The first trailer for Amazon Prime's Fallout show is here, and it's looking pretty gnarly. Well, more than gnarly - more like grotesque, as the series reimagines some of the series' most iconic monsters in live action.
Whether it's irradiated bears that can tear through power armour or giant geckos with... fingers (?) in their mouths, Amazon's take on the wasteland is brilliantly nasty so far. It's not clear what the main conflict will be, something many fans are eager to find out, but the trailer gives us a good idea of the atmosphere the studio is going for if nothing else.
The trailer also gives us our best look at the main cast so far. The central character, Lucy (played by Ella Purnell), is seen leaving her vault to travel the wasteland. Like any vault dweller, she's pretty horrified by what she comes across, and it's easy to see why. Even when you're not running away from hellish monsters, the locals aren't much better. There's plenty of violence between humans and ghouls on display, as surviving the wasteland seems to bring out the absolute worst in everyone. Because, you know, war never changes, etc etc.
While there are more than a few references for fans of the games here, the show also seems to be doing its own thing in some areas. For example, we see a one-eyed vault dweller - and not in the sense that he's lost one eye. No, he has one eye in the centre of his head, like a cyclops. We haven't seen radiation affect humans in this way in the games, so that might be an area the show explores.
The dog in the trailer has a name - and it's not Dogmeat! As revealed earlier today, the dog is called CX404. Yes, really.
There are also a couple of shots of the US pre-war, or at least a few seconds before the war started.
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