I’m not sure when Prime added stuff like Eureka and Xena, but as of today they have both. Yay!
I’m not sure when Prime added stuff like Eureka and Xena, but as of today they have both. Yay!
The answer is "very recently", at least for Eureka. I looked that show up on JustWatch literally last week out of the blue to see if it was available somewhere, and saw it was only on Peacock. I had resigned myself to start up a sub to binge through Eureka, but now I'm glad I don't.
You have good taste in TV shows, Veloxi. 
Kyle MacLachlan is great, but I just realized Brendan Frasier is the missed opportunity on that roll in Fallout. 
3 episodes down. Very fun show.
No, but it should still be a consideration. Many streaming platforms are only looking for immediate hits, and the first month's performance is what makes or breaks it. If something takes several months to build up word of mouth, it's seen as a failure.
It means shows that could be great don't get a chance to find there footing (so many great shows have a rough first season). Plus, it ignores the people who watch shows at a slower pace and don't immediately drop whatever they were currently watching to binge the newly released show.
This is a fantastic point.
Many of us don't have time to binge a thing the second it drops. As are you a college student with endless amounts of free time? But a slow burn over a couple months as a show builds word of mouth can be awesome.
I say drop an ep a week and let it grow. I know I like watching Disney+ stuff this way (Mando, Percy Jackson, etc).
No idea what the Excel (ChatGPT?) monkeys at BCG would say about the "real" maths.
I'm not a college kid with endless free time, but I did end up binging Fallout instead of my normal staying up too late playing games.
It's really freaking good, but I can understand why some groups of gamers hate it, despite how good it is.
Its timeline contradicts some of the background lore set out in Fallout New Vegas. New Vegas is set in 2281-2282, and during that time, Shady Sands still existed as the capital of the NCR. The NCR was doing so well that they were looking to expand, which is why they came to the Mojave, for all the electricity the dam would provide. While the series is set in 2296, well after the events of NV, it says Shady Sands was destroyed in 2277, and the NCR clearly fell apart between then and 2296. While it's not explicitly saying the events of New Vegas didn't happen, it's hard to see how they're going to reconcile the two. A NCR that's reeling from having its capital destroyed is in no position to try to claim new territory. Seems to me like it's a very, very dumb mistake that could easily have been avoided by setting the show another 5-10 years in the future. If Shady Sands gets blown up after the events of New Vegas, the game's lore remains canon.
Edit - Personally, the lore discrepency doesnt bother me, but thats largely dependent on what season 2 shows us since Hank is going to New Vegas itself, with Coop and Lucy following after. In all honesty though, if season 2 is as good as this season was I won't care what they say about the validity of the events of the game. New Vegas was a very good game, but I don't put it on a pedastal like a lot of Fallout fans/Bethesda haters do.
I really miss the online discourse that you get with a weekly show.
I really miss the online discourse that you get with a weekly show.
Yes. The social currency of water cooler conversation. Sports is about the only remaining refuge, unless you're foolish enough to discuss current events/world affairs.
Kyle MacLachlan is great, but I just realized Brendan Frasier is the missed opportunity on that roll in Fallout.
3 episodes down. Very fun show.
I was thinking that the rest of the cast of Justified needs to make an appearance. Timothy Olyphant and Margo Martindale for sure, but also the rest of the Bennett family cast would be perfect. This gets me thinking that rural, coal country Kentucky is indistinguishable from a post apocalyptic wasteland.
At episode 7 myself and thoroughly enjoying Fallout. I think they did a fantastic job translating the games into a show. All the actors are wonderful, great fx, and some great laugh out loud moments.
They really hit the balance between bloodcurdling body horror and dark humor just about perfectly.
Everyone took the bloody mess perk.
I watched the first episode of Fallout last night. As someone who's put many hours into just about about all of the Fallouts, it looks like they've done an excellent job of detailing the backstory and setting, and the three main (so far?) characters are each very unique and very interesting to me.
This gets me thinking that rural, coal country Kentucky is indistinguishable from a post apocalyptic wasteland.
As usual you are correct, sir.
Mr GT Chris wrote:I really miss the online discourse that you get with a weekly show.
Yes. The social currency of water cooler conversation. Sports is about the only remaining refuge, unless you're foolish enough to discuss current events/world affairs.
If only current events/world affairs got canceled because ratings plummeted after the first week.
The background details are amazing. The show has such an attention to detail and it is a love letter to the fans and the games.
Reinstalling Fallout 4 because I never finished it...
Now I have to decide if I want to pick up on my PS4 save or get it on PC for better textures and whatnot... Gonna try it on PS4 from my save as a couch game first.
The next gen update is coming out soon on console and pc in case that influences your decision at all.
I bought New Vegas off of Steam and immediately thought to myself, "Seems kind of mean to have to kill Matthew Perry now that he's actually dead."
I've never played any of the games; what I know about the franchise comes solely from pop culture osmosis. I'll probably take a look at this over the weekend.
Watched the first two episodes. Enjoying it a lot. Will definitely watch the rest.
I knew it was going to be a black comedy (well, duh, Fallout) but I wasn't expecting it to be quite this black. Definitely wasn't expecting to see
the protagonist raped in the first episode.
That sort of thing juxtaposed with cartoon violence gave me a bit of mood whiplash, but I can live with that. It's a very good series once you get your head in the right place.
Am I right in thinking that
the Ghoul is the same guy we saw playing cowboy in the pre-war opening scene?
Am I right in thinking that
Spoiler:the Ghoul is the same guy we saw playing cowboy in the pre-war opening scene?
The show goes more in depth on the pre-war events as well as the Ghoul’s backstory in later episodes.
On an unrelated note, I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere mention that an important part of the plot seems to be centered around directly addressing one of the primary criticisms of Bethesda’s handling of the Fallout setting, how even after hundreds of years have passed everything is still a bombed-out hellhole and civilization can’t seem to progress beyond small, scattered settlements:
…with the reveal that part of Vault-Tec and the other megacorp’s plan was to actively suppress post-war civilization by inflaming factionalism and undermining stable populations to prevent any entity from being to resist them when the Control Vaults finally open.
I finished Fallout last night and really enjoyed it. It ticked off all the boxes of what I'd want in a Fallout series: The look, the music, the violence, the humor. And so many things show up that are true to the games: Junk Jet, Stimpacks, Rad-away, etc. I enjoyed how they handled the various factions too.
Apparently, everything in the show is canon to the in-game universe and I read somewhere they were asked to change some things in the show so it wouldn't conflict with future Fallout games. So there's a bit of Fallout to look forward to while we wait to hear if there will be a second season.
On an unrelated note, I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere mention that an important part of the plot seems to be centered around directly addressing one of the primary criticisms of Bethesda’s handling of the Fallout setting, how even after hundreds of years have passed everything is still a bombed-out hellhole and civilization can’t seem to progress beyond small, scattered settlements:
Spoiler:…with the reveal that part of Vault-Tec and the other megacorp’s plan was to actively suppress post-war civilization by inflaming factionalism and undermining stable populations to prevent any entity from being to resist them when the Control Vaults finally open.
I don't think it really did that.
It only happened the one time and it wasn't to undermine post-war civilization, it was retaliation for Hank's wife leaving him and refusing to come home. If it were part of a plan they'd have been keeping a much closer eye on what was happening on the surface, but Hank didn't even know about Vault 32's revolt or recognize Moldaver when he let them in.
ruhk wrote:On an unrelated note, I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere mention that an important part of the plot seems to be centered around directly addressing one of the primary criticisms of Bethesda’s handling of the Fallout setting, how even after hundreds of years have passed everything is still a bombed-out hellhole and civilization can’t seem to progress beyond small, scattered settlements:
Spoiler:…with the reveal that part of Vault-Tec and the other megacorp’s plan was to actively suppress post-war civilization by inflaming factionalism and undermining stable populations to prevent any entity from being to resist them when the Control Vaults finally open.
I don't think it really did that.
Spoiler:It only happened the one time and it wasn't to undermine post-war civilization, it was retaliation for Hank's wife leaving him and refusing to come home. If it were part of a plan they'd have been keeping a much closer eye on what was happening on the surface, but Hank didn't even know about Vault 32's revolt or recognize Moldaver when he let them in.
I’m not referring to that part but rather the pre-war scene with all the megacorp reps where they explicitly talk at length about doing it as a general plan to prevent civilization from being able to out-compete them.
Stengah wrote:ruhk wrote:On an unrelated note, I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere mention that an important part of the plot seems to be centered around directly addressing one of the primary criticisms of Bethesda’s handling of the Fallout setting, how even after hundreds of years have passed everything is still a bombed-out hellhole and civilization can’t seem to progress beyond small, scattered settlements:
Spoiler:…with the reveal that part of Vault-Tec and the other megacorp’s plan was to actively suppress post-war civilization by inflaming factionalism and undermining stable populations to prevent any entity from being to resist them when the Control Vaults finally open.
I don't think it really did that.
Spoiler:It only happened the one time and it wasn't to undermine post-war civilization, it was retaliation for Hank's wife leaving him and refusing to come home. If it were part of a plan they'd have been keeping a much closer eye on what was happening on the surface, but Hank didn't even know about Vault 32's revolt or recognize Moldaver when he let them in.
I’m not referring to that part but rather the pre-war scene with all the megacorp reps where they explicitly talk at length about doing it as a general plan to prevent civilization from being able to out-compete them.
There plan was TIME. They weren't actively doing anything to the surface. They were going to out live the surface world by using vaults.
My read was definitely that
Bud's buds, or someone else, were explicitly managing the emergence of civilisations and preventing anything forming that would be a threat to the Vault Dwellers when the Overseers decided it was time to come out.
They were putting their thumb on the scale even if the original plan was simply to wait
I just rewatched the scene and I thought it was pretty explicit at first but now think maybe I picked up more on Barbara’s word choices superimposed with context from the surrounding vault scenes, but I still think it’s there as subtext.
Or I could be wrong, who knows.
Bud's Buds was definitely a Vault-Tec plan, but I'm fairly confident those three vaults were just Bud's personal project/experiment, and not a part of Vault-Tec's grand plan. I'm fairly certain we'll see what that actually is when we find out where Coop's wife and daughter ended up. After all, she wanted to be in one of the "good vaults" and I feel like there's no way she would consider being one of Bud's Buds to be a good one for her and her daughter.
I just rewatched the scene and I thought it was pretty explicit at first but now think maybe I picked up more on Barbara’s word choices superimposed with context from the surrounding vault scenes, but I still think it’s there as subtext.
Or I could be wrong, who knows.
Personally i think that entire conversation was just an overall easter egg as shout out to existing vaults and companies from the different games
I don't think you can call anything about the show an easter egg when everything is directly taken from the games.
They had Coop's actor friend use one of their movies as a metaphor about how the companies were more powerful than the government, so that scene was about showing how he was right. They already have a group of powerful companies that exist within Fallout, so it'd have been weird not to use them.
Ah screw it, spoiler tagging for the finale of Fallout:
Me playing New Vegas yesterday: "Man, this is probably the best of the modern Fallout games. I wonder if any of it's going to play a factor in the show."
Me watching the early part of Episode Eight: "HOLY f*ckING SHIT, IT'S MISTER HOUSE."
Me watching the end: "HOLY f*ckING SHIT, IT'S NEW VEGAS!"
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