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Now that the finale of Silicon Valley season 4 has aired, it’s time to take a look back at this season as a whole.

*Mild Spoilers Ahead*

As with previous seasons in Silicon Valley, there is a tradition of reusing the same basic plot points with a clever twist. Some examples include the season starting with Richard being apprehensive about a new idea and Bighead getting some kind of great new deal in his life. This usually continues into the team fighting over business practices, Gilfoyle screwing over Dinesh, and Erlich screwing himself over. Finally, Hooli tries to meddle with the process but it backfires on them and the team survives yet again due to both of dumb luck and Richard’s technological prowess.

No matter how many times this same plot is reused, viewers enjoy it immensely. This is because, despite the main story being entertaining by itself, they’re always on the lookout for this parallelism and irony.

This season, Silicon Valley changes things up a bit and manages to both play off our expectations as viewers and be incredibly unique in its own right. Yes, the season starts with Richard being apprehensive of the company’s new move and he even pays his doctor his usual visit. However, instead of just accepting it like usual, he leaves and does his own thing. Bighead succeeds by doing nothing again, but by the end of the season, he’s on probation at his new job.

The team usually squabbles a bit and gets over it, but there were several instances where their friendships and ideologies were truly tested this season. Gilfoyle usually finds a way to screw over Dinesh, but this time he only had to predict it since Dinesh did it to himself. Erlich screws himself over again, but not only does it happen multiple times, he even loses his trademark bravado and decides to leave to Tibet. Hooli is involved this season, but it’s more so the Pied Piper team directly screwing them over this time (at the end at least). The one thing that stays the same is that Pied Piper succeeds due to dumb luck, however, despite it being Richard’s prowess that saves the day it’s Gilfoyle’s.

The dialogue even becomes self-aware with the finale referencing Bighead falling “ass backwards into something”. Another example is Gilfoyle referencing his continued victories over Dinesh and that, at this point, he doesn’t even have to do anything for it to happen.

By that same note, the actors finally come into their own this season. Each character has a very specific personality and defined traits. Each and every single acting performance this season is so self-aware that the characters become more entertaining than they’ve ever been. This is especially the case with Jared who goes balls to the wall crazy with his dialogue this season.

Silicon Valley season 4 was incredibly unique. It managed to tell its own, individual story while also continuing the parallelism of previous seasons. However, rather than directly reusing plot beats in a different scenario, it tweaks the beats just enough to become one of the cleverest seasons of a comedy I’ve ever seen. Not only the plot and the comedy, but the acting this season was also superb. Each cast member of Silicon Valley brought a self-aware humor to their characters that is unique to this show. Silicon Valley is a comedy, but even in its most serious moments, the actors brought a level of gravitas and sincerity that you don’t often see in comedies. My only complaint is that it isn’t very inclusive of people who haven’t watched previous seasons due to how much the previous plot effects the individual episodes. Despite that, this was probably their best season yet and I can’t wait to see where it goes from here.

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The video teaser for Fallout Prime showcases a vault dweller who undergoes wasteland justice

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Recently, we had the opportunity to witness Amazon’s remarkable rendition of the renowned WRPG series Fallout. Assuming that the initial observation failed to sufficiently stimulate your atomic curiosity,. Therefore, we have an additional video showcasing our main characters in action: Lucy, who resides in a vault (Ella Purnell), The Ghoul (Walton Goggins), and Maximus, a squire from the Brotherhood of Steel (Aaron Clifton Moten).

The group interaction is briefly observed in the two-minute film. Fortunately, for those who appreciate the trajectory of the television series, there is not a significant delay until the complete season becomes available. Commencing on April 11th, all episodes will be accessible on Prime Video, and we will be eagerly anticipating the arrival of the days.

Another noteworthy development in Fallout is the resurgence of a highly absurd modification in Fallout: New Vegas, which enables players to enlist Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst as a buddy. In light of recent developments, it is evident that the future prospects of the ongoing multiplayer experiment Fallout 76 are promising, given the substantial participation of over 17 million players since its first release.
What is your opinion on Amazon’s approach to Fallout? Do you plan to examine it in April? Please provide your feedback in the comments area here.

 

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Prepare for the official Fallout Amazon Prime Video trailer

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Amazon’s upcoming TV adaptation of Fallout is shaping up to be impressive, hinting at a promising future for video game adaptations such as HBO’s The Last of Us. In just over three minutes, the portrayal of the eccentric post-apocalyptic world is almost flawless, leaving us eager for what’s to come.

The costuming, casting, and production pedigree are all top-notch, and we’re excited to see where the series will take us. Amazon’s adaptation will focus on protagonist Lucy (Ella Purnell), a vault dweller who steps out of the safety of her lifelong home into the harsh Wasteland of a ruined Los Angeles. Geneva Robertson-Dworet, the showrunner, has mentioned that the Vault symbolizes peaceful societies such as Canada or New Zealand. It delves into the challenges faced by those outside the vault that are unimaginable to those inside.

What are your thoughts on the Fallout TV adaptation? Do you think Amazon has captured that distinct Fallout vibe perfectly? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

 

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‘Amazing’ Final Fantasy Movie Inspired The Marvels Director

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Generally, The Marvels is good. It has a 59 on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn’t great, but it’s better than Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and Disney+’s Secret Invasion. Perhaps director Nia DaCosta’s video game inspirations contributed to that.

The American filmmaker said Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children influenced her latest film at a press junket with IGN. “It’s just an amazing movie, with great fight scenes and a great ending sequence with the main character being thrown into the sky by all the other characters,” she said.
Despite poor reviews upon release in 2005, Advent Children has become a Final Fantasy cult classic. DaCosta seems to agree that the film is a classic. PlayStation exclusives also influenced the Marvels.

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In the interview, she said she didn’t want the superhero film to look “too much like a video game” but did draw from Sony’s biggest franchises, like The Last of Us and Horizon Zero Dawn. “For me, it was from the best games, the best stories that you get, that sort of inspires me to play, and I think inspires people to watch movies like this,” she said.

Since movies have shaped video games since their inception, it’s interesting to see the dynamic slowly changing. Now that technology and interactive storytelling are more complex, filmmakers are looking to PlayStation for inspiration.

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