company out and control everything. So obviously the smartest thing to do is let all your competitors know. They're not even offering a merger or a union. The other companies might help building vaults or technology but they get their own vaults, can choose their own experiments and keep their own secrets. Which defeats the entire point of dropping the nukes to wipe out all factions.

[@frostery1483]

My favorite scene. You can just feel his emotion

[@mr.rufasi2729]

There was just an interview today where Todd Howard cleared up some of the lore confusion and confirmed that everything in the show including the shady sands destruction happened after New Vegas

[@TheActMan]

yeah I saw that too! Didn't have time to put it in the video tho

[@gogeta667]

​@@TheActManI didn't like the reveal of who dropped the bombs first. The show made the commie sympathizers appear sane, all for the sake of really wanting to own the Capitalists. With Todd Howard's treatment of Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, I'm surprised the show was good as it was, but the ending was a disappointment.

[@helwrecht1637]

Still sucks though.

[@Pr0m3th310us]

Just cause Cuck Howard says so doesn't mean he is wright he all of Bethesda and you tourists are all factually wrong and this show is as shit as yalls standards

[@mr.rufasi2729]

@@helwrecht1637 are you talking about the show itself or shady sands getting destroyed? I agree I don’t like the direction they took with that but at least it doesn’t break the lore

[@solanumtuberosa]

Funny how bethesda actually puts actual care to stuff they know modders cant patch.

[@justnoob8141]

Is that a flex or a bet? Bethesda is still Bethesda, they made game and that’s it, the money flow

[@sulimanthemagnificent4893]

Did they really? The show has more plot (more accurately *lore*) holes than a gang banger after a firefight.

[@justnoob8141]

@@sulimanthemagnificent4893 you say that but when Obsidian did it, everyone celebrate like hell

[@sulimanthemagnificent4893]

@@justnoob8141 Because they weren’t giant and massive ones that destroy the stories of multiple previous games if not the entire IP. Exhibit A) the Master and BOS have access to the records of *every* vault (come to think of it… even player characters do… more then once), yet the miss 31-33, ok sure maybe the records got wiped (unlikely as it is)… but both groups and even then NCR had *decades* to search the bone yard area and didn’t find anything? Exhibit B, Vault-Teks motives… get ready for a big one… If the company wants total autocratic power ala-house, why do they do *nothing* for 200 years, literally. You’d think the corporation who wants to control the globe and/or global markets to the extent they’d nuke everything would at least monitor the surface periodically just in case… but they don’t (which considering their motive is nonsense), else they’d have done something far sooner against; The COMMUNISTS in the Shi The United States Army (BOS) The United States Government (Enclave) The NCR The Legion The Master They do nothing, which is weird since they killed everyone and everything to achieve total control and didn’t account for the fact… people and organisations could survive/rebuild… nor did they monitor the surface to see if they succeeded or not. Exhibit C; Magical ghoul serum that never existed before nor was ever mentioned, seen or implied before… which then makes the NCR accepting ghouls in the army retarded and any settlement tolerating them retarded, why wouldn’t you just kill all of them? (de-facto racism is ok now, because the minorities might be dangerous…) I don’t think Obsidian made “mistakes” that big… I don’t think good writers make mistakes that big… but maybe that’s just me…

[@magnusvn]

Main reason why i refuse to give Bethesda money.

[@lightshine24]

My mom, who doesnt play any video games, wanted to watch this show with me and asked me all kinds of questions about the lore and prefaced it by telling me "keep it tame and dont nerd out on me too much, please". And as someone who doesnt play any video games, she thoroughly enjoyed this show and can't wait for season 2.

[@__shifty]

cherish your family bro.

[@danknuss5052]

Hearing walton goggins say the famous words "War, war never changes" I almost shit my pants

[@Shawnsrumi]

I like the slide of hand….that the last episode what titled the beginning….and that when he said it…..

[@AC-hj9tv]

Damn get bro some diapers

[@arturovandeley]

Yeahhhhh....Its not like they made his fuckin wife, who has never seen or experienced ANY COMBAT, say it first and so making HER the origin story..

[@dizzee2100]

Ron Perlman should have had a cameo at the very least. he was voicing the games for so long, they did him dirty

[@skeven0]

@@dizzee2100 heres hoping he plays Marcus leader of Jacobstown in Season 2, NGL any SuperMutant being played by him would be cool

[@SoaringLettuce]

between Arcane, Edgerunners and Fallout specifically, i'm gonna say the common denominator is telling stories in the game's setting has a better batting average than directly adapting the game's plots

[@salmanhanifa7853]

Fallout is nowhere near Arcane and edgerunners level, but it's not a bad adaptation at all.

[@gsogaming5783]

This is the runner here. People don’t even know they’d just prefer well-done worldbuilding than anything else!

[@davethepants]

right. get the vibe over 1:1, *then* have a plot that fits the medium

[@Karlach_]

@@salmanhanifa7853 It's tough to compare animated shows and live action shows. Animated shows just due to their art form are much easier to be creative with as they're not bound by the laws and physics of real life. I think for an animated show, the Fallout show is one of the best video game adaptations ever made.

[@guilhermepupo2840]

​@@salmanhanifa7853 arcane is pretty overrated lmao, just because animation

[@Werchiel]

If you are interested in replaying the Fallout games I would strongly recommend looking up A Tale of Two Wastelands - it's a mod that combines Fallout 3 and New Vegas into a single game. You can travel between the two zones on a single character and play all the content of both of them whenever you want. Essentialy it ports all of Fallout 3 into New Vegas (I think you need to own both F3 and NV on the same platform for it to work but they are so cheap it barely matters nowadays) and introduces some new elements as well. Playing it is an actual blast. A nuclear blast.

[@DarthZ01]

patrolling the mojave kinda makes you wish you could fast travel to the capital wasteland.

[@CaioCromos]

i watched the whole season with my dad. as a fan of fallout, i loved the show as someone that never played a video game before, my dad loved the show. and we discussed a lot about the lore and the fallout universe after. that is what i call a good show

[@V.Sensei]

I too watched it with my dad. He got confused why I cheered when I saw the sunset sarsaparilla truck.

[@Savitzen]

"Thou shall get side tracked by bullshit every god damn time" Is my favorite line in the show because it just goes to show when you TRY and do the main quest no matter what you will ALWAYS get side tracked by side quests and random shit instead. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 😂😂😂😂

[@Meatlord69]

Normie.

[@ytubestolemyhandle]

I have only played Fallout 4 (and 76 for like 3 hours before I gave up), but out of like 20 playthroughs I started, I never got even halfway into the main quest. So I never finished the game. I mean, the furthest I ever got was reclaiming that fortress for the minutemen lol. Always got distracted with side quest, then got distracted by even more things doing those sidequests, then I grew tired of the character/build and started again. And again. And again. And again. Every time with more mods, and then getting distracted even more by enhanced base building lmao

[@stanhry]

No no, you must all ways be sidetracked by all everything and very finish Any quests then get your saves corrupted by an OS update. You have to stop playing because of work, school , and or vacations and forget what main quests or where you left off.

[@ytubestolemyhandle]

@@stanhry the number of playthroughs ended because I wrecked the game beyond saving is way too high. Such are the perils of installing mods.. Especially mid-playthrough. But then again, it's bethesda. If you don't install mods, you're getting a really bad, really buggy game... of you mess the difficulty curve and end up with a too easy or too hard game (since notoriously the only thing the difficulty slider in bethesda games do is increase mob HP and damage exponentially, making them into a bullet sponge to end all bullet sponges)...

[@TyfoiD75]

what "sidetracks"? All the fun little things and the lore is what makes Fallout special. Now we already know who is Mr. House next season.

[@mrhenk007]

I loved the checking the headless body with just the wanted picture of the head. "that's definitely him"

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Yo dang right

[@valak9663]

shit made me cackle

[@NaderVaderYT]

" lucy is a representation of the character " me who just massacreed every npc I could find " uh ... yeah sure .... right... "

[@user-ku8yi5to4f]

Yeah a character with everything as her dump stat of course

[@gefilte86]

Dogmeat. Dogmeat never changes. He lives forever.

[@leeneufeld4140]

Except that he's a different breed in every game. But the soul is the same :)

[@nikolais4thwife680]

I like how the 3 protagonists and a lot of the story-beats are classic Fallout: Lucy, the naive vault dweller who's in the wastes for the first time, looking for her dad (a la Fallout 3) Maximus who probably joined the BoS because he thought Power Armor was cool (lol) The Ghoul who is already experienced in the wasteland, and has unique motivations (a la New Vegas). And MY FAVORITE: Norm (Lucy's brother) finding out the history and true reason behind his vault.

[@TheActMan]

Yeah I really liked all the characters!

[@zuljaras]

The Fallout 4 influence with the criopods was really cool. (The Norm part)

[@Zyzyx442]

Really hope they give Maximus more initiative and more motivation to make the Brotherhood into the force of good he wishes them to be, he even says to the asshole paladin "you don't deserve to wear that armor", hope he said that not only because power armor is cool but that the Brotherhood has some principles and valor to uphold.

[@netherwarrior6113]

Norm was the TheEpicNate of the fallout universe

[@NarbsTheGreat]

Norm strikes me as an Intelligence build, esp with his hacking skills

[@thedeepfriar745]

One thing I do think is that The Ink Spots deserve recognition for their music in fallout. And I hope that their estates are receiving proper compensation. “It’s All Over but the Crying” and “I Don’t Want to Set The World On Fire” those songs are intrinsic to the identity of the fallout franchise

[@Joseph-pw9sf]

lets not forget about maybe ! that's the og fallout song

[@nickm5419]

Most likely not; they died like 100 years ago

[@maxis5793]

Don't forget about "Maybe" from FO1

[@couchpotato2222]

Honestly, their famous " BUM buBUM bubum" intro Is such a great way to "fast travel" your immersion to the realm of Fallout. Like a magic spell/ incantation.

[@EclecticPotpourri]

From some of these comments the fact the group is Black Americans would be called DEI and "race propaganda" when Black Americans made The Gospel and The Blues are the basis for all modern music. Great point and add Nat King Cole 🎉

[@Tinytodgerman]

Can I just say this is not only a great video game show but a great show in general. I recommended this show to my parents who have only heard of the games through my siblings and I and they loved the show and the characters. They understood the story clear as day and wanted more. That is a show done right.

[@isaiahcrumpton4167]

First episode, when the ghoul says, “ I do that s*** for the game “

[@vexmyth0clast]

Lucy: Sees bobble head but doesn't grab it Inner me: Lucy please STOP AND TAKE IT!! You need better stats damn it!

[@OldSchoolGenius]

Nah, it was a charisma bobble head. She already maxed out.😂

[@LunarBloodRose27]

I honestly thought I was the only one who was thinking that lol

[@Daniel_C_Griffin]

​@OldSchoolGenius Does she though? She seemed to fail quite a few persuasion checks.

[@Miretazam]

They have an official SPECIAL stats for Lucy from the Fallout Shelter game. Her char is 6 if I remember

[@user-ku8yi5to4f]

So thats the reason she is so stupid all the time everything else is her dump stat

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Walton Goggins fits so well in the Fallout universe, He's comedy is perfect

[@kotorandcorvid4968]

*his

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

@@kotorandcorvid4968 thanks

[@foggyvhs8790]

The outfit works so well.. love the heavy tattered bits with his walk and everything

[@brianthomas8411]

He's amazing in everything. I think he's a crazy underrated actor. So watchable in everything he's in. Every performance is commanding and believable. He's like the Daniel day Lewis of TV shows. Edit: my list of shows you can see him in Righteous gemstones Justified Sons of anarchy Vice principals The shield

[@patrickhenry1249]

@@brianthomas8411how do you not mention invincible in that list

[@WMan37]

Something I didn't notice till someone pointed it out but made me smile when it hit me that they were right, in the 8:52 fight, Howard eats food to heal himself.

[@DeadlyShooter850]

I just watched the entire series today, it was so awesome and I’m glad they treated this show with respect and passion. I’m going back to playing fallout 4 now

[@Revenant-oq9ts]

I love how Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins had two opposite approaches to their roles. Ella thought it important to play the games to get familiar with the source material so they can be consistent with it, and Walton thought he had to actively avoid playing the games so there could be someone on set who could give a perspective of a casual viewer unfamiliar with the source material.

[@paladin198]

She said she got to level 2 in an interview, how familiar could she be?

[@Kspice9000]

​@@paladin198lmao and else where it's been said she played all of them.

[@jonathanbaker4361]

She got to LVL 2 in the SHOW...

[@absolutezerochill2700]

@@Kspice9000 playing all 7 games for 10 minutes could technically count...

[@Helldog6]

@@paladin198 She also said she watched *A LOT* of game play, to make up for the fact that it would take her longer to learn the game and play than to just watch the videos.

[@offthetrail5675]

Actman just wanted another opportunity to bust out his checkered suit jacket 😂

[@alexsilva28]

Wouldn't you?

[@Ian501st]

Daam right!

[@silver1340]

Who wouldn't?

[@cpob2013]

Gives a boost to charisma stat

[@SL4PSH0CK]

You know I'd also would

[@ButcLesb]

I love Lucy's brother Norm. He doesn't buy into the culture of the vault he was raised in but at the same time isn't a complete jerk about it. I get the feeling that he is way smarter than most people in the vault give him credit for considering all the different jobs he was able to do. He wasn't moved around because he preformed badly but because he wasn't "happy" in the position. I think he also has the Small Frame perk from New Vegas. This would give him higher agility which explains how he was able to evade the Raiders long enough for Lucy to hide him and the comedic seen with Robo Bud. My favorite scene doesn't have anything to do with Norm however. When Lucy gets caught out of bounds in Vault 4 and she is put on trial... the whole thing just made me bust out laughing. Especially, when she had negotiated to have Maximus stay and he just rages in like the Hulk to save her... that whole scene from the bag over her head down the corridor to when she convinces Maximus to give the fusion core back is all sorts of EPIC!

[@Monsux]

I freaking loved this show. Not only did I watch it once on a long flight, but also a second time with only listening to the audio… A bit like an audiobook. A fantastic experience that I'll remember for a long long time. The second viewing even offers interesting details that I totally missed.

[@LivvieLynn]

The red rocket gas station scene was my favorite. I spent way too many hours building a settlement there in Fallout 4. I felt like I was back home for a while only to see the doggo get shoved into a fridge and ignored... like my old game file. 😥

[@andrews_lego_tanks_and_more]

When they were exploring vault 32, that was the closest I ever felt to watching a game made into a show. Watching the characters exploring the creepy and dark tunnels of an abandoned vault was literally perfect. Loved the show so much.

[@ScotCinamon]

That scene and when they first came into Filly. In both instances I told my wife, "this is pretty spot on in terms of feel of a town/exploring a vault". Totally agree, they nailed it with that vault 32 bit.

[@samisuhonen9815]

What really got me to watch this show, is the actress of Lucy (also the voice actress of Jinx from League of Legends and Arcane), going on the record about playing countless hours of Fallout games to understand the feel the source material and better respect it. What sold it even more for me, was mainstream media outlets criticizing her for "wasting time playing videogames". And in reality, that dedication, is what makes her role feel so authentic. So in universe. So immersive. Not only for fans of the fallout IP, but for anyone who gets into the IP from the series.

[@TheGr8tPlays]

The Hot Coffee song from the first episode had me realize how beautifully well synchronized music and scenes creates a feeling that cant be explained thus is a factor of why the show is just chefs kiss for the fans

[@lsheltothewanderer8883]

“Thou shalt be side tracked by bullshit every goddamn time” The best line Ive heard in the show so far. Sums up Fallout Games perfectly!!!

[@Pointman11111]

"Where is my fkng family?"

[@javiersaugar376]

I guess Shady Sands finally got that Nuclear Winter they kept patrolling the Mojave for

[@jessycaclark1413]

Patrolling the Mojave wasteland almost makes you wish for a nuclear Winter oh fuc..

[@Karlach_]

_the monkey paw's index finger curls_

[@Kspice9000]

​@@jessycaclark1413for real. Atleast the commonwealth had some vegetation and apparently Appalachia is just a damn paradise objectively.

[@mesuper455]

@@Kspice9000negative and a negative make a positive, Appalachia got lucky.

[@cherkunglonk]

I'm glad I'm not the only person that can't hear the word "Democracy" without Helldivers music playing on my mind anymore

[@annavictrix]

It was so good, I got excited at every little reference they put in, every sting of game music. I can't wait for next season.

[@imbelgian8293]

1 (somewhat) Easter egg I love is when the BOS scribe is talking to the radio guy and if you listen to the music he’s playing, it’s one of the songs you can hear when listening to the Minutemen radio in Fallout 4.

[@jacksauce]

I know! I kept thinking: “wait are the Minutemen here too???!”

[@TheRadMan.]

@@jacksauceanother cool thing, before that scene where he meets the doctor that fixes his leg, you can actually hear a minuteman on the radio, it’s even labeled as “Minutemen Radio” in the cast list!

[@LunarBloodRose27]

My dad had to point it out for me to realize

[@reaper67309]

I thought it was a reference to Agathas station from Fallout 3.

[@KeyboardSavant]

The performance that Moisés Arias gave as Norm was exceptional! I haven't read much praise for his on-screen presence, but I really appreciated how the "less is more" approach sold his reactions.

[@VaultOfTheFuture]

His dialogue and expressions were always at odds. His facial expressions showed how he knew what was going on but he was still trying to innocently play dumb by what he was saying. So good!

[@JC-Alan]

Kid can act.

[@Pinkdayze]

I loved how the show on its own explains the world in a such compelling way for newcomers while keeping fans invested to see how each element will work into the story. I would LOVE to have watched this with someone who has never played these games before and watch them marvel at just how fun the Fallout world is.

[@Beretta-qp5pk]

My mom, who is 56, has never played a video game since mario and usually does not care for super gorey action. I loved this show. She was invested with the vault mystery, especially. Im so glad for this show being good so my parents can enjoy a world that I love.

[@Wesker236]

I like how the protagonists felt like our gamer personalities, The Vault Dweler: our eagerness for exploration and curiosity, The Brotherhood Scribe: our expectations vs reality of any faction we began to like, The Ghoul: our desire to murder anything and anyone in our way to get what we want, and The brother: a need to uncover misteries and secrets hidden within the location we are

[@ZynetESLD]

Holy fuck, you're right

[@JusticeforLiberty]

It's easy to tell that you have never played any fallout game.

[@ZynetESLD]

@@JusticeforLiberty ...seriously?

[@JC-Alan]

Of all the good decisions that went into making this show, this is by far the most important. Even though each personality is archetypal, I fell in love with every single one.

[@melissa8500]

And Lucy got better at things like combat over time, just like in the game!

[@BustertheCatdiver]

When Lucy unwittingly sets the ferals loose in the chem shop, gets that experience boost to level up and comes out in the armored vault suit. Thats when i knew it was gonna be good!

[@EustTube]

I didn't even think about XP watching this show, but that's EXACTLY what happened with that scene! Amazing detail. I was sat there thinking "Oh all of a sudden she got a lot tougher" like duh, that's what happens in-game! Great insight.

[@towarzyszmarcin474]

Yooooooooooooooo

[@thatblanabsguy5454]

Exploring Mementos almost makes me wish for The Act Man to make a “Why Was Persona 5 SO AWESOME?” Video.

[@quatlewmeez]

Great video as always brother. One nitpick tho is that the Ghoul giving the thumbs up is kinda a spoiler. Left me with a good "Ohhhh! Thats why he did that" moment 0:59

[@dieselpatches]

The story and characters are great but what I really appreciate is the show recognizing this series is based on a game by cleverly integrating mechanics like perks to introduce characters.

[@owenberg3366]

Diesel in the wild?

[@thegreatbaguette1161]

What if the Mysterious Stranger shows up?

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@thegreatbaguette1161 Omg plz

[@mordecaisymeski2]

Wrong

[@abyshadid5034]

Woah, for a second I thought Dieselpatches was gonna complain about the main character being a woman or something. Bravo on the restraint 👏👏

[@CJsOutOfRum]

You telling me Jimmy Rings showed his face in episode 1 and it didn't just CAPTIVATE AUDIENCES??? *GASPS IN CEO*

[@TheActMan]

LMFAOOOOO

[@CyanRooper]

When that didn't work they tried showing his Master Cheeks instead.

[@jtyranus]

@@CyanRooper Not gonna impress until they drop Spartan Dong.

[@Mexman75]

God I love that he is known as Jimmy Rings

[@ryanchristensen4449]

B-B-B-but GUYS! We need to show his ✨ EXPRESSIONs ✨ HOW CAN YOU TELL WHAT HES THINKING?!!?!??, Ehem, evidence number one, the cutscene after Johnson’s death (god rest his badass soul) chief DOESNT EVEN SAY ANYTHING and you can see how horrible the actual passing of Johnson hit him, I wouldn’t doubt a tear dripped onto his visor

[@dylanwilliams8182]

My girlfriend (who had never even heard of fallout) watched the show with me and absolutely loved it knowing nothing about the games

[@wyattheitkamp55]

“I’d offer ya a cherry tomato, but ya got a hole in ya neck”

[@gamingconveyor4743]

Season 2 better start with a Ron Perlman recap

[@aaronbates4848]

That would be cool, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[@zitterotter8850]

Honestly think there's a place for him in New Vegas, he'd fit

[@ecfeclipse]

I hope we someday get a Halo Show. Imagine a show that respects the lore, uses the music, engages with the original IP and brings it to new heights.

[@christianrowe992]

Yeah better than the one we have already for sure

[@Craglicious]

​@@christianrowe992What show?

[@thecoolestbean4688]

Is the Halo show turning into a Pacific Rim situation (where people keep bringing up a sequel that doesn't exist?)

[@jmccann6735]

​@@thecoolestbean4688There's a Halo show?

[@giorgiorusconijr.7103]

@@thecoolestbean4688yes

[@cacogenicist]

My 70-year-old Boomer mother really liked it. She was drawn in, I think, particularly by the character Lucy, and the soundtrack.

[@yikes6758]

One of my favorite things about the way the show captures the game's violence is how even the lowest caliber guns will aerosolize an entire skull, but only if the character being shot doesn't have a name

[@Zurtecc]

the guy who had big MT in front of him is fredrick Sinclair the guy who build the Sierra madre casino from dead money dlc that's why house says he can lose money on a casino because he built it for his girlfriend and him to survive the war

[@absolutezerochill2700]

definitely not what I imagined Sinclair to look like... and i thought Big MT knowingly sent the cloud to the sierra madre... but okay

[@Zurtecc]

@absolutezerochill2700 they did they just didn't tell him so they could experiment on his workers and they sent the suits aswell tbh I don't know why he's representing big Mt but he probably owns a lot of it or something

[@Wolfdorf]

Wow I did not notice that, thank U, I loved that dlc and hated it at the same time, it gave me anxiety, the setting was toooooo dark for me haha

[@Zurtecc]

@Wolfdorf same it's my favourite new vagas dlc I love how hard it is and the lore behind I'm love how they added Sinclair in the show

[@kotzpenner]

He reminded me a lot of Gizmo lol

[@Impossible_Pete]

"what if i do a thumbs up" gave me chills

[@baconbenjidestroyer]

Really? That gave you chills... come on lol.

[@Impossible_Pete]

@@baconbenjidestroyer I apologize for enjoying something

[@baconbenjidestroyer]

@Impossible_Pete Nothing wrong with enjoying something, mate. 👍

[@weizenw]

@@Impossible_Pete wtf is wrong with you

[@Impossible_Pete]

@@weizenw probably a lot 🤷‍♂️ haha

[@jasonsmith3537]

Hey, finally a Bethesda Fallout release that was a finished product, performed as advertised, and didn't need a major patch fix.

[@artemis6658]

Lol what come on it was terrible.

[@willhouston2680]

I think Lucy is suppose to represent the player character. She meets weird npcs throughout her travels, comes across places that are supposed to be civilations, and goes from almost dying to having an arsenal at the end.

[@mrbrunchies3048]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for Act man to make a Fallout NV DLC video

[@LevelUpLifting]

Literally just finished re-watching your New Vegas video and now see this perfectly timed upload, LET'S GOOOOO!!!

[@TheActMan]

BASED

[@Karlach_]

@@TheActMan Will you ever do a video on the New Vegas DLCs please? I would love to hear your thoughts on Old World Blues and Lonesome Road in particular.

[@db_524]

Nice

[@HeRmiiSs]

11:58 might be the best scene in the show. I never played the games and the show really made the T-60 armor soldiers seem like elite soldiers prepared for anything. I was shocked when the first encounter the same elite soldiers had with a stronger enemy ended up with him running away while repeating "F*CK F*CK F*CK" 😂

[@zeetstweets]

The waterchip bit was funny too

[@damanjhawar2200]

A scene that I really enjoyed was when Lucy was sneaking away and she kept messing up. That shows that she has a low sneak stat 😂 She also seem to have a proficiency in small guns that you see throughout the show. I find the attention to detail on how states work really cool.

[@user-ku8yi5to4f]

Everything in lucy is a dump stat

[@hengineer]

Also she kept failing speech checks. She's the first time player, trying to even out their stats so they suck at everything at first lol

[@AquilaGuard]

@@hengineer Most players try to roleplay an entirely good character too so Lucy really does fit as the typical player character.

[@SamuraiTex84]

The fact that there's no Ron Perlman intro made me sad. However, what might happen when the series comes to an end is that we get a slide show narrated conclusion to the story. THAT would be the cherry on top. A man can dream.

[@kmlamar3]

is he glazing

[@hieuneo7085]

cry more eunuch

[@richardredmon9016]

i was unsure and skeptical about watching it but you convinced me to try it out

[@hanzo90]

There was a moment when she went from saying "fudge" to "fuck" going from innocent vault dweller to badass wastelander and what led her to her to that breaking point was absolutely crazy

[@brettfisher292]

when was that? I must've missed that moment.

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

​@@brettfisher292 Spoiler spacing When she gets sold to the SuperDuper Mart. She starts out nice and innocent then after having to kill Marthe she comes out colder and says "Golden Rule....Motherfucker" to Coop as she leaves.

[@Altherot]

@@BrandonDenny-we1rw That moment was what sold her to me finally. She was insanely badass in that moment and it did feel earned. She's a great character and her actress was amazing.

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

@@Altherot Yeah shes british too which I 100% did not pick up on till an interview. Her American is spot on

[@hanzo90]

@@brettfisher292 when she was sold into the super duper mart she said fudge to Mr Handy and when she got out and gave cooper his meds she dropped the F bomb cursing for the very first time

[@CasperinColour]

One thing to note, mulldaver actually does carry an energy pistol when the BOS attack the observatory in the final episode

[@14shyuga14]

There's also a guard with a laser rifle in the Siggi's lab episode

[@paradoxexpress6976]

Yeah they show some laser weapons but none of them are ever fired

[@sebastiandalessandro4221]

Don’t you think it’s weird how mulldaver is easily forgiven by the protagonist for massacring vault 33 and almost killing her brother… like that’s completely forgetten?

[@BlazingOwnager]

@@sebastiandalessandro4221 Absolutely nothing about Vault 32/33s attack makes sense in the end. That's one of my huge complaints.

[@Limbbiscuit]

Yeah but never shot it. Even during BoS attack no energy projectile seen

[@daviddiaper2751]

The final shot was insane…paused my TV and gawked for a good minute or so 😂 Also, the helldivers add in had me cackling! 🤣🤣🤣

[@sethrusso45]

This series was so fucking good

[@smigymuller4870]

right every character is a bumbling fucking moron and everything is created for a stupid fucking joke and the entire story has more holes than swiss cheese but VAULT BOY OOOOO

[@ryancoleman8482]

"This ass jerky aint gunna make itself" best line in the whole show

[@brunoactis1104]

"A feller's gotta eat a feller"

[@Jefftom95]

Something I really appreciate of the show is the visual storytelling of corpses and environments that's actually very similar to what the games do. I loved it.

[@drakausdromgatti58]

Nah man, the OG fallouts felt a LOT more like mad max fury road

[@greyfox8194]

i had my hairs on end when i saw that 2 headed bear also is that the same outfit from the NV video 3 years ago damn that still looks hella clean

[@Nkipker]

I wish Matthew Perry could see the series. He could of played this himself

[@lordnoxiousx]

I didn't even think about that. He could have benny would be looking old now, too. It would have fit.

[@hustler666100]

@Vagrant_Mugen have

[@AC-hj9tv]

Chems Addict #1

[@Jdjdjdujakzgsha]

I doubt he even remembered doing that role

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

​@Jdjdjdujakzgsha what are you talking about? You do know he got the role because he was such a big fallout 3 fan that he begged to be in New vegas. Do a little research before opening your mouth

[@jameswhite6612]

If Thaddeus isn't a companion in Fallout 5 I'm putting a razor blade in Todd Howards boot.

[@Meatlord69]

Shut up, normie.

[@maxlegomaster]

An underrated aspect is the characters each play as a moral background in the game. Lucy is like a good playthrough, not looking for violence, Maximus is a neutral playthrough where he will kill and do what he feels is right, and the ghoul with the evil playthrough

[@walterbeech501]

Something I just wanted to point out is that right now in the lore is that as of the events of the show, the lone wanderer, the courier and sole survivor are probably both alive during this time meaning that as of the show the 3 of the most dangerous people to ever walk the wasteland are alive at the same time.

[@submachinegun5737]

That helldivers earrape got me good lmao

[@TheOfficialGamezKrew203]

Watching the Fallout tv show makes me wish for The Act Man to review Fallout 3 & 4, sense he reviewed New Vegas.

[@ThisismyYouTubeAccount-oz7qi]

Both not bad but garbage in comparison

[@simracing4simpletons978]

@@ThisismyKZbinAccount-oz7qi Sounds like rose-tinted nostalgia glasses. FNV might have been great for its time, but its so buggy and busted that it's not even playable. FO4 is a great game, and is not garbage in any comparison. Not saying it's better. But calling it garbage in comparison while the thing you're comparing it to is such a shit heap of bugs and frustrating usability that it feels super disingenuous.

[@Dylanjrvs]

He should do 1 and 2 those games slap when you learn it.

[@ThisismyYouTubeAccount-oz7qi]

@simracing4simpletons978 I'm not saying it's bad but it's bad as a Fallout game. Stripped of all RPG elements in favor of mass appeal to the lowest common denominator of consumers. Turned it into a shooting gallery looter shooter, removed any depth of dialogue and severely lacks creative writing. Okay game, bad RPG. Fallout is supposed to be an RPG. If they want to make a game in this universe about shooting, then okay, but it would only make sense as a spin off and not a mainline entry. Fallout 4 tries to be something it isnt and it falls flat. That's my opinion.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

​@@DylanjrvsI wonder if he could manage it, BG3 is the only CRPG he's ever played as far as I know. Both those games are fantastic and I love them.

[@chicomanara]

Walton Goggins, the actor who make the Ghoul, is pretty amazing in the character. I recognize him from Tarantino movies, he play supporting minor roles there, so it is nice to see him in a more proeminent role. Expect a lot on next season.

[@JupiterSailfish]

I was just gonna watch the first episode the other day and then ended up watching it all that day lol. I loved it! I think they did a very good job of giving you that feeling when you first play one of the games. One thing I liked, was I think a couple times they showed the skeletons in ways telling the story about how the people died and I loved that in the games. Great video as always!

[@Antares2]

My favorite character is Lucy. Her overly optimistic and positive attitude is slowly being replaced by a more cynical and downbeat version. I love the difference between her first "okey dokey" and her last one in the final episode. She also has some other very fun quotes, but unlike modern day MCU, the humor doesn't undercut any tension. When she is in the final big confrontation where she learns the truth about her father and mother, she is not making jokes anymore. The Ghoul and Maximus are also very good and interesting characters that I want to see more of. I also liked Thaddeus and hope we get to see his journey into becoming a ghoul.

[@user-ku8yi5to4f]

But it doesnt serve her at all if she not make better levels in her stats

[@venicalfebgaming73]

Before I had watched the Fallout series, I had just watched fargo (the movie, not the show), and Lucy's character kind of reminds me of someone from Minnesota just by the way she talks.

[@jackbaxter2223]

Thaddeus was an absolute gem, and his interactions with Maximus were hilarious. He better come back for season 2.

[@themudpit621]

She's good, but I like her brother.

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

One thing I loved about the show is they catch you off guard a number of times by briefly mentioning things that become way important later in the season. Just off-handed remarks that you don't think about, then later realize "This is exactly what they were talking about earlier"

[@battlefieldmemer2861]

I just dont understand how Ghoul struggled with Mximus and at the end he faced 3 T 60s

[@EvilDaren]

The final shot...THE FINAL SHOT :o

[@HansDonsolle]

Yes, I can confirm that THAT last shot from the last episode had me rolling on my bed like crazy and had me crying literal tears of joy and excitement. I can wait for S2!!!

[@Meatlord69]

Soy boy.

[@matchwojo7280]

@@Meatlord69 fr fr

[@mr_sauce_cooks]

​@@Meatlord69took you two words to fuck him up

[@sizedoesntmeaneverything4157]

@@Meatlord69 lord forbid men have hobbies 🙄

[@zjmstrash7181]

​@@Meatlord69Says the man who's probably barely 5"3 and way past his prime.

[@John_Raiyder]

One Thing I thought about the Show (wich someone else also posted on Reddit) was that Maximus´s Chapter of the BoS has a lot of people with Latin Names and the Flags at their Airstrip-HQ where Yellow on Red made me think that they might fused with some Remnants of the Legion (wich falls apart after Caesars Death) wich is also why the Elder at the End wishes to split and "make a new Brotherhood". my Guess is that he is an old Legionaire who basically wants to revive the very same

[@CrazyxEnigma]

That is actually an interesting idea imo.

[@takeatoke2653]

Fckn love this show. Can’t wait for season 2

[@waschbalsam4520]

I wonder how Master missed Vault 33 since its not hidden and in LA...

[@user-gh6cz7ou9g]

Shhhh normies wouldn't understand.😭😩

[@Helperbot-2000]

because the writers know literally nothing about fallout, same with bethesda

[@user-qx8kf3st8t]

The same reason why he didn't find any other vault

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@user-qx8kf3st8t so no reason at all, since its clear he fas found other vaults before, thats the reason why the lieutenant isnt surprised is the vault dweller is captured, and he immmediately talks about getting you to tell him where your vault is. in fallout 1 there are 4 vaults we know of, and only valt 13, hidden in a cave in a mountain is operational, and the master finds it if the vault dweller takes too long. but nice try m8

[@user-qx8kf3st8t]

@@Helperbot-2000 Okay, so what vaults does the Master know about? Except for the demonstration one, which can hardly even be called a vault

[@usurperslayer5057]

Can't we appreciate that the Fallout 4's "assault rifle" is being used as intended, cause in the concept arts the "AR" was intended to be a machine gun to be wield it in Power Armor. In the series is so f#cking gigantic that i would consider a heavy machine gun like the M2, and it fits really well with the T-60.

[@udamthewaster9454]

Yes I love it. It was also suppose to be a 50.cal machine gun

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Still hate the design of the gun but it does look less bad when carried with power armor or on a tripod

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@udamthewaster9454 its not, its a fusion of a maxim machine gun and a lewis gun, both firing rifle rounds. also they use completely different cooling methods which bethesda idnt understand, the maxim is water cooled, but the lewis gun is air cooled, with the gas from the barrel drawing in air from behind and passing it over fins to cool the barrel, interresting but not that efficient, and water cooling was outdated by the second world war. it would be way better to just carry multiple barrely you can switch out like an mg 34 or 42, especially when youre in armour that allows you to carry a fuckton of weight, but also then, since the armour has electricity, you might aswell make a mechanism that automatically swithes the barrely out, its not very difficuly to do with an electric motor and wait a minute, thats just a gatling gun. WHY DIDNT THEY JUST EQUIP THEM WITH GATLING GUNS

[@woodsgump]

Nice checkered suit jacket Act Man, What in the goddamn.

[@rupertcortes3980]

Wait for the season 2 of Fallout TV Show. Todd make it better again.