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[–] [email protected] 199 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Well made adaptations can be mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well made anything can become mainstream!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Go figure, all it took was scripts that aren't dog shit and directors not trying to "fix it in post" all the time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

FFS this!

Am I losing my head or what!? Because I can't get how everybody else is missing the obvious, the adaptations need to be good, we are not tired of super hero movies, we are tired about garbage adaptations, and I literally can't believe any thinking person would really believe:

Oh, people are really tired of Marvel and DC, but game adaptations are thriving it must be their fault (because we are tired, obviously), so let's focus on adapting videogames now!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Seriously! So many terrible adaptations. It's refreshing to see really good shows based on games. It also doesn't hurt that shows like "The Last of Us" and "Fallout" are based on story driven games so there is already a lot of good story to build off.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Fallout, the game series, is way better at lore than story, in my opinion, and that's what makes it such a great setting for well-written stories like this adaptation. They can literally 1:1 all of the visual assets and pull from a well developed cultural and geo-political landscape, and yet there isn't any specific character that they really have to 'get right', other than, like, Mr. Handy. That's a huge advantage for a good creative team.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah Fallout is more of a setting than anything, and that’s why it’s perfect for an adaptation like this. It benefited great from the fact that they didn’t really have to adapt any characters or any single storyline, but simply created a new story and characters in that world and it still be a faithful adaptation

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[–] slaacaa 162 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Breaking news: big budget media product that was developed by a competent and hard working team who understood and respected the source material turned out susccessful

[–] FenrirIII 59 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So much potential, perfect actor, lots of lore and stories, and they just decide to make whatever story up they wanted.

[–] SkyezOpen 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey, it worked out for GoT season 8.

Oh wait...

[–] deus 6 points 8 months ago

To be fair they did run out of stories to tell.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

bawls in battleship

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

And I am already waiting how the Borderlands adaptation is going to flop so hard that fishes out of the water will be envious of the move. For the same reasons.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even if it's faithful, the humor from the games is dated so much that only diehards will like it. If it's not faithful, diehards will hate it.
It's almost guaranteed to be bad by huge portions of people that will watch it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (5 children)

It's not even the humour, the thing is just miscast so hard I've never seen before.

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[–] SkyezOpen 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can almost excuse jack black but what in the everloving fuck were they thinking casting Kevin hart as Roland? I guess we'll see what his acting range is, but seeing as it's a comedy I don't think he's going to be the straight man Roland was.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

See also Halo, who took the opposite approach

[–] hOrni 8 points 8 months ago

Don't get used to it.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fucking corpos are so detached from reality that they can’t even draw reasonable conclusions from successes/failures.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

Counter argument. Money :)

[–] rustyfish 71 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Whoever wrote this article needs their fingers chopped. Seriously, it’s just a matter of time they write something so stupid, it kills someone.

The success of Fallout proves that people involved cared. That they took the source material and turned it into a good show. It proves people are happy to watch good stuff.

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[–] Etterra 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ahem. Good video game adaptions.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 30 points 8 months ago

Success of well made show proves quality has gone mainstream

[–] Jimmycakes 41 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I've never played a single fallout game or even knew the lore besides its post apocalyptic. Loved the show and it was cool as hell learning about the universe. They told the story well and made me care about the characters.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children)

Whats great is that the people making the show really cared about the lore of the games, so if people like you who have no prior knowledge decide to ever check out the games, there isn't going to be an inconsistency with the lore or setting.

The show looks and feels just like the games. Its great, wish more adaptations had writers, directors, actors, etc. that cared about the source material.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

As much as I liked the show in general, I think the majority of my enjoyment came from much they nailed the aesthetic, so I'm glad to see people enjoying it so much with out that prior experience.

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[–] Muhr 27 points 8 months ago (9 children)

It's just the first season. Witcher season 1 was good too

[–] EncryptKeeper 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Fallout is a series filled top to bottom with passionate fans of the games. The Witcher was… very much not that.

If you’re skeptical, watch Tim Cain’s (Game director of Fallout 1) videos about the show and meeting the people who made it.

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[–] PP_BOY_ 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The Last of Us: "do i look like a fucking joke to you?"

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well, well, well, producing movies based on "The Sims" and "Monopoly" doesn't seem so far-fetched now, does it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Sims could be best if they go the Lego movie route and make it a meta narrative

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

What meta narrative? That we all eventually remove the swimming pool ladder or trap them in a room on fire? Or having to buy the >£300 ($700) dlc multiple times?

[–] Maggoty 21 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Uhhh this is not the first successful adaptation. What the successful ones prove are that it's possible when you don't just make a cheap rip for the money.

As for previous adaptations, The Last of Us; Arcane; Resident Evil (how many movies did that series sell again?)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

No shit, good video game adaptation have more success than bad ones ?

[–] RampantParanoia2365 13 points 8 months ago

Well yes, but it also, between TLoU, the new One Piece and Airbender, and now this, proves that it's possible to take something with a good story, adapt it faithfully, and magically, against all apparent reason still end up with a good story. Mind blowing, I know. Good stories can make good stories.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Just for the love of god, do not let Uwe Boll be involved.

[–] Pacmanlives 6 points 8 months ago

Shocking!!!!!!

I also really liked the Twisted Metal show too

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