Fallout TV Series Update Raises More Concerns Among Fans

Summary:

• The announcement of the Fallout TV series was initially warmly received by fans of the iconic video game franchise
• Over time, however, they became increasingly concerned about how the rich source material was being handled
• New interview with one of the show's creators raises even more alarming questions, leading fans to believe he misses the point of Fallout

When the first promotional materials for Fallout, a TV adaptation of the iconic video game franchise of the same name, finally dropped after a long hiatus since the project was announced, fans were quite excited because what they saw looked quite promising.

Given the rich nature of the Fallout universe, and the fact that the show won't be based on any of the games and will feature an entirely unique storyline, they believed it could deliver something truly special without the risk of ruining the existing stories and characters.

Fans Were Already Concerned About Inconsistencies In The Lore

However, as more information about the upcoming show was revealed, they had to temper their optimism as a number of troubling issues, mostly related to how the show would handle the lore of the franchise, suddenly surfaced.

Upon learning that the show would take place nine years after Fallout 4, fans noticed some major inconsistencies, such as why the New California Republic was never seen, even though the story takes place in the heart of its territory, along with several others.

Now, a new interview that Jonathan Nolan, one of the creators of the series, gave to Empire raises even more questions and makes fans think that he has no clue about what makes Fallout so special.

The filmmaker said that the show's main idea is to explore what happens when humanity's survival is outsourced, apparently referring to the fact that in the world of Fallout, vault dwellers have involuntarily become lab rats in disturbing experiments.

He also noted that the series allowed them to talk about current real-life issues through the lens of the post-apocalypse genre, like many other great works of the past.

Fallout Isn't Really About The Nuclear Apocalypse

Fans, however, feel that Nolan is missing the point, simply because Fallout is not exactly part of the post-apocalypse genre, but rather post-post-apocalypse, as the games are set centuries after the Great War.

They say that the idea of talking about the apocalypse and human survival doesn't really fit in a world where said apocalypse happened over two hundred years ago, and that the series should have focused on the nuances of the new society that has been established over the years.

To be fair, Fallout has always been critical of late-stage capitalism, and the whole "outsourcing survival" thing seems to go along with that, but the vague nature of Nolan's statement didn't really convince fans.

Either way, they will have to wait until the series premieres on April 12, 2024 to see if their concerns were valid.

Sources: Empire, Reddit