When that little girl asked “is it your thumb or mine?” I got chills. Absolutely haunting. That kid killed it. The whole intro was chilling and tense.

@getspun6961

Ай бұрын

😂

@blinkachu5275

Ай бұрын

@@getspun6961 ? got anything more than being a dick on the internet?

@testfire3000

Ай бұрын

Terrific scene! I loved it.

@johnnygonzalez1344

Ай бұрын

She was terrific.

@murk4552

Ай бұрын

Clown 😂​@@getspun6961

Just a little non spoiler background: After WW2 they started using nuclear energy for basically everything (cars, robots, computers, etc) and the transistor was never invented, that's why everything is big and cluncky but semi futuristic. Also only those 3 vaults are connected, every vault has its own unique thing, and there's are least 120 vaults in canon.

@thewerewolff7248

Ай бұрын

theres 122 actually but the rest of that is mostly accurate. Though should be noted even pre WW2 there is differences from our own world.

@DanReyesB

Ай бұрын

​​@@thewerewolff7248 Yeah I just didn't wanted to get too much into the lore because it would be a whole bible and it's a lot for newcomers

@jeffreywood924

Ай бұрын

Bethesda was heavily involved with the making of this show, and Bethesda's game director, Todd Howard, was an executive producer. They have said this show is canon to the games and takes place 9 years after Fallout 4. (The latest Fallout game in sequence) It's an original story that happens to take place in the Fallout universe. The location of the show is the same as Fallout 1 and 2, but many decades later. So there are references and Easter eggs to those games all throughout the season, without directly crossing over with the stories from those games. Such a great show, enjoy the ride!

@AlyxDerNarr

Ай бұрын

The transistor was definitely invented. It's a weirdly prolific misconception, as there's no cited source saying they weren't invented. Transistors are really the only way computers the size of a Pip Boy can work. Technological progress just took a different route. The people in Fallout would claim our nuclear technology is as primitive to them as their computers are to us. The big divergence is just that nuclear energy use skyrocketed, becoming "safe" for consumer use. As opposed to the information and communication boom that happened in real life. Electronics just didn't become miniaturised quickly, so the state of computers in 2077 is like a mash of 60s through 80s era tech.

@daimonclarke

Ай бұрын

The transistor exists its just was not as widely embraced.

"That's dark." That's Fallout, baby.

Feels very cool to have you guys react to a show I worked on. I hope you guys enjoy. A lot of people in NYC worked very hard and it’s awesome to see the recognition. When yal react to something it feels more legit.

@seismic6435

Ай бұрын

Dope! Can you relay how much of it is practical?

@M4L3XSV9

Ай бұрын

Will Ron Perlman be in season 2 somehow?

@timwarner16

Ай бұрын

@@seismic6435 Most of it honestly!

Walton Goggins is amazing! He steals every scene he is in!

@ThePolymathlete

Ай бұрын

Walton*

@brianhouston5368

Ай бұрын

An amazing series that Goggins worked on previously, The Shield, is one of the best police dramas ever made, and absolutely no one reacts to it. Most definitely worth a watch by these fellas if they're looking for a good new series to check out.

Fallout is also alternate history. The bombs dropped in 2077, the aesthetic is 50’s Americana retrofuturism

@drewwar9344

16 күн бұрын

Not retrofuturism just 50s futurism big difference

@TheSofkujepanen

12 күн бұрын

@@drewwar9344 how is it not retro futurism? Retro futurism just means something that’s futuristic and has qualities/aesthetic from the past.

@Necaradan666

5 күн бұрын

It's futurism from the perspective of the 50s.

THE best video game adaptation EVER. Hoping all the praise gives studios reason to do things right in the future (more Fallout, less Witcher/RE)

@matthewglover8804

Ай бұрын

i give it a 16x out of 10!!!

@kptmaci4979

Ай бұрын

tbh, Witcher is not game adaptation. Its book adaptation and should be. Its only a shame, that witcher series went with books in S1 and then threw perfect story out of the window in favor of xena warrior princess level of storytelling. Its super disgraceful what they have done to witcher series from script perspective. The story is literally READY to be adapted. There is only stuff they could add on top of it and they left like 10% of original plot and were suprised all the relations between characters soon started to not work like they supposed to. They fumbled it hard and im still fuming over it

@DLA.

Ай бұрын

Did literally everyone forget about TLOU? Am I in the Twilight Zone?

@RyanLBC

Ай бұрын

@@DLA. great series as well but let’s remember tlou is a true adaptation. fallout is a NEW story and new cannon added to the fallout universe.

@DLA.

Ай бұрын

@@RyanLBCthat’s not what he said. he said “best video game adaptation EVER”. what is the point you’re trying to make in this context? also, TLOU show took some major liberties and risks that debatably exempts it from being a *true* adaptation.

The domestic abuse origin for Rule of Thumb is false. In the 1970s some one used the phrase in reference to some old english judges stance on abuse, just using it as a figure of speech, and people thought they were implying that was the origin and that belief just spread. The actual origin was in the 1600s and just meant using your thumb as a ruler, meaning estimating or approximating instead of actually measuring.

@qrowing

Ай бұрын

Huh, TIL. Always "knew" that one from the opening of Boondock Saints.

@TimeCircleBlue

Ай бұрын

So I was half right. Good to know.

@SergioLeRoux

Ай бұрын

In Spanish, the word for inch and thumb are almost the same.

@Dracobyte

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that info!

Jonathan Nolan was actually a huge fan of Fallout before this got made, apparently he played through Fallout 4 with his wife and used it as inspiration when filming Westworld

Yall recognizing Norm as the kid from Nacho Libre and not Rico from Hannah Montana is so funny to me 😂

The first two Fallout games were developed by a company called Black Isle. Both were isometric CRPGs set in the western US. That company folded leading to Bethesda buying the rights to Fallout. They made Fallout 3 as a First/Third person, open world, action RPG set in the eastern US. People from Black Isle later joined a company called Obsidian and ended up making Fallout New Vegas (yes Hector, it is one of the most beloved of the series). So while Tod Howard's name and the Bethesda logo both appear in the credits, most of the story and lore come from before those folks got involved. Though many of the visual and game play inspired elements are pulled from Fallout 3 and 4. So it's this interesting mixture of things from throughout the history of the games.

@ThunderWolf86

Ай бұрын

You mean Interplay* not Black Isle, put some RESPECCK on the name!! 😉

@ZeallustImmortal

Ай бұрын

Interplay did FO1, Black Isle did Fallout 2

Hector's face at "Cousins stuff.." lol. All of us at that moment lol

Re: The Ghoul, the guys digging him up were saying that he’s a bounty hunter and Don Pedro (who they shot with the baby doll leg) kept him in the ground but would dig him up once a year to cut pieces off of him. The main grave digger also mentioned his dad worked with him (presumably his dad was a bounty hunter too).

@rookie1178

Ай бұрын

I doubt Don Pedro would be guarding the grave himself. He's probably somewhere surrounded by an army. The threat the bounty hunter made to the Ghoul confirmed Don Pedro is still around

@TheSofkujepanen

12 күн бұрын

Very unlikely that don Pedro himself would be guarding anything like that. The title of don means he’s the boss so he definitely wouldn’t be doing guard work like that, that’s what his grunts are for.

I played since Fallout 1 and it got the vibes while being its own thing

@JellisX891

Ай бұрын

Well it does take place in the fallout lore as canon. It's after fallout 4

I think that this particular game series lends itself well to adaptation because, historically, each game is a new story set within the world of Fallout. Even the dog is not the same dog in every game. The main character is sometimes a recurring character, but is also often a whole new one. So this is just a new story set in the world of Fallout, and the fact that we have new characters with different yet similar backgrounds doesn't change the game that players already know.

The war had been raging for 10 years before the nukes fell so a lot of vaults and bunkers were built

"What is this, 1954?" That's actually a pretty apt description of the Brotherhood of Steel's hierarchy. A 1950s High School.

In army basic training they taught us that in the event of a nuclear strike near you to: 1) not look at the flash 2) pile up gear in front of you quickly 3) lay face down head/helmet towards the blast 4) when shock wave passes over find something to protect you from falling debris 5) get away from blast location while using some form of face protection (gas mask preferably) The thumb thing, if it was in our timeline, was a long time ago

I have spent hundreds of hours playing the Fallout games, and this show makes me feel like I am right back in the wasteland. It was almost shocking how well they nailed the world and the aesthetic and the tone of the games. It makes me so happy to see a whole new crop of fans coming to the world. The games are such wonderful sci-fi. Its also shameless nostalgia bait for the decade in America where its arguable that we were at our peak in. 50s designs and ideals blast 120 years into the future and nuclear powered, rising cold war tensions and all.

Rule of thumb comes from measuring with your thumb.

@100Companions

Ай бұрын

thats one of two possible origins of the phrase, hes actually right that the "rule of thumb" has been used in actual law as the standard to judge if a man was being TOO abusive to his wife by hitting her with a stick that was thicker than his thumb. Its referenced in at least two cases in North Carolina in the USA as a historical legal defense in like 1917 and was attributed to like the 15th century, but most people who study the history of law think it was actually probably invented wholesale in the 19th century to make it seem like male abusers of the past were worse than current male abusers. So its "historical" but just not as old as most people think.

@77marioland

Ай бұрын

@@100Companions There's that, first time I remember it is in woodworking... tuck your thumb under when using a saw so you don't lose it.

@ZeallustImmortal

Ай бұрын

​@@100CompanionsExplain how its one of 2 possible origins when one is literally hundreds of years earlier than the other?

For reference, the main idea of the Fallout tech is what would happen if the Semiconductor was never invented.

@DethKwok

Ай бұрын

Yes, and research was put into nuclear technology instead.

I have been waiting for someone else to realize how AWESOME that girl is. She truly looks panicked (Also afair the Fallout universe bombs were still relatively small and very dirty, they never made the switch away from the Hiroshima style bombs, hence the need for more than one to take out a place like LA).

Fun fact about the thumb thing, not a real thing. There's Plenty of bombs that will be safe even if it's way bigger than your thumb, it's not a reliable rule But also, nukes in fallout do not function like real nukes, they are designed to cause a fallout, and are less about raw damage, so the rule could absolutely be a reliable thing in this universe. You run for the hills if it's smaller to get away from the rads as much as you can, if it's bigger than it doesn't matter if the blast won't kill you, the rads will

As someone who has played all the Fallout games and I’m a huge fan, I have to commend the show for capturing the post-apocalyptic retro-futuristic world of Fallout, along with the dark humor and just wacky items from the game. I’m so excited for season 2. I think Fallout is a tough game to capture in a show like this and in my opinion they have exceeded expectations

If you go by the actor's ages, Norm (30) is older than Lucy (27).

@AmazingChi

29 күн бұрын

But then Thaddeus's (in the Brotherhood) actor is 41(!) and looks no older than Lucy, so, not a great measure haha.

Another show where the upload schedule is just "yeah, maybe , whenever..." . 😂😂

they mentioned in the episode the ghoul was being kept underground by someone named "dom pedro" who has been getting him out once a year to "cut pieces off of him". Honcho's dialogue suggests the ghoul may have first been put there by pedro 30 years ago since he threatens him with putting him back so Pedro can keep torturing him for "the next 30 years" which sorta implies he may have been there that long already. Regardless it is likely the ghoul did something to cross pedro and the whole thing was a way to torture/ punish him for it.

@Tattle-by-Tale

Ай бұрын

"Don" It's a title usually granted to older/respected men.

@testfire3000

Ай бұрын

@@Tattle-by-Tale Yes, Don is the title, but the closed captions on Amazon actually have Honcho saying "Dom". I thought that was curious. Now it could just be that Honcho isn't the brightest bulb.

The Fallout universe is an alternative timeline kind of thing. Starting back in the 1950s and all the way to 2077-‐> 2296. The show is official canon. Its the furthest in the future the series has gone but the lore of the games line up with this series. The games have various levels of quality in story but some of them have a really fun main story. The show is imo one of the best video game adaptations ever. As good as if not better than The Last Of Us on HBO. Glad yall enjoyed this first episode! Cannot wait to see your reactions to the rest of them!

@Jdawg319

Ай бұрын

Don't stoop this down to last of us 😂 this was amazing.

It’s great that they explore the Fallout world from the points of view of different survivors, Vault dwellers, surface dwellers, and wastelands dweller (ghouls).

Really enjoying the show and your reaction. The dark humor is perfect. I think the wholesome 50s gee golly vibe while the most terrible things are happening adds to its appeal so much

This show is f--king years insane! Please enjoy 😁

Moisés Arias plays Lucy's brother Norm. He was in Enders Game movie.

@Ugnutz

Ай бұрын

Hannah Montanna aswell

@Dracobyte

Ай бұрын

​@@Ugnutzas Rico!

the shelter the guy was getting into at the start is a home fallout shelter not a vault. It Wouldn't have enough supplies for "everyone you know". Just your household.

@hectorminator

Ай бұрын

Yeah no shit 😂

@yt45204

Ай бұрын

There was plenty of room in his shelter to drag more meat down

i still have this show on my list to watch but as for what i AM watching that’s great: SHŌGUN. you guys are definitely missing out if you haven’t seen it.

As a long time Fallout fan, Hector is so right about fans loving Fallout because of the tone, the world building and the little quirks that make the games what they are - and not necessarily the plot of the game. Of course, the lore is important, but replaying the games has shown me just how much I get absorbed into the world without necessarily getting super invested in the actual plot. Which is why I think this show is so good - they’ve really done so well with just building out the world as it is and incorporating new characters and how they fit into the pre existing canon. Excited to see your reactions to the rest of the season 😁

@Dracobyte

Ай бұрын

We are going to a very special place!

Hector had me there for a second. About 10 seconds into his Fallout games history I was like, "Wait, what the fuck?"

I’m sorry!? Did Hector just make a Yellowjackets reference with that Christina Ricci bit?!?! Hell yeah!

I am loving watching reactions of people who know nothing or very little about Fallout. It is fun to see people discover this unique setting.

In terms of Walton Goggin’s incredible acting, one of the earliest things I found him in was in Tarantino’s “the Hateful Eight,” a movie he steals the show in alongside everyone else’s incredible performances. Plus it gives a bonus for Goggin’s accent since so many of his lines are quotable

He was right Moises Arias is the kid from Nacho Libre, his most well known role though is as a side character in Hannah Montana.

@deathsaidhello

Ай бұрын

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRICOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

“3 darts is too much!” I can’t be the only one who cackled at that reference

Also Ella Purnell, who is Lucy, voiced Jinx from Arcane.

@Dracobyte

Ай бұрын

Yup!

Huge fan of the game since the first one in 1998, and "lore" connoisseur here x) The genius of this show is that It manages to take the Fallout lore, tone, dark humour, gore, story style and gameplay mechanics that every fan can find himself in it super easily with TONS of game references BUT those are used in such a good way that anyone not knowing the first single thing about Fallout games or the universe has an easy time understanding what's going on, thanks to great writing. I have LOVED the season (I've watched it all, and I wonder if not releasing it on a weekly basis is a Bethesda request, knowing that Todd Howard (Bethesda director/executive producer, also on the show) wants the games to be enjoyed in full as soon as they possibly can (he was clear on that with the games a few times, he likes it when a Bethesda game is announced and can be played in full as soon as possible after announcement) that's entirely possible. They absolutely nailed it in all aspects, I can't find anything wrong with it outside of a few nit picks that you can very easily pass over. Can't wait to see your reaction to the rest of the season, you're in for a ride.

In the last part, the weapon is from the games. It’s called the Junk Jet. You literally shoot all the random junk you come across with it. Also, the dog with the Target is a reference to the dog companions you can recruit in Fallout 3 & 4. You’re in for quite a ride! One more thing: for both The Last of Us and Fallout the game studio and game devs were directly involved in the production from the start. That makes a difference.

@Jdawg319

Ай бұрын

Except fallout was actually a really good adaptation.

@jollyrayda

Ай бұрын

@@Jdawg319 I'm curious - what makes you imply that The Last of Us wasn't?

@galadballcrusher8182

29 күн бұрын

Actually you had the chance to get a dog on 1st game and find the parts to assemble a cyborg dog on second game

I’m so happy you guys are reacting to this show! I love seeing reactions from people who don’t know the games similar to when you guys watched last of us

I just finished this series today i just hope you "non-fallout non-gamers" have as much fun has i did :D this one was amazing!

So glad you guys are reacting to Fallout. I'm one of those who's played all the games so I recognise everything in that world but it's fascinating to see the reactions from people who haven't. In my opinion Nolan did a fantastic job. Most of it is pretty spot on. Can't wait to see what you think as it progresses.

Love that they semi combined the main quest of Fallout 3 and 4 Fallout 3 : Find Dad ( who ran away in this game ) Fallout 4 : Find baby ( who was abducted in this game ).

6:00. 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ sorry I had to throw this in here when the look of sheer horror and all three of your faces when Lucy was talking about doing cousin stuff was priceless

5:20 🎉❤ hey boys, I just wanna say I am glad you guys are watching fallout. at this point, I have watched it several times washed another reaction channels, but yours is the one I was waiting for because you three have such a unique way of commenting and enjoying a show. I was very happy to see you guys watching it. This is going to be spoiler free unless there’s something specific in the, you may have asked about that if I know I can fill you in that will not spoil anything in the future. But you guys are gonna enjoy it by the way the opening with the city in the background and just all three of your were like Yep somethings gonna happen was beautiful

I think that we will start seeing more gaming properties being of high quality because back in the day, adaptations were made by older directors that were doing their 'take' on the property but now we have directors and showrunners that grew up as gamers and want to be more faithful. There are more folks in creative places that grew up with gaming so we are likely to see more accurate shows/movies as they are now made by passionate gamers. With Fallout, they have an even better chance since none of the fallout games are really linked that much except by the universe they are set in so as long as you nail the world, you can tell whatever story you want.

as a HUGE Fallout fan, I can't wait to see the rest of your reaction to this!!

Fallout 4 has the Prydwen blimp. That's how the Brotherhood arrives

Love watching you guys reactions :) You're in for a treat with this show

Without fail, if salad is brought up as an option for food I say “Why can’t we ever have just like a salad?” I can’t believe that was your reference point! lol

As a long time Fallout fan, its kinda cool getting a fresh take here. :) Thanks!

I have vague memories of a... 48? 72? hour Fallout marathon on Geek & Sundry sponsored by... Soylent?? although that MAY have been a fever dream.

Good reaction it is funny that you guys are all over the place lol. Hopefully no one puts any spoilers in. But for the world building everything‘s actually in the future compared to us it’s just an alar timeline where no microchips were built. It’s still tube based like in the 50s. But the future lol.

I love watching a show with you dudes, this one is so good too.

Oh, I'm so glad to see you guys doing this. It's such a great show.

i've played a lot of the games and this series does such a good job in the world building, and give us a lot of easter eggs, not to be overwhelmed, but just enough. Also, you'll see that everything in this world, is grey, there is no good or bad, nor right or wrong

Lol at the guy on the left "I'd be getting everybody I know in there!", nice one, you'd then have enough supplies for about week or so.

the opening sequence of this show, is so fucking good, that the show never gets that high ever

So the "Biblical" reference about Rule of Thumb being referenced sounds like it might actually be the quote that's used in one of the early scenes of Boondock Saints

Walton gave an interview where he said the door is a prop, not CGI.

Rule of thumb was used to judge distance for riflemen back in flintlock days.

Shocked that you guys haven't indulged in Fallout at all. I am always shocked when anyone my age knows nothing about that world :P It was such a big staple of gaming growing up, both 1 and 2 and later on 3 and NV. I hope you enjoy the world! It's hella fun and hella sad all the time.

hope you guys continue the series!!! would love to see you guys’ reaction :))))

@HeroesReforged

14 күн бұрын

They're all recorded and will be out eventually 👍🏽

I think this is one of the best ways to do a video game movie/show, have it set within the video game canon but not be the story of one of the games. Have it be its own story written within the grander story. World of Warcraft would do so well as a series like this with this much love put into it. So far they are really nailing the vibe of Fallout.

Bioshock. Yes, please!

I totally forgot about Nacho Libre until y'all mentioned the young actor's part in it!! Hilarious

You guys nailed it and it's especially true for this show... focus the first season on character development.

*pushes up glasses* Point of order, Hector: the "rule of thumb" was not Fallout lore. It's a fan theory that was never confirmed by the games.

@TheFiddleFaddle

Ай бұрын

Also it's not an actual thing. It's all stuff drummed up by Fallout fans.

Great pilot,makes you invested in all characters right away :)

Dark grotesque humor is very much integral part of every fallout game. Weapons like one you saw in the end of this ep is the one that shoots random garbage you have in inventory at high velocity - hence you can blow up enemies heads with doll, teddy bear parts in the rythm of 50s joyful music playing the radio. Thats the fallout vibe xD

I'm glad you guys enjoyed the show!

17:41 that Arnold impression tho 😂😂

Lucy used a stimpack. It causes accelerated healing. It isn't 100%, but it is extremely useful.😊

This was my first time encountering you guys, and…. Y’all got jokes! 😂 Very enjoyable. I hope you watch more!

@HeroesReforged

17 күн бұрын

Thanks, and welcome!

Justified reactions would SLAP

FINALLY someone makes the Oakland Raiders joke that’s been in my head 😂

I think you guys will love this show, it's funny, heart breaking and incredibly constructed

I love fallout’s Retrofuturism..I’m so glad they used the same songs from the game!

It went under the radar on the first viewing but the show has all of these weird little vignettes and encounters just like the games do. There's so many love letter moments.

Also I think Lucy's brother played one of the vilains in Ender's game. The guy he fought in the shower

👍🏻🚀☢️ I actually love that y'all are fresh to the Fallout universe! I've been playing since the original Fallout by Tim Cain in the late 90s, then Fallout 2. Such incredible RPG gameplay, story, and world building. Was so excited when Fallout 3 finally came out, then even more for New Vegas and Fallout 4, which I still replay frequently. Hope you love it! I've seen the whole show, and they've just done an amazing job being true to the spirit, tone, and lore. Tim Cain approves! And so does this Fallout megafan. (P.s. Anyone looking to get into the lore should check out the longplays by Oxhorn on YT, he does all the games!)

The Rule of Thumb is when Thumbankhamen ruled Handgypt. ...well it made me chuckle. ☹

@jollyrayda

Ай бұрын

😂

Lucy reminds me of that character from the show "New Girl" .... similar look and personality....even their voice and delivery

I am still very shocked how fantastic this show was. It made everything right, answered manny open questions from the game and was very accurate with the lore. The writing and acting was incredible good. The show takes place 9 years after Fallout 4.

That's an old corpse. Cannibals don't just leave the body in a chair and pick from it

Just as an fyi, the thumb thing is a myth in real life. In real life minimum safe distance is around 500 miles away so the mushroom cloud would be barely even visible from that distance.

Great Review Guys, Thank You Kindly....

Hell yeh, this show is so fricking good

More Fallout episode reactions coming out? Loved the games and the series and it was a fun time watching the reaction of the first episode.

Ok, so I LOVED TLoU. It was a phenomenal show. This was more fun, though.

@Jdawg319

Ай бұрын

And this was actually a good adaptation.

I love the whole drawn out the Good the Bad and the Ugly intro.

You guys are in for a treat with this one. Forget about best video game adaptation (which it is in my opinion), this is up there as one of the best TV shows in my opinion. Enjoy!

The red car is a Plymouth XNR concept. Lot of cool cars in the show.

"Run kid go tell somebody" They already knew about the blight. There was nothing to tell at that point.

This show is so.... just... perfect. lol They take so much time and effort in setting up the environment and the world and the characters, the story almost doesn't even matter. Which makes it even better that the story is really well done too. It nails the tone of the games, hints at a lot of the various aspects of actually *playing* the game, the SOUND EFFECTS, the MUSIC, the HUMOR. Every brand shown... is from the games. Every magazine title in the background, every poster or weapon hanging on a wall... it would honestly be easier for me to list what's NOT from the games. The amount of detail is ASTOUNDING. And even the parts that make you go "Hhmmm... wait, how's that work?" can be hand-waved away as 'videogame logic' and becomes a minor meta commentary on how silly it is to be able to jab a tiny needle into your wound and get healed immediately. They just... do... everything. so. perfectly.