media: Fallout TV show, Ahead of the Curve

[sasha_feather]

The TV adaptation of Fallout is a rollicking good time, which is perhaps a weird thing to say when the source material is a post-apocalyptic, violent video game. And indeed this is very OTT violent and gory at times. But there is a lot of humor all the way through. The art direction is great and I liked the way the story unfolded. I loved the cameos from veteran comic actors like Dale Dickey, Matt Berry, and others. The cast is fairly diverse, with one non-binary trans person, several people of color.

In trivia news, the actor Johnny Pemberton, who plays Thaddeus in Fallout, is someone I went to 1st and 2nd grade with. This means nothing really but makes me smile!

Ahead of the Curve is a documentary on Netflix, about Franco Stevens, the founder of Curve lesbian magazine (fka Deneuve). It was just so NICE to see so many lesbians on my TV screen, talking about stuff that matters to our community (including various opinions on the word 'lesbian'). Franco is also disabled and talks about that some. Watching this makes me realize how rare it is to see people like me and mine on TV.

Comments

[j00j]

I just enjoyed the first ep of Fallout with Gil, it's one of his fandoms and I'm missing a lot of context but it's definitely a good (if violent) time. Looking forward to seeing where it goes.

[dividedbyblue]

Indeed, the Fallout show is very good! I also love that they included a non-binary trans person. I would have loved them to be in more episodes, but hopefully, they are in the second season and have more screen time then.