Well made adaptations can be mainstream.
this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2024
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Well made anything can become mainstream!
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!
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.
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.
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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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
cries in The Witcher
So much potential, perfect actor, lots of lore and stories, and they just decide to make whatever story up they wanted.
Hey, it worked out for GoT season 8.
Oh wait...
To be fair they did run out of stories to tell.
howls in Halo
bawls in battleship
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.
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
It's not even the humour, the thing is just miscast so hard I've never seen before.
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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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See also Halo, who took the opposite approach
Don't get used to it.
Fucking corpos are so detached from reality that they can’t even draw reasonable conclusions from successes/failures.
Counter argument. Money :)
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.
I've said this in other comments- Fallout succeeds because it's about relationships between people who know each other vs people meeting but finding out they have something in common on a path to somewhat positive interactions which is the basis of all good drama.
Compared to every scene being naked drama with only conflict, exposition via confrontation, transactional relationships centered around a quid pro quo, or "love at first sight" being a romantic motivation.
Ahem. Good video game adaptions.
Success of well made show proves quality has gone mainstream
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.
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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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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It's just the first season. Witcher season 1 was good too
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.
I didn't even know the Witcher was a game until right now lol
Book to game to show
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Well, well, well, producing movies based on "The Sims" and "Monopoly" doesn't seem so far-fetched now, does it?
The Sims could be best if they go the Lego movie route and make it a meta narrative
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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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No shit, good video game adaptation have more success than bad ones ?
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.
Just for the love of god, do not let Uwe Boll be involved.
Shocking!!!!!!
I also really liked the Twisted Metal show too
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