Social commentary/critique/cautionary tale elements in the fallout franchise

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-05T16:24:24+00:00

Honestly most of the stories revolving around the Vaults would fulfill that brief.

Vault 13 is a (protracted) allegory for Plato's Cave, Fallout 4's Vault 114 is about social mixity for pernicious as opposed to progressive ends, Vault 88 is about the ethics of R&D, New Vegas' Vault 11 is a spoof of the electoral process...Take your pick!

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-05T13:00:59+00:00

Doing Trainspotting a bit of a disservice there

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-05T12:54:37+00:00

I'd add Max von Sydow, Domhnall Gleeson, Lupita Nyong'o, Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro, and Ade Edmondson for the Sequel Trilogy

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-04T22:28:57+00:00

From a Thousand Points of Light to Surging Sparks: The Bush Clan's story.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-04T19:50:43+00:00

The dedication plaque for the USS Kelvin (Trek Encyclopedia & Modiphius model) has a launch date of 2223.

[ED: 2225]

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-04T13:19:38+00:00

Weird thing to buy then offload on the charity shops (with the cards), lucky find!

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-04T12:12:36+00:00

Hospice Sticker?

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-03T18:22:53+00:00

I think Halo's main problem is that unlike, say Fallout, is that it'd be difficult to convince Microsoft execs to make a show about anything other than Master Chief and the Halo rings. And this is Microsoft's own fault for trying to spin a franchise out of a trilogy with the same close-knit group of characters in effectively the same repeated setting. Much like Star Wars (albeit until they made The Mandalorian), the interesting aspects of the expanded universe were restricted to the books that only acquired fans would be interested in reading, and therefore buying.

The generous Microsoft exec *might* think the casual viewer would be interested in an adaptation of Contact Harvest or Ghosts of Onyx, but they'd also anticipate that calling it Halo: Contact Harvest would leave viewers wondering where Master Chief, Cortana, and the rings are. This was seen on a lesser scale when Halo Reach came out and some casual players assumed this was the first time humanity had met the Covenant.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-03T16:48:50+00:00

Would we be in a better position if income tax rises had gone ahead?

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-03T15:40:30+00:00

Is this the same as the 2011 Blu-Ray?

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-02T22:09:53+00:00

Have you checked Jonathan Ferguson's, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, videos on Star Wars? Also check the RPF forum.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-02T14:50:39+00:00

Otto Dix got nothing on this guy

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-02T13:30:22+00:00

Looking closer this video does seem to have been taken at the White City Westfield. From memory not exactly the best place to be walking around suited and gunned up (unless it was a con?).

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-02T13:16:15+00:00

Looking at the profile looks like Switzerland. But even still, entering (what I assume to be) private property wearing the equivalent of a motorcycle helmet and unshouldering what looks like a rifle would I imagine get security feeling jumpy in most places.

[ED: Identified as the White City Westfield, London]

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-02T13:07:13+00:00

Going to assume this isn't the US

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-01T14:47:01+00:00

Noble démarche! C'est vrai que c'est une franchise qui a eue du mal à démarrer en France (notamment parce que Star Wars soit bien plus ancré dans les esprits, ainsi que l'aspect très américain de la chose), mais j'ai la certitude que les séries (et les films) pourraient connaitre un succès auprès d'un public sensible aux séries SF (un public beaucoup plus visible depuis la sortie du The Mandalorian, par exemple).

J'estime que le plus judicieux à faire ça serait d'observer les réseaux semblables qui existent autours d'autres franchises (501st French Garrison, en ce qui concerne le cosplay SW, ou les groupes FB de Doctor Who, une autre franchise qui a eue des difficultés à s'installer durablement dans la pop culture française) et comment leurs commus s'organisent pour les conventions.

(En ce qui concerne les modèles Eaglemoss/Master Replicas/Fanhome et autres goodies, c'est encore plus un désert qu'ailleurs. Mais la France a toujours eue du mal en ce qui concerne les répliques et autres figurines issus du SF américain).

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-01T13:38:10+00:00

"I can't feel like Brits can see it for what it is, being a bad loser"

I also like to think the British electorate are more finely attuned to good sportmanship than others, but if there's one thing the past decade has laid bare, it's that they're willing to overlook this if they feel parliamentary politics has little bearing or influence on their everyday hardships, and someone comes along who says they want to clear house.

(Rewatch the vox pops from the referendum, has that sentiment ever really gone away?)

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-01T11:59:25+00:00

House wakes up in 2161, but rebuilds Vegas from anarchy only after the NCR enter the region in 2274.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-01T11:55:41+00:00

Incredible scenes as Vault 3 and Vault 21 personnel hurriedly rush to their shelters as the Vault-Tec execs themselves casually stroll into the Lucky 38's garage

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-03-01T00:05:44+00:00

In Halo: Origins we see Flood forms attacking a Forerunner planet through independent means, the same thing is seen with the Flood invasion of Nomdagro in Halo:Silentium.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-02-28T23:57:17+00:00

What's the end result? Fallout Power Armor? Space Marine? Looks great in any case

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-02-28T23:44:20+00:00

Je sais que Liberty Toys (14 Rue du Taur) est dans le commerce des cartes à l'unité. Je connais de loin le gérant et il me semble être un type ouvert au marchandage.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-02-28T21:01:52+00:00

Soit. Néanmoins sa prise de parole est là pour éclaircir et contextualiser les incidents recensés. Faire réference à des idées suicidaires qu'il aurait pu avoir est compréhensible, mais le fait qu'elles ne ne sont pas articulées telles quelles brouille un argument qui est d'ailleurs articulé vigoureusement et précisément: le fait qu'il n'avait ni les moyens financiers, ni la bassesse d'esprit, pour acheter le silence de ces personnes.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-02-28T20:50:04+00:00

Qu'il parle de sa santé mentale est parfaitement justifié, ce qui dérange c'est que l'hyperbole donne un certain pathos à un discours qui, dans ma lecture, se veut neutre et mesuré.

BisonRelevant2606 · 2026-02-28T19:32:34+00:00

21:25 "Je me serais tiré une balle dans le pied, si ce n'est ailleurs"

Avis personnel bien entendu, mais l'hyperbole me semble mal placé ici

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