Cinepals - FALLOUT 1x1 "The End" Reaction & Discussion!

Episode Date: April 11, 2024

Amazon, MGM and Bethesda Studios bring us the live-action adaptation of popular video game "Fallout". Starring Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Never Let Me Go, Kick Ass 2), Walton Goggins (Justified, The Hateful Eight, Predators) and Aaron Moten (Emancipation, Father Stu). Join Jaby and Achara as they get immersed in the world of Fallout for the very first time and see vault dwellers, raiders, the Brothers of Steel, ghouls and more!   Join our Patreon www.Patreon.com/JabyKoay for the full length reaction to this show and many others ans subscribe to our YouTube channel for the cutdowns www.youtube.com/@cinepals SOCIAL MEDIA ~CinePals~ Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok: @TheCinePals ~Achara Kirk~ Twitter & Instagram: @AcharaKirk ~Jaby Koay~ Twitter & Instagram: @JabyKoay

Pals! We are watching Fallout Season 1, episode 1 from Amazon Prime Video. Here we go. So somehow he's managed to live all this time. Well, they've been juicing him with something. Right. It's a good setup. I was expecting it to be longer, actually.

You know, because I... It felt long to me. It was like over an hour. Oh, for me it went quick. Oh? Yeah, for me, it went real quick. Because it's like an hour, 18 minutes or something like that. An hour and 10.

Oh, it's just over an hour. Yeah, just over an hour, yeah. This is good. It's a lot of good setups because they keep leaving you in spots that feel like cliffhangers where you're just like, oh, what's coming next? It's a really great introduction into the world and kind of what happened, right? Like, actually, that first bit where they showed all of the nuclear explosions happening, I found quite distressing, actually.

I don't know about now, but there was definitely a time when that seemed like it was something that could happen, you know? Absolutely. And so it is just really, really scary to watch that go down and then see how people react and all of that. It was incredibly moving, actually, like very distressing. And then just to see how the world ends up and how different people are living and all of that, it was very, very interesting.

They did a really good job of setting up the main characters as well, right? because we understand Lucy and her background and where she's coming from and her motivations. Her motivation is finding her dad, right? And then Maximus, you know kind of where he's come from a little bit of his backstory. Like they do the storytelling really well. And then with this guy, the ghoul, like, oh, he's very interesting as well.

So now we know that we've got like three main characters. And I'm just curious as to how the story is going to make them come together you have to wonder what happened with his daughter if she perished right away i don't think that she's kept alive as well i would imagine that he lost her a long time ago probably almost right after the you know fallout right after the explosion that's just a like you said it was just a wild opening because the like what do you do you immediately when you see a scene like that i think you immediately and easily kind of put yourself in the character's shoes like what would you do would you like have the the instinct to pick up your daughter and move or would you

you'd be kind of frozen, locked, in shock at what you're seeing, kind of like in denial at first, like he was. Because, you know, when he saw that, he was just like, no, no, that can't be, that can't be what I think it is. And then it turns out it's way worse. Yeah. And then he goes running. I'm guessing we're going to find out later on that he lost her in his arms,

you know, that day or something like that or soon after. Or, I mean, it's been 219 years, right? maybe if he didn't lose her right away, then maybe he lost her to a normal lifespan. Either way, she's not here right now, it seems. Something motivated him to take a totally different course from who he was in the old world. Yeah, but I thought it was really cool

just how they left us the clues with the storytelling and stuff. Because I had an inkling as to who he was as soon as he used the lasso, I was like, huh. And also the fact that they were talking about someone who'd been alive for a really long time, my brain was kind of going, is it possible? But how could that be?

And then he used the lasso. And I was like, oh, that's an interesting parallel. And then as soon as he said the line about the cowpokes, I was like, okay, thank you, show. Yeah, yeah. I know who he is now. So they've done an interesting job of setting up three different kinds of characters. Like, they all feel very different from each other. Yeah.

And they each have different motivations. I don't really know what the ghoul's motivation is at this moment because we just got a few seconds of him, right? But with Lucy, she had a very optimistic outlook and then her world got shattered. With Maximus, he's had ambitions for a long time is what it seems. And he's been bullied for a long time, just anxious to move on up and get out of there. And he's going to have his own rude awakening with whatever the real world that awaits him. You know what I mean? It's like that's going to be rough for him.

I'm excited to see what his journey is going to be like when all three of them, you know, cross paths. It's got me very, very curious. I'm very happy with this so far. Yeah, I mean, obviously, I don't have a lot of investment in the game because I only know it from friends who've played it and from watching bits and pieces when they've played it. But what's really fascinating to me is just the world building. I find it just so interesting. Like you said, Lucy's got her little world that she grew up in. like deep down in the vault and then you've got the world on the surface and there's all these

cool little details that I like where it's like okay it feels familiar but it feels really different at the same time because even in the first scene where they're at that birthday party was like oh this feels like 1960s or 1950s Americana but then they have like interesting gadgets that feel futuristic and so it's kind of like it could be. in the past or it's like an alternate version of the past and then you see how things have changed ever since the fallout and how creative people have had to be on the surface like um with those goons that were trying to pick up the ghoul like they didn't shoot bullets they were literally shooting like dull legs screwdrivers you know you just have to make things work because the

world isn't the same world that we know it and so like I just find all of those little details really, really fascinating. Yeah, well, yeah, it's like if it's a projectile weapon moving fast enough, oh, it's going to hurt you. It's going to hurt, she's going to pierce your skin. It can cause serious damage

that disrupts your vital organs, etc. That's kind of what happens in third world countries now, is they like form, they put, not with like dolls and stuff like that, but they make a gun, they fashion a gun together out of parts randomly. And it's, I don't know, it's scary and wild. Well, yeah, you've got to,

use what you have on hand, right? I don't know how to say the actor's name. Mikelety Williamson or McKelty Williamson. He is from Forrest Gump. He played Bubba Gump, the guy we just saw get killed. The black guy. Because, like, I heard his voice. Like, I recognized his voice before his face.

And I was like, is that him? Oh, am I being racist? I feel like that's got to be him. And so I just looked him up. It seems like they've done a really nice job of having a, you know, a wide cast of talented people, you know, as part of this show so far. And very diverse as well. Yeah.

Everybody feels lived in and real so far. And that's what I appreciate, you know, more than anything. So it's pretty cool, you know. I'm not familiar with Ella Pernel or Aaron Moten, our two young leads. But so far I'm liking them and I'm buying into them in their journey. You know, that little scene when Maximus was on the chair and the dude was behind him, you know, pacing back and forth, it was really scary. They did a really good job of making. me feel concerned for him, even though, logically, I know he's not going to die yet. He's going to

go on for multiple episodes, at least. I still felt concerned for him because his acting was so good. And it was shot so well that I, you know, by extension or throsmosis, whatever, was feeling what he was feeling. Yeah. And not only that, but just the question mark that they have over him right now, because I'm not 100% sure if he put that razor blade in his friend's boot or not like it still feels really ambiguous because my heart goes but they're best friends why why would he do that right that's not what you do to a best friend but equally if you're someone who really really really wants that thing yeah you might go to lengths that you didn't think you could go to in order to achieve that goal yeah absolutely yeah jonathan nolan has done a decent

job of like really distinguishing himself from his brother yes i think it's directed some of westworld as well right yeah yeah i don't know which episodes of westworld he did he does a good job of like making me feel what's happening if that makes any kind of sense yeah and i think you remarked as well which i also agree with is just like everything was told very effectively like even in that first scene you know exactly who the dad is the the cowboy dad right who's become the ghoul like you get all of that information that expository information but it doesn't feel boring it's like you understand that he used to be a big movie star but he's down on his luck he's had a divorce and like the people around him are these like rich yuppies or whatever and also the state of the world the state

of the world around you like all of the stuff going on on the tv and the mom trying to turn it off and all of that it all happens very quickly but we the audience pick it up and we're like oh this is what's going on it's very well done yeah extremely efficient even the little bit about the weatherman going, I don't even know if I should report the weather. How do we know what there's going to be? Yeah. Like, and then it goes by, you're like, whoa.

Like, this is real. Yeah. This is serious. And you get this sense of things being on edge while these people have the veneer of things being okay. Yeah. And all of a sudden it goes to shit. And the rich yuppies have a rude awakening.

Likewise, with Volt 33. Was it 33? I think it was 33. Yeah. You know, you're immediately catching up with everything going on. It doesn't take long. for you to understand the situation and her character and her needs

and what she's up against and like her having to go after her father is something that you can easily get behind you understand that I was a little bit thrown when the dad was like I mean I get it because the dad shows her over the crew right and it's like how are I mean I didn't bring this up during the show

but I kind of get them not wanting to go after him like he's like fuck all you guys I care about my daughter and just her it's like I kind of understand understand why they wouldn't want him back as the leader, right? But you understand his perspective as well. It's like, well, what would you do? It's your daughter.

But also, there's another huge question mark hanging over him as well because he knew the lady and the lady knew him or of him at least. Well, I imagine if she killed her mom. That's what I think happened. Oh, you think? Oh, maybe. I thought that maybe he had done something to them on the surface at some point or they've got some beef there, which is really interesting.

So now I'm just like, I need to know because it seems like her dad has a past and it might be a dark past that she knows nothing about. I think you're right about that. I think that's also quite possible. She obviously has vengeance in her heart or in her eyes. I think what confused me about that scene was she goes, choose your crew or your daughter. Yeah. And she basically let them both live. She took the dad.

Yeah, she took the dad. So I was a bit perplexed at that because like there wasn't an actual punishment for that crew. It was a potential punishment if they stayed there. Yeah, it's like, you better run. Luckily, they all had their legs and feet working, so they could run. Anyway, I really enjoy this. Looking forward to episode two. Thanks so much.

I'm Jabby Kui. This is Achara Cook. Peace out.