Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion

[Ryujin]

I get that. But even futuristic tech needs maintenance. This is stuff that hasn't had any maintenance for 200 years, and yet there are heaps of computer terminals that still turn on and elevators that go up and down despite two centuries' of neglect, dust, sand, whatever else. I know there's plenty of ruined stuff around, but I guess because this is a TV show, not a computer game, the plot requires that everything works ... whereas in the games, you can find plenty of computers that no longer work and elevators that are out of service and so on.

It all seems to be based on 1960s style tech so the idea of a tube TV working after 200 years might be a stretch, but not completely out of the realm of possibility. This is higher voltage stuff, not our current low voltage equipment that in relative terms dies if you sneeze on it.

 

[monsmord]

Not to mention that their tech is more advanced than ours in important respects, with only the aesthetic being retro-futurist/mid-20th Century; like, it may resemble an old-timey tube TV, but the innards are a century better in materials, efficiency, and longevity. And Vault-Tec is building with an eye toward a grand future plan, not for the "planned obsolescence" or "just buy another one" mindset of our current "Walmart" economy, so, to me, it's more believable that their products die hard.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Of course it's not required, but narrative convenience, if overused, harms immersion IMO.

I don't think fiction is required to match real world science to tell an entertaining story. I don't really think it's about people believing the world, its more about making sure the story is entertaining and the "fake stuff" is consistent within the rules presented.

 

[nevin]

Of course it's not required, but narrative convenience, if overused, harms immersion IMO.

see I don't think you need immersion for something like Fallout. Its more like a dark fairy tale nothing about it feels or seems real or even possible it's just junk food for the brain.

 

[pukunui]

It's a scifi show based on a game maybe it's just not your cup of tea. The target audience is people that played the video game. Video games don't use real world science or logic.

LOL. OK, look, I'll admit I had not played any of the games when I watched the first season of the show, but I enjoyed it enough that I have since logged over 600 hours playing Fallout 4, so I think I count as being in the show's target audience now. Please take your gatekeeping somewhere else.

 

[Micah Sweet]

see I don't think you need immersion for something like Fallout. Its more like a dark fairy tale nothing about it feels or seems real or even possible it's just junk food for the brain.

I think immersion is desired for any fiction. A lot of effort went into making the world of Fallout, just like a lot of other fictional worlds. I wonder how they'd appreciate their work being described dismissively as "junk food for the brain"?