Want a Fallout television show or movie? That may happen. Joystiq recently spotted two Bethesda Softworks trademarks that indicate that the studio behind Fallout 3 and Oblivion is looking to take the Fallout in two very interesting directions.
The first trademark, the television related one, says quite simply that Bethesda desires to use Fallout for “entertainment services in the nature of an on-going television program.” The other trademark is for “motion picture films about a post-nuclear apocalyptic world.” Both trademarks were filed in early February.
I’ve been thinking deeply about these two trademarks for the last seventeen seconds and I firmly believe that anything Fallout Bethesda creates or pitches in a non-videogame related capacity should be animated. I like cartoon doggies ... and corpses. Make it happen, Bethesda.
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7:20 PM on 04.17.2009
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Oh and they did a Tremors series? Oh dear, considering the franchise was purely B movie trash, I don't really see the Tv series potential.
"The Misadventures of Fawkes. Follow our mutated friend as he tries hard to fit in with the people of the Wasteland. But watch out, not everyone is willing to accept his friendship. Fawkes will do anything to be friends and I mean anything. Watch all of his crazy antics as the laughs never stop. Coming this summer."
I'd watch it.
However, a film? They'd be hard pressed to try to cram all the things that make "fallout", well, "fallout" within 2 to 3 hours. A TV show would be the way to go, and then you release a film based on the TV show.
The second season (assuming there IS one) can explore the wasteland in more detail, throw in a few raider and ghouls slavers. But then focus more on the Super Mutants and the wierd cults and the brother-hood of steel.
There's enough content in Fallout to last more than 3 seasons, as long as they beef it up and add more detail to it. Could be a great way of extending the universe for future games as well.
Actually when i think about it, the TV show Jericho could fit in nicely as sort of prequel to a Fallout-esque universe. Government conspiracies, nuclear war,drop in some mutants and we got ourselves a show. Damn shame it got cancelled.
Oh and imagine if it was Bethesda who oversaw the scriptwriting process? Their writers are weak as hell. Nobody expects much from video game stories and they still manage to underwhelm.
We don't need a movie either - the movie adaptation of The Road is due out this year and the book pisses all over anything we'd see from these jokers.
All previous efforts from Capcom, EA and Square have been too, and this speaks better to the target audience. DVD sales will also be a good source of income.
Saying that though, I'd love to see a live action series. After Jericho though, it might be tricky to get people interested. Jericho was a cool show, and I absolutely hated to see it go.
Animation is incredibly expensive. Even CGI animation. So I highly doubt this will be a cartoon.
But a TV show would be interesting I think. I'd rather it be a series of novels though personally.
Television series = potentially brilliant, yet also potential for extreme suckage.
In any case, I'm sure they could find ways to scale it down and make it manageable. I just hope they make it a serious drama and not some dumb action show.
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