Topic: "War. War never changes". Fallout TV show on Amazon Prime. Actually quite good!

[BarryCrocker]

Never played the game. Not my usual jam. Loved it.

Walton Goggins is just perfect.

[thejbs]

Just finished it. Wonderful series. Probably one of the best video game adaptations there’s ever been. I’d  say it even shades The Last of Us, though they’re very different. Set up the world nicely for a second series.

Goggins’ Coop/Ghoul will go down as one of top tv antiheroes.

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Was cool seeing a deathclaw skull appear in the closing scenes. Given the effects were decent, that’ll be a good addition to S2.

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[bradders1011]

Excellent cameo from Steven Toast.

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and Erik Estrada

[Avens]

Never played the game. Not my usual jam. Loved it.

Walton Goggins is just perfect.

Interesting that - I think if you loved the show you'd probably have loved the games. Might be worth revisiting.

[BarryCrocker]

Interesting that - I think if you loved the show you'd probably have loved the games. Might be worth revisiting.

Thanks for the tip. However, I really don't want anything battling for the amount of time I already waste on here. 

[Scottymuser]

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At least two of them survived so yes it was a bit pointless.

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  No, it wasn't pointless at all.  They *never intended* to kill either them or the daughter.  Moldava had one primary aim (getting the father, and getting out), and secondary aim (showing the daughter a little about how terrible her father was, which paid back in the final episode when she listened to her and believed her).  Killing them, once they had their primary aim and just needed to escape would have instead made Lucy less trusting of her, and more likely to just free old dad at the end.  The bombs going off was all about the distraction to allow them to escape the vault with minimal additional casualties. 

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Anyway, absolutely phenomenal show, best new show I've seen since Andor, and very close to being the best thing Prime has ever done (it's in joint second for me with The Boys, behind the Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

[RedDeadRejection]

First couple of series of Ms Maisel were absolutely outstanding, agreed.

[Schmidt]

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  No, it wasn't pointless at all.  They *never intended* to kill either them or the daughter.  Moldava had one primary aim (getting the father, and getting out), and secondary aim (showing the daughter a little about how terrible her father was, which paid back in the final episode when she listened to her and believed her).  Killing them, once they had their primary aim and just needed to escape would have instead made Lucy less trusting of her, and more likely to just free old dad at the end.  The bombs going off was all about the distraction to allow them to escape the vault with minimal additional casualties. 

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Anyway, absolutely phenomenal show, best new show I've seen since Andor, and very close to being the best thing Prime has ever done (it's in joint second for me with The Boys, behind the Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

That explanation makes it sound even more pointless, Moldaver just came off looking like an incompetent murderer instead of a murderer. They didn't really need a distraction since the vaultdwellers were harmless and they had the overseer as a hostage.

It's not exactly a dealbreaker, just a little moment that felt like a dodgy rewrite or poor editing.

[kaesarsosei]

Took my time but finished Season 1, and I thought it got better as it went along. The only potential problem is that I found the pre-war scenes with Coop probably more compelling than the actual post-apoc stuff. Either way, Goggins is the heart of the show and without him I probably wouldn't watch Season 2. What else has he been in that's worth watching?

I just hope its not the usual case of having to wait 2 years for the next season. That is becoming incredibly annoying.

[gerrardisgod]

His first big role was The Shield, which is excellent. His best role however is in Justified, plus you get the added bonus of Timothy Olyphant.

Righteous Gemstones and Vice Principals are good too.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

His first big role was The Shield, which is excellent. His best role however is in Justified, plus you get the added bonus of Timothy Olyphant.

Righteous Gemstones and Vice Principals are good too.

[gerrardisgod]

I was going to mention that, but it’d also mean having to sit through Sons Of Anarchy.