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?
I googled "Fallout sucks" to see what others who echo that sentiment think and found this Reddit thread: https://archive.ph/lz855
It seems that what causes umbrage is pretty consistent among those who dislike the show; the detractors just give their usual "that's just your opinion man" rebuttals while not addressing those criticisms. That's probably because the haters are real people while the lovers are shills/bots but I digress.
The comment about Lucy behaving exactly like a post-wall valley girl screenwriter despite the 50s aesthetic sums it up nicely. You can tell that a lot of work went into the show but the stupidity and lack of ability of the writers and possibly the actors put a cap on its potential. Shit like the turret scene, the gulper scene (which is when I quit watching) and Titus dying to the yao guai and Maximus immediately doing things like crushing skulls with the same armor that couldn't knock out a bear with a straight cross would not have existed if the writers were not smegma growing on the unwashed dick of modernity.
They start their breeding at the apparent age of 33