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[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

So is the show depicting them as much less impressive than they are in the game

I think the show writers just don't understand scale, which is why the legion which was supposed to control like half the midwest past the hoover dam is just like 36 guys pointing guns at each other, and the Brotherhood of Steel which is supposed to be, yknow, kinda weak has like a dozen chapters of hundreds of dudes each with a fucking flying aircraft carrier

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Aircraft carriers that they'll just willy nilly lose in a pointless fight by the way.
That elder going "we can finally conquer America" when he finds the McGuffin... My guy, you have 12 flying Dreadnoughts, you don't need a McGuffin.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 9 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

TBF part of that might be a TV show budget thing. Building one aircraft CG model that doesn’t need to do a lot complicated animations vs hiring enough extras to create the impression of huge masses of soldiers and making a giant set location for it.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 9 points 17 hours ago

Idk I feel like they could have implied the scale of the legion through other ways, then. Or like at least not have had the civil war essentially be entirely contained within the same camp (which made it just seem small scale to the point of it being a joke)

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You could just CG a large camp. Or in any way script it so it's clear they've got a massive nation they're fighting over, and not just the vibe of being caesar. Or script it so it's clear they've lost all that territory due to something. It's like with the NCR that got destroyed by a single nuke in a single city - oh wait the NCR is back actually.

The show is good with personal drama and I like the action scenes, but it's a bit too soypoint-1soypoint-2 with showing Stuff From The Games and it's got too much of a hardon for the brotherhood.
Like sure I went leo-point when the desert ranger popped that deer, but it made no fucking sense. It's pretty clear it's not something the writers have a grasp on.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago

You could just CG a large camp. Or in any way script it so it's clear they've got a massive nation they're fighting over, and not just the vibe of being caesar.

They kinda did that in the last episode, but CG versions of large groups like that end up looking kinda weird, at least on TV show budgets.