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?
Fallout has been dead to me since 4 so I really can’t even get mad at how much they rape it’s corpse. I honestly don’t give a fuck about the lore stuff, they mess that up on purpose because they know nerds will bitch about it and their normie target audience won’t care.
What gets me is just how goofy and cartoonish every scene I’ve watched through the reviews and shit is. There’s sub-Marvel humor, obnoxious old-timey music everywhere, surface-level nods to the games are spread like feces on a San Francisco sidewalk, but all the characters besides Walton Goggins behave like retards.
It is a little annoying that to most of the population Fallout is just watered down Borderlands with an obnoxious ‘50’s, LOL!’ Coat of paint, but that’s what Bethesda turned it into and outside of modders that’s what it will always be.