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How the ‘Fallout’ Showrunners Won Over the Video Games Fans by Ignoring Them · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Adapting a deeply beloved
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  Speaker 1: video game franchise into a TV show like Fallout is
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  Speaker 1: a dangerous road to take for a creative because if
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  Speaker 1: you get it wrong, you will get utterly roasted by
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  Speaker 1: its rabbit fans, who will have no problem in letting
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  Speaker 1: you know how much they hate it. The game is
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  Speaker 1: also just playing weird and quirky, so attracting viewers who've
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  Speaker 1: never even heard of the game was an equal challenge. Thankfully,
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  Speaker 1: for show runners Geneva Robertson, Durett and Graham Wagner, the
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  Speaker 1: results were resoundingly positive. The show bust are crackling ninety
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  Speaker 1: two percent of Rotten Tomatoes, and even more importantly, the
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  Speaker 1: hardcore Fallout fans seem to have almost universally embraced it.
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  Speaker 1: Graham Tales and Hollywood reported, the popularity of the show
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  Speaker 1: is an immense surprise. We didn't really make this show
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  Speaker 1: for everyone. We made it for ourselves. That was an
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  Speaker 1: important part of our approach to it, but you never
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  Speaker 1: know how that's going to go. The fact that we
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  Speaker 1: ended up being aligned with a larger audience is a relief,
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  Speaker 1: but also maybe a fluke in its own way, the
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  Speaker 1: showrunner of Fallout there on its improbable success. Season one
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  Speaker 1: is streaming now on Prime Video, Yes, Direct from Hollywood,
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