The declaration "Fallout sucks" is not worthy of a post on its own, but I'm more curious about the state of media in general due to my generally ascetic lifestyle. I don't stream, I don't watch new movies, and other than a few games on Steam and my PS2 I don't game anymore either. I gave the new Fallout a shot through rather Frobisherian means and could only last two and a half episodes before Shift-Deleting the files from my computer.
My main complaint? The acting. The stiff, uninspired, stilted acting. The show up to the point that I quit felt like a comedy sketch done very poorly. I understand that they were trying to capture the lampooned 50s feel of Fallout as a whole yet they failed in that execution, mainly due to the acting.
I honestly can't think of one good acting performance. Maybe Titus, and only because Rapaport just played him like he plays everybody?
The thing is, I'm seeing praise for the show and I don't understand it so I'm wondering if those giving praise are used to wading through outhouse troughs and view this as a breath of fresh air? Are my expectations too high? Is this a me problem?
Here, for one, which is what made me sail the English Channel looking for merchant ships.
Yeah, I saw a bit here, which I agree is strange. "It's not as bad as it could be" is a really fucking low bar and, from the little I've checked out, Fallout isn't great. Not sure why some people tried to defend it, maybe nostalgia too?
A mean, a Fallout show could/would be very cool. Maybe people got wrapped up in the potential and had rose-tinted glasses on.
That could be it. I think "not as woke as it could be" is a possibility though this shit was still fucking woke. Every fucking woman and girl was a girl boss, the worst being that bitch that repairs Finn's power armor component.
Whoops, I called him Finn, not Maximus. A proper Freudian slip, and probably why I quit the show -- this was just the new trilogy set in the Fallout universe.
Niggers and women. Yawn
I'll never understand how people think this is a good argument. There are only so many hours in the day I have which are not used for work, family or sleep. I'll be damned if I use any of them on something that is "not quite complete shit... but close".
Its because FOMO is powerful and some people feel compelled to be involved in "current event" so they can socialize with others.
Because for a large amount of people, and not just the Woke, they compensate for a boring, politics obsessed lack of personality by bonding over media consumption. So the "current event" show is the only way they can even have a conversation with their coworkers and they don't want to feel left out.
They have accepted the new Overton window. Turn the water up on the frog another bit more.