Summary
- Prime Video's upcoming Fallout series appears to be capturing the art style of the games flawlessly, alleviating concerns about its visual aspect.
- A leaked teaser for the series offers a clear look at the Fallout vibe, showcasing vertibirds, power armor, a vault dweller, and Walton Goggins' ghoul character.
- The teaser also hints at a pre-bombing sequence and implies familiar landmarks in Los Angeles, raising questions about the show's direction and Goggins' character.
The Fallout TV series for Amazon Prime Videos is one of the great curiosities in that nebulous space between video games and television. Luckily, some haze has cleared up thanks to ironically hazy footage.
When Prime Video first revealed its Fallout series, reactions to the idea ranged from optimism to downright fear. It's one thing to capture the look of such a recognizable gaming staple. But it's another entirely to stay true to the vibe maintained by the franchise. Luckily, a few sneak peeks have allayed concerns over the visual aspect of the Fallout series, as that painstaking effort has been employed to mimic the art style of the games (well, at least Fallout 4, at any rate) almost flawlessly. But now, a new leak has something else important to offer.
At Gamescom, Germany's gaming convention held in late August, guests were treated to a closed-door teaser for Prime Video's Fallout series. Luckily for the fans outside that theater, one attendee managed to film it and share it with the Fallout Twitter fan page Fallout Films, who recently posted it on their account. The result is a slightly blurry but otherwise nice and clear look at the upcoming series. Right from the start, it radiates the Fallout look to a T.
The Fallout teaser opens with shots of vertibird flight vehicles carrying soldiers before transitioning to a squad of figures clad in the series' trademark power armor doing that classic "walking toward the camera slower than they probably should in a warzone" movie shot. The power armor may be a practical effect, which would be no small feat given how bulky those outfits are. Of course, it may be CGI, but going the practical route would be preferable if they can pull it off.
Next, the trailer shifts to a familiar sight for Fallout fans: the inside of a vault. A young vault dweller looks seemingly ready to step out of the newly opened vault door, following in the footsteps of every Fallout game protagonist who came before. But the following shot is the real treat here, as fans can finally get their first look at Walton Goggins in the Fallout series as his unnamed ghoul character (people exposed to radiation that extends their lives but rots their flesh), all smiles in a shootout and feeling very reminiscent of fan-favorite ghoul companion Hancock from Fallout 4. The teaser then ends with a viscerally striking scene of pre-wasteland times as the bombs begin dropping, first in the background and then right in the middle of a crowded city. Previous updates from Prime Video regarding Fallout have confirmed that it takes place in Los Angeles, so fans from the area can probably expect to see some familiar landmarks in the before and after times.
It's a great first look, but it raises some new questions. Will the show feature an extended sequence in pre-bombing times? Are the shots of the soldiers the equivalent of the intro seen in each game? Will Goggins play Hancock? Whatever the case, the Fallout TV series looks like it'll be worth a curious viewing at the very least.
Fallout is set to premiere on Prime Video in 2024.
Source: Fallout Films/Twitter