{"id":940332,"date":"2024-04-10T10:28:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=940332"},"modified":"2024-04-11T20:26:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:26:34","slug":"fallout-review-the-best-wasteland-story-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/fallout-review-the-best-wasteland-story-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallout Review: The Best Wasteland Story Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-spoiler-alert\"><svg class=\"icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 23\"><path d=\"M15.713 6.511c-2.41 0-4.376 2.057-4.376 4.591 0 2.527 1.96 4.591 4.376 4.591 2.41 0 4.375-2.057 4.375-4.591 0-2.527-1.966-4.591-4.375-4.591z\"\/><path d=\"M15.713 18.358c-3.88 0-7.04-3.253-7.04-7.256s3.16-7.255 7.04-7.255c3.879 0 7.04 3.252 7.04 7.255s-3.161 7.256-7.04 7.256zm16.085-7.961C27.63 3.709 22.015.027 16 .027 9.985.026 4.369 3.708.202 10.396c-.267.43-.267.98 0 1.41C4.37 18.495 9.985 22.178 16 22.178c6.015 0 11.624-3.683 15.798-10.37.267-.432.267-.98 0-1.411z\"\/><\/svg><em>This <strong>Fallout <\/strong>review contains no spoilers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Video\u2019s TV adaptation of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/fallout\/\">Fallout<\/a><\/em> does something the games in the legendary franchise never have\u2014put storytelling above all else. The show does lovingly recreate the nuclear Wasteland in a way that stays faithful to the series, but the story is all-new and unexpectedly thought-provoking. The TV characters are far more complex than their video game counterparts as well, though to be fair they do have the advantage of not having to stand unnaturally still while looking straight into the camera whenever they have something to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our main protagonists is Cooper Howard (the great Walton Goggins), a washed-up Western star who we meet in cowboy garb twirling his lasso at a kids\u2019 birthday party in \u201850s Los Angeles to make ends meet. He\u2019s taken his daughter to work, and suddenly to her horror, she sees a mushroom cloud in the distance in the LA skyline. And then, another. And another. In an effort to save humanity, survivors lock themselves in numbered underground fallout shelters called \u201cVaults\u201d where they\u2019ll remain protected from radiation for generations. Cue biiig time jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ad-dog__cnx-container\"><script id=\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\">\n\t\t\tcnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tcnx({\n\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: \"106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}).render(\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\");\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Like the games, the show is set in an alternate history United States more than two hundred years after Earth\u2019s surface is torched and irradiated beyond recognition by nuclear war. We see the Wasteland through the eyes of three main protagonists: Lucy (Ella Purnell, <em>Yellowjackets<\/em>), a Vault-dweller heading up to the surface for the first time; Maximus (Aaron Moten, <em>Emancipation<\/em>), a hard-headed trainee of the militant Brotherhood of Steel; and The Ghoul, a merciless bounty hunter who is revealed to actually be our old friend Cooper. By periodically guzzling boatloads of drugs and chemicals, he\u2019s managed to survive for centuries after the bombs first fell. The trade off is that he\u2019s got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/fallout-walton-goggins-the-ghoul-spoilers\/\">gaping hole where his nose used to be<\/a> and an even bigger hole where his heart used to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans of the games will notice straight away that the show has absolutely nailed the look and sound of the world. The blue and yellow Vault-Tec suits, the ramshackle settlements, the hulking Power Armor suits. Even the glow-green Pip-Boy interface looks spot-on. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/games\/why-fallout-has-the-best-licensed-video-game-soundtrack-ever\/\">rose-colored \u201840s and \u201850s songs like franchise staples<\/a> \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Set the World On Fire\u201d and \u201cMaybe\u201d drive home the show\u2019s uncanny recreation of the games\u2019 atmosphere, leaning into the irony and hilarity of setting gruesome acts of ultraviolence to saccharine love ballads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s the characters and the storytelling that really go above and beyond to make the show far more narratively compelling than the games. Lucy braves the savagery of the Wasteland to find her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan) and comes to find that her pacifist, sheltered upbringing in the Vault does her little good amongst the liars and killers above ground. \u201cFuck the Vaults\u201d one ornery settler spittles as Lucy opines about her people\u2019s lofty long-term \u201creclamation\u201d plans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Maximus has had a sheltered upbringing himself in many ways (all he\u2019s known is life as an obedient Brotherhood of Steel grunt), he\u2019s far less pure-hearted than Lucy. He\u2019d do anything to step into the Power Armor the Brotherhood knights use to exert their dominance across the Wasteland. He\u2019s power-hungry, bull-headed, and at times supremely idiotic, but still, there\u2019s something likable about him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghoul is a far cry from the horse-riding hero we met in the opening moments of the show. He\u2019s got a nasty mouth on him and an even nastier trigger finger. While at first he seems to be nothing more than a straightforward, no-BS bounty hunter at first, it\u2019s gradually revealed throughout the season via flashbacks that, for him, there\u2019s a lot more than money on the line. These backstory segments are some of the best in the show mostly thanks to Goggins, who with his performance somehow manages to capture the scope of a 200-plus year history within a single character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucy and Max go through some serious internal changes over the course of the season that can\u2019t be undone. They do regrettable things, they do some valiant things, and by the end of it\u2026surprise! Turns out <em>Fallout<\/em> is a pretty damn good coming-of-age story. There are some real emotional stakes here, like the grim circumstances surrounding Max finally acquiring his Power Armor, and the alarming lengths to which Lucy is willing to fight for survival. There are some plot details that get in the way a bit (Max\u2019s dynamic with the head of the Brotherhood is a complete head-scratcher), but overall, Lucy and Max\u2019s journeys lead them to reveal their true selves to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from the show\u2019s unexpectedly heartfelt story, there also happens to be copious amounts of blood and viscera flying around every episode, which seems only right considering how the games reveled in the post-apocalyptic violence via the iconic slow-mo V.A.T.S. cam. There\u2019s an entertaining standoff in the second episode that sees The Ghoul in a violent shootout, and the inventive camerawork really makes every blood splatter sing. There are some jarringly intimate body horror moments as well, from severed limbs and digits to unsightly, radiation-inflicted deformities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some disgusting displays of death and mutilation on display almost constantly throughout the show, but it\u2019s wisely balanced out by a keen, albeit sick sense of humor. The Vault-dwellers\u2019 painfully naive, \u201cOkie-dokie!\u201d attitude stands in stark contrast to the Wastelanders\u2019 perpetual shit talking, and it\u2019s fun laughing at Lucy\u2019s abject cluelessness. At one point, she pushes the \u201cGolden Rule\u201d\u2014do unto others, yadda yadda\u2014on a desperately annoyed Ghoul, who claps back, \u201cThe Wasteland\u2019s got its own Golden Rule: Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time.\u201d Fans of the game will no doubt get a chuckle out of that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show is solid from the jump, but like most great shows, the season has a sense of momentum to it. Episode 6 is a real turning point not just in the story, but in the complexion and tone of the way the show looks. Without getting into spoilers, the show takes on a twisted, <em>Twilight Zone<\/em>-inspired atmosphere that is genuinely disturbing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show\u2019s mysteries and disparate pieces of lore begin to converge in a super compelling way that makes the last three episodes downright riveting and elegantly plotted, particularly for a show that seems somewhat campy on the surface. It\u2019s also at this point later in the season that Purnell really starts to shine. There is some downright fucked up imagery shown in that sixth episode, and she uses her eyes to sell the terror of it all magnificently. She\u2019s sensational in the back half of the season, as are Moten and Goggins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the three leads are excellent, Moises Arias threatens to steal the show as Lucy\u2019s brother Norm, who stays behind at Vault 33 and slowly uncovers the troubling truth behind the origins of the shelter their family has called home from birth. Arias\u2019 intensity lends gravity to every scene he\u2019s in, and boy is that gravity needed come the finale when things get really bleak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cool thing about the show\u2019s lore and world building is that it sort of mimics the experience of the game. Environmental storytelling is big here\u2014a lot of significant plot points and even major emotional beats are delivered via set design, so when the characters start searching for clues, you can\u2019t help but lean in close to scour every detail. \u201cWar never changes\u201d is the central theme from the games, and the show explores the idea more deeply and meaningfully. The origins of the Vaults, the Brotherhood, the bombs\u2014it\u2019s all tied into the same harsh reality. The last couple of episodes delve into the evil machinations of war and those who wage it, but the material never gets too heady because we never lose sight of the main characters\u2019 motivations and interpersonal drama.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s clear by the finale that the showrunners hope to extend <em>Fallout<\/em> into future seasons. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/fallout-ending-explained-season-2-vault-31-32-new-vegas-deathclaw\/\"><em>a lot<\/em> of loose ends to tie up<\/a>, and the adventure seems to have just begun for the surviving characters (though some of their fates are seriously in question). Judging from this first batch of episodes, they\u2019ve certainly earned a second season if they\u2019re fortunate enough to get one. They\u2019ve paid tribute to the games in spectacular fashion and crafted a new saga filled with fascinatingly demented characters whose biggest moments still seem yet to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All eight episodes of Fallout premiere Wednesday, April 10 at 9 p.m. ET on Prime Video.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Fallout review contains no spoilers. Prime Video\u2019s TV adaptation of Fallout does something the games in the legendary franchise never have\u2014put storytelling above all else. 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