21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 17 Jul \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
I largely agree with both of you. I want to flesh my thoughts out a bit in a longer write-up.
The style of show, which is very much drawn from the games, is fantastic. The vaults, the wasteland, and even the prewar society are all fascinating. The big problem is the rationale in the final episode for destroying the world. I want to think it through a bit more and see if I can't steelman it to some extent. Clearly, some writer was very proud of it.
My wife thought it was so dumb she didn't even finish the finale.
cc: @TNStacker
I wonder if this was being produced during the writer's strike. That could explain the weird twist in the finale. Hoping they do better in season 2!
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Maybe. I think that would better explain Hank McClain's ridiculous story and reveal.
One of the difficulties is that there's no way to have a nuclear war without someone having insane motives that don't stand up to much scrutiny.
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Yeah. Nuclear war is so crazy that to start one intentionally must have crazy motives.
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It plays into the trope of anti-capitalism but it the most ignorant way I think I've ever seen.
I've entertained the possibility that maybe they didn't fire the bomb and it was one of the governments that did it. They could probably do a twist in a season two but I doubt they do that.
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Even if there is such a twist, and I bet there will be, this is still something that they were stupidly considering.
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