With April 11 steadily approaching, the Fallout TV collection promo tour is underway. We now have our first take a look at a scene from the upcoming Amazon Prime Video present primarily based on Bethesda’s RPG sport collection, and if its tone matches this clip, we’re in for a hilarious experience.
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Developed by Westworld co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Pleasure, Fallout is a post-apocalyptic drama primarily based on Bethesda’s long-running sport collection, the newest of which was launched in 2018. Whereas the present was introduced in July 2020 and revealed in December 2023, we solely simply acquired an official trailer earlier this month that gave us a ton of particulars in regards to the collection. And at the moment, we acquired our first clip through the present’s official X (previously Twitter) account.
Within the clip, we see Vault Dweller Lucy (portrayed by Yellowjackets’ and Arcane: League of Legends’ Ella Purnell) try and de-escalate a battle with The Ghoul (Invincible’s Walton Goggins), who seems to be terrorizing the denizens of a downtrodden city. The Ghoul doesn’t stand down, Lucy shoots him with a dart and The Ghoul says that her try and tranquilize him was “a really small drop in a really, very giant bucket of medicine” earlier than pulling out his pistol. A member from an in-game faction you possibly can struggle or be part of referred to as (the Brotherhood of Metal), decked out in silver armor not not like Halo’s Spartan garb, floats down from atop some rubble to demand The Ghoul “stand down or be reduce down.” However the most effective line right here is delivered by Ma June (portrayed by A Love Tune’s Dale Dickey) who, whereas mendacity on the grime street, offers an exasperated sigh and flatly calls Lucy a “fucking vault dweller.”
Vault Dwellers are the primary protagonists of the Fallout video games. Because the identify suggests, these individuals sought refuge in underground chambers to keep away from the above-ground nuclear apocalypse, establishing their very own norms and traditions within the years spent there. They believed that they’d be retaining humanity alive, as they thought everybody on the floor would die due to the nuclear, um, fallout. So, when Vault Dwellers emerge 20 years later and discover a ruinous civilization with individuals lingering round, they arrive throughout as weird old-timers who cling to traditions which might be lengthy misplaced. That’s what makes Ma June’s line so hilarious. Lucy doesn’t perceive something in regards to the world she’s now strolling in, however she nonetheless needs to avoid wasting everybody anyway.
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Contemplating the irreverence of the video games the collection relies on, this clip looks like the difference is cleverly leaning into that humor whereas additionally refusing to interact in egregious fan service. I do know that online game variations could make us all a bit of cautious, so there was a wholesome little bit of skepticism with the Fallout TV collection. Nonetheless, between this primary clip, the official trailer, and Nolan’s intent to stay devoted to the franchise’s lore, I feel we’re in for a deal with.