Poll: Fallout TV series - The Wasteland

[AlmostLikeLife]

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If it was just exactly like you described, yes I would watch that.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

I think Fallout is perfect as is. It tells its story best through gameplay, not passive viewing. Also, post-apocalyptic television series don't have a history of doing so hot, and a true nuclear wasteland would be far more expensive to put on screen than anything we've seen so far.

 

[HanFyren]

Having watched and rewatched both Jerico and Jeremiah, I would definitely watch a Fallout series.

 

[kortin]

In the style you're describing? Most definitely not. Of course, I don't tend to be a fan of live-action tv shows that aren't mostly comedies.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

...Also, there was a cool series called, "The Colony" a while back where a group of people try to survive in an abandoned warehouse district. It was kind of a social experiment thing.

I loved that show for the problem solving and group communication dynamics. It really showed just where the breaking point was.

I'd love to watch a Fallout show, though, I wouldn't want the story to be the direct Fallout 3 story. I thought it would be cool if you got to see it from some random, "Star Trek Redshirt's" perspective, and perhaps, each episode or couple episodes would see that person story arc concluded by death or safely reaching a city, etc...oh, and each story would revolve around them meeting the character from the game, like, this guy ran into him at Tenpenny Tower, etc...man, just so many possibilities...

I wouldn't mind it if they approached it like they did in The Wire. Each season (or perhaps half a season) would revolve around a group of core characters in one faction doing what they can to survive in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. For instance, the first season would revolve around a "Vault Dweller", starting with their life in the vault and ending with the reveal of the Wasteland after they escape it, them approaching the looming hulk of a settlement (i.e. Megaton) before you hear a gunshot and the screen cuts to black. The next part would be from the perspective of the settlement as they take the vault dweller in and try to integrate them into their new setting, all the while focusing on the personal dramas surrounding the townsfolk (perhaps each episode in this particular season from the perspective of one different townsfolk each time) and the looming threat of raider activity. Other seasons could be from the perspective of Ghouls, a Raider encampment, the Brotherhood of Steel, a merchant caravan, Tenpenny Tower, slavers, NCR, Ceasar's Legion, etc. This would all take place in the same time period, with characters from other seasons making cameos and events from the perspective of the faction in one season being shown from the perspectives of other factions in their seasons in some sort of all-encompassing, overarching narrative.

And of course Three-Dog would be heard on the radio in the background of every season.

 

[mokes310]

...Also, there was a cool series called, "The Colony" a while back where a group of people try to survive in an abandoned warehouse district. It was kind of a social experiment thing.

I loved that show for the problem solving and group communication dynamics. It really showed just where the breaking point was.

I'd love to watch a Fallout show, though, I wouldn't want the story to be the direct Fallout 3 story. I thought it would be cool if you got to see it from some random, "Star Trek Redshirt's" perspective, and perhaps, each episode or couple episodes would see that person story arc concluded by death or safely reaching a city, etc...oh, and each story would revolve around them meeting the character from the game, like, this guy ran into him at Tenpenny Tower, etc...man, just so many possibilities...

I wouldn't mind it if they approached it like they did in The Wire. Each season (or perhaps half a season) would revolve around a group of core characters in one faction doing what they can to survive in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. For instance, the first season would revolve around a "Vault Dweller", starting with their life in the vault and ending with the reveal of the Wasteland after they escape it, them approaching the looming hulk of a settlement (i.e. Megaton) before you hear a gunshot and the screen cuts to black. The next part would be from the perspective of the settlement as they take the vault dweller in and try to integrate them into their new setting, all the while focusing on the personal dramas surrounding the townsfolk (perhaps each episode in this particular season from the perspective of one different townsfolk each time) and the looming threat of raider activity. Other seasons could be from the perspective of Ghouls, a Raider encampment, the Brotherhood of Steel, a merchant caravan, Tenpenny Tower, slavers, NCR, Ceasar's Legion, etc. This would all take place in the same time period, with characters from other seasons making cameos and events from the perspective of the faction in one season being shown from the perspectives of other factions in their seasons in some sort of all-encompassing, overarching narrative.

And of course Three-Dog would be heard on the radio in the background of every season.

That would be pretty boss! The only question is: what channel gets to make this show?

I vote...well...now I'm torn. You could do it on HBO/Showtime/Cinemax and just get it as violent and vulgar as the games, but you'd risk losing out on the people who could watch it simply because they don't have access to those channels. You could do it on AMC, but then you'd lose all of those great things that HBO/etc, would be able to show...to say I'm vexed is an understatement...

 

[Gottesstrafe]

...Also, there was a cool series called, "The Colony" a while back where a group of people try to survive in an abandoned warehouse district. It was kind of a social experiment thing.

I loved that show for the problem solving and group communication dynamics. It really showed just where the breaking point was.

I'd love to watch a Fallout show, though, I wouldn't want the story to be the direct Fallout 3 story. I thought it would be cool if you got to see it from some random, "Star Trek Redshirt's" perspective, and perhaps, each episode or couple episodes would see that person story arc concluded by death or safely reaching a city, etc...oh, and each story would revolve around them meeting the character from the game, like, this guy ran into him at Tenpenny Tower, etc...man, just so many possibilities...

I wouldn't mind it if they approached it like they did in The Wire. Each season (or perhaps half a season) would revolve around a group of core characters in one faction doing what they can to survive in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. For instance, the first season would revolve around a "Vault Dweller", starting with their life in the vault and ending with the reveal of the Wasteland after they escape it, them approaching the looming hulk of a settlement (i.e. Megaton) before you hear a gunshot and the screen cuts to black. The next part would be from the perspective of the settlement as they take the vault dweller in and try to integrate them into their new setting, all the while focusing on the personal dramas surrounding the townsfolk (perhaps each episode in this particular season from the perspective of one different townsfolk each time) and the looming threat of raider activity. Other seasons could be from the perspective of Ghouls, a Raider encampment, the Brotherhood of Steel, a merchant caravan, Tenpenny Tower, slavers, NCR, Ceasar's Legion, etc. This would all take place in the same time period, with characters from other seasons making cameos and events from the perspective of the faction in one season being shown from the perspectives of other factions in their seasons in some sort of all-encompassing, overarching narrative.

And of course Three-Dog would be heard on the radio in the background of every season.

That would be pretty boss! The only question is: what channel gets to make this show?

I vote...well...now I'm torn. You could do it on HBO/Showtime/Cinemax and just get it as violent and vulgar as the games, but you'd risk losing out on the people who could watch it simply because they don't have access to those channels. You could do it on AMC, but then you'd lose all of those great things that HBO/etc, would be able to show...to say I'm vexed is an understatement...

HBO or AMC seems fine either way. They'd probably get more liberties or a bigger budget with HBO, but from what I've seen of the Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels on AMC violence and vulgarity probably wouldn't be too much of an issue. Only thing I'd imagine would rub AMC the wrong way would be the inevitable torture/rape/cannibalism scenes we'd have in the Raider season or the torture/rape/child-slavery scenes in the Slaver season.

 

[Nouw]

That would be pretty boss! The only question is: what channel gets to make this show?

I vote...well...now I'm torn. You could do it on HBO/Showtime/Cinemax and just get it as violent and vulgar as the games, but you'd risk losing out on the people who could watch it simply because they don't have access to those channels. You could do it on AMC, but then you'd lose all of those great things that HBO/etc, would be able to show...to say I'm vexed is an understatement...

I think HBO handle 'epic' shows like the one you described better. Something like The Wire for Fallout would need a massive budget and people who are used to working on shows like these would be better suited. Yeah I'm taking this a bit too seriously as if it'd actually happen >.>.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

I would probably be interested if it retained the dark, gritty and overall hopeless atmosphere of the first two games. Sort of made it a struggle every day just to survive. It would need to be very brutal, very fearsome. Maybe portray the oppression of the gangs, or the war with the mutants. Something to that extent. It'd have to feel bleak, like there was no hope, no chance at a better future. That is the kind of theme I associate with a post-apocalyptic setting. Contain them, and I would be interested.

 

[Keymik]

Only if it contains a scene with Fisto, oh the memories of accidently having sex with a robot..