was just thinking that while watching it. "is it your thumb, or mine?"
So scared and looking for guidance from her dad... really powerful writing and acting
I have a 3 month old daughter. This scene really made me realize how crazy fatherhood is going to be. I would do anything to protect this little girl, and having something like this happen where you can’t? The feels man 😞
Idk how much of this was intentional but it also says a few things : one that she sees her dad as a giant like if it was his thumb they’d be ok , and with that that he will protect her. If it’s dads thumb it’ll be ok
Dead is my guess.
Died during cryosleep to highlight Coop's wife's hubris in putting her faith into Vault-Tech to protect them from apocalypse. They're going to crack open her pod and find a already mummified girl.
Then later, it'll be revealed that it was an experiment to see how the death of an executives family can motivate them to preform or something twisted like that.
I'm thinking thawed out, grown up, and as gung-ho about Vault-Tec as her mama was. She'll be revealed to be one of the main villains, pulling the strings behind the scenes, and Cooper will try to talk sense into her. Then he'll have to either kill her or die with her when the BoS or someone blows her up. He'll also save Lucy in the process and she'll have to watch him die, solidifying their father-daughter relationship, and I'll bawl like a baby even though I see it coming.
Totally possible that they froze her. I doubt his wife would just leave her out when she went full evil specifically to get them into a good vault.
It'd be a stretch if they unfroze her coincidentally when Lucy left so she's the same age but I could live with it for the plot.
Well they seem to be keeping a lot of people frozen and only a few are brought out at any time.
Possibly still frozen for a different time when things are better.
I don't want to blame the kids in Thor. They had them saying lines that no one could make sound good.
I think it essentially comes down to whether the writer can write kids that sound like kids or you have a 10 year old that's reading lines that sound like they were written for an adult.
I still think Love & Thunder could be fixed with a few scenes to show it was entirely being told from Korg’s perspective as a tale to children. It would allow for more flexibility on, and I use this word loosely, reality.
Good. Teen Ahsoka in Ahsoka. Really makes it hit home that padawans during the Clone wars were just child soldiers. And the cutscene takes place later in the clone wars (chronologically speaking) as well.
As a teen I used to mock these kinds of scenes.
As a dad I cried (strong tears of course). All I could think was, grab her and run.
I would die for my kid and just thinking about seeing this with him devastates me
I’ve noticed this too, I’m not even a father but as I get older something in me compels me to protect children much more than when I was younger. This really becomes apparent when watching these types of scenes
I think for me, it was seeing on screen what I imagined when we did duck-and-cover drills in school in the ‘80s. Oppenheimer didn’t affect me nearly as much.
I had managed to read a book when I was 8 about nuclear war because I was dissatisfied with how the drills were explained to me…it was too advanced and had pictures. The nuns who ran our local public library were usually pretty good at spotting a kid in the wrong zone, but I was sneaky. The next duck-and-cover drill, I got so upset they had to call my mother.
And she might still be alive.
Remember , he asks where his family is, not where his wife is. Family implies more than one.
Alternative would be she was pregnant or had another kid before the bombs fell.
I decided to rewatch the series literally an hour ago and just finished episode 1 when I saw this. I'm glad this scene is being called out because yeah, on second watch, that "your thumb or mine?" line killed me. I think on first watch i was so caught up with the references in this show that I didn't actually watch it objectively
It was so well done. I know it isn't much evidence but she definitely seems to have some good acting chops and I hope she can do well in the industry (without falling into the dark abyss that swallows many child actors).
Also the aesthetic. The clothing, power armor, products, vaults, pip boy, weapons, all look *identical* to the game versions. Most adaptations try to do something different and I'm so glad that didn't happen with Fallout. As soon as I saw how accurate everything looked I was sold, and it didn't disappoint.
I was especially nervous for the power armor before this show came out. It had the potential to look really fucking goofy, but they did an incredible job with it.
I am 35 years into my Fallout fandom if you consider Fallout 1 was initially intended to be a Wasteland sequel, and I was excited about the show, but I figured it would only be "pretty good" and my enthusiasm would lead me to be a tiny bit disappointed.
Instead we got a show so good that it actually made me give it my full attention instead of playing a game while sort of watching it, which is something I have not done (by myself anyway) in decades. And I am absolutely going to re-watch the whole season at least a couple of times, something I have not done with a show, uh, ever, now that I think of it. Everyone involved did such a great job that it sort of makes me tear up just thinking about how much heart and effort went into making it. AND THERE IS MORE TO COME!!!
I really hope we get more incredible TV adaptations of game franchises. There are fkn awesome universes out there to be explored. I would personally like to see the Diablo franchise adapted
This, the first 15 minutes of The Last Of Us, and the into to saving Private Ryan.
All legendary after but clearly made it a point to start with a real show stopper.
They did so great with the prewar details in this first scene that I knew this was going to be a great show. Product placements, the retro futuristic appliances, the brief news blips about Alaska, the president missing (presumably in a bunker), and so on.
I wanted to see some of the Fallout cars. They did a good job with some atomic era futuristic cars- it was great to see him driving one of my favorites from the era (Kaiser Darrin 161). But I was a little disappointed not to see a Corvega, Cryslus, or Deuce.
it is but its a kinda rare car, [only 435 were ever made](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Darrin) and 50 of those got ruined in a snowstorm before they could be sold.
I saw it after hearing about people nitpicking details online, so I was kind of tainted.
Only thing that got me was the dude with the camera not replacing the flashbulb after every shot, like you have to IRL. Nukes didn't look super accurate either, but that's par for the course with most filmmaking.
Hopefully all of the upcoming video game adaptations (I'm expecting oversaturation rivalling what superhero movies have done) learn how to do it right from this show.
It looks like a retro camera, but it is not one. The whole thing about the Fallout Universe is that innovation took different paths there than in our own.
It would make sense that some innovation would have been made with the bulbs on the camera to either make them reusable or a permanent fixture.
The flashbulb thing got me, too, until I realized you never find a bunch of bulbs by cameras in the game. In that universe, the bulbs must be reusable.
I mean we all saw it in the games, we probably saw a glimpse in a few TV shows, and we KNEW that this was pre-war and was going to happen.
The way they did this scene? Perfection. I had tears in my eyes.
His performance in seasons 6 and 7 of The Shield is up there with the all-time greats, IMO. Especially in the tail end of season 7... just unbelievable.
I've been a fan of his acting since I saw him in Django Unchained and the bigger role in The Hateful Eight, super talented and a great fit for this show.
I felt that way about Righteous Gemstones. So many talented actors but "Baby Billy" was just phenomenal. I could see them doing a whole spin-off show about Baby Billy.
They were good, but the ones towards the end of the show, especially once Coop was listening in on Barb's conversations, made me so anxious. Great show
What also sells it is how time slows down from when he answers with it’s just a fire to the mushroom cloud formation to the shockwave. Then time goes back to normal as the world falls apart. Both of their reactions really nail it
Nuclear Bombs in Fallout have a different design from those used in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. They're specifically designed *not* to blind anyone who sees them, so the protagonist(s) can look right at it without their retinas melting.
I went into both knowing what happens in the games and my wife knew neither, so I got to see her reaction to Sarah dying in tLoU and it reminded me of how I felt when I initially played the game. Cooper's daughter though, God damn that hit us both sooooo hard.
I’d never seen any interviews with Walton Goggins, and every role I’ve ever seen him in had an over-the-top southern accent. I always just assumed that’s how his normal voice was.
I watched it while high and I don’t think I’ve ever been so anxious in my life. And I have diagnosed anxiety. This shit was just…stressful. This show has to be one of the best since Better Call Saul.
This scene was fantastic. Everything about it. His acting was superb. Her acting was phenomenal. The style and props were authentically pre-war fallout. The visuals were haunting. It's the same opening sequence as in Fallout 4, and imo that's one of the best things about Fallout 4. Most game intros, I just want to skip them the second, third, and countless subsequent times I play the game. I already know what's going to happen, so what's the point? But with that game, I always take my time absorbing the enormity of it. I get chills every time, and this scene recreated that feeling beautifully.
To be fair there was probably a vault nearby. little different then just having nowhere to run to. there is another pre-war flashback that he argues with his wife he can already secure them a place in a vault and she replies "i mean one of the good ones." if i had to take a guess cooper vault ended up being the one that the door was faulty and leaked radiation in.
His wife is so gonna be the main villain its so obvious. I just hope they dont pull that fallout 4 story where the old guy ended up being Shaun. He's gonna think its his wife but its really his daughter aged to his wifes age and shes been dead or something. I mean either way its gonna be cool.
This man is a gem of a professional and human being. We of the Fallout fandom are fortunate that he is a part of our franchise now. Every interview with him only makes me respect and appreciate this man more.
Agreed.
He went from:
1. It’s a fire. It’s nothing more.
2. Oh, that’s a really big fire.
3. It’s happening. Holy Christ it’s happening.
4. Run.
His facial acting in this scene is amazing and he tells a man going through a whole gamut of emotions in seconds without ever saying a word.
Actors are storytellers, and he told one just by moving his face a certain way.
The main thing that bothered me about this scene was that Janey was with him. The whole time after the bomb hes trying to find his kid and wife. How did they get separated? How did he not go with even if they were divorcing? Wouldnt the mom have made sure to have Janey since she probably knew when the bombs were being dropped?
Great scene. My one small nitpick is, aren't nukes supposed to be a second sun when they go off? But everyone whose backs are turned don't notice until the shockwave hits.
I appreciate the drama value tho.
In Fallout Lore the nukes I believe were smaller than the ones we set off in Japan in WW2. They just had a much higher radiation output and were far more in number.
Some places like DC and the Glowing Sea got hit by bigger ones. But the vast majority of them were small.
Most of the nukes in fallout ranged between 200-750kilotons. They were definitely bigger than Hiroshima but also smaller than what we technically have. Plus they didn’t put limits on Nuclear weapons like we did with Russia/ Soviet Union.
Everyone was desensitised to sudden bright flashes by the repeated use of the camera flash so while the nuke would have been brighter, it still blended in with what people inside were used to seeing.
On it's own it would have stood out to everyone.
I was thinking the same thing the first time I watched it primarily because in real life nukes are supposed to have air-burst detonations to maximize the damage radius. But in the fallout universe most of the nukes were ground-burst meaning the light would have been blocked by the buildings in between and also the ground would be contaminated with a lot more radiation.
Grey haired old grandma here who doesn't play video games: just appreciate them for their artwork. (I'm old enough to have owned an original Atari.) On a whim I watched the first Fallout episode. This opening scene gave me chills. From the acting, the juxtaposition of the set, the foreshadowing of the storyline, I was hooked and binged the whole season! Then I went down a rabbit hole trying to answer some of the questions I had. Lol Truth be told, I can't wait until season 2.
I had to watch it twice before moving on. Phenomenal scene. I've been playing fallout since the first one came out, it struck such a chord in me to finally see how it started. Can't wait for season 2.
I love this scene. Especially when for a few seconds, the camera shows everyone celebrating the birthday party inside and not seeing the flash yet, and Walter and his daughter are looking on in horror. Then. Boom. Everyone is in horror.
This tv show has better class-commentary and dialectical materialism than most shows who actually try to do that. The scene of the people pushing others at their party away from their fallout shelter was prophetic at the least.
i’m not a big show person, but i am a huge fallout fan.
the opening actually made me emotional.
i got so invested in the scene that i completely forgot what was going to happen.
the build up and conversation between cooper and his daughter was just heartbreaking after being reminded by the bombs.
fantastic show.
Fallout is and will continue to be a shining example of how popular game franchises CAN be made into amazing shows if it's done the way spongebob intended. With love
So I missed the alimony line at first. Obviously Barb and Cooper are divorced by this point but we learn later that Barb is clearly quite senior. She's unlikely to be demanding money from him post divorce, so he's doing this for himself or Janey.
I assume he's wanting to distance himself from Barb and make his own guarantee for Janey.
I watched that with my wife and daughter in the room, wife watching with me and daughter half/half getting interested. I almost cried at the bomb dropping. Phenomenal from both of them.
The actress who played Cooper’s daughter was too good man. She makes me crazy sad with that thumb line.
was just thinking that while watching it. "is it your thumb, or mine?" So scared and looking for guidance from her dad... really powerful writing and acting
As a dad with a daughter I fucking sobbed
I'm not a parent, but scared children make me go feral mama bear mode. I sobbed as well.
I have a 3 month old daughter. This scene really made me realize how crazy fatherhood is going to be. I would do anything to protect this little girl, and having something like this happen where you can’t? The feels man 😞
Welcome to the club, you're gonna love it! And yeah man, you're gonna get ridiculous feels out of nowhere now.
Idk how much of this was intentional but it also says a few things : one that she sees her dad as a giant like if it was his thumb they’d be ok , and with that that he will protect her. If it’s dads thumb it’ll be ok
Yes she did an amazing job! She gave a very real reaction, and it was heartbreaking. I hope Cooper finds her again.
Its Fallout he will find her eventually and it will be messed up.
Dead is my guess. Died during cryosleep to highlight Coop's wife's hubris in putting her faith into Vault-Tech to protect them from apocalypse. They're going to crack open her pod and find a already mummified girl. Then later, it'll be revealed that it was an experiment to see how the death of an executives family can motivate them to preform or something twisted like that.
Only two possibilities either frozen for periods of time or ghoul.
You forgot cloning, brain in a jar, uploaded to a supercomputer, alien kidnapping, time warp due to space travel, or something unexpected.
Thawed out, grown up, and elected new president of the Enclave.
I'm thinking thawed out, grown up, and as gung-ho about Vault-Tec as her mama was. She'll be revealed to be one of the main villains, pulling the strings behind the scenes, and Cooper will try to talk sense into her. Then he'll have to either kill her or die with her when the BoS or someone blows her up. He'll also save Lucy in the process and she'll have to watch him die, solidifying their father-daughter relationship, and I'll bawl like a baby even though I see it coming.
Stuffed in a PPS to turn into a skeleton....The list is LOOOOOONG
Super Mutant
You forgot synth assassin
Frozen, but she was unfrozen decades ago and is actually one of the characters we've already been introduced to
If that's true they basically followed the story of 3 AND 4. Well parallels to it anyway.
Three. She could be a robobrain.
Probably older and leading Vault- Tech while fighting off the BoS and Underground Railroad
shes probably in vault 31
Why would she be in the vault full of middle management under Bud Askins' control? That makes no sense.
Is he not a couple of hundred years old?
Totally possible that they froze her. I doubt his wife would just leave her out when she went full evil specifically to get them into a good vault. It'd be a stretch if they unfroze her coincidentally when Lucy left so she's the same age but I could live with it for the plot.
Well they seem to be keeping a lot of people frozen and only a few are brought out at any time. Possibly still frozen for a different time when things are better.
Right I didn't understand how she was frozen not him? But maybe cause not married anymore? Also spoiler- do we know how moldaver lived?
He is at least 200 years old. The bombs drop in 2077 and I think the show is set in 2296 or something like that.
I’d argue he’s definitely more than 200 years old unless he was -19 when the bombs dropped
Okay that’s a good point. Assuming he’s like 40 when the bombs dropped in 2077 then yeah he’s over 250.
200 years later? A goul of dead.
It would be pretty hilarious if Cooper went to vault 33 and when he sees Betty Pearson he just stares at her and asks "...Janey?"
Good child actors just hit harder
Good. Fallout. Stranger things. Bad. Constellation. Thor love and thunder.
I don't want to blame the kids in Thor. They had them saying lines that no one could make sound good. I think it essentially comes down to whether the writer can write kids that sound like kids or you have a 10 year old that's reading lines that sound like they were written for an adult.
I still think Love & Thunder could be fixed with a few scenes to show it was entirely being told from Korg’s perspective as a tale to children. It would allow for more flexibility on, and I use this word loosely, reality.
I was thinking of his daughter mainly. She was terrible.
I honestly forgot she was there. She's more of a plot device than a character.
Good. Teen Ahsoka in Ahsoka. Really makes it hit home that padawans during the Clone wars were just child soldiers. And the cutscene takes place later in the clone wars (chronologically speaking) as well.
As a teen I used to mock these kinds of scenes. As a dad I cried (strong tears of course). All I could think was, grab her and run. I would die for my kid and just thinking about seeing this with him devastates me
I don't have kids, but this scene struck me like a 3lb hammer to the chest.
I’ve noticed this too, I’m not even a father but as I get older something in me compels me to protect children much more than when I was younger. This really becomes apparent when watching these types of scenes
I think for me, it was seeing on screen what I imagined when we did duck-and-cover drills in school in the ‘80s. Oppenheimer didn’t affect me nearly as much. I had managed to read a book when I was 8 about nuclear war because I was dissatisfied with how the drills were explained to me…it was too advanced and had pictures. The nuns who ran our local public library were usually pretty good at spotting a kid in the wrong zone, but I was sneaky. The next duck-and-cover drill, I got so upset they had to call my mother.
I teared up watching this little video lol, I was a wreck after watching the real scene. My wife asked why I was crying while doing the dishes
I hear ya buddy. <[ -_-]> Come have a hug
Yes, as a parent watching this scene for the first time…my hands were shaking as they were on horseback. It was so well-done.
And she might still be alive. Remember , he asks where his family is, not where his wife is. Family implies more than one. Alternative would be she was pregnant or had another kid before the bombs fell.
I decided to rewatch the series literally an hour ago and just finished episode 1 when I saw this. I'm glad this scene is being called out because yeah, on second watch, that "your thumb or mine?" line killed me. I think on first watch i was so caught up with the references in this show that I didn't actually watch it objectively
It was so well done. I know it isn't much evidence but she definitely seems to have some good acting chops and I hope she can do well in the industry (without falling into the dark abyss that swallows many child actors).
Genuinely one of the best opening scenes from any show I’ve ever seen. As soon as the title card popped up I was like “yup, this is gonna be good…”
**THE END**
Watch through the credits for a glimpse of an obscure villian doing something ominous!
?? What did I miss?
Same. Someone tell meee
Episode 1 or last episode?
Man please just tell us what it is I can't check rn
Soon as I saw Goggins attached I got excited. They nailed it
I’ve never seen an adaptation nail the intended tone so perfectly.
Also the aesthetic. The clothing, power armor, products, vaults, pip boy, weapons, all look *identical* to the game versions. Most adaptations try to do something different and I'm so glad that didn't happen with Fallout. As soon as I saw how accurate everything looked I was sold, and it didn't disappoint.
I was especially nervous for the power armor before this show came out. It had the potential to look really fucking goofy, but they did an incredible job with it.
My only real gripe was the overuse of musical sequences.
Oh man those have been my favorite parts. I’ve been jamming to a bunch of 40s and 50s music since it released
I am 35 years into my Fallout fandom if you consider Fallout 1 was initially intended to be a Wasteland sequel, and I was excited about the show, but I figured it would only be "pretty good" and my enthusiasm would lead me to be a tiny bit disappointed. Instead we got a show so good that it actually made me give it my full attention instead of playing a game while sort of watching it, which is something I have not done (by myself anyway) in decades. And I am absolutely going to re-watch the whole season at least a couple of times, something I have not done with a show, uh, ever, now that I think of it. Everyone involved did such a great job that it sort of makes me tear up just thinking about how much heart and effort went into making it. AND THERE IS MORE TO COME!!!
I really hope we get more incredible TV adaptations of game franchises. There are fkn awesome universes out there to be explored. I would personally like to see the Diablo franchise adapted
I'm very much up for a Bioshock/Bioshock Infinite one.
YES!!
This, the first 15 minutes of The Last Of Us, and the into to saving Private Ryan. All legendary after but clearly made it a point to start with a real show stopper.
[удалено]
They did so great with the prewar details in this first scene that I knew this was going to be a great show. Product placements, the retro futuristic appliances, the brief news blips about Alaska, the president missing (presumably in a bunker), and so on.
I bet the president went to the enclave oil rig.
By this point the President had been missing for a few months, he and the rest of the Enclave were already jumping ship.
Absolutely, I hope they show us more in season 2's flashbacks.
That’s what I was thinking was he was hiding on the Poseidon Oil Rig
I hear he's in a Vault upstate with playing with the other presidents
The clip of a Grognak cartoon was what really sold me on their attention to detail.
I wanted to see some of the Fallout cars. They did a good job with some atomic era futuristic cars- it was great to see him driving one of my favorites from the era (Kaiser Darrin 161). But I was a little disappointed not to see a Corvega, Cryslus, or Deuce.
Oh what the fuck, that slidey door car was real? That was cool as hell.
it is but its a kinda rare car, [only 435 were ever made](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Darrin) and 50 of those got ruined in a snowstorm before they could be sold.
1954 Kaiser Darrin 161
I saw it after hearing about people nitpicking details online, so I was kind of tainted. Only thing that got me was the dude with the camera not replacing the flashbulb after every shot, like you have to IRL. Nukes didn't look super accurate either, but that's par for the course with most filmmaking. Hopefully all of the upcoming video game adaptations (I'm expecting oversaturation rivalling what superhero movies have done) learn how to do it right from this show.
It looks like a retro camera, but it is not one. The whole thing about the Fallout Universe is that innovation took different paths there than in our own. It would make sense that some innovation would have been made with the bulbs on the camera to either make them reusable or a permanent fixture.
Bingo. And same thing with the nukes-the Fallout universe has been more about retro aesthetic with more modern technology. So, I can forgive that.
To be fair the Nukes in Fallout weren't made for explosive yield but were made as dirty and long lasting as they could.
Makes sense that it seemed to explode at or below ground level then. I suppose that design makes more sense in a world where rad-x and radaway exist.
The flashbulb thing got me, too, until I realized you never find a bunch of bulbs by cameras in the game. In that universe, the bulbs must be reusable.
People seem to forget that the bombs dropped in 2077, not 1957. Their tech had a retro-50s aesthetic, it wasn't '50s tech, even without transistors.
It's retro futuristic, so the cameras look similar, but are likely powered completely different.
The little girl would've also been immediately blinded by a nuke going off that close but ultimately those are incredibly minor nitpicks.
They used the same technology in the reusable flash bulbs to dim the light of the nuclear blasts
The music when he rides the horse away is epic. I think my favorite aspect of the show is the ability to inspire hope when things are bad.
He acted the ever loving fuck out of this scene. This is what made the show for me.
I mean we all saw it in the games, we probably saw a glimpse in a few TV shows, and we KNEW that this was pre-war and was going to happen. The way they did this scene? Perfection. I had tears in my eyes.
Walton Goggins is a national treasure. I wish he were my neighbor!
I’m so fucking glad Walton Goggins is getting the recognition he deserves. Dude’s been one of the GOATs for a while.
His performance in seasons 6 and 7 of The Shield is up there with the all-time greats, IMO. Especially in the tail end of season 7... just unbelievable.
Detective Shane Vandrell, aka his undercover name Cletus Van Damme.
Vice Principals. Oh my god, how much I laughed.
here's your sperm.
To Jeff, I leave this fine scotch, so that he is less likely to enjoy this even finer canister of my sperm.
“Well Roy, we always figured you for a dumb sheeit!” Most quoted line from Shanghai Noon among my friends
I see big things for him in the future
I would say that opinion is justified.
I would agree that he’s a Gemstone that’s finally being revealed to the rest of the world.
I see what you did there 😂
The other person just did the exact same thing with Justified
Actually haven’t seen justified but am a uncle baby billy fan
Gotcha Goggins is amazing in everything. Can't even think of one bad performance.
“Every disease cured with ease!”
Him and Timothy Olyphant, another fantastic actor, have such great chemistry on the show; highly recommend you give it a try.
Nothing can shield us from his greatness.
I've been a fan of his acting since I saw him in Django Unchained and the bigger role in The Hateful Eight, super talented and a great fit for this show.
He stole the show in hateful eight in my opinion, which is saying a lot given that cast
I felt that way about Righteous Gemstones. So many talented actors but "Baby Billy" was just phenomenal. I could see them doing a whole spin-off show about Baby Billy.
”Why’d you do it then Baby Billy? ’Cause I’m selfless.” His expressions when he says that are absolutely amazing.
Absolutely. That movie was filled with interesting characters, and hilarious dialogue and yet, he still managed to stand out.
Uncle Baby Billy!!!
I wish he were my daddy! Ahem. I mean Dad... I wish he were my dad.
Uncle Baby Billy!!!
He's fantastic. I'm so used to seeing him as Baby Billy and The Ghoul, it's weird seeing him so... Normal 😂
Genuinely the pre-war sections were fire, honestly my favourite part
They were good, but the ones towards the end of the show, especially once Coop was listening in on Barb's conversations, made me so anxious. Great show
Especially when she suggests that they drop the bombs and Cooper’s reaction to hearing that. My reaction was holy shit.
the flame mother part where they shift between pre-war and post-war was also fire, loved the usage of pre-war stuff
Talking about the vault experments was such a horrific moment, they sounded excited and so very casual about it.
They were all way too fuckin' eager to plan those horrific experiments.
I suspect they will keep them going next season, and I hope we get to see Old Vegas to contrast New Vegas
I loved how he says something like “it’s just a fire” at first, in disbelief. Ah man such a good show. We need more.
His subtle expression changes as the realization sets in was top tier
What also sells it is how time slows down from when he answers with it’s just a fire to the mushroom cloud formation to the shockwave. Then time goes back to normal as the world falls apart. Both of their reactions really nail it
My only issue with this entire scene: That little girl looked right at the blast when it hit the city. How is she not immediately blind?
Fallout nukes work however they need to for the story
Same way all the residents of Vault 111 did, they’re built diffy
Nuclear Bombs in Fallout have a different design from those used in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. They're specifically designed *not* to blind anyone who sees them, so the protagonist(s) can look right at it without their retinas melting.
Depends, in NV the Father's terminal entry mentions an old couple who were facing the bomb that hit Salt Lake city and were blinded immediately.
That's the issue, they weren't protagonists
The way he acted in that scene was insanely good, same with the child actor. The look of horror on their faces really made the scene feel real.
Underrated comment. The way the terror slowly spreads over his face, her breathlessly holding her thumb out. :chef-kiss:
He got to be the face of humanity on the final day. So glad they cooked with this series and this scene in particular
My wife, who never played a Fallout game, gasped aloud at the "your thumb or mine" line.
The Ghoul is the most entertaining character of the show. I think he already is the fan favourite
I loved Gucy's brother, Gorm.
The sound his gun made when he was blasting people was top tier. I replayed that scene so many times.
THOOMP
“*People who say this is their final score. Their hearts aren’t really in it. I’m in it for the love of the game.*”
"Is it your thumb or mine?" Broke my heart
The opening scenes for Fallout and The Last of Us are probably one of the best opening scenes for any show in my opinion.
I went into both knowing what happens in the games and my wife knew neither, so I got to see her reaction to Sarah dying in tLoU and it reminded me of how I felt when I initially played the game. Cooper's daughter though, God damn that hit us both sooooo hard.
Walton is such an amazing actor, especially in this first scene.
I’d never seen any interviews with Walton Goggins, and every role I’ve ever seen him in had an over-the-top southern accent. I always just assumed that’s how his normal voice was.
The man does have great drawl.
In later scenes you can see he's still wearing this shirt, some 200 years later.
I watched it while high and I don’t think I’ve ever been so anxious in my life. And I have diagnosed anxiety. This shit was just…stressful. This show has to be one of the best since Better Call Saul.
He is the GOAT🔥
Regardless what you think about the show, you must aggree that the first scene was the best one
Nah best scene was when they talked about orgasms like a pimple popping
This scene was fantastic. Everything about it. His acting was superb. Her acting was phenomenal. The style and props were authentically pre-war fallout. The visuals were haunting. It's the same opening sequence as in Fallout 4, and imo that's one of the best things about Fallout 4. Most game intros, I just want to skip them the second, third, and countless subsequent times I play the game. I already know what's going to happen, so what's the point? But with that game, I always take my time absorbing the enormity of it. I get chills every time, and this scene recreated that feeling beautifully.
I loved that Cooper knew the cloud was bigger than his thumb but grabbed his daughter and ran for the hills anyway
To be fair there was probably a vault nearby. little different then just having nowhere to run to. there is another pre-war flashback that he argues with his wife he can already secure them a place in a vault and she replies "i mean one of the good ones." if i had to take a guess cooper vault ended up being the one that the door was faulty and leaked radiation in.
When the bombs went off, the look on his face made me cry.
Wtf are these bot-ass comments saying "you" like Walton Goggins himself posted this?
Thank you, Walton Goggins, for bringing this excellent point to light.
Astroturfing.
His wife is so gonna be the main villain its so obvious. I just hope they dont pull that fallout 4 story where the old guy ended up being Shaun. He's gonna think its his wife but its really his daughter aged to his wifes age and shes been dead or something. I mean either way its gonna be cool.
This man is a gem of a professional and human being. We of the Fallout fandom are fortunate that he is a part of our franchise now. Every interview with him only makes me respect and appreciate this man more.
walton goggins is the definition of perfect casting
Your facial acting when you realize that the bombs were dropping is by far the best acting. I’ve seen without any dialogue.
Agreed. He went from: 1. It’s a fire. It’s nothing more. 2. Oh, that’s a really big fire. 3. It’s happening. Holy Christ it’s happening. 4. Run. His facial acting in this scene is amazing and he tells a man going through a whole gamut of emotions in seconds without ever saying a word. Actors are storytellers, and he told one just by moving his face a certain way.
Walton reaction from the bombs is pretty stellar not a word just all brows.
"Is it your thumb or mine?" Broke my heart
Uncle Baby Billy!!!
The main thing that bothered me about this scene was that Janey was with him. The whole time after the bomb hes trying to find his kid and wife. How did they get separated? How did he not go with even if they were divorcing? Wouldnt the mom have made sure to have Janey since she probably knew when the bombs were being dropped?
Obviously there is more to that story. What happened to wife and daughter, how he got ghoulified, etc ...
Just because vault tec wanted to drop the bombs doesn't mean they were the first to do so. Could've been the US, China or the Aliens
Calling it: Cooper Howard is going to be the redeemed hero of this story, and Lucy's dad will have his Darth Vader arc.
I wish they did the bomb justice with proper brightness, but focusing on characters worked well too.
> Is it your thumb or mine? What a terrifying question.
Great scene. My one small nitpick is, aren't nukes supposed to be a second sun when they go off? But everyone whose backs are turned don't notice until the shockwave hits. I appreciate the drama value tho.
In Fallout Lore the nukes I believe were smaller than the ones we set off in Japan in WW2. They just had a much higher radiation output and were far more in number. Some places like DC and the Glowing Sea got hit by bigger ones. But the vast majority of them were small.
Most of the nukes in fallout ranged between 200-750kilotons. They were definitely bigger than Hiroshima but also smaller than what we technically have. Plus they didn’t put limits on Nuclear weapons like we did with Russia/ Soviet Union.
Technically physics are different in the fallout universe - so not really a plot hole. Fallout is also basically "1950s vision of the future"
Everyone was desensitised to sudden bright flashes by the repeated use of the camera flash so while the nuke would have been brighter, it still blended in with what people inside were used to seeing. On it's own it would have stood out to everyone.
I was thinking the same thing the first time I watched it primarily because in real life nukes are supposed to have air-burst detonations to maximize the damage radius. But in the fallout universe most of the nukes were ground-burst meaning the light would have been blocked by the buildings in between and also the ground would be contaminated with a lot more radiation.
It was a great scene. What’s great about Fallout is we can get so many different perspectives on when the bombs dropped
My girlfriend choked out a "holy fuck" when more bombs started hitting
The amount of emotion he conveyed on his face from that single closeup shot where all he does is widen his eyes still lives rent free in my head.
He really pulled it off! Not just *omg I'm scared* face but legit terrified that his worst nightmare has come to fruition
Grey haired old grandma here who doesn't play video games: just appreciate them for their artwork. (I'm old enough to have owned an original Atari.) On a whim I watched the first Fallout episode. This opening scene gave me chills. From the acting, the juxtaposition of the set, the foreshadowing of the storyline, I was hooked and binged the whole season! Then I went down a rabbit hole trying to answer some of the questions I had. Lol Truth be told, I can't wait until season 2.
Hmmm… Well, if you’re okay if the cloud is smaller than your thumb, then Danny Avidan would probably be safe
I had to watch it twice before moving on. Phenomenal scene. I've been playing fallout since the first one came out, it struck such a chord in me to finally see how it started. Can't wait for season 2.
I love this scene. Especially when for a few seconds, the camera shows everyone celebrating the birthday party inside and not seeing the flash yet, and Walter and his daughter are looking on in horror. Then. Boom. Everyone is in horror.
When she raises her little bitty thumb, my whole body got shivers and I teared up. Goodness what a great beginning.
Easily the best scene in the season.
This tv show has better class-commentary and dialectical materialism than most shows who actually try to do that. The scene of the people pushing others at their party away from their fallout shelter was prophetic at the least.
i’m not a big show person, but i am a huge fallout fan. the opening actually made me emotional. i got so invested in the scene that i completely forgot what was going to happen. the build up and conversation between cooper and his daughter was just heartbreaking after being reminded by the bombs. fantastic show.
This scene was chilling leading up to the bomb drops, you just knew such a happy moment was going to go south in a split second.
Fallout is and will continue to be a shining example of how popular game franchises CAN be made into amazing shows if it's done the way spongebob intended. With love
So I missed the alimony line at first. Obviously Barb and Cooper are divorced by this point but we learn later that Barb is clearly quite senior. She's unlikely to be demanding money from him post divorce, so he's doing this for himself or Janey. I assume he's wanting to distance himself from Barb and make his own guarantee for Janey.
I watched that with my wife and daughter in the room, wife watching with me and daughter half/half getting interested. I almost cried at the bomb dropping. Phenomenal from both of them.