As April 11th approaches, this fall out TV drama A promotional tour is underway. Now we’ve got our first look at a scene from the upcoming Amazon Prime Video show based on Bethesda’s RPG game series, and if its tone matches this clip, we’re in for a hilarious ride.
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Developed by westworld Co-founders Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, fall out is a post-apocalyptic drama based on Bethesda’s long-running game series, The latest version was released in 2018.While the show was announced in July 2020 and revealed in December 2023, we only received an official trailer earlier this month gave us a lot of details About the series. Today we got the first clip via the show’s official X (formerly Twitter) account.
In the clip, we see shelter resident Lucy (produced by Yellow shirt army and Arcane: League of LegendsElla Purnell attempts to defuse conflict with ghouls (InvincibleWalton Goggins), who appears to be terrorizing the residents of a ravaged town. Ghoul doesn’t back down and Lucy shoots him with a dart, Ghoul says her attempts to sedate him were just “a small drop in a very, very big barrel of drugs” before pulling out his pistol.A member from a faction in the game that you can fight or join (the Brotherhood of Steel), wearing silver armor, not unlike other factions haloSpartan costumes float down from the ruins, demanding that the ghouls “stand up or be cut down.”But the best line here is from Ma Jun (voiced by a love songPlayed by Dale Dickey, he lies on the dirt road, sighs in exasperation, and flat-out calls Lucy a “fucking shelter dweller.”
Vault dwellers are the protagonists of this game fall out game. As the name suggests, these people sought refuge in underground chambers from a nuclear holocaust above ground and established their own norms and traditions during the years they spent there. They believe they will keep humanity alive because they believe everyone on the surface will die from nuclear radiation. So when the Vault Dwellers show up 20 years later and find a devastated civilization with people still around them, they’re seen as weird old-timers clinging to long-lost traditions. This is why Ma Jun’s lines are so funny. Lucy knows nothing about the world she’s in now, but she still wants to save everyone.
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Considering the irreverence of the games the series is based on, this clip feels like the adaptation leans neatly into that humor while also Refuse to engage in egregious fan service.I know video game adaptations can make us all a little wary, so have some reasonable doubt and fall out TV drama.However, in the first clip, official trailer and Nolan intends to remain true to the series’ loreI think we should enjoy it.