The Reel Rejects - BEST EPISODE YET?! FALLOUT 2x05 Breakdown & Review

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Starting point is 00:01:51 I'm so ready. Let's watch it. Let's watch. Well, Reject Nation, we have watched. Fallout Season 2, episode 5? Yes. that is what it is. Prepper.

Starting point is 00:02:09 Good job editing these. You guys have been annihilating it. Thank you so much. Yeah. Remember when you licked my head in that other episode intro? I do.

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Starting point is 00:02:54 Oh my God, we should have shot that out of the beginning. Gould's just don't want to have fun. Hey, Greg. You know what my favorite vault is? No. Vault 6-7. Should I resign?

Starting point is 00:03:14 I don't get it. 6-7? You know, like the kids? You know, they're all like, 6-7. And they do the hand motion. And Vault 6-7, which is just the number. Well, you heard it here first, folks. Greg is old and is not up on pop culture.

Starting point is 00:03:34 So, yeah, very sad. Anyway. Michael, I'll go to you first, man. How are you feeling? Well, I'm going to start with just the producer, creative, and he has really loved the writing. I feel like the intentionality, the very careful odes to sort of so many of the cinematic inspirations for this series. you know, like, we've gotten a bit of Western, we've gotten a bit of noir, you know, there's some moments where I feel like I'm walking into the bar in Casablanca, and, and they take

Starting point is 00:04:18 all of these, like, beautiful techniques and angles of the era and of that, like, great chapter of film, and they managed to throw it on its head in such a beautiful and cinematic way, and the decisions and the pacing, everything has felt earned. The heartbreak that, that, you know, we both felt when we realized the decision that the ghoul was going to make and he was choosing to be the ghoul, that that was just absolutely devastating. And also Lucy realizing that she's losing pieces of herself. And part of it is out of an emulation of something that I think she, well, she acts like she hates it. Like there's, I think a part of her that it admires him and his, tenacity in the way that he's able to just survive. So that has been really, really fulfilling.

Starting point is 00:05:18 Story-wise, lore-wise, like, I could not ask for anything more. I think it was a beautiful setup to convince the audience that it was Voltaic that decided to drop the bombs and all the other corporations and to add

Starting point is 00:05:33 in the continued mystery, which is sort of a long standing tradition in the fallout universe of giving us pieces of the puzzle but not giving us the full puzzle um i've got a hunch as to who he was alluding to this mystery group and we've already seen them we saw them in the first episode is my is my hunch i mean is it a game spoiler or is it just a theory i think it's it's a theory i don't have we don't actually like uh know who dropped the palms my personal theory is that the enclave who is the one that that that that had the fellow who lost his head.

Starting point is 00:06:13 The fellow who lost his head? And had the dog. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He was part of the enclave. And they actually mentioned the people with the experiments. Which I thought was purposeful. And until they talk about the enclave and what it is, I'm not going to get into it. But that's my current hunch.

Starting point is 00:06:31 If it's not Voltaic. But I thought it was brilliant to sort of, I mean, Mr. House, his pursuit of self-beck. preservation and how he has convinced himself that he is the good guy by saving Vegas and by you know like he thinks that all these things are making him something that is good um i thought it was a brilliantly done uh and certainly flipped whatever i expected on on its head what did you think gregg uh this might be my favorite episode i'm not sure not sure yet Very well could be, though. It just had the sensibilities that personally speak to me the most.

Starting point is 00:07:20 And like while it's like doing world building and we finally get to Vegas, I like how while we're in Vegas, a lot of it is about unpacking really what happened in Vegas because there's so much about getting to Vegas. And while there's a lifestyle here, it's not really about what is the lifestyle here. You know, it's, you kind of get the idea pretty quick of what it's like here. It's more about understanding the why behind it. And it was an entire episode about duality, about the choices that we make and how the past, like, you constantly bring up the quote of this, a lot of war never changes. And a lot of this felt like the inner war and these people never change either. And I love everything that freaking Walton Goggins was bringing to this episode, this. is like the episode that creates the clear line between Cooper and the Gould and watching Cooper,

Starting point is 00:08:16 the human becoming the ghoul and watching Gould resort back to Cooper at times, you know? It was a really well nuanced performance as well as watching everything that Ella Pernel's bring into it as Lucy. I love the flip of the power fist. You know, like you set that up and it feels like it'll come into like some big action moment and maybe it's still well. But for it to be first. That was the perfect use. of it. I mean, that's what a power fist is for. It's an emotional impact moment. Yeah. Yeah. Literally.

Starting point is 00:08:45 Literally. Literally. And the, Michael, you talked for three and a half minutes. I'm ready to go now. I'm ready to leave this review now. So I wanted to talk about how I wanted to talk about really quick. I thought that

Starting point is 00:09:04 the, exactly what you were saying, there is sort of this reflection happening in all the characters when you see the duality. I said mirroring. What did I say? Reflection. Very different term.

Starting point is 00:09:17 Very different terms. I wasn't really paying attention while you were talking. I was thinking about what I was like. Likewise. I was just looking at the counter. That's what we do. People think we don't like each other. They think of it annoying.

Starting point is 00:09:30 I know. Adelaide took them. How did they know? Haddily took them how many episodes to figure that out. That's what I do. I like to bring people here who piss me off. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:09:40 I'm like, let's film. Let's spend hours together. I like the nuance of hidden tension. Are you implanted? But the reflection in the mirror. Yeah, staring at the man. I like that it, they also, it's not just the individual characters, but we're even seeing it in the opposite of this opulent, amazing, beautiful place than to wasteland. And then even more granular than the, more granular than the.

Starting point is 00:10:10 that you're watching these protesters like fighting against all this awful corporate, you know, awful corporate, you know, evil money, money, money, getting kicked out and literally thrown on the steps. Yeah. And then people inside drinking, gambling, laughing and continuing to feed this, this beast of opulence. Well, if you look at the opulence coloring, it's actually kind of a darker shade of how they usually light the wasteland, too. Nation, thanks so much for tuning into this video because today's episode is brought to you by

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Starting point is 00:12:52 Yeah, it doesn't feel like, oh, I need to know the games to appreciate this, like how some other video game franchise adaptations make me feel. Last of us. Last was makes you feel that way? Yeah. Oh, really? No. I can't actually speak to that since I haven't played.

Starting point is 00:13:10 I mean, since I've played the games and I don't know the... It's funny because I've not. Oh. Oh, look at the opposite. It's like a mirror. It's a... Well, what I'm really interested in, what do you guys think? Hold on, Michael.

Starting point is 00:13:27 I'm not done with my thoughts. God, you annoy me and I want to put that out to the public. No more lying. They're not going to know that you're joking and they're going to read me in the comment section. Oh, they should reach a power fist you in the comments while they're reeling you. You know what I mean?

Starting point is 00:13:46 Buy me dinner for us. Oh, Buzinger. We should perform in Vegas. Yeah. When stays in Vegas. Happens in Vegas. Yep.

Starting point is 00:13:56 That's the phrase. That's the end of this. I'll be there this weekend if anybody is looking to power fit. The, uh, Robert House. You brought a good point of, I mean, you had already, it seems like the House representative that he had was more of the idea that you would assume this guy to be more like. And what he's actually like is that, there's a lot of talk about communism in the show.

Starting point is 00:14:31 And he is a little bit more of the representation of that in some ways, of a controller. type of godlike dictator, you know? Your definition of communism is a little bit different. No, no, no. Communism means absolute malevolence at all costs. Just look it up. Yeah. Oh, no, I know. I did. I mean, if we're talking about the dirty red commies of the Cold War, then you're absolutely... I'm talking about the original meaning of communism. We're talking about Zoran, Mamadani.

Starting point is 00:15:00 Did you know that the swastika was actually... Alba, no, we're not doing this again. Did you know? So, no. No, but the government's a great point. The odd, the God, the God, like. The swast's a bit. Not even the communist.

Starting point is 00:15:17 I just like saying stuff. And that messes. Yeah. But people don't realize is I like, people think Michael annoys me, but I just like to annoy him. It's more funny. That's so, we're getting real, dude. The, finish your thought.

Starting point is 00:15:34 The godlike complex that he has and of course like the visual language of it. Like when you enter that room and the trickery, normally when they establish power dynamics in any type of film language, the guy's on top. Other guy on bottom, you establish power that way easily. And giving that false sense of power, he's able to look down on him, but still command the room while looking up. That's true power. It's true freaking power. and like the literal it's like a real life

Starting point is 00:16:05 like a Rob Burgundy who actually knows his shit you know he's got like his computer tech he's watching over people I mean it's obviously it's in the game but it's also Oh it is it? Yeah okay but their use of it

Starting point is 00:16:15 I thought achieved exactly what you're getting at but it feels like a roulette game Yeah you know like you really don't know where it's all gonna land But I think that is the most interesting thing about Mr. House And it's probably true of you know I mean obviously from the get go

Starting point is 00:16:30 the minute we saw the mind control device. First thing we said was Norrelink and Elon Musk and, you know, it's really that. And if you were to go up to Elon Musk and ask him, you know, do you think you're saving the planet? He'd be like, yeah, I'm, you know, trying to give a contingency plan. We're going to go to space. We have all these electric cars to save the planet. We're going to have AI and robots.

Starting point is 00:16:52 Somebody has to work anymore. It sounds very familiar. Yeah. But I think it requires a certain type of ego or personality to convince yourself that you are a savior. Yeah. Oh, the hubris of a savior. And maybe there is good outcome sometimes. Maybe the outcome is, you know.

Starting point is 00:17:13 But I think what's clear is that Mr. House recognized early on that there are, while there's many factors that are dictating sort of his prediction of when the world will end, the fact that Coop is the ultimate influence on that algorithm Yeah like that to me is so interesting

Starting point is 00:17:39 and fascinating and for a guy that is all about control and planning and strategy it's the one gamble that he can't figure out where to put

Starting point is 00:17:50 all of his chips and you know and it's really it's a fun thing because I really can't tell you because I don't want to ruin the game for you. But it ties in so well with sort of the adventure that you get sent on

Starting point is 00:18:09 that ultimately leads you to meeting Mr. House. It was all about the timeline of how, when the bombs dropped. Justin Thorough is such a good actor. The two of them. I mean, honestly, if this doesn't win some Emmys, I'm going to be a very, very angry. Season 1 won some shit, didn't it? Yeah, it did. I met Todd Howard on the red carpet during the,

Starting point is 00:18:31 Oh, nice. It was so funny because everyone was going up to Ella Pernal and all of them. And I saw Todd Howard and he was like a fucking nerd all by himself. He's the game director for Fallout. And I beeline over to him. And I was like, hi, Mr. Howard. I'm Michael and you inspired my whole career. And I know the internet hates you, but I really love you.

Starting point is 00:18:52 And he was like, yeah, so why are you here? We're at the Emmys. But anyway, Well, I think we've said enough. No, we haven't. Norm. Norm. Fuck. God damn it. We didn't talk about Norm. He'll be fine. Yeah, he's probably all right.

Starting point is 00:19:10 A lot of false deaths. Clifangier of death. I mean, obviously, you're still breathing at the end. So, you know, that bodes better than having a fucking... Where do you think they're going with that? I mean, I think ultimately he is going to be put into a position that is going to, at the perfect time, because of the people that he is with and the trajectory that he is on, he is most likely to find Hank and ultimately be in a position to help break out his sister.

Starting point is 00:19:42 That makes sense. And maybe he'll even end up teaming up with the ghoul who filled with regret and also filled with the desire to find his wife and daughter and also make it up to Lucy that he got her abducted by good old Hank, you know. But I think that's where these stories will eventually have to collide. I do think, however, they have set up beautifully my theory for season three. Okay. Which I'm going to make you cover your ears because people really liked when I did that last week. People? Or person?

Starting point is 00:20:11 There was two comments. Okay. That is people. People. Floral. That's two. Earmuffs. That doesn't work.

Starting point is 00:20:18 No. All right. It's nice to see everybody again. I'm going to try to be really, really fast about this because this was a very, very long review reaction. but I absolutely think that Mr. House and the remainder of his intention for the rest of the season is definitively going to be about having his consciousness what remains of his body turned into a synth and that will ultimately lead us to an amazing plotline in Massachusetts. I for one, and particularly of the belief that the enclave, the enclave, is absolutely responsible for the bombstores.

Starting point is 00:20:57 dropping based upon all the different pieces that have been put into place. I think they're going to introduce some really interesting new characters that are going to end up playing a role as part of our big bad situation. But I think we've got the Sins and the Institute and all of that brewing up in the background. But I think we are going to get a nice, hopefully neat ending for this season. Fingers crossed. What do you guys think? Don't forget to leave a like and a comment down below.

Starting point is 00:21:29 Done. We'll see you next week.

The Reel Rejects - BEST EPISODE YET?! FALLOUT 2x05 Breakdown & Review

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