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Technically only militant and hyper-nationalist is unique to fascism, left wing ideologies can be authoritarian and suppress political opposition. Though some would argue that authoritarianism isn’t compatible with left wing beliefs, but let’s not get bogged down in that. I’d say one of the...

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I think that some people prefer the “prestige TV” that has dominated this “golden age of television”, think stuff like The Sopranos and all the shows it inspired. Then there are people who enjoy pulpier style television that, in the past, rarely had the budgets that TV can get now. I think...

And not to beat a dead horse, but it’s just so frustrating to me that Vault-Tec becomes more villainous and conspiratorial with each portrayal, starting way back in Fallout 2. In the first Fallout they are nothing but a private contractor taking advantage of a bloated defense budget. They built...

Yes, this is how you critique capitalist America in an intelligent way. Corporations profit from the current status quo of the world, which is on the brink of nuclear war. They have a vested interest against any potential for peace. They, along with the government, essentially played with fire...

The cynic in me says they’re doing the Bethesda thing of allowing fans to write for them so they can use fan theories to explain shit that they clearly put no thought into.

Thanks for this. Funny how the wiki just makes shit up. Makes me question whether the ghoul crazies used guns, which I (correctly) remember them using, or whether the street ghouls are called mindless ghouls, which I (correctly) don’t remember them being called. You’re thinking of Mariposa...

It’s refreshing that Sawyer attempts to sympathize with people that are upset with the show instead of just criticizing them as “negative”. I really don’t expect any of the names associated with Fallout to shit on this show outright, even if they really didn’t like it. That would just seem...

Oh yeah, I seem to remember the character of Herbert Dashwood from Tenpenny Tower theorizing that the radscorpions may be descended from pet scorpions in the area. Which goes to show that Bethesda really tried to justify all their nonsense in Fallout 3, whereas come Fallout 4 they just gave up.

Ghoul crazies are from Fallout 2. I don’t remember the ghouls on the streets of Necropolis being called “mindless ghouls”, and I know better than to take the wiki’s word for it, but if this is true I suppose you have a point.

Honestly I don’t think Fallout 3 had many retcons per se. Just a lot of poor writing and worldbuilding. Like, it’s not a retcon to send the Brotherhood across the country, it’s just lazy. Even saying that FEV exists outside of Mariposa and Super Mutants were being created in Vault 87 long before...

Off topic but Fallout really needed child enemies. Obviously they’d never get away with it, especially now, but talk about morally gray.

Oh yeah, ten episodes works for a lot of series. But even half-hour sitcoms can’t seem to go past ten episodes a season nowadays. I miss the days of 20-25. Lol, just noticed that first link.

I’d just like to point out that both of these shows come from the before-times. It is now illegal to have more than ten episodes a season.

I could be misremembering, but I remember him saying that the last time I played Fallout a couple years back.

That’s like saying “Scream 1 and 2 were basically retold in Scary Movie and look how that turned out.”

Leonard Boyarsky is American. Unless you are implying that having Russian ancestry bestows one with certain artistic abilities. You’re being too hard on Tim. I don’t think he misunderstands Fallout at all. He just doesn’t care anymore. It’s been through so many iterations since he had any hand...

I think a loose retelling of Fallout 1 would make a good show. I’d start off each episode with a flashback scene of something we can only read or hear about in the first game. These flashbacks would serve to set up the main plot line, giving us details about FEV and the Master’s Army, while the...

If Tim Cain intended for Fallout to be nothing more than a wacky parody of 50s sci-fi then he really shit the bed with Fallout 1. Good thing he left so that Fallout 2 could be closer to his original vision. Also kinda goes against his quote from twenty years ago: "My idea is to explore more of...

The talking point I’ve seen is that the location of the NCR (Shady Sands) was changed to be slightly east of where it was in the first game, so that justifies every retcon in the show. Also Super Mutants were retconned to be immortal in Fallout 2 whereas ZAX in Fallout 1 says that their life...