The main reason is because basing a sci-Fi drama on a weak plotted video game is just really dumb, and egotistically disrespectful of entire generations of people who do not, nor would they ever, play (or enjoy) mindless video games. Trying to transfer the plotless nothingness of video games into an involved TV drama is a real oxymoron, and ultimately doomed to fail.
We humans love the theater, movies, and TV because we love the human melodrama. This gore-fest gave us none of that.
Another reason Fallout scores low is the lack of compelling characters for the viewer to care about. While all the characters were somewhat interesting in their own way, with a special kudos to Goggin's multi-faceted ghoul, Arias' over-thinking, depressed, brother Norm; and Dickey's hardened Ma June, store proprietor; Nevertheless, over this eight-episode slog, and all the never-ending mayhem - the lack of real story, and some really poor dialogue: "You want to have sex?" "What? Use my cock?" (Shaking my head and rolling my eyes) It just put the characters in spinning circles and brief cameos. We viewers had little to no empathy with any of them. Besides that, what with the endless wholesale slaughter, we knew that they would be dead soon anyways.
I feel that, although the production crew and special effects people really went above and beyond with the post-apocalyptic sets, CGV, desert scenes, costumes, and makeup to successfully create their dystopian world; still, all this effort and skill can't make up for what lacks in a coherent script and cohesive direction. I got the distinct impression that this was a "For Gen Z and Millennials ONLY" TV program, and I felt truly excluded. This is NOT the spirit of good Sci-Fi, ask H. G. Wells and other imaginative writers. Well told sci-Fi stories should be enjoyable by all age groups. This elaborate video game was not.
(4.5 stars out of 10)
We humans love the theater, movies, and TV because we love the human melodrama. This gore-fest gave us none of that.
Another reason Fallout scores low is the lack of compelling characters for the viewer to care about. While all the characters were somewhat interesting in their own way, with a special kudos to Goggin's multi-faceted ghoul, Arias' over-thinking, depressed, brother Norm; and Dickey's hardened Ma June, store proprietor; Nevertheless, over this eight-episode slog, and all the never-ending mayhem - the lack of real story, and some really poor dialogue: "You want to have sex?" "What? Use my cock?" (Shaking my head and rolling my eyes) It just put the characters in spinning circles and brief cameos. We viewers had little to no empathy with any of them. Besides that, what with the endless wholesale slaughter, we knew that they would be dead soon anyways.
I feel that, although the production crew and special effects people really went above and beyond with the post-apocalyptic sets, CGV, desert scenes, costumes, and makeup to successfully create their dystopian world; still, all this effort and skill can't make up for what lacks in a coherent script and cohesive direction. I got the distinct impression that this was a "For Gen Z and Millennials ONLY" TV program, and I felt truly excluded. This is NOT the spirit of good Sci-Fi, ask H. G. Wells and other imaginative writers. Well told sci-Fi stories should be enjoyable by all age groups. This elaborate video game was not.
(4.5 stars out of 10)
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