I'm not disliking the fallout tv show, but I certainly could be enjoying it more (and the Amazon new ad policy isn't helping)
It feels weird cause is not like I am disappointed. I saw (or tried to) Westworld and it fucking sucked. It was the kind of fake deep plot full of blood and sex that impresses people that have little media literacy, and it annoyed me how the supposed plot twists were so obvious that I dropped it at the first season. So I wasn't expecting anything grand from the Fallout show, considering it was 1- created by the same guys, and 2- probably created due to the lawsuit Kilter Films lost to Bethesda after basically trying to create Fallout Shelter two.
A cashgrab series created by a cashgrab company.
But I still wanted to be proven wrong, I wanted to eat my words and be surprised. I mean, Amazon Video has a lot of great series, I'm currently watching Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and it's great. Why can't Fallout be great too?
It sucks cause it is my favorite videogame franchise (next to Castlevania, which doesn't fucking count cause it's dead), and it only shows me that just as what happened to Disco Elysium, all the games I enjoy that started as a satire and critique of capitalism, are doomed to end up replicating exactly that.
I could make an entire critique of all the things that are wrong with the show adaptation (except Norm, Norm is great and he should've been the protagonist. Getting real Fallout 1 Vault dweller vibes from him) but is just feels pointless, it feels like a waste of time. I could make a great critique of how Mrs. Maisel excels at capturing the struggles of a divorced Jewish woman trying to be a comedian in the 50s; but what can I even say about the Fallout show?? It doesn't completely suck, because granted, there are some things they managed to portray really well; but most of the show reeks of that Kilter films fake deep pretentious stench, and I hate that. I watched the show cause I love Fallout, but man I really wanted to be wrong about it.
And the worst part is that this applies to basically every single piece of media that exists nowadays. It's not supposed to provide a message, is supposed to create profits and be simple enough for people to understand it and not create TikTok videos complaining it endorses imaginary stuff. Of that I am disappointed.
