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You very seldom see anything like this.
Contradiction is at the heart of Fallout.
Take that first in-game glimpse of the open world.
Nolan describes the series as closer to comedy than anything he and Lisa Joy have made to date.
Geneva comes from the comic-book world like me, whereas Graham comes from comedy, Nolan points out.
Much of Fallouts humour comes from its deeply embedded critique of consumer corporatism.
Theres all this branded stuff, Robertson-Dworet says.
That is the paradox of America.
Game changer
Fallout has arrived at a fascinating moment for video-game adaptations.
Now theres an expectation of: No, they can actually be great.
I watched some good ones, says Wagner with a smile.
In a perverse way, I wish there was more snobbery so that we could have been the first!
Our series sits in relation to the games as the games sit in relation to each other.
Its almost like were Fallout 5.
I dont want to sound presumptuous, but its just a non-interactive version of it, right?
Ghoul & the Gang
Goggins doesnt have just a role; in fact, he has two.
All I needed to know was that Jonathan and Lisa were behind it, he nods.
Then they started describing the character.
And I was like, Really?
So I dont have any hair?
Ive been walking in a Wasteland for 200 years?
And to make him sexy, on some level.
To make him irresistible.
The way he moves with very little effort, and he never really speaks above a whisper.
Her destiny as a wife and mother is about to unfold exactly as shes always been told it will.
Lucy is highly trained and smart, and is this A1 put-together throw in, Purnell says.
She believes in doing her duty, and procreating, and creating the future.
On the surface, Lucy quickly learns that morality is a privilege.
They usually use violent means to get to achieve their goals, says soft-spoken Moten.
Maximus enters as a young initiate, and is hoping to rise in the ranks of the Brotherhood.
He wants to be a hero, Wagner says.
He wants to be chivalrous.
But he finds out that the Brotherhood is not quite what it seems.
We stole a trick from the original Alien.
For the cast, the suit was a special effect whose impact never waned.
Its one of those things where you needed someone to tell you to close your mouth, says Moten.
Youre just gaping at this thing.
I remember there was one point where he took a couple of fast steps towards me, adds Purnell.
He also thought deeply about how to replicate the experience of playing the game in a passive medium.
Youre sifting through the leavings of a world that has been destroyed.
To take that freedom and eliminate it as a filmmaker is intimidating.
Youre taking away interactivity, and youre replacing it with intentionality, which is exciting.
I think thats why theres a place for adapting video games.
Its an uncertain time in television.
But we feel weve barely scratched the surface of the Fallout universe.
We literally have documents and documents of stuff that were, in success, eager to dig into.
Our fingers are crossed that were going to get the opportunity to do all that stuff.
Fallout is released on Prime Video on April 11.
For more, check out all the otherupcoming video game adaptationson the way in 2024 and beyond.
