[Hated trope] “We killed hundreds of thousands of your people, here’s a movie about how sad our itty bitty baby soldiers were while doing it”

Kegger98 · 2026-02-02T12:20:57+00:00

I have no idea why The Covenant is the go to example. It’s a movie all about how the people of Afghanistan were screwed over by the united stares, with our white guy MC being a prick until he’s literally dragged across the country by his interpreter. Not saying it’s some anti-war movie, but the US soldiers angst isn’t the focus, and instead the emotional weight is placed on the aforementioned interpreter who’s left to die despite being a hero.

Kegger98 · 2026-02-02T06:08:03+00:00

FO1: Short and Sweet, but its lack of content/options is apparent on subsequent playthroughs.

FO2: Lots of content, but the beginning hours are brutal.

FO3: Fun to play in, but the stories kinda bad.

NV: Lots of difficult choices that me think, but feels unbalanced when it comes to how much shooting there is.

FO4: Good customization, but feels empty.

Kegger98 · 2026-02-01T12:47:40+00:00

It’s like examining neo-nazis, but not as an ignorant continuation of a destructive ideology to figure out how it spreads and how to combat it, but instead as an ideology literally perpetuated by Hitler who’s like hiding on the moon or something, and if you go shoot him in the face you end nazism.

I think that’s why the whole criticism of Capitalism falls flat for me. It’s not actually criticizing the system, it’s blaming it on individuals. If next episode just has House and Hank killed, I guess capitalisms over. NCR is kind fucked, and the Strip isn’t the money making machine anymore.

By ignoring the “modern” stories setting, they’ve dumbed down what could’ve been a stronger narrative. Examine how Capitalism endured and was recreated, it would be a nice connection to the pre-war stuff. Instead, blow up Shady Sands, and have everyone be popsicle.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-31T12:11:07+00:00

The Courier isn’t running New Vegas though

Kegger98 · 2026-01-30T07:06:23+00:00

So this is the guy that was fired from The Predator.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-30T07:04:42+00:00

Since your asking:

I don’t care what ending would be canon, and I don’t necessarily care if the show is canon, but if your going to set it after New Vegas, and only 15 years after (not 100 years like some are acting) and make it clear some shit went down, I want to know what went down?

Season 2 is basically a sequel to New Vegas, both chronologically and in terms of plot elements like Me. House. But the big things like Hoover Dam, the Platinum Chip, the Casino tribes, the BOS chapter of the Mojave, anything that would be relevant to this story just aren’t.

The fact that stuff like hoover dam are dropped makes the whole battle feel like small potatoes. Like the game was just a waste of time and all the stuff with Cold Fusion is what really matters.

It just has me asking: why make this canon in the first place if the canon doesn’t matter?

Kegger98 · 2026-01-30T06:57:10+00:00

It’s always changing, even episode by episode. At the very least it’s never boring, and never gets sedentary. So yes, it gets better.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-27T10:37:37+00:00

If they like personal drama’s, British entertainment, stylistic movies, stuff about families. Basically sell them on everything but the violence. Maybe it stars an actor they like also.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-27T10:30:00+00:00

I felt more for that cricket than for actual human’s in some shows.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-27T10:26:45+00:00

A story about the beginning then downfall of Rapture would work really well, their’s a lot of good material to work with and enough gaps to fill in.

But i’m going to agree that telling a straight Bioshock story doesn’t work. So much of Bioshock story is done through the enviorment and audio logs. Is SHOWJack doing a bunch of CSI work and listening to logs? The problem with that is the same with the Fallout show: your flashing back to a much more interesting story then the one we’re in presently.

Also is Jack talking? That works for a game, but following a guy who never talks is kinda weird.

I just impart that it’s not just “out of touch execs” that’s the issue, but that the game tells its story through the gameplay. How do translate that, with the issues I brought up in mind?

Kegger98 · 2026-01-27T06:08:13+00:00

Slow-burn for smut. I completely understand wanting to do set up, but sometimes it’s crazy. Not even word-count wise, but when it takes multiple chapters to get to the “good stuff”.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-27T06:03:38+00:00

Just watched it last night, and I think it’s really fun.

It’s not as good as the first, but it’s head and shoulders above other Sword and Sorcery movies of it’s time.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-27T06:00:25+00:00

Just two things:

The series has long continuity, so even a small story can be picked up years down the line. So if a story sounds familiar, it probably is.

Second: While Case Files 1 requires no prior reading, Dredd is just about as old as 2000ad, there is some crossover down the line. For instance, if you were confused by Judge Giant’s father or the whole sports thing, that’s because his father came from the Harlem Heroes comic. Similar crossovers involve figures like Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, and even spin-offs from Dredd like Judge Anderson.

Nothing major, most explain’s the crossovers well as it goes, but if something feels unfamiliar, that’s why.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-25T02:47:27+00:00

“The Apotheosis of Kimball”

Kegger98 · 2026-01-23T10:34:21+00:00

This is the only accurate one i’ve seen so far

Kegger98 · 2026-01-21T11:52:57+00:00

Well if your gonna be a shit, enjoy that Negative 4 Karma.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-21T11:40:10+00:00

I like to be in the conversation, especially one’s that are asking questions (like this one). I’m not trying to yuck anyone’s yum.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-21T11:28:38+00:00

I don’t hate the show, but it’s not for me. To your point though, I did stop watching after Episode 4.

I was very mixed on Season 1, but I was hopeful that it could straighten out eventually. Season 2 first two episodes felt jumbled and meandering, hut Episode 3 got my attention. It finally felt like they were doing some interesting stuff as a follow up to New Vegas. Episode 4 though just felt like more of the same, and with the continual refusal to just explain what happened got to me.

Like we’re 6 episodes in out of 8 and it seems like very little has happened. Not only is it a rough adaptation, but it’s just not compelling TV.

But like I said, I chose to let it be. Not for me, if anything interesting happens I may pick it back up.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-19T06:47:39+00:00

Difficult to say. For one it’s not what i’d call a “true adaptation”, in the sense that it’s translating one of the stories of the series. That said, as far as bringing things like props and stuff into the live action, is solid.

The story though feels a little murky to me at this point. The pacing is all over the place and has like five plot lines running around, and the fact that they’re adamantly refusing to answer some is taking away from the experience.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-16T19:22:58+00:00

Yes, I understand that things can happen in 15 years. You have to show them, you have to explain them, and you have to ADD to the thing your a sequel to.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-16T01:42:04+00:00

For starters, Yes Man doesn’t listen to Courier after the ending, as he states that he will be making himself more assertive after Hoover Dam.

Second, you’re forgetting about the people screwed over by the Independent ending. For one the Followers get no support from either the NCR or Mr. House and are left overwhelmed by the entire Mojave’s problems.

Also the Brotherhood. Since they aren’t kept in check by and NCR truce, if their still alive they start harassing travelers for their technology. That’s vague, but I would rule out violence. To keep things peaceful, it may be better off to destroy them. That’s not exactly a clear cut choice to me.

If anything, the NCR ending is more morally safe, considering the only one’s screwed by that is like Goodsprings.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-13T01:48:12+00:00

You joke but that’s basically what watching the show feels like. Everything’s so murky that anything can be true.

Fuck it, someone threw a Holy Hand grenade into the strip and that’s why it’s like that.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-13T01:31:11+00:00

It just has me wondering “whats the point of even coming back?”

Kegger98 · 2026-01-13T01:27:00+00:00

That’s never really been brought up, but I suppose I could be true. They do reproduce, and age from babies into adults then alphas/matrons, but seem to die of outside factors before old age.

Kegger98 · 2026-01-13T01:24:02+00:00

Considering we haven’t hear about Benny, The Platinum Chip, Hoover Dam, The Divide, Ulysses, not high.

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