Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fallout and Twisted Metal.Fallout was loved by audiences for being a faithful adaptation of its gaming source material and for finding the balance between dark humor and violence characteristic of the Fallout universe, But there’s a different video game-inspired TV show that’s the perfect fix for fans in need of a streaming binge. Twisted metalA Peacock original TV series, adapting the vehicular combat video game of the same name, it shares post-apocalyptic DNA and macabre humor with Amazon’s hit series, but adds a buddy-romcom road trip element.
Fallout was a massive success for Amazon, reaching 65 million viewers in the first two weeks, as reported by Variety. According to Term, Twisted metal Had strong viewership numbers on Peacock, but didn’t have nearly the same numbers or impact. The half-hour action-comedy is high-octane fun, but also has elevated storytelling on both character and world-building levels. Twisted metal Tells a satisfying character journey in its first seasonTeasing at the institutional Poland, the show sets its second season to be even bigger in scope. It’s the perfect show to watch while waiting for Fallout Season 2.
Twisted Metal has a similar energy to Fallout
The main characters for each show are incredible foils for one another: Ella Purnell’s Lucy McLean begins her journey as naive and trusting, part of a community she never wants to leave; In contrast, Anthony Mackie’s John Doe is an amnesiac, mistrustful lone ranger who has never known security or even his family.. John ends the season ready to walk away from everything he thought he always wanted because his life on the road with Stephanie Beatriz’s quiet is preferable to the comfortable life he fought all season to get.
They make a lot of friends in their story-of-the-week adventures, so it feels organic when they converge in the final two episodes to defeat their common enemy.
Fallout is about characters who grow apart, both literally and figuratively. Lucy ends Fallout Season 1 separated from her father, physically and ideologically, although on the way to confront him instead of saving him. on the contrary, Twisted metal is about people coming together – John and Quiet begin as reluctant road mates and end up willing to sacrifice their dreams for each other. They make a lot of friends in their story-of-the-week adventures, so it feels organic when they converge in the final two episodes to defeat their common enemy.
Both shows do a brilliant job mixing tones, though Twisted metal is a half hour comedy and Fallout is an hour-long drama. For example, when Lucy bids her romantic interest goodbye, both hold their heads apart, they kiss, and the camera pans down to show the heads are also mashing lips. in Twisted metalWhen a young John finds a car that will become everything to him, and beautiful score swells. John brushes off the vines to reveal a skeleton in the driver’s seat and a stash of porno magazines in the back. The genre balance is deftly handled in both shows.
Returning characters and exciting new faces have been confirmed
John ends the season being forced into the first racing tournament of its kind. The best drivers in the world will compete for the prize of their heartAnd the only rule: survive. John is ordered to leave every other driver a pile of twisted metal. Quiet, restricted from entering the city where John is now trapped, becomes a Robin Hood figure, stealing food deliveries between protected cities to distribute half the bounty to the disenfranchised outsiders. Quiet is trapped by a gang of women, whose ringleader reveals that she is looking for her brother, John.
John is told that Calypso, a mysterious puppeteer he and Quiet met only as a disembodied voice with an obvious flair for the dramatic, will be the master of ceremonies for the inaugural demolition derby. Shaft speculates that the atmospheric fog around them is dry ice used purely for effect. Calypso tells them that there is power in anonymity, but the casting has already been announced. Best known for Barry And Bill and Ted face the music, Anthony Carrigan will play Calypso. According to NBC, several actors are joining the cast of Twisted metal Season 2 ahead of the tournament.
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Three contestants that the audience knows from the first season are Jamie Newman as Miranda Watts, Jason Manzoukas as Preacher, and Chloe Fineman as Bloody Mary, in addition to John. Twisted metal Season 2 is currently filmingAnd no premiere date has been announced. While Twisted metal Season 1 was good, the show has a lot of room to improve and can be even better in season 2. Fallouts success on Prime Video and Twisted metals promising future on Peacock, it seems like the curse of video game adaptation is long gone.
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Fan favorite character Sweet Tooth is physically portrayed by wrestler Samoa Joe, while actor Will Arnett provides his voice.
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Unlike Twisted Metal, the Fallout series is set in the same continuity as the video game franchise but has an original story.
Source: Variety, Term