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As a huge Fallout fan since the aughts, I was pleasantly surprised. The show is faithful to it source material and nails tone the games are known for. Some cameos helped the with dark humor. Story was interesting too, especially the b plot about the vaults.
Nobody uses aughts the way they ought to anymore.
Edit: Apparently I have not used Ought to the way I should have. TIL
That article is confusing, the title suggests there's a difference in how "should" and "ought" are used, but besides the fact that "ought" sometimes comes with "to" there doesn't seem to be one.
The usage of ought is perfectly cromulent. I'd've cut the sentence before the "to" -it's punchier that way. Dictionaries are descriptive and not prescriptive. Fuck the man; write beautiful words.
Yeah, in the Midwest ought or ought to and should are the same thing pretty much no matter what.
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When the dude wiped his dick on the curtains, I knew it truly was a fallout show.
Also, best subtitle ever:
*wipesDo the episodes get better after the first few, or is this just not for me?
I'm universally hated for this opinion on Lemmy, but the whole season is a solid “meh”. But it is a consistent “meh”. If you didn't care about the characters and plot points in the first two episodes, they're not gonna get any better. There are two or three outrageously bad scenes later in the season, like truly atrocious writing and awful acting, but they come and go very fast, you won't notice if you are not paying attention, and they end up not affecting the plot ending.
Kinda figured that. It's too bad, I'm a huge fan of fallout. I'm just not suited to modern drama.
It's not a drama though, the drama is tacked on to fulfill the Amazon Prime Template and drive views from people unfamiliar with the IP. It's mainly a comedy. It's just, the jokes are a very mixed bag. They did nail the tone and background of Fallout, but I didn't find it that funny overall, and when the jokes are bad, they are really bad (like middle school yard comedy level) and suck you out of engagement with the story, which the writers desperately want you to still care about. The thing is the drama is also mid. Often I would have to consciously ask myself “wait, are we on a drama beat or a comedic bit?” To adjust my expectation for the scene, as it can be quite the whiplash, they rarely transition smoothly from one to the other, and they have the same overall tone so they blur and you don't actually know immediately.
I know it's not actually a drama, but I meant more what you said much more eloquently: I don't like current show Templates much.
There is plenty of humor mixed in with the “drama” if you can call it that. I guess the ending was a bit dramatic, definitely left me wanting but I think it was a good place to leave the story for know. I feel it takes the source seriously, while also taking the goofiness of the gameplay seriously as well. It gets better throughout, there are a few campy scenes but again fallout is a bit goofy. The violence mixed with soundtrack has always felt light and cheery somehow, almost maybe what being a bit crazy from living in the wasteland would make most people. Also sometimes the first season of shows haven’t quite hit there true level of quality yet, so far I think Fallout is closer than most out of the gate. Between The Last Of Us and Fallout, both shows have nailed down their universe and tone almost perfectly.
Part of my issue is people said amazing things then I just couldn't get into it.
I'm also old and grumpy.
I did enjoy Twisted Metal though.
I can relate when things get overhyped I tend to avoid them until I haven’t been forced to hear about it for awhile, some things it’s been months or years, some I may never watch.