The post-apocalyptic world has not yet become a thing of the past. Another addition to the list is the latest Fallout TV show, which strikingly resembles the world players witnessed in its video games. The show, starring Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, and Aaron Moten, will be available in binge format on Prime Video on April 11, 2024.
While game adaptations have become common with the likes of Halo, Witcher, The Last of Us, and more, Fallout appears to have done justice with its respective franchise. Especially in The Last of Us TV show, it misses out on many things that were originally featured in the game, including timeline changes and narrative development.
Fallout TV Show Gets the Freedom to Develop a Resembling Narrative
Vault dwellers are out in the open, witnessing post-apocalyptic reality and encountering people making fun of them. It’s like a newbie meeting a pro, it’s pretty tough out there. The trailer also featured The Ghoul, played by Justified actor Walter Goggins, who’ll be teaching Ella Purnell’s character a thing or two.
Though the narrative may have some twists and turns, the viewers will see a familiar setup as featured in the franchise games. The TV show will have more freedom to develop the protagonist’s journey when franchises like The Last of Us and The Witcher are concerned. Both shows had this requirement to stay with the characters’ story. However, there were still some differences.
It seems that Fallout will definitely have a little more freedom when it comes to developing its characters as opposed to The Last of Us.
Furthermore, the trailer also features the classic rise above-the-circumstances kind of story given that Lucy comes out as the “little killer” at the end. It was supposedly driven by humor as suggested by its previous teaser. However, there appears to be a balance of both seriousness and humor in the show.
Justice Will be Done It Seems
Another thing worth noting is that the show’s creators have not just emphasized the franchise’s universe but the characters too. Maximus from Fallout Tactics will appear in the series. In the show, similar to the game, he is associated with the Brotherhood of Steel.
While talking with the entertainment news website Vanity Fair Jonathan Nolad explained the show will share the social and economic divide as depicted in the games. He said,
The games are about the culture of division and haves and have-nots that, unfortunately, have only gotten more and more acute in this country and around the world over the last decades.
He also believes the world depicted in the franchise is rather dark in many ways but also fun to explore. However, fun matters more than the theme, or the Batman games or movies would be the worst, to say the least.
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